By TALI ARBEL and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The combination of two storied Chicago news brands has created one of the country’s largest local nonprofit news organizations. Chicago Public Media, which owns WBEZ, the local NPR affiliate, has bought the Chicago Sun-Times, the punchy tabloid with roots that stretch back to the
Continue ReadingBy Gracyn Gordon Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — One man is dead after a shootout in the parking lot of Zoe’s restaurant. It started out as an attempted robbery which turned deadly after the victim responded with their own weapon. One individual was in his car Saturday around 9
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, está cerca de nombrar públicamente a su embajadora en Ucrania, pero su administración aún espera la aprobación formal de Kyiv, según le dijeron a CNN fuentes estadounidenses y ucranianas. Reunión del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU sobre la crisis de Ucrania termina
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Three leading California Democratic officials were photographed maskless at the National Football Conference title game on Sunday despite a sweeping mask mandate for Los Angeles County. In photos posted online by NBA legend Magic Johnson, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and San Francisco Mayor London Breed are
Continue ReadingKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A Klamath Falls man who was found guilty of sexual abuse against a child has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison. The Herald and News reports 55-year-old Henry Alog Antonio was sentenced earlier this month by Judge Alycia Kersey. A jury previously found Antonio guilty on four
Continue ReadingBy Marlei Martinez Click here for updates on this story UMATILLA, Florida (WESH) — Kris Sutton hopes he beat back the cold at his citrus grove, Faryna Grove Care, in Umatilla. When frost starts to creep in, it threatens the blossoms on his orange trees. So the freeze forces farmers to be fluid. Sutton had
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former President Donald Trump teased a 2024 White House bid over the weekend while also spewing a raft of election lies and January 6 revisionism. His comments — both at a campaign-style rally in Texas on Saturday and in a Sunday evening statement — drew some rare GOP pushback but also
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel, Gloria Borger and Jeremy Herb, CNN Marc Short, former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, quietly testified before the House select committee investigating January 6 last week in response to a subpoena, sources tell CNN, in the most significant sign to date that Pence’s team is cooperating with the probe. Short,
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lockheed Martin Corp. says it will seek to build new aerial refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force. The Maryland-based company would use Airbus jets assembled in Alabama and convert them for military use in Georgia. Lockheed Martin spokesperson Stephanie Stinn says that if the Air Force
Continue ReadingBy KETV Staff Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — A death investigation is underway after a body was found behind Benson High School. Omaha Police confirms an unknown male was found on the ground with wounds to the face. Authorities say a woman walked behind the building for an unknown
Continue ReadingBy Scott Reister Click here for updates on this story GRIMES, Iowa (KCCI) — DCG girls basketball coach Adam Jones was recently inducted into the Greene County High School Hall of Fame. In his acceptance speech, Jones spoke about his old coach Bill Kibby, who he had not seen in a long time. Kibby, 82,
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN In one five-year period, teens and preteens in the US may have lost about 200,000 years of life to unintentional drug overdoses, according to a new study. The study, published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, may be one of the first to calculate lives lost to unintentional drug overdoses among young people.
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Monday reversed a Trump-era rule dictating what kind of art can be commissioned for federal buildings as part of an effort to have public art better reflect America’s diversity. The new rule removes content and style restrictions that Biden administration officials say excluded many artists from consideration
Continue ReadingBy WMTW Staff Click here for updates on this story NORWAY, Maine (WMTW) — Residents in the Oxford Hills area gathered Sunday to support the teachers and students in the school district. Dozens attended the event, organized by a group known as Viking Voices, after the school district’s athletic mascot, the Vikings. The peaceful protest
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — Científicos dieron a conocer en enero que BA.2 es una versión de la variante ómicron del coronavirus. Desde el anuncio, investigadores tratan de identificar si esta versión produce una enfermedad más grave que otras variantes. Hasta ahora, se conoce que es al menos una vez y media más infecciosa
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Hoda Kotb and her longtime love Joel Schiffman have split. The “Today” host and Schiffman, who share daughters Hope, 2, and Haley, 4, got engaged in 2019 after dating since 2013. Kotb shared the news with viewers on Monday on “Today with Hoda & Jenna,” saying the two came to the conclusion
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The Oregon State Treasury will celebrate National Unclaimed Property Day by holding an online auction of items from abandoned safe deposit boxes received by its unclaimed property team.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Chris Beard has fond memories of his time at Texas Tech. Red Raiders fans feel betrayed by the coach who left Lubbock last year for their most-hated rival. Beard returns Tuesday night with his first visit as head coach of 23rd-ranked Texas, his alma mater. The game has been
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story CANTON, Massachussets (WCVB) — The Boston Police Department is identifying the officer who died after he was found outside of a Massachusetts home during Saturday’s powerful nor’easter that brought heavy snow and bitter cold. On Sunday, BPD Superintendent-in-Chief Gregory Long announced the death of active-duty
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday it intends to reaffirm its authority to regulate toxic mercury from power plant smokestacks, undoing a Trump-era rollback. The EPA is proposing to bring back the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rules that were first implemented during the Obama administration. The rules require
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