SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state man who falsely claimed Native American heritage to sell his artwork at downtown Seattle galleries was sentenced Wednesday to federal probation and community service. The U.S. attorney’s office said Lewis Rath, of Maple Falls, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to two years probation and 200 hours of
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. (AP) — Army Gen. Mark Milley delivered a full-throated defense of democracy and not-so-subtle swipes at former President Donald Trump during a packed ceremony as he closed out his four, often tumultuous years as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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“I was exhausted from yelling and screaming,” Bend resident Lily Dean recollected recently. “I was screaming all the time — ‘Help! Help!’ — and I was thinking, it’s like a dream, like I don’t know if my voice is coming out of my mouth or not.”
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Scouts BSA, formerly known as Boy Scouts, is one of the oldest and largest youth organizations in the world. Cub Scouts, a younger part of the Scouting program, is open to all elementary school-aged kids.
Continue ReadingIRMO, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a man wanted for child sex abuse crimes shot and killed himself after wounding two federal marshals trying to arrest him. U.S. Marshals say their agents were trying to arrest George Curtis on Friday at a South Carolina hotel when they were fired on. Officials say the injuries to
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The Archdiocese of Baltimore on Friday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization days before a new state law goes into effect removing the statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims and allowing victims to sue their abusers decades after the fact. The step will allow the
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing to step up its oversight of a growing category of medical tests called laboratory-developed tests. The FDA approves and clears many types of lab tests for blood, saliva or tissue if they are used by many different hospitals or labs. But
Continue ReadingINDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a New Jersey man deliberately drove his SUV into a home and the offices of a municipal police department last week. The Warren County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday that no one was injured in the crashes, both of which happened on Sept. 20. But they say at least
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Cardi B. came for the spicy wings and ended up sharing some “Who knew?” news. During an appearance on “First We Feast” released on Thursday, the rapper ate the hot wings while being interviewed. She covered her views on the extraterrestrial (she doesn’t believe in aliens), how she
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Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport woman reached a milestone Friday that most of us will never see. She turned 100 years old. At a special birthday celebration, Melvinia Lilly will be honored with multiple commendations, including one from Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. Lilly
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Zerkel, Mary Gilbert and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Record-setting rain overwhelmed New York City’s sewer system Friday, sending a surge of floodwater coursing through streets and into basements, schools, subways and vehicles throughout the nation’s most populous city. The water rose fast and furious, catching some commuters off guard as they
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Toys “R” Us stores are making another comeback — this time it’s at airports and cruise ships. WHP Global, the toy store’s parent company, announced an expansion of up to 24 flagship stores, as well as opening stores at airports and cruise ships. Aptly named the “air,
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen (CNN) — Trump-era Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark cannot move his Georgia election subversion case from state to federal court, a judge ruled Friday. The ruling from US District Judge Steve Jones is the latest blow to the Georgia defendants who are trying to move their state prosecutions into the federal system,
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Rome turned blue as Europe stunned the United States in a Ryder Cup opening battle for the ages at Marco Simone Golf Club on Friday. Having swept the visitors in the morning foursomes, a flurry of remarkable late shots in the closing fourballs saw the hosts stop Team USA
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As Monette Ferguson braces for the looming government shutdown to strip funding from her Head Start program for disadvantaged children in Connecticut, she harkens back to a decade ago when another congressional budget fight forced her to close preschools. This time around she is more
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of federal appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee and Kentucky can keep banning gender-affirming care for young transgender people while legal challenges against those state laws proceed. A 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued the 2-1 decision Thursday evening. The majority wrote
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Some fishing seasons are ending, but Noah Chast says there’s still plenty of good spots for anglers to hit as we move into fall.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A nighttime shooting attack on a hospital in northern Mexico has left four people dead including a doctor. The attack happened near midnight Thursday in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan. The state is home to the drug cartel of the same name. State police said Friday that at least three
Continue ReadingBy Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — A former Georgia detention officer was charged on Tuesday with one federal count of using excessive force on a female pretrial detainee, identified only as C.B., at the Fulton County North Annex Jail in Alpharetta, Georgia. The indictment alleges that Fulton County Detention Officer Monique Clark “willfully deprived C.B.
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