By Amy Simonson and Paul P. Murphy, CNN A Texas sheriff said Monday evening his agency will open an investigation into the transportation of 48 Venezuelan migrants from the state to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, last week. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, told reporters at a Monday news conference that his understanding was that
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A former Maui County official and the Honolulu businessman who paid him $2 million in bribes in exchange for more than $19 million in wastewater contracts each pleaded guilty to one count of honest services wire fraud. They entered their pleas on Monday in one of the
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Happy Monday, Central Oregon! As our lows drop Monday night to the low to mid-40s, we will see a chance of rain showers, with light northwest winds all night. The slow-moving low-pressure center now off the central California coast will keep cooling temperatures and rain showers in our forecast through Thursday morning. Skies will begin to
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associted Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in Alaska were making contact Monday with some of the most remote villages in the United States to determine their food and water needs, as well as assess the damage after a massive storm flooded communities on the state’s vast western coast this weekend. No
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey will be questioned on Tuesday morning by lawyers for the company and Elon Musk as part of the court fight over their $44 billion acquisition deal, according to a notice of a deposition filed Monday. Dorsey — who stepped down as CEO of
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Two Oregon men convicted of illegally guiding hunters in Wallowa County forfeited mules and gear, among other penalties, following a multi-state investigation, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Monday.
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Carlos Santana not only delivered a huge birthday present to his mother on Monday, he helped get the Seattle Mariners back on track in their bid to make the postseason for the first time since 2001. Santana homered twice, including his first grand slam in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The federal government has turned down a request by a regional airline to hire pilots with half the flying experience generally required. The Federal Aviation Administration says it’s in the public interest to uphold the current standards. Republic Airways petitioned to hire first officers — or co-pilots — with
Continue ReadingBy MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The United Nations will be judged by how it addresses China’s persecution of ethnic minorities, diplomats and human rights advocates charged Monday on the sidelines of the body’s General Assembly, calling for forceful action after a report raised the specter of “crimes against humanity.” For
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El objetivo principal del telescopio espacial James Webb es detectar la luz tenue de galaxias lejanas, pero recientemente observó uno de los objetos más brillantes del cielo nocturno: Marte. El observatorio espacial captó sus primeras imágenes y datos del planeta rojo el 5 de septiembre. Hay múltiples orbitadores sobre Marte, así
Continue ReadingFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — An executive of a vegan food products company has been charged with felony battery and making a terroristic threat after a fracas outside a football game in which he’s accused of biting a man’s nose, officials said. Beyond Meat Chief Operations Officer Doug Ramsey has been accused of a road rage
Continue ReadingFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — An executive of a vegan food products company has been charged with felony battery and making a terroristic threat after a fracas outside a football game in which he’s accused of biting a man’s nose, officials said. Beyond Meat Chief Operations Officer Doug Ramsey has been accused of a road rage
Continue ReadingNEW IBERIA, La. (AP) — Lucille Fremin Babineaux, mother of Louisiana’s first female governor and matriarch of a large family, is dead at age 102. Her family says Babineaux died Monday, two weeks before what would have been her 103rd birthday. Her daughter, Kathleen Blanco, who was Louisiana’s governor when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated
Continue ReadingWOLLONGONG, Australia (AP) — Soren Waerenskjold has repeated Norway’s gold-medal success at the world road cycling championships a day after Tobias Foss finished first in the elite men’s time trial. Waerenskjold won the men’s under-23 time trial on the second day of the championships with a dominant performance. He clocked 34 minutes, 13.40 seconds over
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Cuando un usuario de TikTok busca en la aplicación de redes sociales información sobre las principales noticias, que van desde las vacunas contra el covid-19 hasta los tiroteos en las escuelas, casi el 20% de los videos presentados como resultados de búsqueda contienen información errónea, según un informe de investigación publicado el
Continue ReadingCNN, WBAL By Lauren Koenig, Dakin Andone and Eric Levenson, CNN A judge on Monday approved a motion by prosecutors to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the first season of the popular “Serial” podcast, who has maintained he is innocent in the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend. Baltimore prosecutors filed
Continue ReadingCNN By Natalie Gallón, Nick Paton Walsh, Kostyantin Gak and Brice Lâiné, CNN There is little respite in victory for Ukrainian forces in the recently liberated Kupiansk. Russian shells still hit its pockmarked streets, marring the skyline with plumes of black smoke. Intense damage is visible on nearly every building. A huge billboard with an
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay was suspended by the NFL for four games Monday for violating its personal conduct policy. Gay was arrested in January in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kansas, and charged with misdemeanor criminal property damage of less than $1,000.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — County clerks in Oregon are inundated with public records requests stemming from “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen, even while they’re already busy preparing for the November election, the secretary of state said Monday. Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has been visiting Oregon’s
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss is heading straight from the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II to the United Nations General Assembly. The new U.K. leader is making her international debut after two weeks dominated by the death and commemoration of the queen. The war in Ukraine will
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