By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The official start date of the 2023 tax filing season is Jan. 23, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2022 returns. The news comes after the National Taxpayer Advocate reported that the IRS watchdog is seeing “a light at the end of the tunnel” of
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney for Maryland nominated by then-President Donald Trump, will serve as special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware and at an office in Washington. Hur is taking the job from
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Atmospheric rivers pounding California since late last year have coated mountains with a full winter’s worth of snow and begun raising reservoir levels but experts say it will take much more to precipitation to reverse the effects of years of drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor’s weekly
Continue ReadingBy Karin Johnson Click here for updates on this story BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WLWT) — Brian Wilson was the love of his wife Jennifer’s life. “He was her rock,” said Jennifer Wilson’s sister, Michelle Davis. “They were perfect for each other. She finally found her true love.” Brian Wilson was also a family man. He
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Beimfohr Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Newly released body camera footage shows Atlanta Police arresting Terence Stewart at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Jan. 6. According to an Atlanta Police report, a Delta airlines employee called 911 after watching Stewart drive away in a company vehicle. The report
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department probes into the discovery of classified documents at the home and former office of President Joe Biden has focused renewed attention on the role such prosecutors have played in modern American history. A special counsel is an attorney appointed
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Convalescent plasma — a once-celebrated treatment for Covid-19 that has largely fallen out of favor — does work well for people who are immune-compromised, according to a study published Thursday. The report in the journal JAMA Network Open analyzed the results of nine studies and found that immune-compromised
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A coalition of news organizations, including The Associated Press, has filed a court motion in San Francisco seeking to access evidence against the man charged in last year’s attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi. During a Dec. 14 preliminary hearing,
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By Don Shipman and Tori Cooper Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — It’s a popular Atlanta restaurant chain that’s garnered attention across the country, but now it’s caught up in a lawsuit. The owner of plant-based restaurants Slutty Vegan and Bar Vegan are being sued. Pinky Cole is accused of
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA KRAMER Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — Four suspects have been charged with trafficking more than 50 guns in Brooklyn – some sold steps from churches and schools. The feds say the suspects were part of a major gun trafficking ring in Brooklyn. A NYCHA development
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — Thousands of dollars worth of food for migrants was tossed in the trash at a Manhattan hotel. A worker at the ROW NYC hotel near Times Square told CBS2 large bags of sandwiches, bagels and other food get thrown
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN In Boston labs, old, blind mice have regained their eyesight, developed smarter, younger brains and built healthier muscle and kidney tissue. On the flip side, young mice have prematurely aged, with devastating results to nearly every tissue in their bodies. The experiments show aging is a reversible process, capable of being
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose 98 cents to $78.39 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for March delivery rose $1.36 to $84.03 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for February delivery rose 5 cents to $2.48 a gallon. February heating oil was unchanged at $3.22 a gallon. February natural gas rose 3
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With the NFL playoffs starting this weekend, not everyone in Central Oregon is in agreement on who to root for.
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, Evan Perez, Phil Mattingly and Marshall Cohen, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation into the Obama-era classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s home and former private office. The special counsel is Robert Hur, who was nominated to be US attorney
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Dozens of messages, social media posts and videos show that leaders of the far-right Proud Boys not only planned for the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack but recruited others to help stop Joe Biden from becoming president, federal prosecutors said Thursday during opening statements in the seditious
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis and Kristin Fisher, CNN The US government has received over 350 new reports of what the US government terms “unidentified aerial phenomenon,” commonly known as UFOs, since March of 2021 — roughly half of which are so far unexplained, according to a report from the Office of the Director of National
Continue ReadingSAINT-ROCH-DE-L’ACHIGAN, Quebec (AP) — An explosion has hit a propone facility in Quebec, and at least one worker is missing. Quebec provincial police said evacuations were underway in St-Roch-de-l’Achigan, a town about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Montreal. Municipal officials had earlier said three or four employees were unaccounted for, but provincial police Sgt.
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Egg prices are up more than 60% since December 2021, according to Consumer Price Index data released recently. The price hikes have been felt across Central Oregon, from organic hen farms to grocery stores to restaurants.
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN and CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists’ conclusions, a new study says. The study in the journal Science Thursday looked at research that Exxon funded that didn’t
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