By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say Donald Trump is “not above the law” as they are urging a judge to reject the former president’s efforts to dismiss the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Lawyers for Trump had asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan earlier
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The No Labels Party of Arizona has filed a lawsuit seeking to block people from running for offices other than president using its newly approved 2024 ballot line. The lawsuit, filed Thursday amid an ongoing dispute over whether must register as a party and publicly disclose
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KPOV 88.9 FM, High Desert Community Radio, is pleased to announce two grants have been awarded to help build a new production studio. The project goal is to better serve Central Oregon by increasing the number of locally produced live talk and music shows, and to build listenership. On behalf of everyone at KPOV, thank
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Bend nonprofit Street Dog Hero welcomed its largest flight of rescued dogs in the organization’s history Thursday afternoon, as 35 furry friends from Oklahoma arrived at the Bend Airport on a Dog Is My CoPilot plane ride.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A fatal shooting by police in Wallingford, Connecticut, is raising questions about whether officers could have responded in another way. The state inspector general’s office says two officers fired about 10 gunshots at Donald Passmore as he lay in his bed with a .22-caliber revolver early Monday. Police body camera
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Actor and comedian Marlon Wayans says he is being unfairly prosecuted for disturbing the peace over a dispute with an airline employee who he alleges targeted him because of his race. Attorneys for Wayans, who is Black, made the allegations in a court filing Thursday that asked
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN Español) — Joran van der Sloot reconoció otro crimen. Confesó que había matado a Natalee Holloway, la joven desaparecida desde el 2005 en Aruba a pesar de que antes se había declarado inocente de extorsión y fraude hacia la madre de la joven. Así, Van der Sloot profundiza su prontuario criminal. Ya había
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Richard Allen, the man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, no longer has legal representation, Judge Frances C. Gull said during a Thursday hearing. Allen, who is accused of killing Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, was being represented by
Continue ReadingWRTV, INDIANA STATE POLICE, FAMILY PHOTOS, CNN By Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Richard Allen, the man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, no longer has legal representation, Judge Frances C. Gull said during a Thursday hearing. Allen, who is accused of killing Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail
Continue ReadingCNN By Jessie Yeung and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Humanitarian aid supplies destined for Gaza civilians remain in limbo, as concerns rise about the rapidly worsening conditions for the population stuck in the besieged enclave. Multiple sources told CNN on Thursday that the critical Rafah Crossing is no longer expected to open Friday for
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge has ruled to continue halting parts of a Southern California school district policy requiring school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identity at school. The ruling came Thursday after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court has removed an upstate judge from office for pointing a loaded handgun at a Black man during a 2015 court hearing. Justice Robert J. Putorti was a Whitehall Town and Village Court judge. He repeatedly emphasized the race and stature of the
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Some of the world’s largest land animals demolished some of the area’s largest pumpkins Thursday morning during the Oregon Zoo’s 25th annual Squishing of the Squash. “We gave our elephant family some extra-large pumpkins to stomp on and chomp on,” said Steve Lefave, who oversees the zoo’s Asian elephant area. “First they
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh denied having any knowledge or involvement in plotting to steal opponents’ play-calling signals by sending representatives to their games. He also said he and his staff would fully cooperate with an NCAA investigation into the allegations against his program. The Big Ten conference
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s governor has scheduled a November execution date for an inmate convicted of shooting and killing a man during a robbery in 1993. Gov. Kay Ivey set Nov. 16 as the date Casey A. McWhorter is to die by injeciton. McWhorter was convicted of capital murder for his role in the
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer involved in the Breonna Taylor shooting collided with a suspect’s truck and pointed his gun at the man during an arrest in his new job as a sheriff’s deputy. Myles Cosgrove now works in a rural Kentucky county. He was responding
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The “bee plate” – Oregon State University Department of Horticulture’s Pollinator Paradise license plates – will be available to the public beginning Nov. 1, the Oregon DMV announced Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rivian Automotive has confirmed that it will move ahead with construction on a factory in Georgia early next year. The California-based electric truck company made the announcement Thursday as it opens a retail location in an intown Atlanta development. It’s the eighth in a network of what
Continue ReadingMALIBU, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California university wrestling with the deaths of four seniors who were struck by a car sought to comfort students and faculty Thursday in a prayer service that recalled the young women as “bright lights with promise and aspirations.” Provost Jay Brewster gave that description of the Pepperdine University’s Seaver
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Museum at Warm Springs, which is celebrating its 30th Anniversary throughout 2023, hosted a Gala Celebration and Fundraiser on Friday evening, Nearly 160 guests attended the event, which was held at Tetherow in Bend. It was the first fundraiser that The Museum had hosted since 2019 due to the Covid-19
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