By Alyssa Bethencourt Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Most of us may think of Friday the 13th as an unlucky day, but for some couples, it’s been one of the happiest of their lives. Newlyweds Nancy and Eric Calderon decided it was the perfect day for them to tie
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — The largest Republican-aligned Jewish political organization will partner in hosting next month’s third GOP presidential primary debate, the group announced Monday, a decision that comes amid the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza following the deadly attack by Hamas earlier this month. The Republican Jewish Coalition said it will
Continue ReadingBy Jaewon Jung Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Natasha Young and Natasha Charlesworth are both high end consignment store owners in Las Vegas. But their names and businesses aren’t the only things they have in common. On Monday, both owners were hit with theft and the apparent thieves caught
Continue ReadingKTNV, NATASHA YOUNG, SURVEILLANCE FROM STORES, CNN By Jaewon Jung Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Natasha Young and Natasha Charlesworth are both high end consignment store owners in Las Vegas. But their names and businesses aren’t the only things they have in common. On Monday, both owners were hit
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — If you missed the annular eclipse that created a “ring of fire” over the Americas on Saturday, don’t worry: Another eclipse is on the way, and it will provide a different kind of spectacle. Sky-gazers across North America are in for a treat in 2024 when a total solar eclipse
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — If you missed the annular eclipse that created a “ring of fire” over the Americas on Saturday, don’t worry: Another eclipse is on the way, and it will provide a different kind of spectacle. Sky-gazers across North America are in for a treat in 2024 when a total solar
Continue ReadingBy Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway who is accused of extorting and defrauding the teen’s mother, is expected to enter a guilty plea to federal charges at a Wednesday hearing, an attorney for her family says. It is not
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — A Benedictine monk has lost his priestly faculties after the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore recently became aware of a payment he made several years ago to settle sexual harassment allegations. Last week, the pastor of St. Benedict Church was removed after serving there for nearly 40 years. The archdiocese has said in
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Normal life in Israel stopped when Hamas attacked on Oct. 7. Now, the country is fiercely focused on three goals: mourning the dead, fighting the Gaza-based militants and rescuing scores of hostages. Schools across the country are closed. Major streets are nearly empty of traffic. Many shops
Continue ReadingBy Chris Hagel Click here for updates on this story California (KSBW) — California now has a state bat just in time for Halloween. Senate Bill No. 732, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 8, established the Pallid bat as the official state bat. In the bill authored by state Sen. Caroline
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Think Wild, Central Oregon’s wildlife hospital, is preparing to release a rehabilitated juvenile Great Horned Owl who has been in their care since being rescued August 27 from entanglement in barbed wire fencing near Juniper Preserve.
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Black residents descended from slaves on a Georgia island have filed suit in hopes of stopping zoning changes that they fear will force them to sell their homes. Lawyers from the Southern Poverty Law Center and Atlanta attorney Jason Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Drugstore chains for decades saturated US cities, suburbs and small towns with new stores. Now, they are closing thousands of stores, leaving gaps in communities for medicines and essentials. Researchers find pharmacy closures lead to health risks such as older adults failing to take medication. Rite Aid,
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian lawmakers have marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazi roundup of more than 1,200 Roman Jews in the Holocaust with a debate on a measure to partially fund a long-delayed Holocaust Museum in the capital. The Shoah Museum project was launched in 2007. But it has
Continue ReadingThe City of Bend will be accepting proposals for funding for its Affordable Housing Fund and Community Development Block Grant Program. There is approximately $800,000 available in Affordable Housing Fund resources for the development of affordable housing. Funds through the Community Development Block Grant program are also available, with approximately $416,275 to fund affordable housing
Continue ReadingBy Karli Olson Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — After almost 40 years on the tracks, the original ‘Type 1′ MAX trains will be off the rails by the end of the year, replaced by 30 new ‘Type 6′ trains in Portland. Around 1,000 people attended an event at TriMet’s
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The Oregon Judicial Department, which runs the state circuit courts across Oregon, is inviting all Oregonians to an online community conversation to provide ideas and feedback about how to make the courts better.
Continue ReadingBy KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story SIGOURNEY, Iowa (KCCI) — Sigourney Community School District officials are providing extra counseling today. It comes after Saturday night’s hayrack crash that injured several students. The district released a statement, saying its seventh-grade class was attending a non-school sponsored ride. “The school district and community
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The judge presiding over the Georgia election subversion case said Monday he’s unlikely to let Donald Trump’s co-defendants ask potential jurors for their views on the former president’s attempt to “steal the election,” the impact of “political misinformation” on US democracy and the extremism of “MAGA
Continue ReadingBy Kayla James Click here for updates on this story NORWALK, Iowa (KCCI) — Just three months after calling for help finding a match for a life-saving kidney transplant, the owner of Winn’s Pizza in Norwalk says he’s feeling grateful after a friend’s fiancé answered the call. Andrew Sayasane owns Winn’s Pizza in Norwalk. Back
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