NEW YORK (AP) — A California woman pleaded guilty on Thursday in connection with her unwitting role in a foiled plot to kidnap a prominent Iranian opposition activist living in New York City and take her back to Tehran. Prosecutors have not accused Niloufar Bahadorifar of participating in the plot to abduct Masih Alinejad, a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los tres últimos episodios de la serie documental de Netflix de Harry y Meghan se estrenaron este jueves. Los tres primeros episodios, emitidos la semana pasada, abordaron los primeros días de la relación de la pareja, la incesante atención mediática a la que se han enfrentado y a lo que Harry
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Hu and Claudia Rebaza, CNN Peru’s ousted former president Pedro Castillo will remain in pretrial detention for 18 months, the country’s Supreme Court ordered on Thursday, as crowds of his supporters protested outside the courthouse and around the country. Castillo, a former teacher and union leader from rural Peru, was impeached and removed
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While heavy snowfall prompted cancellation of Monday’s classes in the Crook County School District, Friday’s classes at Crook County High School been called off for a different reason – a backup of raw sewage.
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Twitter on Thursday evening banned the accounts of several high-profile journalists from top news organizations without explanation, apparently marking a significant attempt by new owner Elon Musk to wield his unilateral authority over the platform. The accounts belonging to CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The New York Times’ Ryan Mac, The Washington
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation to fund the government for an additional week as lawmakers race to finish work on a full-year spending package before they head home for the holidays and a new Congress is sworn in. Congress in September passed a bill to keep the
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point extended his goal streak to five games, backup Brian Elliott made 24 saves in his seventh straight win, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1. Brandon Hagel had two goals for Tampa Bay, and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also scored. Nikita Kucherov
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Jill Martin, CNN Billie Moore — the head coach of the first US women’s Olympic basketball team, the first head coach to lead two schools to national championships in women’s basketball and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame — died Wednesday at the age of 79. Her
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Jake Oettinger made 45 saves to backstop the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 comeback victory over the Washington Capitals and deny Alex Ovechkin another major milestone goal. Jamie Benn tied it early in the third period and Colin Miller scored the go-ahead goal on a fluky
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Carter Hart matched his career high with 48 saves and Travis Konecny scored the tiebreaking goal on a breakaway with 8:14 to play as the Philadelphia Flyers extended the New Jersey Devils’ season-high skid to four games with a 2-1 win. Scott Laughton also scored
Continue ReadingBy ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Vesey had two goals, Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 for their fifth straight win. Vesey snapped a tie with 4:27 left in the second period. He added an empty-netter with 1:13 remaining for his
Continue ReadingBy BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina goalie Pyotr Kochetkov had his scoreless streak end and the Hurricanes held on after building an early lead to beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Thursday night. Andrei Svechnikov and Derek Stepan scored in the first period and Stefan Noesen added a second-period goal on
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Jackson County firefighters have seen it all, but even they were shocked to find the bodies of two black bears killed and found high in two pine trees this fall. Oregon State Police continue to seek information about the Oct. 29 case and are providing more details, in hopes of finding the perpetrators.
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Monica Garrett and Amanda Watts, CNN The massive storm system that pulverized homes, killed three people in Louisiana and brought blizzard conditions to northern states is bringing a new wave of brutal weather starting Thursday. More than a foot of snow has covered parts of the upper Midwest since Monday,
Continue ReadingCNN, KVLY, WCCO, KGWN, WAPT, KOKH, KTVT, WFAA, KSLA, KNOE By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Monica Garrett and Amanda Watts, CNN The massive storm system that pulverized homes, killed three people in Louisiana and brought blizzard conditions to northern states is bringing a new wave of brutal weather starting Thursday. More than a foot of
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leaving Democratic leadership after Republicans won the majority. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is remaining at the helm of a chamber Democrats still control. But both said President Joe Biden should run for a second term in 2024 after what they described as an “excellent”
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los Archivos Nacionales publicaron este jueves miles de documentos previamente clasificados que fueron recopilados como parte de la revisión del gobierno sobre el asesinato del presidente John F. Kennedy en 1963. El conjunto de más de 13.000 documentos es el segundo de los dos registros de documentos relacionados con el asesinato
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El Twitter de Elon Musk suspendió este jueves sin ninguna explicación las cuentas de varios periodistas que cubren la tecnología. Los perfiles pertenecientes a Donie O’Sullivan de CNN, Ryan Mac de The New York Times y Drew Harwell de The Washington Post, así como de otros periodistas de tecnología, se suspendieron
Continue ReadingSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Zia Cooke scored 13 of her 18 points in the second half, and top-ranked South Carolina overcame a sluggish offensive effort to beat South Dakota State 62-44 at the Sanford Pentagon. The Gamecocks shot a season-low 34.3% from the field, far below their season average of 48.2%, while also scoring
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean state media say leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test of a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” for a new strategic weapon. The development could allow him to possess a more mobile, harder-to-detect arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the mainland U.S.
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