PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Veterinarians are warning dog owners about a respiratory illness impacting canines in and around the Portland metro area, but much is still under investigation and not determined, KGW reported. “It’s a canine infectious disease, but we don’t know exactly what it’s caused by,” said Dr. Sarah Tauber, a staff veterinarian at Dove Lewis. “We’re
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court said the Louisiana Legislature should have until January 15 to revise its congressional district map before a constitutional challenge to the plan moves forward. A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously decided Friday to give the state one last chance to
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Happy Veterans Day everyone! We had some partly sunny skies this Saturday with breezy conditions. Wind speeds ranged from 20 to 25 mph in the morning and into the afternoon. The winds are making the temperature feel cooler than the low 50s we expected today. Temperatures will drop into the low 30s tonight. The winds
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is planning a widespread expansion of his first administration’s hardline immigration policies if he is elected to a second term in 2024, including rounding up undocumented immigrants already in the US and placing them in detention camps to await deportation, a source familiar
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US military aircraft crashed in a training accident in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday evening, according to the US European Command, though there were few other details provided. In a statement, European Command would not identify what type of aircraft went down or whether anyone was killed,
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled his proposal on Saturday to avoid a partial government shutdown by extending government funding for some agencies and programs until Jan. 19 and continuing funding for others until Feb. 2. The approach is unusual for a stopgap spending bill.
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Mt. Bachelor is adding a new requirement this year for uphill travelers on the slopes – a free “uphill pass” and armband, to make sure those who do so know and follow the rules, officials said Friday.
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Mohammed Ghneim has not left his hospital in Gaza City in four weeks. He can’t remember the last time he slept or ate, and his blue scrubs are stained in the blood of patients who’ve died in his arms. His voice cracks under the weight of the horrors
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are pursuing a two-step plan for funding the government, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as Congress barrels toward another spending deadline Friday. Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the plan on a GOP conference call with members
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. European Command says a U.S. military aircraft has gone down over the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The command says that the aircraft crashed while conducting training operations. It says the cause is under investigation, but there are no indications of any hostile activity involved. The command
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Police say six people including former NFL player D.J. Hayden have died in a two-vehicle crash in downtown Houston. A Chrysler 300 sped through a red light early Saturday and collided with an SUV. Four people died at the scene, and two more died after being taken to the hospital. The driver
Continue ReadingNICHOLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the deaths of more than two dozen racehorses in a barn fire at an upstate New York track that they believe was deliberately set. The state police say the horses were killed early Thursday after the barn where they were housed at the Tioga Downs Casino Resort complex
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El papa Francisco destituyó de su cargo a un obispo de Texas tras una investigación ordenada por el Vaticano. El Papa destituyó al obispo Joseph E. Strickland del gobierno pastoral de la Diócesis de Tyler, Texas, después de una visita apostólica realizada por dos obispos, según un comunicado del cardenal Daniel
Continue ReadingAUBURN, Maine (AP) — Funerals for the 18 victims of the mass shooting in Maine last month are nearing a conclusion with a service for a husband and father of two sons who was slain at a bowling alley. Jason Walker of Sabattus was remembered as an ambitious man with many self-taught skills, from gardening
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has formally told a federal court that he would like his election subversion trial in Washington, DC, to be televised. Court rules do not allow for broadcasting of federal proceedings, and the Justice Department is opposed to allowing cameras. Several media outlets have
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, Veronica Stracqualursi, Ebony Davis and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee is allowing presidential candidates to attend an Iowa Christian organization’s Thanksgiving forum next week, a person familiar with the RNC’s thinking told CNN, backing off from its warning to candidates that participating in the event could lead to
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — This was arguably the most momentous week for artificial intelligence since the launch of ChatGPT last year. OpenAI unveiled the latest version of the technology that underpins its viral ChatGPT chatbot. Elon Musk announced a sarcastic AI ChatGPT rival called Grok coming to his platform, X, formerly known
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are pursuing a two-step plan for funding the government, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as Congress barrels toward another spending deadline Friday. Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the plan on a GOP conference call with members Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of high-stakes meetings next week between the United States and China, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo dismissed the notion there would be a military conflict with China over Taiwan. Both the United States and China “have a desire to stabilize (their) relationship,” Raimondo told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Cutting 1 teaspoon of salt from your diet each day can lower your top blood pressure reading just as much as a typical hypertension medication, even if you don’t have high blood pressure, a new study found. A teaspoon of salt is 2,300 milligrams — that’s the top daily
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