By Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A review undertaken by the Pentagon after a trove of classified documents were leaked online has recommended that the department establish a new office to monitor insider threats and improve access to vetting information from ongoing background checks to ensure individuals still meet security
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have promoted outfielder Colton Cowser to the major leagues. He’s the second top prospect they’ve called up in the past couple of weeks. The 23-year-old Cowser was batting .330 with 10 home runs and 40 RBIs for Triple-A Norfolk this year. He was the fifth pick in the
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — South African police say four officers attached to Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s protection team, face multiple charges, including assault, after they were seen on video stomping on two unarmed men on the side of a highway in Johannesburg last week. The viral footage, which has left many South Africans outraged, showed
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — South African police say four officers attached to Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s protection team, face multiple charges, including assault, after they were seen on video stomping on two unarmed men on the side of a highway in Johannesburg last week. The viral footage, which has left many South Africans outraged, showed
Continue ReadingCNN By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — European regulators said Tuesday that they’d broadened an investigation started last week into the risk of suicidal thoughts among patients taking popular drugs for weight loss, like Ozempic, to include more potential cases and other medicines in the class. The European Medicines Agency is now evaluating about 150
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Being overweight as defined by the body mass index rating scale is not linked to an increase in death when considered separately from other health issues, a new study found. Also known as BMI, the calculation measures a person’s body fat based on height and weight. As currently used,
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLE RADIN Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCAL) — A radio DJ has a new title: Sultan of Slowjamastan, after creating his own micronation on an 11-acre piece of land in Southern California. Randy “R Dub!” Williams said he visited every country in the world, including North Korea, before deciding to
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA STARRANTINO Click here for updates on this story CONCORD, California (KPIX) — A local grassroots effort by a few women in Concord are doing what they can to help by providing food and water every single day to their neighbors without a place to call home. Kelly McKinley and her fellow volunteers cook
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Islanders have signed forwards Julien Gauthier, Karson Kuhlman and Brian Pinho. The Islanders announced the deals on Wednesday. Gauthier got a two-year contract and Kuhlman and Pinho each received one-year, two-way contracts. Gauthier had nine goals and five assists in 57 games last season with the New York
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — John Berylson, an American businessman and owner of English soccer team Millwall, has died. He was 70. His death was announced by the second-division London team which said Berylson had “lost his life in a tragic accident” on Tuesday. Millwall said in a statement that it was with “the deepest of regret
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El Consejo de Ministros de Perú aprobó este miércoles declarar el estado de emergencia por 60 días en algunos distritos de Moquegua “por peligro inminente” ante el proceso eruptivo del volcán Ubinas. “La medida permitirá ejecutar medidas y acciones de excepción, inmediatas y necesarias para reducir el riesgo existente, así
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Due to staffing issues, the Prineville and Cave Junction DMV offices were closed Thursday, the agency said.
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When President Joe Biden sat down with Sweden’s prime minister on Wednesday – just a week before the annual NATO summit – he hoped to send a message to allies and adversaries alike. To Turkey and Hungary – two NATO allies who have yet to green-light
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors have charged climate activist Greta Thunberg with disobedience to law enforcement in connection with a protest in Malmö last month. Local newspaper Sydsvenskan reported Wednesday that Thunberg was detained with other activists after they stopped traffic in the oil terminal of the port in Malmö on June 19. A short
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A man who says Kevin Spacey made crude and racially offensive remarks before grabbing his genitals said he kept the degrading incident boxed up inside for more than a decade. He says he feared no one would believe his word against that of an Oscar-winning “golden boy.”
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (WDSU) — A teacher’s aide accused of raping a minor in Jefferson Parish has entered a plea in her case. Sophia Canales, 22, was a teacher’s aide at Stella Worley Middle School when she was arrested and accused of rape in August
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar Airways is reporting $1.2 billion in profits over the past year, buoyed by its role in ferrying fans to the soccer World Cup. The long-haul airline said Wednesday that it boosted revenue to $21 billion, a 45% increase over the previous year. Its yearly passenger load reached 31.7
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A York County man is accused in a double homicide in northern Maryland. The Harford County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to a shooting around 9 p.m. Saturday on the 1700 block of Scott Road in Pylesville, which is
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear an appeal as some Jackson residents try to revive a lawsuit that challenges the appointment, rather than the election, of some judges in the capital city. Chief Justice Mike Randolph has recused himself from Thursday’s appeal hearing because he
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story STILLWATER, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Authorities are searching for the person who dumped more than a dozen puppies over the weekend at a Stillwater church. Stillwater Animal Shelter officials said someone dumped 13 puppies in the parking lot of a church. The animal shelter posted pictures
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