Oregon needs a more integrated, over-arching strategy to better combat domestic violence, according to the state Audits Division, which just released an advisory report assessing the state’s role in addressing this issue and offering suggestions for improvement.
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN New York (CNN) — The cost of job-based health care coverage for 2024 is expected to rise at its fastest pace in years as inflation pervades insurance policies. Companies plan to shoulder most of the increase, but many workers could also feel the pinch in the form of higher premiums and
Continue ReadingBy Ja Nai Wright Click here for updates on this story TIMONIUM, Maryland (WMAR) — Kaylee’s mom, Amanda, began crocheting hats as a hobby. When the hats started piling up, Kaylee had an idea. “My dad said what are we going to do with all of these hats, and then I said we could donate
Continue ReadingBy DEAN FIORESI Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — A pair of longtime flight attendants for United Airlines have filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that based on a request from the Los Angeles Dodgers, they use almost exclusively younger White attendants on charter flights for the team. The
Continue ReadingCNN By 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
Continue ReadingManuela Castro (CNN Español) — Algo cambió entre el 30% que Javier Milei cosechó en las primarias argentinas y el 30% que logró en las generales. El economista ―quien usa un logotipo de un león dorado en sus redes sociales― lo dijo en su discurso del domingo 22: “Estoy dispuesto a hacer tábula rasa, barajar
Continue ReadingRUMFORD, Maine (AP) — Law enforcement officers in Maine have killed a man who confronted officers outside a police station with a rifle. Twenty-three-year-old Sean Dyment of Canton, Maine was shot by two officers from Oxford County Sheriff’s Office Monday night. Dyment was transported to Rumford Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities said they
Continue ReadingBy Ja Nai Wright Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WMAR) — Opening up about domestic violence or abuse can be hard for anyone to do, especially teenagers. But there are some spaces where teens open up more. One of those places? The barbershop. On Monday, the Mayor’s Office of Community Engagement partnered
Continue ReadingBy KRISTINA REX Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The state’s migrant crisis is reaching a critical point, according to numbers, provided by the Healey administration on Monday. There are currently 7,319 families in emergency shelter, according to Lt. General Scott Rice, the state’s emergency assistance Director. Earlier this month, Governor
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway has been closed by officials “after multiple documented reports of visitors feeding and attempting to hold a young bear in recent weeks,” the National Park Service said in a news release. The closure affects an eight-mile section of the parkway near
Continue ReadingBy KATRINA KINCADE Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — John Dunleavy has worked for TD Garden and the Boston Bruins Foundation for the last decade. “It’s been 10 years. The best 10 years of my life to work here,” he told WBZ-TV. John has Down syndrome and with the help of
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico police have arrested at least 380 people in the department’s biggest crackdown on crime in recent years. Police Commissioner Antonio López said Tuesday that 12 gangs dedicated to the sale of drugs and weapons were targeted after receiving tips from residents who had complained about violence in
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Firsthand observations of a wolf hunting and killing a harbor seal and a group of wolves hunting and consuming a sea otter on Alaska’s Katmai coast have led scientists to reconsider assumptions about wolf hunting behavior.
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Members of a pop music group that became a symbol of protest in Belarus were sentenced Tuesday to prison terms of up to nine years in the country’s relentless crackdown on dissent. The Tor Band became widely known in Belarus during a wave of protests that arose in August 2020 following
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) – FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday that antisemitism is reaching “historic levels” in the United States. “This is a threat that is reaching, in some way, sort of historic levels,” Wray said during a Senate hearing Tuesday. The FBI director said that was in part because “the Jewish community
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia is set to host the 2034 men’s FIFA World Cup after Australia withdrew its interest in hosting the global showpiece just hours before the bid deadline on Tuesday. “We have explored the opportunity to bid to host the FIFA World Cup and – having taken all factors
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Police are investigating the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson who died on Saturday after a “freak accident” while playing for the Nottingham Panthers in England. During the second period of the Panthers’ game against the Sheffield Steelers, Johnson appeared to suffer a serious injury after a collision
Continue ReadingOXFORD, Mich. (AP) — An independent investigation has concluded that a threat assessment should have been conducted by school officials into Ethan Crumbley’s behavior prior to a shooting that left four students dead and others wounded at Michigan’s Oxford High School. A more than 500-page report released Monday says Crumbley’s conduct included viewing bullets, watching
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Fiat, the Italian car brand best known in the United States for its tiny, retro-styled cars, is putting its name on an apartment building across the river from Manhattan. While Fiat isn’t the first car company to put its name on a residential tower, it’s a branding exercise more
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Bill Gates’ former assistant at Microsoft is now the fifth-richest person in the world, per Bloomberg’s tally, and only one spot behind Gates on the real-time list of the world’s richest people. Steve Ballmer, who joined Microsoft as its 24th-ever employee in 1980, has seen his wealth
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