By Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday signed what he described as “long overdue” legislation that could help establish a National Museum of Asian American and Pacific Islander History and Culture. “It’s about time for a national museum to capture the courage, the character, and the imagination … the dreams
Continue ReadingYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Yosemite National Park officials are seeking witnesses who saw vandals tag more than 30 sites in the California park with graffiti. Park officials said in a social media post on Sunday that vandals last month used white and blue spray paint to draw graffiti on boulders and other sites
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Redmond firehouse has a special new kitchen table to gather around, one created by the wood shop class at Redmond High School — a project delayed by the pandemic that has come to beautiful fruition. Here’s a release issued Monday by Redmond Fire & Rescue about the special project: One
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor of film and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s first movies and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library book in “Seinfeld,” has died. He was 90. Holly Wolfle Hall, the actor’s wife of nearly 40 years,
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle and Melissa Alonso, CNN Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday signed a bill into law that makes it easier for teachers and staff to carry guns on school premises. The Republican-backed bill reduces the hours of training required for armed school personnel from 700 to 24, according to the legislation. “Those 700
Continue ReadingWSYX, OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CNN By Shawna Mizelle and Melissa Alonso, CNN Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday signed a bill into law that makes it easier for teachers and staff to carry guns on school premises. The Republican-backed bill reduces the hours of training required for armed school personnel from 700 to 24,
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By Jesse Sarles Click here for updates on this story LAKEWOOD, Colorado (KCNC) — A small plane made an emergency landing on a golf course in Lakewood on Monday morning. It happened after 7 a.m. at Fox Hollow Golf Course. Two pilots were aboard the plane and were uninjured in the crash, and no one
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Several public schools in Minneapolis will move to distance learning on Tuesday due to a lack of air conditioning and impending extreme heat. The forecast high in Minneapolis on Tuesday is 97, and the heat index will rise into the triple digits.
Continue ReadingKENT, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say officers in Kent, Washington, fatally shot a man who had stopped a car in the middle of a roadway, then drew a gun. KOMO reports police received several 911 calls, just after 4 a.m. Monday, reporting that a driver stopped on Pacific Highway South. When officers arrived, they found
Continue ReadingKENT, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say officers in Kent, Washington, fatally shot a man who had stopped a car in the middle of a roadway, then drew a gun. KOMO reports police received several 911 calls, just after 4 a.m. Monday, reporting that a driver stopped on Pacific Highway South. When officers arrived, they found
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers assistant Greg Buckner has been promoted to associate head coach under J.B. Bickerstaff. Buckner has spent the past two seasons with Cleveland, helping Bickerstaff develop one of the NBA’s youngest teams. The Cavs doubled their win total this past season, making a 22-game jump and getting into the play-in game despite
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El verano boreal aún no comenzó, pero Estados Unidos ya ha emitido alertas por olas de calor que amenazan a millones de ciudadanos. Phoenix, en Arizona, es la ciudad más caliente del país según un análisis de Climate Central. Aquí, un vistazo a las que tienen los peores registros. La
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A male mastodon died fighting with a rival during mating season about 13,200 years ago in what is now northeast Indiana. Now, his well-preserved fossil and tusks reveal not only how the 8-ton adult died, but also where he trekked across North America. The mastodon’s fossil was first found on a
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman Officer Eugene Goodman, the US Capitol Police officer who led the mob of protesters away from the Senate chamber on January 6, 2021, as senators and then-Vice President Mike Pence were evacuating, testified on Monday that the mob breaching the Capitol and breaking into the lower levels of the building “looked like
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — State Department officials have met with representatives of Brittney Griner’s WNBA team about the Phoenix Mercury star’s monthslong detention in Russia and the Biden administration’s efforts to secure her release. The State Department confirmed the meeting, which involved officials from its specialized office that advocates for hostages and wrongfully detained Americans. The
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — State Department officials have met with representatives of Brittney Griner’s WNBA team about the Phoenix Mercury star’s monthslong detention in Russia and the Biden administration’s efforts to secure her release. The State Department confirmed the meeting, which involved officials from its specialized office that advocates for hostages and wrongfully detained Americans. The
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Former champions Grigor Dimitrov and Marin Cilic have advanced to the last 16 at the Queen’s Club grass-court tournament as three seeded players were eliminated from the Wimbledon warmup. Dimitrov, the 2014 champion, took out third-seeded Cameron Norrie of Britain with a 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4 win. Norrie was a finalist at
Continue ReadingThere are 15 active homicide cases on Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel’s desk, dating back to 2019. Close to 10 of them, he said, are vehicular homicides.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio school districts could begin arming employees as soon as this fall under a bill signed into law Monday by GOP Gov. Mike DeWine. The law, as enacted, requires up to 24 hours of training before an employee can go armed, and up
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a slate of bills on Monday that aim to protect out-of-state patients and abortion providers from legal action in other states. The Democratic-sponsored bills are designed to make the state a haven for abortion seekers and providers, as conservative states seek to curtail abortion rights
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