By Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — Concern is growing within the Pentagon over the potential need to stretch its increasingly scarce ammunition stockpiles to support Ukraine and Israel in two separate wars, according to multiple US defense officials. At the moment Ukraine and Israel require different weapons: Ukraine wants massive amounts
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s marriage has been a topic of interest for many in recent years, even to Chris Rock, according to Pinkett Smith. “Every summer all the reports would come out that me and Will were getting a divorce,” Pinkett Smith told People magazine. “And
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials regarded the U.S. economy’s outlook as particularly uncertain last month, according to minutes released Wednesday, and said they would “proceed carefully” in deciding whether to further raise their benchmark interest rate. Such cautious views are generally seen as evidence that the Fed isn’t
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Phantom limb pain is a common problem for people who undergo amputation, and so is the ability to function even with a regular prosthetic, but a medical advance that sounds like it comes straight out of “Star Wars” is giving at least one woman significant relief from that pain.
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Other trail closures are still in place, some include weekends BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest said Wednesday it will be implementing temporary trail closures on portions of four trails due to operations to reduce wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface west of Bend. Beginning next Monday, October 16, the following trail segments
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A new Oklahoma judge could lose her job for sending more than 500 texts to her bailiff during a murder trial, including messages mocking the prosecutor, praising the defense attorney and calling a key witness a liar. The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court recommended
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN FISHER Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Another person was stopped with a gun at Pittsburgh International Airport. It is the 36th gun found since January, breaking a record for the most guns found in a year. According to the TSA, a man from Uniontown was stopped Tuesday with
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Most Federal Reserve officials said last month that they expect one more rate hike, according to minutes from their September policy meeting released Wednesday. Some officials said that how fast inflation cools in the coming months will determine how long rates remain elevated. “A majority of participants
Continue ReadingBy Nolan Lister Click here for updates on this story HELENA, Montana (Independent Record) — The National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils and Gov. Greg Gianforte unveiled a new $100,000 fitness center Tuesday morning at C.R. Anderson Middle School. To the roar of about a thousand students packed into the school gymnasium, foundation Chairman Jake
Continue ReadingBy KERRI CORRADO, SEAN TALLANT Click here for updates on this story OAKLYN, New Jersey (KYW) — The gift of life and love. In Oaklyn, Camden County, people gathered to celebrate a kidney donation. The donor and the recipient were at the celebration. The story is filled with incredible sacrifice and now a never-ending friendship
Continue ReadingBy Natasha O’Neill, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Amid a large bedbug infestation in France, experts say there are ways avoid bringing the pests home with you. Bedbugs are small, wingless insects that feast on human and animal blood, Health Canada says. They are about 10
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire, Daniel Otis and Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca Writers Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — What began as a vacation to visit relatives in Israel has become a desperate bid to get home for a Canadian family now stuck there amid deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas.
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By JANELLE BURRELL Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — An explosion rattled a West Philadelphia neighborhood Wednesday night when police say a man blew up an ATM. It happened around 11:30 p.m. on North 57th Street. investigators say a man put something inside of an ATM inside a takeout restaurant and
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press New York is bidding to put new controls on social media platforms that state leaders say will protect the mental health of younger users. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James announced legislation Wednesday that would restrict the ways online platforms like Instagram and YouTube can
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans picked Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker on Wednesday, but the Louisiana Republican lacks the votes needed to win the gavel and it remains unclear whether he will be able to win over holdouts. Republicans
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador has sent more than 4,000 security forces into three communities on the outskirts of the capital to root out gang members. That move comes as President Nayib Bukele prepares to request another extension of emergency powers to combat crime. Bukele announced the pre-dawn operation Tuesday in a
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — It’s October, and for millions of Americans, a familiar interloper has slid its way back into that pile of monthly bills: The federal student loan payment, which is resuming after a three-year reprieve. Economists say the loan payments alone aren’t expected to dent the economy. Instead, they’re more
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Park and Recreation District announced Wednesday it has been awarded more than $2 million from a pair of federal and state grant programs for an upcoming renovation of Sawyer Park. The Sawyer Park Asset Replacement Project was awarded significant grants through two grant programs: the Land and Water Conservation Fund and
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama and Costa Rica are facing a huge increase in the number of migrants moving through the jungle-clad Darien Gap. So the two countries have announced a plan to quickly bus thousands of migrants through Panama to the Costa Rican border. Panama estimates that 420,700 migrants have crossed the Darien Gap
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. Human Rights Council has voted to establish a face-finding mission to probe allegations of abuses in Sudan’s monthslong war. The mission was proposed by the U.K., the U.S. and Norway. It was adopted with 19 out of the council’s 47 members voting in favor of
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