By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A private prison company has been ordered to pay more than $23 million over lawsuits that accused it of running its for-profit immigration lockup in Washington state on the backs of detainees. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered GEO Group to turn over $5.9 million in profits
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A private prison company has been ordered to pay more than $23 million over lawsuits that accused it of running its for-profit immigration lockup in Washington state on the backs of detainees. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered GEO Group to turn over $5.9 million in profits
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A private prison company has been ordered to pay more than $23 million over lawsuits that accused it of running its for-profit immigration lockup in Washington state on the backs of detainees. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered GEO Group to turn over $5.9 million in profits
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A private prison company has been ordered to pay more than $23 million over lawsuits that accused it of running its for-profit immigration lockup in Washington state on the backs of detainees. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered GEO Group to turn over $5.9 million in profits
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A private prison company has been ordered to pay more than $23 million over lawsuits that accused it of running its for-profit immigration lockup in Washington state on the backs of detainees. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered GEO Group to turn over $5.9 million in profits
Continue ReadingBy STEVE McMORRAN AP Sports Writer WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Former All Blacks prop Carl Hayman has revealed he’s been diagnosed with early-onset dementia at the age of 41. Hayman told New Zealand media on Wednesday he likely also has chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which is widely known as CTE. It’s a progressive brain condition
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says the braking system on a plane that overran a runway at an Alaska airport in 2019, killing one, was compromised by anti-skid sensors that were not correctly wired. A report from the board says the incorrect wiring likely occurred during
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 14-0 Tuesday to recommend the pediatric Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 5- through 11-year-old children. Once the approval process is complete, an estimated 330,000 children across Oregon will be eligible to receive the vaccine.
Continue ReadingCNN, WREG, WAVE, WGCL By Katia Hetter, CNN As children ages 5 to 11 years old began receiving the Covid-19 vaccine last week, families across the country have been breathing a great sigh of relief. Their younger kids will soon be much better protected against the coronavirus. But will it be in time for Thanksgiving?
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Even for a pair of second-day 2022 draft picks and the roster-building flexibility those will provide, George Paton confirmed it wasn’t easy signing off on Von Miller’s departure to the Los Angeles Rams. “No doubt. This was not easy. I didn’t sleep Sunday night,”
Continue ReadingBy John Harwood As economic concerns erode President Joe Biden’s political standing, his aides are trying to assure Americans they’re doing everything possible to address fears about inflation and hard-to-find goods heading into the holiday season. The White House website is rolling out a new Supply Chain Dashboard, to be updated every two weeks, that
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other measures in unrelated budget bills. Tuesday’s ruling from the state’s high court came less than two hours after the
Continue ReadingBy LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball was especially good to Fox, with the Atlanta-Houston World Series lifting the network to its first weekly ratings win in the young TV season. The series rebounded from last year’s contest, which hit an all-time viewership low. The drop was attributed to the pandemic
Continue ReadingBy LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball was especially good to Fox, with the Atlanta-Houston World Series lifting the network to its first weekly ratings win in the young TV season. The series rebounded from last year’s contest, which hit an all-time viewership low. The drop was attributed to the pandemic
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN Democrat Shontel Brown, a Cuyahoga County Council member, will win Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, CNN projected Tuesday. The seat was vacated by former Rep. Marcia Fudge, who became President Joe Biden’s secretary of housing and urban development earlier this year. CNN projected Brown’s win over Republican candidate Laverne Gore. Brown’s victory
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer Four weeks remain in Big Ten play, and Michigan State, Ohio State and Michigan all remain in pursuit of a spot in the national semifinals. The Rose Bowl is next on the list. Iowa and Minnesota have also reached the six-win threshold for bowl game eligibility. Wisconsin and Penn
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A judge has found that new congressional districts passed by Oregon Democrats meet all legal criteria, with little evidence they amount to blatant partisan gerrymandering.
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN President Joe Biden and congressional Democratic leaders have slashed the size of the party’s sweeping spending package in half to woo Sen. Joe Manchin. Yet, the West Virginia lawmaker is still throwing up red flags about the size of the proposal and the measures that would pay for
Continue ReadingSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers acquired defensive lineman Charles Omenihu from the Houston Texans in exchange for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick. Omenihu must pass a physical for the deal made just before Tuesday’s trade deadline to become official. Omenihu was originally drafted in the fifth round by Houston in 2019.
Continue ReadingCNN By Chandelis Duster, CNN Winsome Sears, a conservative Republican, will be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor, breaking barriers as the first female and the first woman of color in the office in the commonwealth’s 400-year legislative history. CNN projected Sears’ win over Democrat Del. Hala Ayala, also a woman of color, on Wednesday. Sears will
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