By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden listened politely Sunday as his Ukrainian counterpart made an audacious proposal: Fly to Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky told Biden, to show the world the United States is committed to stabilizing a region on edge. Sitting in the wood-paneled conference room at Camp David, Biden demurred. Later, aides told CNN
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles law enforcement says authorities rescued more than 80 human trafficking and sexual exploitation victims, including children, during a weeklong operation that also netted hundreds of arrests. The annual “Operation Reclaim and Rebuild” was held last week and coincided with the run-up to the Super Bowl in Los Angeles. The
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans who control the Arizona Senate have approved a ban on abortion after 15 weeks. Tuesday’s vote comes as the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of a similar Mississippi law and may even overturn the right to abortion altogether in place for five decades. Arizona already
Continue ReadingHAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s leaders have launched an unusual series of neighborhood meetings across the island to debate a measure that would legalize same-sex marriage and adoption, a measure that pits the daughter of former President Raul Castro against a growing evangelical movement. The planned 78,000 meetings officially began at the start of February but
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Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has lifted the “crisis standards of care” designation for hospitals in the southwestern portion of the state, with public health officials saying coronavirus-related staffing and blood shortages have improved somewhat, though hospitals remain stressed. The crisis standards of care designation allows hospitals to triage health
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — An advocacy group for minor league players has praised locked-out big leaguers for refusing to consider a proposal from Major League Baseball that would give teams the flexibility to cut hundreds of minor league jobs. MLB proposed that the Major League Baseball Players Association agree that management has the flexibility to
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. officials say the seven-year war in Yemen has witnessed a dangerous escalation in the already dire situation in the Arab world’s poorest nation. They say January’s civilian casualties were the highest in at least three years and 8 million Yemenis likely will lose all
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Kanye West está en todos los titulares ahora mismo. Entre sus publicaciones en las redes sociales (ahora borradas en su mayoría) sobre su esposa, de quien está separado, Kim Kardashian y su novio, la estrella de “SNL” Pete Davidson, hasta el fin de su breve relación con la actriz Julia Fox
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Deschutes County is seeking applicants for the Solid Waste Advisory Committee. Committee members will participate in the screening and selection process for the location of a new solid waste management and landfill facility in the county.
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer Pitchers and catchers are not starting spring training workouts as scheduled Wednesday. Major League Baseball’s lockout enters its 77th day and will prevent pitchers and catchers from taking the field for the first time since October. There have been just five bargaining sessions since the lockout began on Dec.
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Mazars USA, the accounting firm that former President Donald Trump and his businesses have used for years, cut ties with him in stunning fashion, declaring it could no longer vouch for the financial statements it has complied over the past decade. The February 9 letter was disclosed Monday amid litigation around
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A South Florida pastor has been arrested, accused of defrauding an elderly man out of his home. Eric Readon, pastor of the New Beginnings Missionary Baptist Church, is facing several charges. Police say it all goes back to 2015, when Readon
Continue ReadingBy Briana Smith Click here for updates on this story HARMAR TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Police say charges are pending after a fight between parents and a Shaler hockey player in the stands. The fight broke out after Shaler lost to Latrobe on Thursday at the Alpha Ice Complex in Harmar. The hockey player who
Continue ReadingBy Madeleine Wright Click here for updates on this story WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania (KYW) — CBS3 is celebrating Black History Month. We are sharing stories about the unsung heroes who make the ordinary extraordinary. That includes a West Chester University professor who launched a pilot program that provides support to Black male students who are
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An up close look in the air above the freestyle skiing slopes, inside the bobsled track, on the Olympic hockey ice and at more of the enthralling moments of action within the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SAUGERTIES, New York (WCBS) — An upstate girl who was missing for more than two years has been found alive in Ulster County. Paislee Shultis, then 4 years old, was reported missing in July of 2019, but police found her Monday night in a secret
Continue ReadingBy ROGER SUSANIN Click here for updates on this story WINDSOR, Connecticut (WFSB) — A symphony of snow guns signaled the return of some beloved Special Olympics events. As the sun rose, manmade snow fell outside Eversource’s Windsor offices thanks to a small shivering army of volunteers. “It seems like you’re crazy to do it
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Tirico has traveled over 12,500 miles in the air over the past week and hosted two major sporting events. He still isn’t done. Tirico is back at NBC Sports Group headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, to host the final week of the Winter Olympics. He
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