UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Two Uvalde city police officers told a sheriff’s deputy that they passed up a fleeting chance to shoot the gunman for fear of hitting children outside an elementary school where the gunman killed 21 people. The gunman went on to enter Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24 and open
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN As Senate lawmakers embark on a final, urgent push to pass landmark antitrust legislation to reshape the tech industry, Big Tech is bringing out its heaviest hitters to influence the members whose votes could decide the bill’s fate. Next week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai will travel to Washington to meet with
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. is adding $103 million this year for wildfire risk reduction and burned-area rehabilitation throughout the country as well as establishing an interagency wildland firefighter health and well-being program, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Friday. Haaland made the announcement following a briefing on this year’s
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. is adding $103 million this year for wildfire risk reduction and burned-area rehabilitation throughout the country as well as establishing an interagency wildland firefighter health and well-being program, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Friday. Haaland made the announcement following a briefing on this year’s
Continue ReadingSHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A restaurant created by KFC founder Harland Sanders for his wife decades ago is for sale. The Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, Kentucky, hit the market this week. The sale of the 25,000-square-foot restaurant and banquet hall is being handled by Six Degrees Real Estate. The listing includes the trademark
Continue ReadingSHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A restaurant created by KFC founder Harland Sanders for his wife decades ago is for sale. The Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, Kentucky, hit the market this week. The sale of the 25,000-square-foot restaurant and banquet hall is being handled by Six Degrees Real Estate. The listing includes the trademark
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — Multiverses are all the rage. Following its theatrical release in May, “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” arrives Wednesday on Disney+. In it, Benedict Cumberbatch returns
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will close the Pilot Butte summit road to motorized traffic on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 21 and June 22, for some final work on this spring’s road-paving project. The road will be closed so contractors can install curbing near the bottom of the road to
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have accused a Las Vegas man of committing a hate crime by killing one person and wounding five at a mass shooting at a Taiwanese American church luncheon in California. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office said Friday that authorities added hate crime allegations to the murder and attempted
Continue ReadingBy Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Families keep getting ripped off when they log on to Cook County court hearings through Zoom. Loved ones think they’re paying to get inmates released from custody, only to discover con artists have scammed them out of thousands of dollars. Some of
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — About 20 students at a Michigan high school where four students were killed in a mass shooting say their constitutional rights to safety and education have been violated and that they want changes to ensure security at school, a law firm representing them said Friday.
Continue ReadingBy Michael Guise Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An investigation is underway after 8,000 golf balls were stolen from a golf course in Somerset County. State police said troopers responded June 4 to the Oakbrook Golf Course in Jenner Township for a report of stolen golf balls. The owner of
Continue ReadingHALLE, Germany (AP) — Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev was strong on key points to beat Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-4 and reach the semifinals of the Halle Open. Medvedev faced nine break points and saved them all to set up a semifinal with Oscar Otte. The German paid tribute to the help of his home crowd
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press American winger Ulysses Llanez was loaned from Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga to St. Pölten in Austria’s second tier for the second straight season. The 21-year-old from Lynwood, California, scored six goals last season. Llanez has made three appearances for the United States, scoring on a penalty kick in his debut
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A fire traced to improper disposal of oily rags broke out early Friday morning and caused $100,000 damage at a northeast Bend home, but the family was awakened by smoke alarms and escaped uninjured, a fire official said.
Continue ReadingBy Joe Gorchow Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — The Miami-Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works aims to make one more intersection in the county safer for pedestrians. In a virtual hearing held on Wednesday, county officials discussed an ongoing project in South Miami. They plan to implement a
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission moved closer Friday to a final rule that would dramatically alter what public companies tell shareholders about climate change — both the risks it poses to their operations and their own contributions to the problem. Public comment on the proposal has now
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Coco Gauff has reached her first semifinal on grass after beating Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 6-4 at the Berlin Open to set up a match with Ons Jabeur. The 18-year-old French Open finalist had to fight back from 2-0 down at the start of each set against an opponent who was the Wimbledon
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer A parade awaits in San Francisco to celebrate the champion Golden State Warriors. The NBA draft is a few days away, with presumed top-three picks Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren and Paolo Banchero set to take their first steps toward realizing their enormous potential. Free agency starts in less than
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN You might see another red, white and blue flag flying this weekend over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United States. The flag is
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