By Sara Smart, Emma Tucker and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — After a woman escaped from a makeshift “dungeon” made of cinder blocks in a man’s Oregon home, the FBI says it is looking for additional victims in other states. The man, 29-year-old Negasi Zuberi, was taken into federal custody on suspicion of kidnapping across
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story DILLON, Colorado (KCNC) — A Dillon man was sentenced to two 24-years-to-life sentences in prison for aggravated incest after he was found guilty by a jury in June. Timothy Paul Stevenson was sentenced on July 26 for sexual assault on a child by a person
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Las autoridades de la ciudad de Chihuahua, en México, decidieron prohibir la interpretación de canciones que “promuevan la violencia contra las mujeres”, citando los altos niveles de violencia doméstica. El concejo de la ciudad aprobó por unanimidad la medida el pasado 26 de julio, según el alcalde Marco Bonilla, quien dijo
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By BRIAN MAASS Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — The mother of Robin Niceta is now at odds with her daughter, the former Arapahoe County human services worker, calling her daughter “diabolical” and claiming her daughter scammed her family and the public by claiming to have cancer. LOCAL NEWS Mother of
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Lawyers for former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza will be allowed to ask about the sexual history of the woman who accused him and other men of raping her at a house party near San Diego State University. A judge said this week he will allow deposition questioning in the woman’s
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A Fire Weather Warning (formerly referred to as a Red Flag Warning) will go into effect Thursday at 11am until Friday at 11pm for areas east of the Cascades. Deschutes County is in the warned area, except for the NW corner of the county including Sisters. This warning replaces the previously issued watch for the
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A woman who shot and killed a neighbor walking her dogs in a neighborhood north of Bend in 2019 will be conditionally released from the Oregon State Hospital to a secure residential treatment facility near Portland, the victim’s family was informed this week.
Continue ReadingBy Parija Bhatnagar, CNN New York (CNN) — Taylor Swift is going out in “Style.” On the eve of wrapping up the US leg of her wildly successful Eras Tour, Swift on Monday thanked a slew of crew members who have done serious heavy lifting on the road with her — among them, the tour’s
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — While Madonna continues her recovery after a recent hospitalization, she stopped off at a Beyoncé concert over the weekend with three of her daughters in tow. According to photos posted on Madonna’s Instagram Stories earlier this week, the “Vogue” icon attended the “Break My Soul” singer’s “Renaissance” show at
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s finance minister has promised to step up inspections of beach bars and other businesses renting out seaside sunbeds and umbrellas. Wednesday’s move, at the peak of the key summer tourist season, follows complaints that it’s difficult, or impossible, for non-paying beachgoers to find a spot on the sand on many
Continue ReadingBy TIFFANY STANLEY, LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MARIAM FAM The Associated Press When Adidas cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, due to his antisemitic comments, it was left with more than a billion dollars worth of high-end Yeezy sneakers. Now, Jewish Americans are evaluating the German company’s plan to give
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El Senado de Estados Unidos se cerró temporalmente en la tarde de este miércoles, mientras la Policía del Capitolio investigaba los reportes sobre un atacante armado en el edificio de oficinas de Russell, lo que encendió las alarmas más de dos años después del ataque del 6 de enero de 2021. Sin embargo,
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story August 2, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — In an impassioned display of solidarity, Mayor Sylvester Turner gathered faith leaders and elected officials at City Hall to vehemently denounce the Houston Independent School District’s (HISD) contentious plans to shut down libraries on 28 campuses, intending
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story August 2, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — Last Friday, Hope Clinic, a non- profit health center dedicated to providing culturally and linguistically competent care for Houston’s underserved Asian communities, had the privilege of hosting a conversation with Secretary Xavier Becerra, the U.S. Department Secretary
Continue ReadingBy Brian Barefield Click here for updates on this story August 2, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — There had been chatter for days amongst the local sports media and fans about a possible return of one of the best pitchers ever to take the mound in a Houston Astros jersey. Many did not want to
Continue ReadingBy Brett Rains Click here for updates on this story VIAN, Oklahoma (KHBS) — ODOT crews worked to fix a portion of U.S. Hwy. 64, near Vian, in Sequoyah County after the heat caused it to buckle. “During these heat waves that we get pretty much every summer, it can cause some wear and tear
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press Federal investigators said a dump truck driver in rural Missouri last year may have never seen an oncoming Amtrak train before it was too late. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a report Wednesday that the railroad crossing’s poor design contributed to the derailment last June that killed four
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Stacker used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to find the metros in Oregon where jobs are growing the fastest.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities issued a shelter-in-place order and searched Senate office buildings near the U.S. Capitol Wednesday afternoon amid reports of an active shooter. But a floor-by-floor search of the three buildings found nothing, and Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said the cause of the security scramble “may have been a bogus call.” The
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The oldest examples of swimming jellyfish, which lived in Earth’s oceans 505 million years ago, have been discovered high within the Canadian Rockies. Researchers found 182 fossils encased within the rock of the famed Burgess Shale fossil site. The fossils belong to a previously unknown species of jellyfish, called
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