By Matt McFarland, Evan Sobol Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — The Elm City is using federal funding for a new program that is helping renters with their security deposits, while expanding its down payment program for homebuyers. The new initiative is called I’m Home, with New Haven setting
Continue ReadingCNN By Alex Marquardt, Natasha Bertrand and Phil Mattingly, CNN The Biden administration has launched a full-scale pressure campaign in a last-ditch effort to dissuade Middle Eastern allies from dramatically cutting oil production, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The push comes ahead of Wednesday’s crucial meeting of OPEC+, the international cartel of
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The West Coast is seeing the most extreme increase in gas prices in the country as several refineries in California undergo planned or unplanned maintenance, putting a severe crimp in supplies for the region, AAA Oregon/Idaho said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Two people were arrested after multiple pounds of powdered fentanyl was found during a traffic stop last week in Jefferson County, according to Oregon State Police. The traffic stop happened in Madras on Sept. 28, at about 10:11 p.m. During
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, CNN A 14-year-old girl went missing from a Pennsylvania park in 1969. More than half a century later, her remains have been identified, state police announced Tuesday. “After 53 years, the family of Joan Marie Dymond very much deserves closure. We will do everything in our power to see that they have
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — The Milwaukee Police Department has confirmed that an officer was struck by a vehicle and injured during a pursuit near 40th and Villard Tuesday, Oct. 4. In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said officers responded to the
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Fuller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of the searing and acclaimed “A Soldier’s Play” who often explored and exposed how social institutions can perpetuate racism, has died. He was 83. Fuller’s most famous work, “A Soldier’s Play,” used a military setting in its tale of
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A malfunctioning South Korean ballistic missile blew up as it plowed into the ground Wednesday during a live-fire drill with the United States that was a reprisal for North Korea’s successful launch a day earlier of a weapon that flew over Japan and has the
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo, Caitlin Hu, Eric Cheung and Brad Lendon, CNN The United States and South Korea launched four missiles off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday morning local time, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The test was the allies’ second exercise in under 24 hours, following a provocative
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Supporters of abortion rights are suing to keep an old Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions from being enforced. They argue in the lawsuit filed Tuesday that laws passed by the state Legislature after 1973′s Roe v. Wade decision should take precedence and abortions should be
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Democratic challenger to U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise in a Louisiana congressional race has released a campaign ad on social media that includes video of her giving birth. Katie Darling’s ad shows her traveling in September from her family farm in St. Tammany
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN Move over London. Step aside New York. There’s a new cosmopolitan cocktail capital: Barcelona is home to Paradiso, the newly crowned world’s best bar. For the first time since the World’s 50 Best Bars list was created in 2009, a bar outside of New York or London earned the No. 1
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Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. announced Tuesday it will operate as a not-for-profit company, allowing the Central Oregon brewery to donate the entirety of its net profits to support causes that will strengthen the community.
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police have released body camera video of the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man who charged officers. The video was played Tuesday for reporters and showed officers pleading with Porter Burks to drop the knife. But Burks — who had a history of struggling with mental
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business America’s national debt has climbed north of $31 trillion for the first time, a milestone that comes at a time of historically high inflation, rising interest rates and growing economic uncertainty. The nation’s total public debt outstanding closed at $31.1 trillion on Monday, according to Treasury Department data published Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Weather Channel had its biggest audience in five years on Wednesday, when Hurricane Ian made its devastating landfall in western Florida. With an average of 3.4 million viewers, it was the channel’s biggest audience since Hurricane Harvey deluged Texas in 2017. In the ensuing
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Weather Channel had its biggest audience in five years on Wednesday, when Hurricane Ian made its devastating landfall in western Florida. With an average of 3.4 million viewers, it was the channel’s biggest audience since Hurricane Harvey deluged Texas in 2017. In the ensuing
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of three men charged in connection with a 2020 anti-government plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The selection process lasted two days in Jackson, Michigan. A judge and lawyers tried to weed out people who had personal conflicts or showed a potential
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A Mexican actor has been convicted in South Florida of fatally punching a man during a road rage confrontation. Court records show a Miami-Dade jury found 35-year-old Pablo Lyle guilty Tuesday of manslaughter. He faces up to 15 years in prison. Lyle has claimed he acted in self-defense and was trying to
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In Georgia’s pivotal U.S. Senate race, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, have each sought to cast the other as an abortion extremist. At the same time, they deflect questions about the details of their own positions on the issue. The sidestepping reflects
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