Fundraising tally was surprising – and inspiring BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Kona Mix Plate co-owner Sheri Kim shed a lot of tears in August. First, after wildfires devastated parts of Maui, including the historic town of Lahaina, leaving some of her friends and family with nothing. Then again on Aug. 26 when hundreds of people
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business (CNN) — Instagram and Facebook users in the European Union may soon be able to opt out of targeted ads if they pay for a monthly subscription. A source familiar with the matter told CNN that Meta is evaluating a range of options to comply with multiple European regulations
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Al menos 21 personas murieron, entre ellas dos niños, luego de que un autobús de pasajeros en el que viajaban italianos y extranjeros cayera desde un puente elevado en Mestre, cerca de Venecia, en lo que se describió como una “escena apocalíptica”. El autobús salió de la ciudad de Venecia, en
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The preferred antibiotic treatment for syphilis is in short supply across the United States as infections soar, and more than three dozen leading public health groups are urging the White House to intervene. The National Coalition of STD Directors and 38 other public health groups sent a letter to
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Sigan perdedores, estamos de celebración. Este martes 3 de octubre es, por supuesto, el Día de “Mean Girls”. ¿Cómo surgió este día, se preguntarán? Bueno, en la popular película de 2004 hay una escena en la que Aaron Samuels (interpretado por Jonathan Bennett) se dirige a Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) en
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Trustees of the New College of Florida have voted to stick with a Ron Desantis ally as the school’s president amid a conservative makeover launched by the governor. The trustees voted 10-2 on Tuesday for Richard Corcoran, who has served as interim president since January, over two other candidates. The
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, Tara John and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — At least 21 people were killed, including two children, when a passenger bus plunged from a bridge in Mestre, Italy, near Venice on Tuesday, in what has been described as an “apocalyptic scene.” The bus was traveling from Venice to nearby Marghera and
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — At least 21 people were killed and 18 injured in a fiery bus crash in a borough of Venice, Italy, across the lagoon from its historic center, where firefighters and other emergency responders worked into the night trying to extract bodies and squelch the flames. The bus
Continue ReadingBy Laura Studley, CNN (CNN) — A Los Angeles County Judge ruled Monday that singer Lady Gaga will not have to pay out the $500,000 reward that she promised for her French bulldogs’ safe return following a 2021 dognapping incident. The judge’s ruling found that Jennifer McBride, one of the suspects in the 2021 incident
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Bipartisan legislation by Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Louisiana’s U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. has unanimously passed the Senate. They said Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act will help bring down the shockingly high rate of stillbirths and maternal mortality in the United States by opening up more federal resources for
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — US new car sales soared in the third quarter, despite the combination of a strike at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, high prices and rising interest rates. GM reported a 21% jump in sales in the quarter, compared to a year earlier. Part of the reason is
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, Sabrina Souza and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron rebuked Donald Trump after the former president attacked his clerk in a social media post on Tuesday and forbade the parties from making any future comments about his staff. “This morning one of the defendants posted on (a)
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Jones has filed a federal lawsuit challenging his expulsion and House rules restricting lawmakers’ floor comments that Republicans applied to silence Jones for part of one day. The lawsuit in Nashville argues that House Speaker Cameron Sexton and fellow Republicans have repeatedly
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The rainy and chilly period is coming to an end and we will be dealing with a warming pattern through the weekend. Showers over the past several days has been beneficial in helping knock down local wildfires. Another byproduct of the rainy pattern was the clearing of the atmosphere. We have green report with respect
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN Business) — A New York judge ruled last week that former President Donald Trump inflated the value of his Mar-a-Lago estate by an eye-popping 2,300%. That finding, part of shocking ruling that found Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud, was just one of multiple examples in
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler made history Tuesday when she was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris as the first out Black lesbian to enter Congress and the only Black woman presently serving in the Senate. Butler, who was appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill the
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit has been filed by a union-affiliated group that challenges North Carolina laws requiring citizens to reside in the state and within a precinct at least 30 days before an election date to be eligible to vote. The North Carolina Alliance for Retired
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck south of Naples, Italy, on Tuesday, just days after the volcanic region saw its strongest earthquake in 40 years, according to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). Italy’s fire brigade said there was slight damage to buildings in the latest earthquake,
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday, replacing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death and becoming only the third Black female senator in history. Butler was appointed by
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The US House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker – a historic moment that threatens to plunge House Republicans even further into chaos and turmoil. The House will now need to elect a new speaker, but
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