CNN By Joe Sutton, CNN Survivors of the fatal mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, have filed a $27 billion class action lawsuit against multiple law enforcement agencies in Texas, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Austin, names the city, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District,
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore, Vanessa Yurkevich and Matt Egan, CNN Business So once again the nation and its economy is facing the risk of a massive freight railroad strike, this one as soon as Dec. 9. But about the only thing you don’t need to worry about it is whether it will affect your holiday
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A thin margin in Colorado Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s reelection race against Democrat Adam Frisch could trigger a rare automatic recount in an election that will help determine the extent of the GOP’s slim House majority. The Associated Press has declared race too close
Continue ReadingBy Sheryl Lawrence and Rob Frehse, CNN A Maryland condo owner died by suicide in an explosion that caused the building to partially collapse and injure 14 others earlier this week, police said Friday. Juan Pablo Marshall Quizon, 36, died from smoke inhalation and burns, said Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones, citing the medical
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a man who temporarily admitted murdering an American who fell to his death in 1988 from a Sydney cliff top that was known as a gay meeting place. Scott White, 52, was sentenced in May to 12
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Carol Leigh, a San Francisco activist who is credited with coining the term “sex work” and who sought for decades to improve conditions for prostitutes and others in the adult entertainment business, has died. She was 71. Kate Marquez, the executor of her estate, said Leigh died Wednesday of cancer, the
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Colombia informó este jueves en un comunicado que suspendió las órdenes de captura y de extradición contra 17 representantes del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN). Explicó que la medida tiene la finalidad de permitir que los beneficiados puedan acudir a las negociaciones de paz entre el gobierno
Continue ReadingCNN, SENATE TV, HOUSE TV, POOL By Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The Justice Department indicated in a court filing Thursday that it plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the Biden administration’s student debt relief program. “The government will be filing an application with the Supreme Court to vacate a separate injunction
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed near Japanese waters in its second major weapons test this month that showed a potential ability to launch nuclear strikes on all of the U.S. mainland. Japan’s defense minister says the missile’s
Continue ReadingGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A fire set off by stored gasoline in a residential building killed 21 people in a refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the territory’s Hamas rulers said. The fire was one of the deadliest incidents in recent years outside the violence stemming from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The blaze
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Chris Hemsworth embarked on a personal and physically demanding journey for his new series “Limitless” that ultimately led to a sobering discovery. The “Thor” actor, 39, learns in one episode of the limited Disney+/National Geographic series — which shows him exploring ways to enhance his longevity and combat aging — that
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s general elections are taking place Saturday, over a month after Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved Parliament and announced snap elections. The country’s longest-serving coalition is seeking to regain its dominance after a shocking loss in 2018, but political reformers are aiming for a
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A racial discrimination lawsuit has been filed by a group of Black residents against managers of a Georgia housing development associated with the film studio used to shoot well-known movies and television shows. The Town at Trilith sits across the street from Trilith Studios. It was known
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With the coldest months of the year upon us, brokers from Windermere Real Estate are teaming up to Share the Warmth and help provide winter necessities for those in need.
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of 30 agencies that supply water to homes and businesses throughout the western United States has pledged to rip up lots of decorative grass to help keep water in the over-tapped Colorado River. The agreement signed Tuesday by water agencies
Continue ReadingBy Marysabel Huston-Crespo, CNN The 23rd Latin Grammy Awards were presented on Thursday. A list of nominees in several top categories follows below. The winners are indicated in bold. The full list of all 22 categories can be found here. Record of the year “Pa’ mis muchachas,” Christina Aguilera, Becky G, Nicki Nicole feat. Nathy
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN New audio obtained by CNN shows Texas’s top law enforcement agency knew children were trapped in Robb Elementary more than 30 minutes before anyone shot the gunman and rescued them. Less than two minutes after the acting Uvalde police chief Lt. Mariano Pargas got details
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Deschutes County residents are invited to apply to serve on the Deschutes County Fair Board.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Partes del estado de Nueva York están siendo golpeadas este jueves por una tormenta de nieve que podría cerrar las carreteras y paralizar las ciudades por días. “El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de Búfalo informó que este fenómeno podría producir una nevada paralizante que podrían medir hasta un metro para las áreas
Continue ReadingMASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Fire officials say a house fire that killed four children in northern Iowa was caused by an electrical power strip. The blaze was reported early Wednesday in Mason City. When firefighters arrived they found flames engulfing the first and second stories of the home, built in the 1880s. Fire officials
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