By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday that the prospect of a “slight recession” is possible but that he doesn’t anticipate it — even as experts are sounding the alarm about the future of the American and global economies. “I don’t think there will be a recession. If it
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado accused of trying to sell classified information to Russia will remain behind bars while he is prosecuted. A magistrate judge said Tuesday that 30-year-old Jareh Sebastian Dalke is a possible flight risk, given the life sentence he could face
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala (AP) — An Alabama inmate said prison staff poked him with needles for over an hour as they tried to find a vein during an aborted lethal injection last month. Attorneys for Alan Eugene Miller wrote in a court filing that Miller endured physical and mental torture during
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Season 23 of “The Voice” will welcome some new faces and say goodbye to the hit show’s longest-tenured coach. Next season will be Blake Shelton’s last on the show, NBC revealed in a statement on Tuesday, and Chance the Rapper and former One Direction member Niall Horan are set to join
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The City of Seattle will end its COVID-19 emergency proclamation at the end of October. Mayor Bruce Harrell said in a statement Tuesday that Seattle will lift its remaining COVID emergency order to align with Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to end the statewide state of emergency on Oct. 31. Inslee issued the
Continue ReadingBy Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The mother of Nika Shahkarami, a 16-year-old protester who was found dead in Tehran last month, says her daughter was killed by Iranian security forces at a protest. In interviews with Iranian newspaper Etemad and BBC Persian and a video message published by US-funded Radio Farda, Shahkarami’s mother, Nasrin Shahkarami, rejected
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent It’s become a throwaway line at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies: GOP senators must boot Mitch McConnell from the leadership position he’s held longer than any Republican in American history. But McConnell has a message. “I have the votes,” the Senate GOP leader said bluntly, indicating
Continue ReadingBy Allie Malloy and Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday cast the Supreme Court as more of an “advocacy group these days” than an “even handed” court, as he continues his vocal opposition to the conservative-dominated bench. “I view this off-year election as one of the most important elections that I’ve been engaged
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The United States Secret Service has, in the last two weeks, given the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol nearly 1.5 million communications from the lead-up to the attack, including emails and planning documents, according to an agency spokesman. The data
Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With California’s four-year-old legal marijuana market in disarray, the state’s top prosecutor said Tuesday that he will try a new broader approach to disrupting illegal pot farms that undercut the legal economy and sow widespread environmental damage. The state will expand its nearly four-decade multi-agency seasonal
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Animales salvajes e insectos son los protagonistas de las imágenes ganadoras del concurso Fotógrafo de Vida Silvestre 2022. En esta edición, el honor de recibir el codiciado premio del concurso fue para la estadounidense Karine Aigner por su foto titulada “The big buzz”. La extraordinaria escena muestra a un enjambre de
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers searched for a missing hiker on trails near Tumalo Falls overnight and Tuesday morning before another hiker found the man, who told searchers he’d lost his way and sheltered in place overnight.
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez wrecked all of Seattle’s carefully crafted strategy with one colossal swing. The Mariners came to the postseason with a plan. Down to their last out, the October-tested Houston Astros weren’t so easily outmatched. Alvarez smashed a game-ending, three-run homer with two outs in the
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, Gregory Krieg and Jeff Zeleny, CNN In the final month of the midterm election season, Republican candidates have made crime central to their closing message. In Nevada, Republican Senate nominee Adam Laxalt is running an ad touting police groups who have flipped from endorsing his opponent, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, in
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok appears to be deepening its foray into e-commerce with plans to operate its own U.S. warehouses, the kind of packing and shipping facilities more associated with Amazon or Walmart than the social media platform best known for addictive short videos. In the past two
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge says Las Vegas police, prosecutors and defense attorneys have to wait to access a slain investigative journalist’s cellphone and electronic devices. That’s over concerns about revealing the reporter’s confidential sources and notes. District Court Judge Susan Johnson said the pause will last until
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Happy Tuesday, Central Oregon! Skies will clear Tuesday evening and stay clear overnight. Lows will be in the mid-20s to mid-30s. Winds remain light and variable. Tuesday was about the coolest day of the week. We will warm to the mid-70s to low 80s beginning Wednesday and stay there right through the coming weekend. The skies will stay
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut jury has wrapped up its second full day of deliberations on how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for spreading the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. The jury went home for the day Tuesday after asking
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — As is traditional in the fall, NBC’s Sunday night football telecast dominated the weekly television rankings, in this case a game between Cincinnati and Baltimore. Pro football programming held down the top five places in the Nielsen company’s list, and CBS’ telecast of the Texas A&M-Alabama game in college football on
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — As is traditional in the fall, NBC’s Sunday night football telecast dominated the weekly television rankings, in this case a game between Cincinnati and Baltimore. Pro football programming held down the top five places in the Nielsen company’s list, and CBS’ telecast of the Texas A&M-Alabama game in college football on
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