By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are floating changes to a funding proposal for Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairs, including the idea of taxing non-Brewers events. The proposals raised at a Senate hearing Wednesday are an attempt to win over skeptics of a plan designed to keep the team at American
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The World Bank has approved a $1 billion loan for South Africa to help it address an energy crisis that has peaked this year with the country’s worst electricity blackouts. It has forced South Africa to lean more heavily on its highly polluting coal-fired
Continue ReadingKristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — For over two decades now, Heidi Klum has served up tricks, treats and ever-outlandish ensembles to retain her title as the queen of celebrity Halloween costumes, arriving at her annual bash on or in gurneys, spaceships, biohazard trucks and clouds of smoke. And that’s before we even get to the
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Hope Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A longtime resident of midtown Sacramento said she is moving after a naked man broke into her home through a back window while she was sleeping. “This is every woman’s worst nightmare,” Maya Oselsky told KCRA 3. Oselsky plans to move
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes. The children’s publisher angered many authors and educators when it created a separate package of more than two dozen books, labeled “Share Every Story, Celebrate
Continue ReadingBy Alyse Jones Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A man was arrested after allegedly posing as a minor, picking up a 14-year-old girl from school and raping her at Draper Park in southwest Oklahoma City. Police said the man had been talking with the teenager for weeks through Instagram
Continue ReadingBy Kilee Thomas Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — An Oklahoma hospital is under fire after a patient claimed she was sexually assaulted while unconscious. In a lawsuit filed this summer, the woman said she was raped after surgery at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center on Portland Avenue. The woman told
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An estimated 17 million households reported problems finding enough food in 2022 — a sharp jump from 2021 when boosted government aid helped ease the pandemic-induced economic shutdown. A new Department of Agriculture report, released Wednesday, paints a sobering picture of post-pandemic hardship with “statistically significant” increases
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s top legal chief says the federal government is wrongly withholding millions of dollars in family planning funds after the state refused to comply with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure. Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Olympic figure skater Tara Lipinski and her husband Todd Kapostasy are the proud parents of a newborn baby girl. The couple shared the news on Wednesday on Lipinski’s Instagram page, writing, “meet Georgie Winter.” “We are so grateful that we get to make this announcement that our baby girl is here,”
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El expresidente Donald Trump subió al estrado en el juicio civil por fraude que enfrenta en Nueva York para responder bajo juramento a las preguntas del juez sobre una serie de comentarios que hizo fuera de la corte este miércoles. Durante un receso en el juicio, Trump se quejó del juez Arthur
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Major League Baseball’s World Series. November 1, 2023 – The Texas Rangers win the World Series for the first time in franchise history, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 in Game 5. November 5, 2022 – The Houston Astros win the World Series, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature has adjourned after rewriting provisions of a major budget bill that was voided by the state Supreme Court, resolving a mess that had threatened to stymie government operations. North Dakota lawmakers completed their three-day special session Wednesday, less than a month after
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After completing psychedelic training courses that cost her $10,000, Mary Sheridan of Myco-Vision in Bend looked into the “official” route of offering psychedelic treatment services, but decided to go her own way, as an independent counselor.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook. Personal Birth date: November 1, 1960 Birth place: Robertsdale, Alabama Birth name: Timothy Donald Cook Father: Donald Cook, shipyard worker Mother: Geraldine Cook Education: Auburn University, B.S., 1982; Duke University, M.B.A., 1988 Other Facts Served on the
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has spoken out against retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. He also says he’s redoubling his commitment to working on a two-state
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Fires caused by exploding lithium batteries have been on the rise this year at Deschutes County’s Knott Landfill, prompting concern about their safe disposal. In the last three months, about 20 fires have been sparked by the batteries at the southeast Bend landfill.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — As of Wednesday, the unprecedented strike by the United Auto Workers union against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis is now also the longest American auto strike in 25 years. The last time the union struck one of the automakers, with its 2019 strike at GM, the strike
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that’s saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W. Bush Institute is urging the U.S. Congress to keep money flowing to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, also known as PEPFAR. The program
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A second U.S. Attorney says he has testified to Congress that the prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation had full authority over filing charges, rebutting whistleblower claims that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss didn’t have the final say. The claim that Weiss was blocked from filing tax
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