By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press When Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it felt like a part of them died. It took eight years and the burgeoning #MeToo movement to spur them to go public and make a police report, and an additional five years for their attackers to plead guilty. Now, as much as Schultz
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — More Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and support, is being administered unfairly, a finding that is adding to its growing isolation in the U.S., according to an annual report on capital punishment. But whether the public’s waning
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — As a medical social worker at Israel’s Kaplan Hospital, Prof. Shir Daphna-Tekoah is no stranger to trauma. But when she was drafted in to work on October 7, the day Hamas attacked Israeli farms, villages and a music festival, the scale of the disaster quickly became apparent. “I’ve seen dozens
Continue ReadingBy JAMES JORDAN, SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Associated Press was invited to tour an embattled town in northeastern Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of an exclusive interview with him. Some takeaways from the session: THE LOOMING WINTER CAMPAIGN Zelenskyy said the onset of winter marks
Continue ReadingBy JAMES JORDAN, SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new stage, with winter expected to complicate fighting after a summer counteroffensive that failed to produce desired results due to enduring shortages of weapons and ground forces. Despite setbacks,
Continue ReadingBy CATERINA MORBIATO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The day he was arrested, Luis was in a government office trying to get a document attesting to his clean criminal history so he could apply for a call center job. “What I wanted at that time was something better for my life,” said the 23-year-old,
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Warm Springs man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison Thursday for assaulting his girlfriend and leaving her lying injured in the driveway of her home on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Maron Brent Graybael, Jr., 38, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison and three
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HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) officially announced Thursday she will seek a second term to continue representing Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. Here’s the full announcement: Chavez-DeRemer will look to build on her historic victory in 2022, when she became the first Republican woman to represent Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Más de 26 años después de que se descubriera el cadáver de una mujer enterrado bajo un montón de rocas en una zona rural de Nevada, las autoridades anunciaron que establecieron su identidad. Este viernes, la Oficina Regional del Médico Forense del Condado de Washoe dijo que Lorena Gayle Mosley,
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Dean Phillips, the Minnesota Democrat running an upstart primary challenge against President Joe Biden, accused Florida Democrats of disenfranchising voters in the state after he and other challengers were excluded from a list of official candidates. Florida Democrats voted during their state party convention in October to submit
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon state Rep. Emerson Levy, D-Bend, announced Thursday she is running for reelection in House District 53. Here’s her full announcement: “In the last year, I have been hard at work for our district, putting the needs of Central Oregon at the forefront of everything I do,” Rep. Levy said in
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian news website says a popular rapper has been sent back to jail less that two weeks after his release from prison on bail. Mizanonline.ir, an online news outlet affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, reported on Thursday that authorities arrested Toomaj Salehi on a new charge of “spreading lies
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi was rearrested in northern Iran on Thursday, less than two weeks after his release from prison, according to his official social media channel. The rapper had previously been detained for more than a year and held in solitary confinement for most of that time, on
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has been granted leave by Congress for six months to allow him to campaign for reelection despite a constitutional prohibition on reelection. Bukele will seek a second five-year term for the New Ideas party in the Feb. 4 elections. Vice President Félix Ulloa also
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(Update: Relative of resident revises pet info, says two perished, one survived) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire traced to improper disposal of woodstove ashes heavily damaged a northeast Bend home Thursday afternoon, with losses estimated at $275,000, a fire official said. A relative of a resident of the home later informed NewsChannel 21 that
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This Old House rounded up the best cities to buy a starter home based on price, availability, income, and comparable rent while factoring in quality-of-life factors such as dining, entertainment, and crime rates.
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Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to examine data from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences to see why alcohol-related hepatitis hospitalizations rose in 2020.
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OddsSeeker looked at the history of card counting and the modern techniques casinos use to combat it.
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Votebeat talked with Jay Schneider, a Pennsylvania poll worker once suspicious of the legitimacy of the 2020 election, who is now taking charge as an election judge.
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Vivian Health used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to examine year-over-year inflation for health care services compared to other services.
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