DENVER (AP) — A jury has awarded nearly $9 million to three families who accused a Colorado fertility doctor of using his own sperm to inseminate three mothers who requested anonymous donors. The jury reached its decision late Wednesday, finding Dr. Paul B. Jones liable along with his clinic, Women’s Health Care of Western Colorado.
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A jury has awarded nearly $9 million to three families who accused a Colorado fertility doctor of using his own sperm to inseminate three mothers who requested anonymous donors. The jury reached its decision late Wednesday, finding Dr. Paul B. Jones liable along with his clinic, Women’s Health Care of Western Colorado.
Continue ReadingCNN By David Goldman, CNN Business Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to support the ruble continue to pay off — and then some. Russia’s currency hit a two-year high against the US dollar Friday. The ruble gained ground after the country said it managed to pay back creditors with dollars as Russia tries to avoid
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Jason Hanna, CNN A group of attorneys filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” effort to arrest migrants under state criminal trespassing laws, alleging it targets “Black and Brown — primarily Latino — individuals for prosecution.” The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the US
Continue ReadingLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Keeneland says an exercise rider has died after being thrown from a horse at its training track. A Keeneland spokeswoman confirmed 20-year-old Callie Witt died Friday morning after being thrown from a 2-year-old horse. On-site medical personnel immediately tended to Witt for life-threatening injuries, according to a statement by Keeneland. The
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — Airbnb no le exigirá a la mayoría de sus empleados que vuelvan a la oficina, nunca. La compañía comunicó este jueves a sus empleados que pueden trabajar permanentemente a distancia y que pueden trasladarse a cualquier lugar del país en el que trabajan actualmente. Hacerlo no tendrá un impacto negativo
Continue ReadingBy David Baker Click here for updates on this story FLAGSTAFF, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — A family who were victims of the Tunnel Fire got a special family member back thanks to some Arizona Game and Fish Department staff members. On April 19, winds fueled the Tunnel Fire on the northeast side of the San
Continue ReadingBy Briana Whitney Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KTVK, KPHO) — As the war continues in Ukraine, an Ahwatukee man is stepping in to try to help his friends trying to escape — single mothers with children. As a native of Ukraine, he said he couldn’t sit back and do nothing, but
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will head to West Africa on Saturday to join Muslims marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan and to highlight the impact of the Ukraine war on the African continent. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Friday the secretary-general will arrive in Senegal
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — A prominent Polish lawyer who has represented leading political opposition figures and was treated as a suspect in a politically sensitive case has been cleared by a court. Roman Giertych was targeted by Pegasus spyware in 2019 when he represented Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister and former president of
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Georgia man affiliated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia group became the second Capitol rioter to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy for his actions leading up and through the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. Authorities say Ulrich participated in encrypted chats with other people affiliated with the
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — A bomb scare set off scenes of panic at Israel’s airport after an American family showed up with an unexploded artillery shell they had found in the Golan Heights. The family had intended to bring it back as a souvenir. Videos showed passengers ducking for cover, running and screaming at the departure
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers, seeking to reverse their client’s $10,000-per-day contempt fine, provided a New York judge Friday with an affidavit in which the former president claims he didn’t turn over subpoenaed documents to the state attorney general’s office because he doesn’t have them. The judge,
Continue ReadingNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to malicious wounding in a shooting that injured two students at a Virginia high school in September. The Daily Press reports the teen also pleaded guilty Friday to four gun charges in the shooting at Heritage High School. Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Travis White says
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Bend police and fire agencies are holding a pre-summer “spring cleaning” fire safety and fireworks disposal event for the public after the recent ban on sale and use of fireworks.
Continue ReadingELOY, Ariz. (AP) — The pilot in charge during a forbidden Red Bull plane-swapping stunt is taking full responsibility for the ensuing crash over the Arizona desert. Luke Aikins admitted in a post on his Instagram Friday he disregarded a denial from the Federal Aviation Administration two days before Sunday’s mid-air crash. Aikins and another
Continue ReadingBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — “American Idol” winner Laine Hardy was arrested Friday after being accused of putting a listening device in his ex-girlfriend’s college dorm room, authorities said. Hardy, 21, of Livingston, Louisiana, faces a felony charge of interception and disclosure of wire, electronic or oral communication, Louisiana State University spokesman Ernie Ballard said.
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — American pharmaceutical company Moderna will build a vaccine factory in Montreal, its first outside of the United States, the company and government officials announced Friday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Trudeau said the factory will be operational as soon as 2024, will employ up to 300 people and able to produce 100
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Los Centros de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC) siguen investigando los casos de hepatitis aguda de causa desconocida entre los niños. La agencia publicó este viernes más detalles clínicos sobre algunos casos en un informe de Morbidity and Mortality Weekly. Hasta el momento, se han registrado al menos
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is showing off artwork by military kids in a new temporary exhibit at the White House. More than 20 painted face masks, colored drawings and works of poetry are on display in the East Wing in honor of the Month of the Military Child. The
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