By DENISE LAVOIE and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia has denied parole to convicted sniper killer Lee Boyd Malvo, ruling that he is still a risk to the community two decades after he and his partner terrorized the Washington, D.C., region with a series of random shootings. Malvo was 17 when
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Happy Thursday, Central Oregon! It’ll be mostly clear Thursday night, with light and variable winds and lows in the low 30s to low 40s. A developing low-pressure center in the Gulf of Alaska will make its way southward along the British Columbia coastline over the next couple of days. It will bring partly cloudy skies
Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new law in California will require companies that provide online services to protect children’s privacy. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law on Thursday. It requires companies to not profile children or use children’s personal information that could harm their physical or mental health or well-being.
Continue ReadingBy FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man is facing federal charges that he tampered with evidence after he was arrested on a highway with young girls in an enclosed trailer. Samuel Bateman was indicted this month on three counts of destroying records and tampering with criminal proceedings. He pleaded not
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, and refused to permit the Justice Department to resume its use of the
Continue ReadingBy Robert Shackelford and Judson Jones, CNN Tropical Storm Fiona has formed in the Atlantic, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm, packing winds of 60 mph with even higher gusts, was about 495 miles east of the Leeward Islands late Thursday morning. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Robert Shackelford and Judson Jones, CNN Tropical Storm Fiona has formed in the Atlantic, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm, packing winds of 60 mph with even higher gusts, was about 495 miles east of the Leeward Islands late Thursday morning.
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A Brooklyn-based federal judge was selected on Thursday to serve as an independent arbiter to review the materials seized in the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. The special master will be Senior Judge Raymond Dearie, who was put forward as a possible candidate for
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Cooper Rush is starting at quarterback again for the Dallas Cowboys. It’s also the second time he is replacing an injured Dak Prescott. Rush will start opposite Joe Burrow and defending AFC champion Cincinnati on Sunday at home. Dallas dumped Rush as Prescott’s backup
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer FedEx is shuttering storefronts and corporate offices while putting off new hires in a belt-tightening drive brought on by drop-off in its global package delivery business. The company based in Memphis, Tennessee, warned it will likely miss Wall Street’s profit target for its fiscal first quarter that ended Aug.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors this week scored multiple convictions against R. Kelly at the singer’s trial in Chicago, but they lost on the headline charge — that Kelly obstructed justice by rigging his 2008 state child pornography trial, at which jurors acquitted him. Kelly co-defendant and longtime
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Atlanta United forward Thiago Almada has been included in Argentina’s 28-man squad for two World Cup warm-up matches to be played in the United States this month. The team will face Honduras on Sept. 23 in Miami and Jamaica four days later in New Jersey. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni dropped
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills haven’t forgotten how they fell just short against the Tennessee Titans last season. It happened when Allen was stopped for no gain on fourth down near the goal line in the final seconds of a 34-31 loss. The
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Mike LaFleur glanced at the final stats from the New York Jets’ season opener and one number really made him uneasy. Joe Flacco threw the ball a whopping 59 times in the 24-9 loss to Baltimore last Sunday. Not exactly the way
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El Congreso de Perú, con una votación de 94 a favor, 14 en contra y 8 abstenciones, aprobó este jueves una moción de censura contra el ministro de Transportes y Comunicaciones, Geiner Alvarado López, con el argumento de su supuesta “falta de idoneidad” para el ejercicio del cargo. En Perú,
Continue ReadingINDEX, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Highway 2 northeast of Seattle will stay shut between Index and Skykomish through at least Monday as crews working on the Bolt Creek fire clear debris and secure trees and boulders that could crash onto the roadway. The closure could last longer, The Seattle Times reported. On Wednesday night, officials
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — La vicepresidenta de Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, habló este jueves en el Senado, en sus primeras declaraciones públicas tras el atentado en su contra ocurrido el 1 de septiembre. “Yo quería que mi primera actividad pública, fuera de mi despacho, fuera con ustedes. Yo siento que estoy viva
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ayako Uehara found momentum from par saves on her opening two holes and turned that into a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead Thursday in the AmazingCre Portland Classic. Hannah Green had a 66 despite a bogey on her final hole at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, with Nelly Korda in the
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ayako Uehara found momentum from par saves on her opening two holes and turned that into a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead Thursday in the AmazingCre Portland Classic. Hannah Green had a 66 despite a bogey on her final hole at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, with Nelly Korda in the
Continue ReadingBy IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Yandy Díaz hit a three-run home run and the Tampa Bay Rays — starting an unprecedented nine Latin American players on Roberto Clemente Day — routed Toronto 11-0 on Thursday to pull within a half-game of the Blue Jays in the wild-card chase. Clemente, the late Hall
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