By Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — All University of Michigan (U-M) campuses are experiencing a temporary internet outage. U-M made the decision to separate the U-M network from the internet to help reduce “technical issues” on Sunday, Aug. 27. According to U-M Flint, the online issues are impacting
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Vietnam next month to meet with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other Vietnamese leaders. The Democratic president will travel to Hanoi on Sept. 10, tacking on the one-day visit to the Vietnamese capital after attending the annual Group of 20
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum (CNN) — President Joe Biden will travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 10 following the Group of 20 summit in India to meet with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other leaders, according to the White House. “The leaders will explore opportunities to promote the growth of a technology-focused and innovation-driven Vietnamese
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Judicial officials say two Russian citizens who were recently detained in Beirut on suspicion of spying for Israel were referred to an investigative military judge who issued arrest warrants for them. The officials said Monday that two Russians were detained “several weeks ago” in Beirut as they
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A driver plowed through a group of pedestrians in Bridgeport on Sunday night. Bridgeport police said it happened in the 1700 block of Central Avenue around 7:50 p.m. Doing It Local shared video of the aftermath with Channel 3. “Bridgeport police,
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The box office results are in and Sony’s racing movie “Gran Turismo” won the weekend over “Barbie,” after all. On Sunday, “ Gran Turismo” appeared to be neck-and-neck with Warner Bros.’ “Barbie,” now in its sixth weekend, with both hovering just over $17 million. But Monday actuals reported by
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Smithson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Nashville hospital patient was arrested Friday after police said he kicked a nurse in the face and flung blood toward staff while shouting racial slurs. Metro officers were dispatched to TriStar Summit Medical Center in response to a patient fighting
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Civil rights advocates have filed a lawsuit challenging an Indiana law that prohibits gender-affirming surgery for inmates. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the bill into law in April. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Corrections in federal court on Monday. The lawsuit alleges that the
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s education minister has announced a ban on long robes in classrooms starting with the new school year, saying the garments worn mainly by Muslims are testing secularism in the nation’s schools. Critics say that abayas, worn by women, and khamis, the male garb, are no more
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Average gasoline prices in Oregon have risen 2.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.70/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Council president says the European Union should make a “bold move” in the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine and accept new members by 2030. With some countries waiting in the EU membership line for more than 20 years, Charles Michel says it’s time
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — In a record-breaking year of disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is announcing nearly $3 billion Monday for communities to build resiliency against climate change-fueled extreme weather. The new money, which will come from Congress’s bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, is being announced just as the agency is
Continue ReadingCNN, WPLG By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A Broward County, Florida, sheriff’s fire rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment complex Monday morning, leaving two people dead and two others injured. Authorities identified the dead as Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Capt. Terryson Jackson, who was in the helicopter, and an unnamed adult woman who
Continue ReadingBLENDON, Ohio (AP) — Police officials in an Ohio suburb say officers shot and killed a pregnant woman suspected of shoplifting after she accelerated her car toward an officer trying to stop her. Twenty-one-year-old Ta’Kiya Young died Thursday in Blendon, outside Columbus. Police Chief John Belford says the officers were at a supermarket on an
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Shares of Rite Aid ended Monday’s session higher after a day of highly volatile trading. Rite Aid’s stock price experienced steep swings throughout the trading day, soaring more than 20% higher than its opening price in morning trading and then falling to near-session lows close to midday.
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Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia are scheduled to be arraigned next week on charges they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Fulton County court records show all 19 defendants have been scheduled for arraignment on
Continue ReadingBy Steve Large Click here for updates on this story ROCKLIN, California (KOVR) — Backlash is brewing against a Rocklin school board president over her calls for “Christ-centered” parents to join school advisory committees. Her calls come as those new parent committees start helping select school curricula. Rocklin board President Julie Leavens Hupp posted on
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Elton John was hospitalized after he suffered “a slip” at home on Sunday. The legendary singer, 76, was in his villa outside of Nice, France, when he fell and was taken to Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco. John was monitored overnight. “Elton visited the local hospital as a precautionary
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