DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jurors have cleared an Iowa man charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two students at a Des Moines alternative school, a month after another man was convicted for his role in the killings. Jurors acquitted 20-year-old Bravon Tukes of two counts of first-degree murder and single counts of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s top corporate deputies considered adding a “presidential premium” when calculating the value of his Trump Tower penthouse, Mar-a-Lago resort and other assets during his White House years. That’s according to an executive at the former president’s company, who said the gambit would’ve padded
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Because of the fracture in her leg, Karin Journo had talked herself out of going to the Tribe of Nova music festival and sold her ticket. But a week before Hamas militants turned the party into a killing ground, she bought another. The 24-year-old French-Israeli airport worker
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday added another case to its docket that asks the justices to overturn decades-old precedent to scale back the power of federal agencies, as well as a case that looks at “qualified immunity” for police officers. The new case is
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Ahead of National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month in November, Home Instead in Bend is aiming to educate people on the signs of Alzheimer’s and those with the disease can have on family caregivers.
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The Bend Film Festival is always a fun and interesting event, but there’s a special reason to party hearty this weekend as the cinema showcase celebrates its 20th year of presenting entertaining, engaging movies and the people who make them.
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Driving conditions on snowy roads around the state this winter could be more challenging. The Oregon Department of Transportation is reducing services across the state.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The European Commission sent a warning letter Friday to Google and its subsidiary YouTube over disinformation and graphic content linked to the Hamas-Israel conflict, in the European Union’s latest effort to scrutinize Big Tech’s handling of the war. The letter from European Commissioner Thierry Breton, addressed to Google
Continue ReadingBETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lacks federally recognized tribal nations, leaving it with an incomplete picture of its Indigenous culture. But a new grant announced Friday is designed to start changing that. Over the next two years, the Pennsylvania Tourism Office, in partnership with Lehigh University’s Institute for Indigenous Studies and federally recognized tribes, will
Continue ReadingBy John Casey Click here for updates on this story California (Advocate.com) — Filling the shoes of the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California is no easy task. Feinstein repeatedly made history and broke ground as a woman lawmaker. If there ever was a glass-ceiling breaker, it was Feinstein. It makes sense that another
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Este viernes por la madrugada aterrizó en la Base Aérea de Catam, en Bogotá, un vuelo humanitario procedente de Tel Aviv que transportó a 110 colombianos que se encontraban en Israel, informó la Cancillería. Los colombianos procedentes de Tel Aviv llegaron a Bogotá en un avión de la Fuerza
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In Israel’s call for the evacuation of half of Gaza’s population, many Palestinians fear a repeat of the most traumatic event in their tortured history, their mass exodus from what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding its creation. Palestinians refer to it as the Nakba,
Continue ReadingAleja Páez (CNN) — Al igual que esas personas que decoran sus casas en torno al Día del Trabajo, la televisión y las películas no siempre esperan hasta octubre para comenzar a lanzar proyectos con temática de terror para aprovechar Halloween. No importa el día del mes, estas son las producciones en una suerte de
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN Español) — Este 15 de octubre los ecuatorianos elegirán a quien será su próximo presidente para un periodo de gobierno que durará únicamente un año y medio. Los comicios llegan después de que el actual presidente Guillermo Lasso decretó la llamada “muerte cruzada” en mayo pasado, una cláusula constitucional con la que
Continue ReadingBy Erin Jones Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — On Wednesday, CBS News Texas introduced you to a Fort Worth woman who says she was scammed buying concert tickets listed on a Facebook ad. Now, there’s been a twist—the woman listed as the seller says she’s a victim too,
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gas and construction trade groups are suing to block New York state’s ban on gas stoves and furnaces in new buildings. The organizations argue the law violates the federal government’s rules around how gas appliances are regulated. They filed the case against the state on Thursday in federal court. New York
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — A survivor of the 2018 Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting that left 11 worshippers dead said the attack on Israel “feels familiar,” and brought back the trauma. Jeffrey Myers, the rabbi of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, posted Thursday on the congregation’s website in support of
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama state Rep. John Rogers has pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to obstruct a federal investigation into an alleged kickback scheme involving state grants. The longtime Democratic lawmaker from Birmingham entered the not guilty plea Thursday in federal court. His assistant, Varrie Johnson Kindall, also pleaded not guilty
Continue ReadingBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s pardon board has rejected a clemency bid for Antoinette Frank — an ex-New Orleans police officer awaiting execution for the murder of a fellow officer and two other people during a 1995 restaurant robbery. New Orleans news outlets report that Frank’s bid for a clemency hearing failed on a
Continue ReadingBy Marybel Gonzalez Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — One Little Village man is sharing a word of caution, after his dog was almost stolen from him while on a walk. It happened Wednesday afternoon in broad daylight near 33rd and Pulaski, and it was all caught on camera. The surveillance
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