By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter, who fatally shot Daunte Wright in April, now faces an additional first-degree manslaughter charge. Days after the shooting on April 11, Potter was charged with second-degree manslaughter in the 20-year-old’s death. But Minnesota Attorney General
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With Oregon getting an additional, sixth congressional seat based on population growth, Republican and Democratic state lawmakers on Friday presented differing visions on where that new district should be.
Continue ReadingBy Liz Collin Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Ongoing supply chain and staffing issues are hitting some small restaurants hard. As more pandemic problems persist, one of the largest food suppliers has hit pause on some Minneapolis restaurants — meaning owners are forced to find their ingredients elsewhere. For 18
Continue ReadingBy SONNY FIGUEROA Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan officials say they’re trying to arrest a former anti-corruption prosecutor whose ouster led the U.S. to reduce cooperation with the Central American nation’s legal system. The arrest warrant for Juan Francisco Sandoval was confirmed by the spokesman for the prosecutor’s office. That came a day
Continue ReadingAUBURN, Maine (AP) — A Maine landlord has arranged for the rescue of 15 tarantulas and one python that had been left behind by a tenant. The Sun Journal reports that animal rescuer Drew Desjardins was called to the apartment Wednesday in Auburn. He found that four of 19 tarantulas had died and that the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La recuperación del empleo en Estados Unidos se topó con un obstáculo importante en agosto, cuando la economía del país agregó muchos menos puestos de trabajo de lo esperado. Solo se agregaron 235.000 puestos de trabajo el mes pasado, muy por debajo de las expectativas de los economistas. En tiempos normales
Continue ReadingBy Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story MELROSE PARK, Illinois (WBBM) — Gyovanny Arzuaga and Yasmin Perez lost their lives in a violent, high-profile shooting back during Puerto Rican Parade celebrations in Humboldt Park back in June. But beyond that headline are two children left without their mother and father. Their surviving
Continue ReadingCésar López (CNN Español) — La boxeadora mexicana Jeanette Zacarías Zapata falleció después de permanecer en cuidados intensivos en Canadá por más de cinco días. El promotor de la pelea, la agencia Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), que organizó el evento en Montreal, Canadá, el pasado 28 de agosto, confirmó la noticia: “Con un profundo pesar
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the FBI to declassify documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The order Friday is a supportive gesture to victims’ families who have long sought the records in hopes of implicating the Saudi government. Still, the
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN One of two teachers at a Texas junior high school who died last week of Covid-19 was nervous about returning to school because of the Delta variant, her sister told CNN. Natalia Chansler, a 6th grade social studies teacher at Connally Junior High in Elm Mott, Texas, died of Covid-19 complications
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Here is Deschutes County’s road construction report for the week of Sept. 5-9.
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September is National Suicide Prevention Month. The Central Oregon Suicide Prevention Alliance and community partners are coordinating several activities throughout September to build awareness and work toward preventing suicide attempts and deaths.
Continue ReadingBy KYW Staff Click here for updates on this story SHARON HILL, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Three Sharon Hill police officers may be responsible for alleged responsive gunfire that struck four victims, killing 8-year-old Fanta Bility and wounding her sister, outside of a high school football game in Delaware County last week, the county’s District Attorney’s
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu’s chief of staff says tests confirm that the cause of his flulike symptoms is a bleeding ulcer. Sununu was admitted to a hospital Friday after having flulike symptoms since Wednesday. He had tested negative three times for COVID-19. Chief of Staff
Continue ReadingBy KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer Tiny Cape Verde has one big advantage as it tries to become African basketball champion for the first time: 7-foot-3 former NBA draft pick Walter “Edy” Tavares. The Real Madrid center has led his squad into the AfroBasket semifinals to face defending champion Tunisia on Saturday. Senegal squares off
Continue ReadingBy ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish scientists say Europe’s southernmost glaciers will likely be reduced to ice patches in the next two decades due to climate change. The study also found that the shrinking of ice mass on the Pyrenees mountain range is continuing at the steady but rapid speed seen at
Continue ReadingBy Peter D’Oench Click here for updates on this story CORAL GABLES, Florida (WFOR) — Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak is speaking for the first time about a stroke he suffered recently that could have had serious consequences had he not acted quickly and received help from his family, first responders and Baptist Hospital
Continue ReadingSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s order for a customized, personal desk from a state prison work program will cost nearly $9,000 after modifications such as brass embossing, a gun drawer with leather inserts and a footrest. The governor’s spokesman Ian Fury says that taxpayers won’t be saddled with the bill
Continue ReadingGUIDONIA, Italy (AP) — Australia’s Min Woo Lee opened up a two-shot lead after the second round of the Italian Open, while Tommy Fleetwood remained in contention for a sixth European Tour title despite a late stumble. Lee shot a 3-under 68 at Marco Simone Golf Club, which will host the Ryder Cup in 2023.
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A viewer sent WJZ some shocking video along Eastern Avenue in southeast Baltimore. A car can be seen pushing a man through traffic down the road. The incident reportedly happened around 5 p.m. Wednesday, as storms battered the region. The man can
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