MILAN (AP) — German airline Lufthansa says it has submitted an offer for a minority stake in Italy’s ITA Airways Spa, formerly Alitalia. The Italian finance ministry said in a statement that the Lufthansa offer was the only one submitted by Wednesday’s deadline. No financial terms were disclosed. Lufthansa said it would have the option
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Paleontologists working in central India have made a rare discovery — a fossilized dinosaur hatchery with 92 nests and 256 eggs belonging to colonies of giant plant-eating titanosaurs. A study of the nests and their bowling ball-size eggs has revealed intimate details about the lives of the colossal, long-necked sauropods that
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN US authorities arrested a Russian cryptocurrency executive who allegedly oversaw the exchange of hundreds of millions of dollars with drug traffickers and cybercriminals. Anatoly Legkodymov, 40, was arrested in Miami, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The US Treasury Department has labeled his cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato Limited, a “primary money laundering concern,”
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Hurtado Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — When you call 911, you call because you want help from first responders and expect them to show up quickly. A woman in northwest Houston called for help Sunday night after she said she was being abused, but law enforcement didn’t
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Police in eastern Congo have fired tear gas at demonstrators who were protesting the arrival of foreign troops. Officials say the protest on Wednesday in Goma wasn’t authorized to take place. Authorities later detained some participants, as well as some journalists covering the protest. Leaders of
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Willey Click here for updates on this story KATY, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County deputy fell into a bayou while chasing a suspect in Katy on Tuesday evening, authorities said. There was a large police presence at 806 Katy Fort Bend Road near I-10. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said a deputy
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By Joe Vigil Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The owner and founder of the Las Vegas Farm takes a lot of pride in her chickens and the eggs they lay. Sharon Linsenbardt showed FOX5 her hen house recently as she pulled out a couple of freshly laid eggs
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Bill Browder, a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, criticized the World Economic Forum on social media for jacking up his entrance fee to the annual meeting in Davos that he has attended for the last 27 years. Browder told The Associated Press that it
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A neon Twitter bird for $35,000, anyone? How about a used industrial kitchen mixer for a good price? Going once …. When Elon Musk wants to make a point, it can be pretty blunt. On the day he took over Twitter last fall, he walked in to the San
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Holmes, Gabby Orr and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Just days before Donald Trump hosts his first 2024 event in South Carolina, a state whose evangelical population has long played a critical role in its presidential primary, the former president is lashing out at religious conservatives who have declined to endorse his third presidential
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The Bend Park and Recreation District is in the midst of a series of improvements at its riverfront parks, where increased use has caused river bank and habitat issues. With projects now underway at Drake and Riverbend parks, BPRD asked for public input Wednesday on design concepts to improve access at McKay, Miller’s Landing and Columbia parks.
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By Kim Passoth Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The City of Las Vegas is working to save lives when every second counts. They’ve installed automated external defibrillators or AEDs at parks throughout the city that can be used on anyone who goes into cardiac arrest especially kids and
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By Alexis Cortez Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KTVK) — New body-cam video from Phoenix police shows an officer shooting a man several times in an alley after he reportedly refused to drop a pair of scissors, leading to his death earlier in January. Police say on Jan. 3, a woman
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new attorney general is seeking to slow the state’s pace of carrying out an execution roughly every 30 days. Citing the burden the pace is having on Oklahoma’s prison personnel, Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a motion Wednesday with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Hart Click here for updates on this story NEWDALE, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Friends, family and community members are raising money for a man who lost his leg after slipping and falling into a grain auger in Fremont County. Riley Davis, a 25-year-old Arizona native, was cleaning up around the grain bins at a
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Wednesday his government will consider a plea by imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to be returned to Mexico, presumably to serve out his sentence. Guzman, 64, was sentenced to life behind bars in the United States for a drug conspiracy that spread murder and mayhem for
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle and Michelle Watson, CNN Multiple lawsuits have been filed in Illinois challenging recently enacted gun legislation that bans certain firearms and high-capacity magazines in the state. The law, signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker last week, caps the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines, bans “switches” that allow handguns to fire rounds automatically
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Cordero and Jory Rand Click here for updates on this story ROSARITO, Mexico (KABC) — An investigation is underway after the death of an Orange County public defender who was visiting a hotel resort in Mexico to celebrate his first wedding anniversary, according to local law enforcement officials. Elliot Blair visited Las Rocas
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Gabby Orr and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Just days before Donald Trump hosts his first 2024 event in South Carolina, a state whose evangelical population has long played a critical role in its presidential primary, the former president is lashing out at religious conservatives who have declined to endorse his third presidential campaign.
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A government spokesperson says Cyprus has stripped 222 wealthy investors and their family members of citizenship. The revocations are part of efforts to mend a reputation sullied by an investment-for-passports program that an inquiry found had unlawfully granted citizenships in hundreds of instances. The government spokesperson said Wednesday that the 222
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