By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — The winning numbers for Wednesday’s night’s $850 million Powerball jackpot – the fourth largest jackpot prize in the game’s history – have been drawn. The numbers are 1, 7, 46, 47, 63 and the Powerball is 7, the lottery said. A jackpot winner Wednesday night would have the option
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 voted Tuesday to authorize a strike, they said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Members voted 95% in favor of a strike authorization in Las Vegas, the unions said. The union leadership is now authorized
Continue ReadingKTNV By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 voted Tuesday to authorize a strike, they said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Members voted 95% in favor of a strike authorization in Las Vegas, the unions said. The union leadership is now
Continue ReadingNewsChannel 21 has resumed news broadcasts, thanks to a temporary studio spot provided by OSU-Cascades after a small fire Tuesday evening at the KTVZ studios caused limited damage and no injuries.
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Bola Gbadebo visited the two-day Central Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Conference that wrapped up Tuesday at The Riverhouse on the Deschutes, offering networking and learning the latest about how to deal with today’s workplace challenges.
Continue ReadingBy Nick Watt, CNN (CNN) — A 46-year-old Swiss man who was paralyzed after falling on ice has regained some movement after a world-first surgery that installed an implant on his brain that uses artificial intelligence to read his thoughts, his intentions to move, and transfers them to a second implant in his abdomen that stimulates the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BIESECKER, JENNIFER McDERMOTT and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press Melted remains of an old car tire. Heavily burned trees. A charred stump of an abandoned utility pole. Investigators are examining these and other pieces of evidence as they seek to solve the mystery of last month’s deadly Maui wildfire: How did a small, wind-whipped
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a new study, Black Americans expressed broad concerns about how they are depicted in the news media, with majorities saying they see racist or negative depictions and a lack of effort to cover broad segments of their community. Four in five Black adults say
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El fiscal de distrito del condado de Los Ángeles, George Gascón, anunció este martes la exoneración de Gerardo Cabanillas, un hombre que había estado encarcelado durante más de 28 años tras una condena en 1996 por secuestro, agresión sexual y robo. “Estoy aquí con ustedes con un profundo sentido de responsabilidad
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s government has accused Taiwan’s ruling party of seeking independence, a day after the self-governing island’s president lobbied for Australia’s support in joining a regional trade pact. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office also said that recent Chinese military drills around Taiwan were held to combat what it called “the arrogance of Taiwan independence
Continue ReadingANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press Hanoi, VIETNAM (AP) — The urgency for Southeast Asian nations to switch to clean energy to combat climate change is breathing new life into a 20-year-old plan for the region to share power. Most power grids in the region are not connected, partly due to political issues and
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson, CNN Sydney (CNN) — Activists in Australia have succeeded in pausing planned seismic blasting off Western Australia, which they say could deafen and ultimately kill endangered migratory whales. The Federal Court on Thursday invalidated approval given to oil and gas company Woodside Energy to start underwater blasting to locate large gas reserves
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Accusations that New Mexico’s Democratic-led Legislature unfairly diluted the vote of a politically conservative oil-producing region with its redistricting map have gone to trial. Republican Party attorneys said Wednesday they’ll present evidence of egregious gerrymandering. Democratic legislators say that new congressional boundaries were vetted appropriately.
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India (CNN) — Briefly in the early 2010s, the Buddh International Circuit on the outskirts of New Delhi was a fitting home for Formula One racing. A vast, purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility, it was a symbol of India’s ambition, welcoming a truly global event – and the eyes
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Gilgo Beach killings suspect Rex Heuermann appeared in a New York court on Wednesday for a short status hearing on his upcoming trial for the murders of three women whose bodies were found more than a decade ago. Heuermann, a 59-year-old architectural consultant from Massapequa Park,
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 said during a mental health evaluation that he bought firearms to carry out a mass shooting and wanted police to kill him. That’s according to a psychologist who testified Wednesday during
Continue ReadingBy BRADY McCOMBS and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Republican Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson has formally announced that he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney. Wilson made the announcement Wednesday night at a rally with supporters. Wilson is a supporter of former President Donald Trump and
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is headed to the first significant revamp of its congressional map in three decades after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state’s bid to keep using a plan with a single majority-Black district. The decision on Tuesday sets the stage for a new map with
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Poland’s hard-right Confederation party opened its electoral campaign convention as if it were a rock concert, with a singer riding up on a motorcycle, its engine revving, and a pyrotechnic show of flames and sparklers. The party has been growing in popularity, especially among young men
Continue ReadingKIMT By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Two children were killed and another two were injured when an SUV crashed into a two-wheeled horse-drawn Amish buggy in southern Minnesota on Monday morning, authorities said. The buggy and the SUV were going in the same direction when the crash happened shortly before 8:25 a.m. in Fillmore
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