By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When thousands of fans couldn’t get tickets for megastar Taylor Swift’s summer stadium tour, some diehards paid upwards of 70 times face value to see their favorite artist in person — an outrage that prompted Congressional hearings and bills in state legislatures to better protect consumers.
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Just over two years ago, Firooza Amiri was an 18-year-old batter for the Afghanistan women’s cricket team, ready to take on the world if given the chance. But just like that, her world and that of millions of others in her country changed forever. Forced
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Accused of shooting out vehicle window, walking through town firing at vehicles, buildings CHILOQUIN, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Chiloquin man shot out a vehicle window and walked through town firing at other cars and pointing a rifle at people Thursday afternoon, prompting roadblocks and school lockdowns until the man was found and arrested on attempted
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Un tribunal saudí condenó a muerte a un profesor jubilado por sus comentarios en Internet, informaron su hermano y la organización Human Rights Watch. Muhammad al-Ghamdi, profesor jubilado saudí de 54 años, fue condenado “a raíz de 5 tuits en los que criticaba la corrupción y las violaciones de derechos
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 187,000 jobs in August, evidence of a slowing but still-resilient labor market despite the high interest rates the Federal Reserve has imposed. Last month’s job growth marked an increase from July’s revised gain of 157,000 but still pointed to a
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s consumer watchdog has called for Qantas Airways to be punished with a record fine for allegedly selling tickets on thousands of flights that had already been canceled. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said Qantas’ penalty for allegedly breaching consumer law should be
Continue ReadingBROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Mark Gronowski threw for one touchdown and passed for another as defending FCS champion South Dakota State defeated Western Oregon 45-7 on Thursday night in a season opener that gave Jimmy Rogers his first head coaching victory. The victory was the 15th in a row — a school record — for
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The number of people on the official list of those missing from the Maui wildfire stood at 385 on Friday, nearly unchanged from a week earlier. In a news release, the Maui Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation said 245 people on the list of
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has reduced the prison sentence of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one, in a remarkable turn of events that caps an extraordinary decades-long political saga. Thaksin, the head of a famed political dynasty who had dramatically returned to
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara Subramaniam, Taylor Ward, Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Schools and businesses closed while hundreds of flights were canceled in Hong Kong and other parts of southern China on Friday as Typhoon Saola swept close to the coast, bringing strong winds and heavy rain in what could be
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Forest Service is hiring wildland firefighters into permanent seasonal positions on hand crews, engine crews, hotshot crews and more. Make a lasting impact on the world around you and unlock opportunities for professional growth and career advancement. Join the Forest Service’s Oregon or Washington fire organization and
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los científicos lograron descifrar un antiguo aroma al identificar los ingredientes utilizados en los bálsamos de momificación egipcios, y recrearon su fragancia. Quienes deseen conocer este aroma de miles de años de antigüedad podrán encontrar lo que los investigadores han bautizado como “el aroma de la eternidad” durante una próxima exposición
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Nearly 1 in 5 American adults is a caregiver. QMedic compiled this list of ways to outfit a home when caregiving for an aging relative.
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Small-town mysteries have always been popular. The Daily Yonder has found that a recent wave of rural crime novels has some celebrating a new Golden Age of the genre.
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Using Census Bureau and other governmental data, Study.com investigated how well Black and Latinx communities are represented within the nursing profession.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Una madre hondureña que se separó de su hijo de 13 años y de una sobrina de 18 años tras lanzarse de un tren que llevaba migrantes a bordo viajó cientos de kilómetros dentro de México para reencontrarse con ambos, informó en un comunicado este jueves el Instituto Nacional de Migración de
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Ever since last week’s Republican presidential primary debate, Vivek Ramaswamy has found himself with more money, more name recognition and dramatically negative focus from his rivals. The first-time candidate’s performance was a breakout moment for him. His very appearance on the debate stage was a coup for his campaign,
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board said that it is opening an investigation into a Delta Air Lines flight rocked by turbulence on Tuesday that sent passengers and crew to the hospital. “The Airbus A350 was en route from Milan, Italy, when flight encountered severe turbulence on
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Summer is coming to a close, but Hollywood is still stuck in strike Hell. In the nearly four months since the Writers Guild of America, West, went on strike, television schedules have been shaken up, movies and shows have been bumped, once-glamorous red carpets have gone dark, and the
Continue ReadingPENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed for the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates several laws. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman on Thursday found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the
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