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Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Honduras will attend a summit on migration that Mexico will host Sunday. The four countries are among the biggest sources of migrants currently showing up at the U.S. border. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Connelly has sold more than 85 million books under nearly 40 titles, but there’s another distinction that makes him equally proud: His most famous protagonist, LAPD Det. Harry Bosch, has become the longest running character on streaming television. “I know the history of streaming is
Continue ReadingLAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty to charges related to a drive-by-shooting in central Florida that left 11 people wounded earlier this year. Federal authorities said Wednesday that Nicholas Hanson and Marcus Mobley have pleaded guilty to possessing ammunition and possessing a firearm and ammunition as convicted felons. They could be sentenced
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Is it the return of Dunder Mifflin or not? Greg Daniels, the co-creator and showrunner of the US version of “The Office,” understands there’s a lot of interest in a possible reboot of the workplace sitcom. Daniels recently gave an interview to Collider Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub for Prime
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Skinner Click here for updates on this story SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia (WANF) — Dr. Seth Stern loves coming to Morgan Falls Overlook Park. “Very serene,” he said. “I love the water.” The Georgia fall, full of birds, monarchs, and ducks, is a drastic change from living in New York, where Stern spent his
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US shot down three one-way attack drones targeting US forces in Iraq, according to the US military, as American embassies face protests in a number of Middle East countries because of the war in Gaza. In western Iraq, the US intercepted two drones, destroying one and damaging the
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America URBANA, Ohio (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan, so far, has failed to get enough votes to become House Speaker but his fight for the coveted leadership role isn’t done — and the devotion of many constituents back in Ohio is unwavering. In Washington, Jordan has made a name for
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A female Asian elephant at the St. Louis Zoo died shortly after her herd became agitated from a small dog running loose, zoo officials said. Rani (pronounced Rahn-ee) died Friday at age 27. The zoo announced her death on Tuesday. “We are absolutely devastated. We ask
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Italy says it is suspended an open-border agreement with neighboring Slovenia, citing an increased threat of terrorism in Europe due to violence in the Middle East. Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government said authorities in the northeastern border region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia had identified 16,000 people who had entered Italy illegally across the
Continue ReadingLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is facing backlash after comments he made about the Chinese nationality of a reporter whose story cited environmental concerns at farms owned by the governor. Flatwater Free Press reporter Yanqi Xu wrote a story in September revealing that 16 of Pillen’s farms recorded nitrate levels at least
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — At first glance, the Herculaneum scrolls look unremarkable, like pieces of coal. After surviving the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the nearly 2,000-year-old documents would crumble if anyone attempted to unroll them, and surviving pieces with writing were considered to be nearly illegible to the human eye —
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Danaher, CNN London (CNN) — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offense following her arrest for protesting outside this year’s Energy Intelligence Forum in London, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement Wednesday. The 20-year-old was charged with a failure to comply with a “condition imposed under
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — Some of the United States’ closest Arab allies gave President Joe Biden the cold shoulder as he and his diplomats shuttled around the Middle East in an attempt to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from spiraling into a wider regional conflagration. Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Ford Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Georgia Tech police are investigating vandalism at a Jewish fraternity. Members of Alpha Epsilon Pi found the words “free Palestine” written beneath an Israeli banner on Sunday. It comes as tensions heighten in the Israel-Hamas war. Students are speaking out denouncing
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This month, Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler answers viewer questions from Bola Gbadebo about the reasons for a planned transportation fee, safety on Highway 97, trash on the Bend Parkway and parking issues. You can submit questions for next month, anonymously if you wish, at https://ktvz.com/ask-the-mayor/
Continue ReadingBy Brianna Owczarzak Click here for updates on this story SHIAWASSEE Co., Michigan (WNEM) — A self-proclaimed bounty hunter was arrested in Shiawassee County after he allegedly tried to pull people over with police-style blue flashing lights, the Shiawassee County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded to the area of Grand River Road and I-69 for
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE R. SMITH and ALI SWENSON Associated Press Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years disseminating false information about vaccines in a time when spreading conspiracy theories has become a powerful way to grow a constituency. The AP examined the impact of his work. A couple grieving their 12-year-old son described how
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian lawmakers have voted unanimously to back a long-delayed project to build a Holocaust Museum in Rome, underlining the urgency of the undertaking following the killing of Israeli civilians by Hamas fighters in what have been deemed the deadliest attacks on Jews since the Holocaust. The measure
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE R. SMITH and ALI SWENSON Associated Press When 12-year-old Braden Fahey collapsed during football practice and died, it was just the beginning of his parents’ nightmare. Deep in their grief a few months later, Gina and Padrig Fahey received news that shocked them to their core: A favorite photo of their beloved son
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