If conditions remain favorable early next week, firefighters will begin pile burning on the Crooked River National Grassland in the area of the Grandview Fire Roadside Danger Tree Removal project.
Continue ReadingBy Paula Reid, Hannah Rabinowitz, Casey Gannon and Kristen Holmes, CNN Former Trump White House aide John McEntee appeared on Friday before a grand jury on Trump-related investigations at the federal courthouse in Washington, DC. McEntee had been subpoenaed by the Justice Department as part of its sprawling probe, a source familiar with the matter
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Costa Rica suma una ventanilla en el puesto de Tablillas, en la zona norte del país en la frontera con Nicaragua, para el ingreso de trabajadores migrantes para las cosechas. Esta se suma a las que ya están habilitadas en Peñas Blancas, otro punto fronterizo con Nicaragua y Río
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By Nathan Vickers Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Two men may have stumbled upon something special, and possibly prehistoric, along the Missouri River. Mike Ruth and Dave Jamerson enjoy scavenging along local waterways for artifacts and fossils. They’ve each found a number of unusual glass bottles, arrowheads, bones,
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN Pressure is growing on Germany to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, with Kyiv stepping up its pleas and a spat brewing between Berlin and some of its NATO allies. On Friday, Germany failed to reach agreement with its key Western partners on sending the vehicles, ahead of a potential Russian
Continue ReadingBy SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Western envoys have visited Kosovo and Serbia as part of their ongoing efforts to defuse tensions and help secure a reconciliation agreement between the two. Envoys from the United States, the European Union, France, Germany and Italy met with Prime Minister Albin Kurti
Continue ReadingBy Daeshen Smith Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Nineteen-year-old Xavier Dixon is the man accused of killing 63-year-old Martyn Hands in front of the 61Ninety apartments on Girby Road. Dixon turned himself in shortly after the shooting Tuesday morning. Investigators say Hands died at the hospital after he was
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Missouri lawmakers are considering new legislation aimed at prohibiting the teaching of so-called critical race theory in its public grade schools — even though the state’s largest teachers’ union says the concept is not presently a part of schools’ curricula — and requiring the state to develop a training program to
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the First Amendment and the Florida Constitution by removing an elected state prosecutor, but that the federal courts lack the power to reinstate him. In an order dismissing the case, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle
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By Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Prosecutors on Thursday laid out a largely circumstantial case against a man charged with multiple violent offenses in three separate incidents. There are plenty of witnesses from a club shooting in November, a home invasion in December and a Walmart shooting
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN The first time Johanna Thomas talked to the families of her kids’ friends about gun safety, she had to work up her nerve. It was after a school event, and a girl had invited her daughter to drive home with her family for a playdate, said the mother of two kids
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s new top prosecutor Ivan Bates announced Friday that he’ll personally prosecute a defendant who was jailed on murder charges last year when he allegedly strangled his deaf cellmate to death. The victim was found dead inside his cell in October. Weeks later, authorities announced charges against his cellmate,
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Sending kids back to school rather than isolating and resting may be a better way to help them recover faster from a concussion, a new study finds. The study, published in JAMA Network Open on Friday, finds that an earlier return to school was associated with better outcomes for some children.
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An investigation into a private investment firm in Jamaica where $12.7 million belonging to sprinter Usain Bolt has gone missing has sparked criticism over how the government has handled the case. One top official has been forced to resign in the wake of one
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An investigation into a private investment firm in Jamaica where $12.7 million belonging to sprinter Usain Bolt has gone missing has sparked criticism over how the government has handled the case. One top official has been forced to resign in the wake of one
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week. MOVIES — Jennifer Lopez, rom-com queen, returns to the genre she’s most identified with in “Shotgun Wedding,” premiering Friday on Amazon’s Prime Video. Lopez stars with
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Social media posts say air-defense systems have been installed in several spots in Moscow. Russian officials have not commented on the Friday reports of weaponry resembling a Pantsir-S1 mobile anti-aircraft system spotted on the roofs of a building about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) east of the Kremlin and of the Russian Defense
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A group of police officers and paramedics pleaded not guilty Friday to charges stemming from the role they are accused of playing in the death of a 23-year-old Black man who was forcibly restrained and injected with a powerful sedative called ketamine. They were indicted by
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This week, we introduce you to Ruffles, a very sweet and active little guy who with his brothers were found as strays last week and is one of two waiting for new homes at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Italy’s most storied soccer club Juventus has been hit with a massive 15-point penalty for false accounting following an appeal hearing at the Italian soccer federation. Juventus was third in Serie A. The penalty drops Juventus to midtable. It’s now 25 points behind leader Napoli and
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