PENDLETON, 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
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN is among a number of Disney Entertainment channels that have gone dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems. The channels went off the air Thursday night due to a carriage dispute between the nation’s second-largest cable TV provider and Disney. Charter Spectrum is the major carrier in New York
Continue ReadingMUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A prosecutor has charged the second man arrested in a July shooting at a massive block party in central Indiana that left one person dead and 17 others wounded. Delaware County Prosecutor Eric Hoffman announced Thursday he charged 29-year-old Justin Bonner of Muncie with unlawful possession of a firearm by a
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Perrine Delacour shot a 9-under 63 in morning rain Thursday at Columbia Edgewater to take the first-round lead in the Portland Classic. Winless on the LPGA Tour, Delacour opened with a birdie and ran off five straight on Nos. 3-7 in a front-nine 30. The 29-year-old Frenchwoman added birdies on Nos.
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Most of Hong Kong and other parts of southern China have ground to a near standstill as powerful Typhoon Saola passes westward along the coast. Many workers stayed at home on Friday and students in various cities saw the start of their school year postponed to
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Phoenix say a founder of the classified ad site Backpage.com and four employees carefully strategized how to bring in ads for prostitution to maintain their top-earning platform. Attorneys for Michael Lacey and the other four defendants countered that their clients had nothing to do
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has won a favorable ruling in one of two civil lawsuits filed against him in Nevada, one by a woman who alleges he raped her on his tour bus in Washington state in 2001 and another by a woman who alleges
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has ordered Mexico City’s old airport to cut flights by 17%, sparking warnings by airlines of possible mass flight cancellations. The new rules scheduled to take effect by Oct. 29 would require the terminal to reduce the number of flights per hour from 52 to 43. The airport
Continue ReadingKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban say they have signed mining contracts worth billions of dollars in Afghanistan. They’ve been courting foreign investment since their takeover two years ago to revitalize the economy, pinning their hopes on the country’s vast and untapped mineral resources. On Thursday, an official from the Taliban-led government said seven contracts
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The stepsister of a Colorado woman who was found dead along with her sister and teenage son at a remote Rocky Mountain campsite says the women fled into the wilderness after struggling to cope with societal changes in recent years, but they were unequipped to
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Gwyneth Paltrow has issued a plea to Marvel fans far and wide. On Wednesday, the Goop founder answered questions from her followers on her Instagram story and responded to one passionate entry that demanded Paltrow “answer the question” about why she stopped appearing in Marvel films. “Oh. My. God.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —A federal jury found a Warm Springs man guilty Thursday of brutally assaulting his girlfriend last May, leaving her lying seriously injured in the driveway of her home on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, federal prosecutors said. Maron Brent Graybael, Jr., 38, was found guilty of one count of assault resulting in
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A shooting outside a large shopping center in Texas has killed one person and left another victim with critical injuries. Authorities say the shooter also died of a gunshot wound. The shooting near The Arboretum on the north side of Austin started at 5 p.m. Thursday. Austin Interim Police Chief Robin
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pair of spinoffs of “The Walking Dead” and the next season of “Interview With the Vampire” can resume production despite the ongoing Hollywood strikes after reaching an agreement with the actors’ union. The three AMC series are the highest-profile television productions yet to get
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Agnetha Fältskog, del legendario grupo pop sueco ABBA, relanzó su carrera en solitario con un nuevo sencillo. “¿Entonces, a dónde vamos desde aquí? Estreno mundial de ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ en @bbcradio2 con @zoetheball – Sintonízalo el jueves 31 de agosto a partir de las 8:30 a.m. (BST)”, escribió
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, Taylor Ward, Nectar Gan, Jessie Yeung and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The strongest typhoon Hong Kong has seen in five years ripped through the city and other parts of southern China, knocking down trees and scaffolding and causing hundreds of flights to be canceled. Saola had been a super
Continue ReadingCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A member of the violent MS-13 street gang has pleaded guilty for his part in the murders of four people in New York, including two teenage girls who were attacked with a machete and baseball bats on a suburban Long Island street seven years ago. Enrique Portillo pleaded guilty in
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Dos personas murieron y una más resultó herida luego de que se reportaran disparos cerca del centro comercial Arboretum en Austin, Texas, este jueves. “Tenemos una gran presencia policial que actualmente trabaja para asegurar el lugar”, dijo a CNN el funcionario de Información Pública de la Policía de Austin, Michael Bullock, en
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Google went on the offensive Thursday in a closely watched antitrust case dealing with the tech giant’s digital advertising dominance, questioning the motives of the Justice Department’s top antitrust official. Google’s filing targets Jonathan Kanter, the US assistant attorney general for antitrust, and his widely reported past legal representation
Continue ReadingCROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — Prosecutors have asked Indiana State Police to investigate the recent deaths of at least eight dogs from heat-related injuries while being transported in an uncooled box truck. The dead dogs were discovered July 27 in Lake Station while the truck traveled from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training
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