AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Officials say an employee at a Texas airport in Austin was fatally struck by a vehicle on the tarmac. The collision on Tuesday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is the second time this year a worker has died at the airport in the Texas capital. Officials identified the person as an airport
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday against Republican-written summaries of abortion-rights ballot measures that described several proposed amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” A three-judge panel of the Western District Court of Appeals found the summaries written by Republican Secretary of State
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The 14th Amendment disqualification trial against former President Donald Trump continued Tuesday in Colorado, where a group of voters are trying to keep him off the 2024 ballot based on the Constitution’s post-Civil War “insurrectionist ban.” An expert on right-wing extremism dissected Trump’s history of fomenting unrest and testified that Trump’s speech on
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took procedural steps on Tuesday to advance three top military nominees whose confirmations have been delayed for months due to Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s holds. Specifically, he filed cloture on the nominations of Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be chief of Naval Operations, Gen. David Allvin to
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Authorities publicly identified Robert Card as a person of interest about four hours after he shot and killed 18 people and wounded 13 others during attacks last week at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine. But Card, who was found dead two days after his rampage, had been
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russian strikes are inflicting unimaginable suffering on the people of Ukraine and more than 40% of them need humanitarian assistance, a senior U.N. official told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. Ramesh Rajasingham, director of coordination in the U.N. humanitarian office, said thousands of civilians
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Prepara tu lista de lugares soñados: Lonely Planet acaba de revelar los 50 mejores destinos de viaje para el próximo año y dos países de Latinoamérica están en el top 10. Lonely Planet cumple 50 años y su excelente lista Best in Travel 2024 se amplía en cinco categorías: mejores países,
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration issued a $37.7 million fine against Grand Canyon University Tuesday after a Department of Education investigation concluded that the private school in Phoenix misrepresented the cost of its doctoral degree programs. The vast majority of doctoral students who graduated between 2017 and 2022 ultimately had
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson does not typically mention one aspect of his work before being elected to Congress. He was once chosen to be the dean of a small Baptist law school. But the school ultimately collapsed without enrolling students or opening its doors. The episode is a reminder
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — A settlement agreement between Priscilla Presley and her granddaughter Riley Keough has been approved by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, ending a months-long legal dispute related to the estate of the late Lisa Marie Presley. Judge Lynn Scaduto signed an order approving the settlement on Monday, according to
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is criticizing his state party’s plan to forge ahead with a caucus despite the state-run primary occurring two days prior. The move is further escalating an intra-party rift that has consumed the Nevada Republican Party over its rules to
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of a suspected serial killer have been shown video surveillance footage of two fatal shootings. Keith Gibson is accused in the deaths of six people in Delaware and Pennsylvania during a 2021 crime spree. Prosecutors on Tuesday also showed jurors video surveillance footage of
Continue ReadingBy PAOLA FLORES and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s government severed diplomatic relations with Israel on Tuesday, accusing it of carrying out “crimes against humanity” in Gaza, and Chile and Colombia recalled their ambassadors to Israel as they criticized the Israeli military offensive against Hamas militants. Bolivian officials cited the
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) – Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell bluntly warned Republican senators in a private meeting not to sign on to a bill from Sen. Josh Hawley aimed at limiting corporate money bankrolling high-powered outside groups, telling them that many of them won their seats thanks to the powerful super PAC the
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Central Oregon continues to benefit from the critical work and services of J Bar J Youth Services’ at:project (Anti Trafficking Project), which recently learned they have received a $941,000 grant over three years from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Victims Crime’s Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking.
Continue ReadingPALMYRA, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine arrested a former Walmart employee who made a threatening social media post that referenced a recent mass shooting in the state. Police in Palmyra charged the 18-year-old man with aggravated reckless conduct and domestic violence terrorizing after he photographed himself with a firearm and ammunition while sitting in
Continue ReadingEVERMAN, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman who told various stories to explain her 6-year-old son’s absence before leaving the country has been charged with killing the child, who has been missing for a year. Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer said at a news conference Monday that Cindy Rodriguez-Singh had been indicted by a Tarrant
Continue ReadingKENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A judge has ruled that video and transcripts of a police interview with a Wisconsin woman accused of killing a man she alleges was sexually trafficking her cannot be admitted as evidence in her trial. A Kenosha Circuit Court judge ruled Tuesday that using the video and transcript of Chrystul Kizer’s
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — Lawrence Faucette, the second living person to receive a genetically modified pig heart in a transplant, has died six weeks after the experimental procedure. The University of Maryland Medical Center, where the experimental procedure had been performed, said the heart began to show signs of rejection in recent days.
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A pursuit of an armed suspect who crashed into a Salem home and shot and critically injured a woman Tuesday morning, then headed east on state Highway 22E toward Central Oregon ended near Detroit, where police said the man stopped his pickup and shot and killed himself.
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