BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $34 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against a chemical company over contamination of groundwater and soil in a southern Vermont community. The Bennington Banner reported this week that attorneys for the plaintiffs say notices are going out to hundreds of potential
Continue ReadingKATY, Texas — Gus Okafor had a season-high 25 points as Southeastern Louisiana topped Houston Baptist 90-81. Sam Hofman led the Huskies on Thursday with a career-high 22 points.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Airlines are responding to high sickout numbers during the pandemic by trimming their schedules. Alaska Airlines said Thursday that it will cut its schedule by about 10% for the rest of January. The move comes as nationwide flight cancellations top 2,100, the 12th straight day above 1,000. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines says
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in neighboring states in recent months. Park officials say it’s the most Yellowstone wolves killed in a season since the predators were reintroduced more than 25 years ago. Details
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Greg Robinson, who spent nearly four decades coaching in the NFL and college, has died at 70. His wife, Laura, says he died Wednesday from a form of Alzheimer’s Disease. Robinson won two Super Bowl rings as defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos in the late 1990s and also served in
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Dyer Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — As the housing market continues to boom, thousands of people in South Florida are facing eviction. Realtors say some landlords are making unethical and, at times, unlawful decisions. “People who have lived in their homes 15 years, 20 years, now they’re
Continue ReadingBy Tori Cooper Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Police are searching for the person who fired shots at a southwest Atlanta home while a family was still inside. It happened on Park Court in the Cascade Park subdivision. Fortunately, no one was hurt. CBS46 spoke to resident Anthony Ramsey who
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — El 6 de enero fue un claro punto de inflexión para las principales plataformas de redes sociales, ya que demostraron que, en determinadas circunstancias, estarían dispuestas a desactivar la plataforma de un presidente de Estados Unidos en ejercicio. Pero a algunos expertos les preocupa que todavía no hayan
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Two women were taken away in an ambulance Thursday after being tied up and held at gunpoint during a home-invasion robbery in Sherman Oaks. A housekeeper and her friend at a home on Sherwood Place near Witzel Drive woke up at
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Midfielder Sebastian Lletget, defender Miles Robinson, forward Paul Arriola and goalkeeper Sean Johnson are rejoining the U.S. national team for a 19-man training camp ahead of the next World Cup qualifiers. The four were given time off after the Major League Soccer season and missed last month’s exhibition against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Airlines are responding to high sickout numbers during the pandemic by trimming their schedules. Alaska Airlines said Thursday that it will cut its schedule by about 10% for the rest of January. The move comes as nationwide flight cancellations top 2,100, the 12th straight day above 1,000. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines says
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in neighboring states in recent months. Park officials say it’s the most Yellowstone wolves killed in a season since the predators were reintroduced more than 25 years ago. Details
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las escuelas están cerrando y los hospitales infantiles se están llenan de niños enfermos con la variante de coronavirus más reciente y altamente transmisible: ómicron. Mientras, los padres y cuidadores se enfrentan una vez más a qué hacer para mantener a sus hijos seguros y ocupados durante otro año de
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Stacker compiled a list of the best school districts in Oregon using rankings from Niche.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Assailants have left 10 beaten, murdered bodies in front of the governor’s office in the north-central Mexican state of Zacatecas. The bodies of eight men and two women were crammed into a pickup truck left before dawn Thursday near a Christmas tree in the main plaza of the state capital, also
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York man has been arrested on charges that he worked as a secret agent of the Egyptian government, including by gathering information about the political opponents of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi. The Justice Department says 39-year-old Pierre Girgis, a dual national of Egypt and the
Continue ReadingBY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The White House’s top official on environmental justice is stepping down a year after President Joe Biden took office with an ambitious plan to help disadvantaged communities and overhaul policies that have historically hurt them. The departure of Cecilia Martinez, senior director for environmental justice at the Council for
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former US Attorney General Eric Holder. Personal Birth date: January 21, 1951 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: Eric Himpton Holder Jr. Father: Eric Himpton Holder, realtor Mother: Miriam (Yearwood) Holder Marriage: Sharon (Malone) Holder (1990-present) Children: Maya, Brooke and Eric Education: Columbia
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Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a virtual class to prepare volunteers to become mentors for children with an incarcerated parent.
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