ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says an army helicopter flying in a rescue and relief mission in the country’s flood-stricken southwest has lost contact with a regional control tower and is missing. The fate of its six-member crew, including a top commander, was not immediately known. The helicopter was part of aid efforts in the
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — Firefighters and resources from the Willamette Valley are heading to the quickly growing McKinney Fire in California near Oregon’s southern border. The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office said task forces from Marion, Linn and Clackamas counties are heading out to help
Continue ReadingBy Connor McCarthy Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A week of temperatures about 95 degrees is coming to an end Sunday as Portlanders continue to find ways to cool off. Andrew Borel went through the week without air conditioning in his apartment on the east side of the city.
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is challenging a subpoena to testify before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke any laws when they tried to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Georgia. Graham’s lawyers wrote in a court filing Friday the South Carolina Republican
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Luke Donald is Europe’s new captain for the Ryder Cup in Italy next year. The job had belonged to Henrik Stenson. But then the Swede went back on his pledge to support Europe by signing on with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. The European tour stripped Stenson of the job. It
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story CENTRAL OREGON (KPTV) — Evacuations have been issued after a fast-moving wildfire started near Lake Billy Chinook on Sunday. The Fly Creek Fire was last estimated to be about 30 acres and 0% contained. It’s burning near Balancing Rock along the Metolius arm of Lake
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By Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KCTV) — A man arrested for killing two men at two homes miles apart from each other then shooting at police spent time in prison for possession of narcotics and aggravated assault, among other crimes. Lawrence Police released the man’s name Sunday night,
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — El incendio forestal McKinney, en el norte de California, se extendió rápidamente durante este fin de semana, al punto que pasó a ser más grande del estado en lo que va del año y obligó a múltiples evacuaciones, según Cal Fire. ¿Qué causa los incendios forestales, por qué son cada vez más
Continue ReadingBy Gabriella Bachara Click here for updates on this story OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (WDJT) — This week marks the 10th anniversary of the mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. A white nationalist gunman open fire during a service at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on August 5, 2012, killing six people and injuring
Continue ReadingAITKIN, Minn. (AP) — A trial in Minnesota is expected to decide whether a woman’s human rights were violated when a pharmacist denied her request in 2019 to fill a prescription for emergency contraception. Andrea Anderson, a mother of five from McGregor, sued under the Minnesota Human Rights Act after the pharmacist refused to accommodate
Continue ReadingAITKIN, Minn. (AP) — A trial in Minnesota is expected to decide whether a woman’s human rights were violated when a pharmacist denied her request in 2019 to fill a prescription for emergency contraception. Andrea Anderson, a mother of five from McGregor, sued under the Minnesota Human Rights Act after the pharmacist refused to accommodate
Continue ReadingCNN By Chandelis Duster, CNN An attorney for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said Monday he is “confident” the proposed prisoner swap of his client for Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan is going to happen. “I do have some information about the progress of how things are going … But that information comes
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business So far this year, the real estate market has not been going the way many prospective homebuyers had hoped. Home prices — already at all-time highs — have continued to climb and mortgage rates have risen much faster than expected. While some buyers have forged ahead, others have put their
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Australian cycling officials finally got around to making a significant adjustment to the team’s racing bikes at the Commonwealth Games following a review of a crash at the Tokyo Olympics. That meant on the last day of Commonwealth racing the Australian cyclists in the men’s 1,000-meter
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN A “Star Wars” hero once said that rebellions are built on hope. The newest Disney+ series set in a galaxy far, far away explores the origins of that hero, whose sacrifices would eventually help the Rebel Alliance take down the evil Galactic Empire. Diego Luna returns to the “Star Wars” universe
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials and a U.S. envoy say Lebanon and Israel are getting closer to reaching a deal in a maritime border dispute between the two neighbors. A U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel said after talks in Beirut on Monday that he looks forward to coming
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials and a U.S. envoy say Lebanon and Israel are getting closer to reaching a deal in a maritime border dispute between the two neighbors. A U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel said after talks in Beirut on Monday that he looks forward to coming
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El asesinato de un nigeriano a plena luz del dÃa en la calle de una ciudad costera italiana, en la región de Marche, mientras los espectadores observaban, desató la indignación y renovó el debate sobre el racismo y los crÃmenes contra los inmigrantes en el paÃs antes de las elecciones
Continue ReadingCNN By Josh Campbell and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad on Monday told the Iranian regime, “Go to hell,” just days after authorities informed her a man armed with an AK-47-style rifle was arrested in the Brooklyn neighborhood where she lives with her family, including her stepchildren. Authorities are investigating
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The bulletproof vehicles that Colombia’s government assigns to hundreds of high-risk individuals are supposed to make them safer. But when an investigative reporter discovered they all had GPS trackers, she only felt more vulnerable — and outraged. No one had informed Claudia Julieta Duque — or apparently any of
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