By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Two leaders of True the Vote, a prominent right-wing group that promotes debunked voter fraud conspiracies, were jailed this week after a federal judge in Texas found them in contempt of court. The group’s president Catherine Engelbrecht and onetime board member Gregg Phillips were taken into custody Monday after defying
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — En un enorme gimnasio de Seúl este martes, las familias en duelo inspeccionaron las ordenadas filas de pertenencias dejadas atrás en la escena del mortal aplastamiento en Itaewon. Zapatos, bolsos, anteojos, cuadernos, carteras, tarjeteros y sombreros de colores estaban colocados en mesas improvisadas y colchonetas a lo
Continue ReadingCNN By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN. Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN. Aaron Bethea says he has voted election after election for US presidents, governors and senators — and yet those lawmakers have done little to nothing to improve life for him, his family or his community. Bethea said he believes the issues he cares
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Justo cuando estábamos saliendo de un largo periodo de confinamientos y restricciones por la pandemia, los precios mundiales del petróleo subieron estrepitosamente. Esto afectó los pecios de los vuelos debido al combustible para aviones y el costo de llenar el tanque del auto para un viaje por carretera. Ahora, las tasas
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Rep. Liz Cheney returned to the campaign trail Tuesday night, receiving a standing ovation more than 1,600 miles from her Wyoming home — and a world away from the Republican politics that have been her family’s lifeblood. She will be leaving office in two months, following a resounding
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Happy Tuesday evening, Central Oregon! Lows Tuesday night will be in the upper teens to around 30 degrees. Expect more snow showers, with gentle southerly breezes after midnight. Mixed showers will continue into Wednesday night, when we see a bit of a break between systems. Between now and then, Mt. Bachelor will see 8-16 inches
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Families of some of the 19 children killed in the Uvalde school massacre commemorated the Day of Dead with a rally, procession and decorated altar outside the Texas Capitol on Tuesday night. Relatives chose the location to again demand tougher gun laws following the Robb Elementary
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A long-term patient at Western Washington state’s psychiatric hospital has been arrested on suspicion of killing his 69-year-old roommate, police said. Lakewood Police Department spokesperson Lt. Chris Lawler told The News Tribune Tuesday that Lakewood officers were called to Western State Hospital at about 7:15 p.m. Friday after fire crews responded
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — More than 400 people died in October in a series of crowd-related disasters in Asia, when a bridge packed with revelers collapsed in India, Halloween partiers were crushed in South Korea’s capital, and spectators fled a stadium in Indonesia after police fired tear gas. The
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los miembros de una familia en Red Oak, Iowa, pudieron escapar de las llamas en su casa después de que un conductor, que llegó a su calle por error, viera el incendio y se apresurara a despertarlos. Brendon Birt le relató a CNN que había salido a llevar a un amigo
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN A year after a fuel leak sickened families and forced the Pentagon to shut down the Red Hill fuel storage facility in Hawaii, the Navy laid out its nearly 5-year plan to permanently close the World War II-era facility. The Navy intends to remove the remaining fuel from the storage tanks
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Miércoles 8 de agosto de 2018, La Alcudia, España. Argentina se consagra campeón por segunda vez en su historia del tradicional torneo COTIF Sub-20, en medio de una turbulenta realidad organizativa de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) tras el mal desempeño de la selección mayor en el Mundial
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Days after taking over Twitter and a week before the U.S. midterm elections, billionaire Elon Musk has positioned himself as moderator-in-chief of one of the most important social media platforms in American politics. Musk has said he won’t make major decisions about
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press/Report for America EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Liz Cheney visited Michigan on Tuesday to support Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in her Lansing-area race against Republican Tom Barrett. The endorsement is the first time the Wyoming Republican has crossed party lines to campaign for a Democrat and comes as she
Continue ReadingFULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A California judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against the Los Angeles Angels over the drug-related death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Orange County Superior Court Judge Glenn Salter on Monday rejected the team’s request to dismiss the lawsuit and set the start of trial for Oct. 2, 2023. Skaggs was
Continue ReadingFULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A California judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against the Los Angeles Angels over the drug-related death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Orange County Superior Court Judge Glenn Salter on Monday rejected the team’s request to dismiss the lawsuit and set the start of trial for Oct. 2, 2023. Skaggs was
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Christina Applegate is opening up about living with multiple sclerosis, and how finishing her acclaimed show “Dead to Me” was important to her. The actress, 50, spoke with the New York Times for an article published on Tuesday, ahead of the premiere of the third and final season of her Netflix
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The Deschutes County Road Department said Tuesday it plans to close the Cascade Lakes Highway and Paulina Lake Road for the season at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Lisa is growing stronger as it pushes across the western Caribbean south of the Cayman Islands and it’s forecast to make landfall, likely as a hurricane, in Central America as early as Wednesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Lisa had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph Tuesday and
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies fans had to hand it to Justin Verlander. They gave the Astros ace a thumbs-up a day after he showed them he was No. 1. On Monday, a video clip of the Houston pitcher flipping his middle finger at a small group of Philadelphia rooters — kiddingly, he said — outside
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