By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A host of Hollywood and sports celebrities including Larry David and Tom Brady were named as defendants in a class-action lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arguing that their celebrity status made them culpable for promoting the firm’s failed business model. FTX has been in the
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When a retired truck driver purchased $10 in Powerball tickets on a whim during the record jackpot run-up, little did he know he would be one number away from winning billions.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Keylor Navas es el jugador internacional más destacado de la selección de fútbol de Costa Rica. Su experiencia en clubes internacionales es importante: desde el Albacete español, pasando por el Real Madrid y ahora en el Paris Saint German. Los ‘ticos’ cuentan con su experiencia como carta de presentación
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Ivanka Trump anunció este martes que no tiene previsto participar en la campaña del expresidente Donald Trump, emitiendo un comunicado a CNN minutos después de que su padre anunciara otra candidatura a la Casa Blanca. “Quiero mucho a mi padre. Esta vez estoy eligiendo dar prioridad a mis hijos pequeños
Continue ReadingBy Nick Watt, CNN A group of veterans has filed a lawsuit to force homes to be built for them on land now used for elite sports facilities in Los Angeles. Fourteen unhoused veterans and the National Veterans Foundation filed a complaint in Central California’s federal district court against the Department of Veterans Affairs on
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Signs of the housing crisis in Oregon are widespread: cluttered tent encampments in city parks, and along bike trails and sidewalks, as well as people living in parked recreational vehicles. Sky-high property prices and a shortage of 111,000 housing units in Oregon have exacerbated the situation.
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Mid Oregon Credit Union invites the community to participate in their annual Holiday Dough fundraiser, which supports local charities to provide food, clothing and shelter to individuals and families in need during the holiday season.
Continue ReadingBy Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN A growing percentage of Indigenous and Black parents in the United States reported that their children have faced racist experiences, according to a study published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. The study looked at parental reporting of racist experiences their children faced between 2016 and 2020. Data came from the
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Es un sueño que revive cada cuatro años y que las selecciones de fútbol buscan con sus mejores gambetas: ganar el Mundial. Desde 1930 hasta 2022, se han jugado 22 Copas del Mundo, pero solo 8 países han logrado llevarse el trofeo a casa. Una minoría que se puede contar con
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has begun mass layoffs in its corporate ranks, becoming the latest tech company to trim its workforce amid rising fears about the wider economic environment. On Tuesday, the company notified regional authorities in California that it would lay off about 260 workers at various
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Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden took an around-the-world victory lap after this month’s midterm election, where Democrats showed surprising strength in holding back Republicans. He visited Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia to push for stronger action on climate change, closer economic ties in Asia and
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Not all of his friends abandoned him. But the harsh media reaction to former President Donald Trump’s announcement that he wants his old job back illustrates he has a steep hill before him. Some of the website headlines were shocking — ‘Trump Shocks the World
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is joining several leading Republican officials insisting that it’s much too early for the GOP to focus on the next presidential election. He made the comments Wednesday morning, roughly 12 hours after former President Donald Trump formally launched his
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Many Kansas Republicans are blaming state Sen. Dennis Pyle for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s narrow reelection victory. Pyle ran for governor as an independent candidate, and GOP leaders say he both siphoned votes from Republican nominee Derek Schmidt and decreased GOP turnout by making conservatives
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Pilots of hot air balloons carrying paying passengers will need medical certificates, just like pilots of other kinds of commercial aircraft. That’s according to a final rule that the Federal Aviation Administration adopted Wednesday. The rule comes four years after Congress passed a law including the requirement for balloon pilots to get
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Art in Public Places seeks to commission a permanent large-scale work of art for the Colorado Avenue and Columbia Street roundabout in Bend. The Colorado Avenue and Columbia Street roundabout connects drivers coming from downtown Bend to the westside of town over the Colorado Bridge, where the Bend Whitewater Park is
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Cases of Covid-19 rebound following treatment with the antiviral medication Paxlovid — where infections rev back up again after people complete their five-day course of the medication — appear to be at least twice as common as doctors previously knew, a new study suggests. Covid-19 rebound also seems to be more
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke and Rebekah Riess, CNN Angry relatives of some of the children killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre are demanding that the acting police chief from that day, Lt. Mariano Pargas, quit his role as a Uvalde county commissioner. “He was made aware that people were injured
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Oregon State Police said Wednesday they are “aware that the public has many questions regarding Ballot Measure 114” and its impact on gun purchases and required background checks, and that it’s working to clear recent “extreme firearms request volumes” as quickly as possible.
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