By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Alex Murdaugh told a state agent that he asked a friend to fatally shoot him but that the friend failed in his attempt. According to a September 2021 interview played Thursday at Murdaugh’s double murder trial, he said he gave a former client the gun to kill him at a
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN There is no consensus among Black adults in America about how accepting society should be of transgender people, according to a new study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. Pew found that 36% of Black adults think society has not gone far enough in accepting transgender people. Thirty-one percent said
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Now that the white supremacist gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life without parole in state prison, attention is turning toward his federal hate crime charges and the potential for the death penalty. U.S. marshals took temporary custody of
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspected murder-suicide that was discovered Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. According to BCSO, it happened at a house on Cutshaw Drive. The identities of those involved have not been released, but BCSO
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of Greece and Bulgaria have announced plans to expand natural gas cooperation with a deal that could help other countries in the region lower their dependence on Russian energy. Under an agreement signed in Athens Thursday, Greece will gain access to Bulgaria’s gas storage facilities in exchange for expanded
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of Greece and Bulgaria have announced plans to expand natural gas cooperation with a deal that could help other countries in the region lower their dependence on Russian energy. Under an agreement signed in Athens Thursday, Greece will gain access to Bulgaria’s gas storage facilities in exchange for expanded
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A trio of telescopes captured a new view of the sun that reveals the star’s invisible light. Humans can see optical or visible light, but many wavelengths of light remain hidden from our view. The NASA NuSTAR mission, or Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, was able to observe the X-rays released by
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Oregon Housing and Community Services said Thursday it will resume accepting new applications for the Oregon Homeowner Assistance Fund Program on Wednesday, March 8. The agency estimates there are enough funds to support about 700 additional eligible homeowners.
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers have proposed a bill to study whether a type of charcoal could be used to plug deserted oil and gas wells. The substance is called biochar, and it’s made from burning organic matter such as plants at high heat and little-to-no oxygen. The
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) de México informó este miércoles que el personal del Ejército llevó a cabo el allanamiento de un centro de manufactura de pastillas de fentanilo y “con mayor capacidad producción” de metanfetamina en la zona de Pueblos Unidos del municipio de Culiacán, Sinaloa. El comunicado
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Abortion access in Kentucky remained virtually shut off Thursday after the state’s highest court refused to halt a near-total ban that has largely been in place since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Kentucky’s Supreme Court, which was weighing challenges to the state’s near-total ban and a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Nikki Haley, exgobernadora de Carolina del Sur y embajadora de Estados Unidos ante las Naciones Unidas, lanzó este martes su candidatura a la nominación presidencial republicana de 2024. Pero las primarias aún están en su fase inicial, y podrían pasar meses antes de que el campo de batalla tome forma y
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The Sunriver Public Safety Building Task Force was bestowed the Special Districts Association of Oregon Volunteers of the Year Award in front of a crowd of over 500 at the annual conference Awards Banquet held in Sunriver on Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy Hande Atay Alam, Isil Sariyuce and Sana Noor Haq, CNN At least three more people, including two minors, have been incredibly pulled alive from the rubble of a devastating earthquake, 10 days after it struck parts of Turkey and Syria. A 17-year-old Aleyna Ölmez was dubbed the “miracle girl” when she was pulled alive
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two Stanford University academics signed on to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bail package, enabling him to live with his parents while awaiting trial on fraud charges. Manhattan federal court papers unsealed Wednesday show that Larry Kramer, dean emeritus of Stanford Law School, and Andreas
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El jugador de los Bills de Buffalo Damar Hamlin dijo que no pretendía “lastimar ni faltar al respeto a nadie” con la chaqueta que lució en en el Super Bowl LVII, después que la criticaran por ser una “blasfemia”. Hamlin asistió a la final de temporada de la NFL, disputada
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said that he didn’t mean to “hurt or disrespect anyone” with the jacket he wore to Super Bowl LVII after it was criticized for being “blasphemy.” Hamlin was in attendance for the NFL’s season finale, played between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles at
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Aviones de combate de Estados Unidos interceptaron cazas y bombarderos de Rusia que volaban cerca de Alaska por segunda vez en dos días, aunque las aeronaves no entraron en el espacio aéreo estadounidense o canadiense, según dijo este jueves el Comando de Defensa Aeroespacial de América del Norte (Norad). Dos F-35
Continue ReadingBy Karen Larsen Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (KJRH) — Since December, Dr. Kelly Nagasawa, a cardiothoracic surgeon, has used the Ion endoluminal system to reach deep into the lungs to search out suspicious nodules. The robotic system utilizes an ultra-thin catheter allowing the surgeon to maneuver into areas of the
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Celina Tebor, CNN Full power has been restored to New York’s John F. Kennedy airport’s Terminal 1, according to a statement from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Saturday. Limited flight activity resumed at the international terminal of the airport earlier Saturday morning after “necessary electrical repairs”
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