By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BROOKLINE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Massachusetts town is just one step away from closing the book on an 11-year legal battle with a former firefighter who said he faced a racist work environment. Brookline’s Select Board announced Tuesday an $11 million settlement agreement with Gerald
Continue ReadingBy Hope Miller Click here for updates on this story OLYMPIC VALLEY, California (KCRA) — A well-known Lake Tahoe area ski resort has changed its name, removing derogatory language from the 70-year-old resort’s name. Formerly Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, the resort has been renamed Palisades Tahoe, according to a social media post. The original name
Continue ReadingBy Sasha Lenninger and Vince Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — A suspected robber is dead after attempting to rob a business in southeast Albuquerque Tuesday morning, according to the Albuquerque Police Department. Around 5:20 a.m., officers were called to a shooting at a Subway at 1306 Gibson
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed to help the Northwest’s endangered killer whales. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries adopted the plan Tuesday as recommended by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. It calls for restricting commercial
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed to help the Northwest’s endangered killer whales. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries adopted the plan Tuesday as recommended by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. It calls for restricting commercial
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is not ready to play following knee surgery and won’t make his debut Sunday against Houston. Coach Kevin Stefanski ruled Beckham out Tuesday, saying he will practice this week, but will sit out against the Texans. Beckham, who
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Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory is just one week away from completing a $500,000 observatory expansion.
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies have waived center Marc Gasol days after acquiring his rights in a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Grizzlies announced the move Wednesday. They acquired Gasol from the Lakers along with a 2024 second round draft pick and cash for the draft rights to center Wang Zhelin.
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers Candid, a leading philanthropy research organization, told The Associated Press that it broadened its definition of racial equity to better reflect the intent of contributors and to help foster additional donations. It now defines racial equity donations as “grantmaking explicitly awarded to benefit people of color
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers Candid, a leading philanthropy research organization, told The Associated Press that it broadened its definition of racial equity to better reflect the intent of contributors and to help foster additional donations. It now defines racial equity donations as “grantmaking explicitly awarded to benefit people of color
Continue ReadingCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The widow of a U.S. Marine killed in a bombing in Afghanistan in August has given birth to a baby girl. A Facebook post by the baby’s grandmother says Levi Rylee Rose McCollum was born early Monday at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California. Jiennah Crayton is the widow of
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan minister in charge of prisons has resigned following a public outcry after he allegedly threatened to kill two ethnic minority prisoners. Lohan Ratwatte, state minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation, was accused of entering a prison in Anuradhapura north of Colombo
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Last December, when advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration met to consider whether the agency should authorize Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, it was generally understood that the answer would be yes. Nine months later, those advisers are meeting to discuss booster shots, and the situation is very
Continue ReadingSKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A group of 44 evacuees from Afghanistan have arrived in North Macedonia to receive temporary shelter, as part of an international effort to assist people considered to be at risk under Taliban rule. Most of the evacuees worked for the “Turquoise Mountain” charity co-founded by Britain’s Prince Charles to teach
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The New York Giants visit Washington on Thursday night looking to win a sixth meeting in a row between the NFC East rivals. Quarterback Daniel Jones is 4-0 against Washington and 4-19 against the rest of the NFL. The Giants swept the series in Joe Judge’s first season as coach in
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protests outside a Jewish synagogue in Michigan are protected by the Constitution’s First Amendment. That’s the opinion of a federal appeals court. The court declined to stop the demonstrations or set restrictions outside Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor. The protests have occurred on a weekly
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El rapero puertorriqueño Bad Bunny y el presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, fueron algunos de los latinos seleccionados en la lista anual de los 100 más influyentes de la revista Time de 2021. En el listado de los 100 más influyentes de Time este año también aparecen el
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — A new poll suggests Swiss voters are on track to vote yes in a “marriage for all” referendum, which supporters see as a key step for equal rights, but opponents fear could erode traditional family values. The latest poll for public broadcaster SSR before the Sept. 26 referendum released Wednesday found that
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ryan, CNN This year has seen Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex take part in a groundbreaking interview with Oprah Winfrey and welcome their second child into the world, all while scandals have swirled around the royal family they left behind. Now, they can add another major moment to their 2021 diary
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government is starting to crumble as Prime Minister Ariel Henry faces increased scrutiny from authorities investigating the president’s slaying. And Henry fired the justice minister late Wednesday, just hours after another top official resigned and accused Henry of obstructing justice in a
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