PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Court of Appeal has upheld the acquittal of former Prime Minister Najib Razak of audit tampering in relation to the multibillion dollar looting of the 1MDB state fund. The case is one of several corruption trials against Najib, who remains in prison for other graft charges. His lawyer Mohamed Shafee
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking qualified applicants to fill a sport fishing and commercial salmon industry position on the Fish Restoration and Enhancement (R&E) Program Board. Interested individuals must apply by Oct. 2, 2023 using this form. The ideal sport fishing candidate will be a resident of Oregon that
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) recently introduced the bipartisan Special Forest Products Program Reauthorization Act, which would allow for the sustainable harvest of special forest products on lands in the National Forest System — without a permit or fee, if for personal use. “Our national forests are full
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Massachusetts cities devastated by floodwater could face new perils as more rain is on the way and officials wonder whether a “very sensitive” dam in will hold up. Gov. Maura Healey has declared a state of emergency across Massachusetts on Tuesday due to “catastrophic flooding” that
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Lee es un gran huracán de gran tamaño y se espera que crezca, según la actualización de las 11 p.m. hora del este de EE.UU. del Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC). Los vientos con fuerza de huracán de Lee se extienden hasta 128 km desde el centro y los vientos con
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OSU didn’t just easily defeat UC-Davis 55-7 on Saturday — it was also their first home game at the newly upgraded Reser Stadium. NewsChannel 21 was on hand to talk to Beaver fans jazzed about the big improvements.
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Some U.S. urban areas gained population. But it’s not because of a flood of moving trucks into Atlanta, New Orleans and San Francisco. According to a Federal Register notice published Tuesday, it’s because the U.S. Census Bureau corrected errors made in the population counts of urban areas that were released
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold and Amir Tal, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court held hearings Tuesday on a law to curb its powers, in a case that could set the judiciary on a collision course with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government after months of mass protests over the controversial legislation. The court heard arguments
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — It took four and a half months for Shannon Ross’ life to unravel. Ross, who describes himself as Indigenous and a person of color, was arrested in Chicago in October 2019 on weapons charges and ultimately found not guilty. But that came only after
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aerosmith has postponed a half-dozen dates on their farewell tour because frontman Steven Tyler injured his vocal cords during a performance, Tyler announced Monday. “I’m heartbroken to say I have received strict doctor’s orders not to sing for the next thirty days,” Tyler, 75, posted on Instagram. “I sustained vocal cord damage
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s lawyers have told an Illinois appellate court that it should toss the former “Empire” actor’s convictions for staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police. During oral arguments Tuesday, Smollett’s legal team argued that anger in
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton, the first lady and a former first lady, on Tuesday introduced the recipients of a prestigious Japanese award for lifetime achievement in the arts, an event that led Clinton to her first public appearance at the White House since the Obama administration.
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice said Tuesday at the opening of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. “This case is about the future of the
Continue ReadingBy SHARON LURYE Associated Press For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the lessons never stuck. A few years ago she shifted her approach, turning to more direct
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards for her “Anti-Hero” music video on a night full of surprises. “This is unbelievable. The fact that this is a fan-voted award means so much to me,” Swift said in her acceptance speech. “I can’t
Continue ReadingBy Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — National parks are really into big things, especially super-large landmarks. Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal safeguards the southern slopes of Mt Everest, the world’s highest peak at 8,849 meters (29,032 feet). Venezuela’s Canaima National Park is home to Angel Falls, the world’s tallest waterfall at 979 meters (3,212 feet).
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Construction started in May on the new six-chair Skyliner lift at Mt. Bachelor. We checked in on their progress Monday, as they expect to hit their goal of having it up and running by late December. (Editor’s note/correction to video: The previous Skyliner lift was open until May, when it closed for the season and
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, Sabrina Souza and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested Monday on suspicion of assaulting a 26-year-old woman in New York, according to the New York City Police Department. The woman is apparently Porter’s girlfriend and Porter allegedly “assaulted her, struck her multiple times and choked
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Walter Isaacson’s highly anticipated biography on Elon Musk is hitting shelves on Tuesday — and he is already walking back a major claim. Isaacson reported in his book that Musk had abruptly turned off Ukraine’s access to his Starlink satellite internet system last year just as the country was
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Rainstorms battering southern China have killed at least seven people and allowed dozens of crocodiles to escape from a farm. Nearby residents were advised to stay at home after more than 70 crocodiles escaped in Maoming, a city near the coast in western Guangdong province, according to Chinese media reports. An emergency
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