By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A manual laborer from India has successfully sued his employers in Singapore for negligence after he fell off the back of an overcrowded lorry, in a rare legal win for migrant workers that has renewed debate about their treatment in the wealthy city state. Ramalingam Murugan, a 37-year-old father
Continue ReadingLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — An evacuation order following a brush fire that burned 10 acres (4 hectares) on Maui was lifted by emergency officials Saturday. The fire prompted Maui authorities to temporarily evacuate residents Saturday from a neighborhood of Lahaina, just a few miles from the site recently ravaged by blazes, before firefighters brought it
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business (CNN) — Fox News apologized Saturday to a Gold Star family for publishing a false story last month claiming that the family had to pay $60,000 to ship the remains of their fallen relative back from Afghanistan because the Pentagon refused to pay. “The now unpublished story has been addressed
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For former President Donald Trump, a picture is worth … more than $7 million. Trump’s campaign says he has raised $7.1 million since Thursday when he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election
Continue ReadingBy Berry Wang and Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — When Han lost her job as an interface designer in Beijing in February, she figured her 10 years of experience meant she wouldn’t need to look long for alternative work. But with the job hunt dragging on, she’s beginning to worry. She’s sent off
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox say they were not aware at first that a woman injured during Friday’s game at Guaranteed Rate Field was shot and that the Chicago Police Department would have stopped play if officers thought it was unsafe to continue. Team spokesman Scott Reifert
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Continue ReadingCNN, WJXT By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — This summer has been one for the record books with “Barbie” raking in more than $1 billion at the global box office and two of music’s biggest superstars — Beyoncé and Taylor Swift — each on track to exceed that figure with their respective
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Happy weekend Central Oregon! Looks like we may be getting some rain in the east on Saturday evening, but not sure much will arrive in and around Bend or Redmond or other cities along the 97 corridor. The main issue this weekend will be the warming trend. Highs in the upper 80s and mostly low 90s
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s campaign says it has raised $7.1 million since the former president was processed at an Atlanta jail Thursday in the Georgia election subversion case. Trump’s fundraising total for the past three weeks, following his indictment and arraignment in Washington related to the federal January 6 case and
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press Another record-setting day of high temperatures hit the Dallas/Fort Worth area before a slight cooling trend moves into the area. The National Weather Service issued heat warnings Saturday stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Southeastern U.S. and upper Mid-South. Excessive heat warnings were in effect for much of eastern
Continue ReadingBy TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hundreds of riders in various states of dress — or undress – are riding through some of Philadelphia’s main streets for the 14th Philly Naked Bike Ride. The ride on Saturday is billed as promoting cycling as a key form of transportation and fuel-conscious
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(Update: Adding Thursday update, reduced acreage) Shaded fuel break being created along Cascade Lakes Highway SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Due to the rugged terrain, safe access issues and the location in a wilderness area, Petes Lake fire officials have decided to shift to a more indirect approach to putting out the blaze, they said Thursday.
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, reiteró el sábado su promesa de enviar fuerzas especiales estadounidenses a México para enfrentar a los cárteles de la droga si es elegido presidente, y dijo: “Vamos a actuar”. En declaraciones a los periodistas en la primera parada del sábado de la gira
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police say a 30-year-old man has been killed and four other people inured in a shooting in a Copenhagen neighborhood known for its counterculture vibe and flourishing hashish trade. Two masked gunmen opened fire Saturday evening inside a building in the Christiania neighborhood, a Copenhagen police spokesman told Danish media.
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term late Saturday in results announced much earlier than expected following another troubled vote in the southern African country with a history of violent and disputed elections. An opposition party spokesperson
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Tres personas murieron el sábado en un ataque por motivos raciales después de que un hombre armado atacara a personas de raza negra en una tienda Dollar General en Jacksonville, Florida, en uno de varios tiroteos del fin de semana que nuevamente conmocionaron a los estadounidenses en lugares públicos, desde
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The two largest fires among 14 sparked by lightning in what’s now being managed as the Tyee Ridge Complex merged over the weekend in northwest Douglas County as the blazes have grown to nearly 2,900 acres, with 5% containment, officials said Monday.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Five Republican state senators in Oregon are suing to be allowed to run for reelection next year even though they accumulated a large number of unexcused absences during a walkout aimed at blocking votes on abortion rights and gun safety. Oregon voters passed a constitutional amendment last year that says any
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM, TERRY SPENCER and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A masked white man fatally shot three Black people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in a predominately African-American neighborhood on Saturday, in an attack where he used a gun painted with a swastika, officials said. The shooter, who had
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