By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press DAJABON, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic’s president has announced he will close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in a dispute over a canal on the Haitian side that would divert water from a border river. His announcement signals that last-minute talks between
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Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three artworks believed to have been stolen during the Holocaust from a Jewish art collector and entertainer have been seized from museums in three different states by New York law enforcement authorities. The artworks by the Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele were seized Wednesday from the Art
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Officials say a city of Miami commissioner accused of bribery and money laundering has been arrested on multiple corruption charges. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla and a co-defendant, Miami attorney William Riley Jr., were both booked Thursday into the Miami-Dade county jail. Investigators
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended a pause Thursday on a ruling that limits the ability of the White House and other key federal agencies to communicate with social media companies about content related to Covid-19 and elections the government views as misinformation. In a brief order, Alito
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – MountainStar Family Relief Nursery invites you to join their Birdies 4 Babies Campaign running through the end of September. Here’s their full announcement: B4B, an event hosted this year on August 13th, is MountainStar’s largest annual fundraiser, bringing together community members committed to child abuse prevention and the therapeutic services that
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, planea reunirse con su homólogo de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, la próxima semana en el contexto de las reuniones de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, según varios funcionarios familiarizados con el encuentro. No está claro si la reunión sería en Nueva York o más
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — *NSYNC hasn’t completely said “bye bye bye” to making more music together. Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick officially reunited to release a new song called “Take You to a Better Place,” which will be featured in the upcoming “Trolls Band Together” movie. A
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will restrict the release of her travel and security records. The Republican governor signed the measure after lawmakers wrapped up a special session that’s focused on a fight to scale back the state’s open-records
Continue ReadingSINGAPORE (AP) — Sergio Pérez says he received a personal apology from Red Bull boss Helmut Marko over comments Marko made suggesting his heritage was to blame for inconsistent results on track. Marko described Pérez as “South American” and indicated that could explain a lack of focus or inconsistency in comments last week on an
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former Austrian foreign minister who had invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to her wedding and danced a waltz with him at the 2018 reception says she has moved to St. Petersburg to set up a think tank there. Karin Kneissl announced on messaging app Telegram on
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press The last of four men charged in a scheme to steal millions of dollars worth of crude oil in western North Dakota’s oil field has been sentenced. Authorities in 2022 said the oil skimming scheme involved $2.4 million in crude oil. Darrell Woody Merrell on Thursday pleaded guilty to felony
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Commercial casinos in the U.S. had their best July ever this year, winning nearly $5.4 billion from gamblers, according to a national gambling industry group. The American Gaming Association says the casinos’ winnings were up nearly 6% from July 2022. They also say the casinos
Continue ReadingBY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic nominees for two statewide offices are saying that Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies. Greta Kemp Martin faces first-term Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Ty Pinkins
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Facing renewed threats to his speakership, Kevin McCarthy is making a strategic bet: his critics don’t have the votes to oust him – and if they do, he’ll grind it out on the floor again as he did back in January. The speaker is
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ personal spending has increased since he was ordered to pay $1.5 billion in liabilities to Sandy Hook families, none of whom has seen a penny from the disgraced Infowars host, according to court documents. In July alone, Jones spent $93,180 — excluding legal and
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Kevin Liptak and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — US President Joe Biden plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky next week around the United Nations General Assembly meetings, according to multiple officials familiar with the plans. It remained unclear whether the meeting would occur in New York or later in the
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Dry and warm pattern has taken over the Pacific Northwest as the ridge of high pressure moves overhead. Temperatures are expected to be in the upper 80s to low 90s into the weekend under sunny skies. Winds will be on the calm side this weekend under the dome of air. The sinking nature of the
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Este jueves es el segundo día de operaciones del Mando Unificado Ciber del Gobierno de Colombia para atender las consecuencias del ataque cibernético que sufrió IFX Networks, principal proveedora de telecomunicaciones en ese país, según un comunicado del Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información. Algunos de los portales
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Swartz Click here for updates on this story LIBERTY, Missouri (KCTV) — The mother of a Liberty North student who committed suicide in March 2023 is suing the Liberty School District. Kristi Rice is pursuing a wrongful death claim against the Liberty School District after her son, 16-year-old Logan LeBlanc attempted suicide on
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