By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced a high-profile journalist to 3 1/2 years for “facilitating extremist activities” and “discrediting Belarus” after she provided data for a renowned human rights group. Fifty-year-old Larysa Shchyrakova will serve her sentence in a high-security penal colony and must pay a
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have decoded an ancient aroma by identifying the ingredients used in Egyptian mummification balms — and resurrected the scent. Those eager to sample this whiff of the past will be able to find what the researchers have dubbed “the scent of the eternity” during an upcoming exhibition at
Continue ReadingBy BRAD EDWARDS, JOHN DODGE Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Billy McFarland, who went to prison for orchestrating one of the biggest music festival failures in history, wants you to trust him this time. In April, about seven months after he was released from his prison sentence on a fraud
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Ecuador calificó de “atentados terroristas” las explosiones de dos autos en Quito, en hechos ocurridos en las afueras de un edificio del Servicio de Atención de Personas Privadas de la Libertad (SNAI) la noche de este miércoles y madrugada del jueves, según un comunicado del Ministerio del
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story WEST COVINA, California (KCAL) — Police were chasing a driver until it came to a sudden and peculiar end. The West Covina Police Department started chasing the suspect after witnessing him speed out of a local motel before driving on the wrong side of the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would require thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks, in an effort to combat rising gun violence nationwide. The proposal comes after a mandate from President Joe Biden to find ways to strengthen background checks following the passage
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(Update: Blake Mayfield is meeting with BendFilm for a preview, will air report tonight at Five) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — BendFilm last Thursday announced 68 short films, complementing last week’s announcement of four feature competition categories which will screen at the 20th Annual Bend Film Festival, presented in person October 12-15 and virtually October 16-22.
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces said they had penetrated the “first line” of Russian strongholds in the Zaporizhzhia region, in a sign that Kyiv is edging closer to Moscow’s sprawling network of fortified trenches along the southern front. The Ukrainian military claimed its forces were pushing
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — There’s no sign of “Messi mania” abating anytime soon. Ticket prices for this Sunday’s match between Inter Miami and Los Angeles FC are the most expensive for a Major League Soccer game ever, according to TickPick, an online marketplace. Average prices are around $690 — a
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court will allow the new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with such restrictions on transgender children. A state district judge last week ruled the pending law violated
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said on social media he is a victim of extortion after someone gained access to information in an old cell phone. In an Instagram video recorded in Spanish, Ortiz said that someone hacked the old phone
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenager says he feared for his life when he fatally shot two fellow students at an alternative educational program for at-risk youth. The trial of 19-year-old Preston Walls began Thursday in Des Moines. His lawyer pushed back against a claim by prosecutors that
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MILFORD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Two people are facing charges after police said they ran a largescale illegal gambling ring centered around backyard volleyball matches at a Milford home. Luis Loja-Caguana is charged with keeper of a disorderly home, gaming or betting, and place for registering
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Even before the newly elected justice who gave liberals a one-seat majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has heard a case, Republican lawmakers are talking about taking the unprecedented step of impeaching and removing her from office. And they have the votes to do it. Republicans
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Overdose deaths reached record levels in the United States in recent years, and a new report shows that counterfeit pills are involved in a growing share of those deaths. The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public safety alert about a sharp increase of fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in the sprawling Fulton County election interference case, according to a new court filing. Trump had been scheduled to be arraigned in person next Wednesday. Georgia law allows criminal defendants to waive their in-person appearance and enter a formal plea
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The entire front page of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, Wednesday displayed “text messages sent and received by UNC students,” during the hours-long lockdown on campus after one faculty member was murdered on Monday. “We sat
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is canceling $72 million in student loans for 2,300 borrowers who say they were cheated by Ashford University, a former for-profit college that was purchased by the University of Arizona in 2020. The Education Department says it’ll seek to recoup the money from
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hundreds of northern leopard frogs, froglets and tadpoles reared at the Oregon Zoo are hopping back into the wild this month, thanks to a collaborative effort to save one of the last remaining Northwest populations of this endangered species. The release included 259 tadpoles and 156 froglets, which hatched from eggs collected by the Washington Department of
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A leader of the Proud Boys who led the far-right organization’s infamous march to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison – among the longest sentences handed down yet for a convicted rioter. Joe Biggs was convicted by
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