By John Miller and Kara Scannell, CNN Daniel Penny, the US Marine veteran who held Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold aboard a New York subway train earlier this month, will be arrested on a charge of second-degree manslaughter, a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. “We cannot provide any additional information
Continue ReadingCNN By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN On top of the rumbling freight train, the young man says he has been attacked and robbed. There is no shade from the burning sun in the day, nowhere to keep warm in the perishing cold of the night. But still, he says, this brutal
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The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs will host Oregon’s annual Statewide Memorial Day Ceremony in person at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 29, at the Oregon World War II Memorial located on the grounds of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden’s follow-up meeting with congressional leaders on averting a potential default has been postponed until next week. The meeting was originally set for this Friday after Biden met Tuesday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other Republican and Democratic congressional
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Abrams tanks needed for training Ukrainian forces have arrived in Germany slightly ahead of schedule, and are on their way to the Grafenwoehr Army base where the training will begin in two to three weeks. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People convicted of felonies years ago by nonunanimous juries in Louisiana would have a chance for parole under a measure advanced at the Legislature on Thursday — over the objections of criminal justice advocates who said it doesn’t go far enough to right a historic, racist
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The U. S. ambassador to South Africa accused the country Thursday of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine via a cargo ship linked to a sanctioned company that docked secretly at a naval base near the
Continue ReadingBy Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the state’s first Black lieutenant governor and the GOP front-runner for the 2024 gubernatorial race, repeatedly lambasted the “so-called” 1960s Civil Rights Movement, lamenting that “so many freedoms were lost during the civil rights movement.” In a CNN KFile review of his
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The 58th Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards took place Thursday with co-hosts Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks live from the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. The ACM’s celebrate country music’s biggest stars and emerging talent. Lainey Wilson was the night’s standout artist with three wins, including album of the year,
Continue ReadingBy JUAN LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The family of woman who was asleep when she was hit by a stray bullet says it was a “senseless crime.” Authorities say the bullet was fired by her Texas neighbor as he was shooting at car thieves. Bethany Mefford was found in her bed Wednesday morning.
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “It Ain’t Over” aims to elevate Yogi Berra’s playing career alongside his persona as a cultural icon. The 98-minute Sony Pictures Classics documentary premiered last June at the Tribeca Festival and in theaters in the New York tri-state area and Los Angeles on Friday, which
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are seeking to send former President Nicolas Sarkozy to trial on charges that he received millions in illegal campaign financing from the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The French national financial prosecutor’s office announced its decision Friday to seek a trial after a decade of investigation. Twelve others
Continue ReadingBy IVÁN VALENCIA Associated Press ACANDI, Colombia (AP) — Migrants who have hiked into the dense Darien jungle covering the Colombia-Panama border while the U.S. government moved to lift pandemic-related asylum restrictions have found an increasingly organized migration route. The majority who spoke with The Associated Press had not heard anything about the policy change,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La implementación del llamado Título 42, una restricción fronteriza de salud pública que empezó a regir desde la pandemia de covid-19, terminó este jueves. Su final altera significativamente la política migratoria de varios años en Estados Unidos, mientras crece la amenaza de que se desate un caos, a medida que miles
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer The New York Jets signed veteran nose tackle Al Woods to a one-year contract Thursday, adding a big, physical presence to the middle of their defensive line. The 6-foot-3, 330-pound Woods spent the past two seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. The Jets entered the NFL draft two
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle and Andrea Salinas said Thursday that the University of Oregon, Oregon State University and Portland State University have each secured $1 million, two-year federal research grants that were authorized in the CHIPS and Science Act. The National Science Foundation regional
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Nueva York (CNN) — Elon Musk dijo este jueves que contrató una nueva CEO para hacerse cargo de Twitter, meses después de que prometiera dejar el cargo. “Emocionado de anunciar que tengo una nueva CEO para X/Twitter. ¡Comenzará en ~6 semanas!”, Musk dijo en un tuit. La nueva CEO asumirá el cargo en
Continue ReadingCNN By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent The United Kingdom has delivered multiple “Storm Shadow” cruise missiles to Ukraine, giving the nation a new long-range strike capability in advance of a highly anticipated counteroffensive against Russian forces, multiple senior Western officials told CNN. UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, calling the donation Ukraine’s “best chance
Continue ReadingCNN, KPIX By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Victoria Abraham graduated from New York University last year, ready to enter the job market. She is a self-proclaimed “fat activist” who has found her voice as a content creator online, but has concerns about applying for new job. “Walking into a job interview as a fat person, I’m
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Elon Musk on Thursday said he’s found a new CEO to take over Twitter, months after he first promised to step back from the role. The new CEO will assume the role at Twitter Inc., which recently changed its name to X Corp., in the coming weeks, Musk said. He did
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