By Paulina Aguilar Click here for updates on this story SALEM Oregon (KPTV) — A Salem man was awarded more than $3 million in damages Thursday after a jury decided he was wrongly accused of auto theft by a Salem Police Officer who jurors said used excessive force during the arrest. Surveillance video shows Officer
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — Some called it chaos. Some called it surreal. Some called it scary. It was all of the above. Four people were shot Friday afternoon at Independence Center. At last check, one of them was in critical condition. Janice Moore was pacing
Continue ReadingBy CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Danica Roem is accustomed to opponents using her transgender identity as a cudgel in Virginia legislative races. As part of a broad attack from the right, a national organization distributed mass mailers giving out her personal cellphone number and imploring people to call it to “put the
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press ABOARD THE USS CARL VINSON (AP) — Japan is leading an annual multinational naval exercise that includes the Philippines as an observer for the first time. The Annualex exercises that began Saturday off Japan’s coast also include the United States, Australia and Canada. Their aim is to demonstrate and increase
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Police have released a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue leader. The suspect’s lawyer, Allison Kriger, confirmed the release but declined to elaborate further. No charges have been filed in the case. Samantha Woll was president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. She was found dead outside her Detroit home
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — WeWork officially filed for bankruptcy this week, a seemingly inevitable development for the coworking startup which once promised to revolutionize office work but has been slowly unraveling for years. Co-founder Adam Neumann’s well-documented excesses during the early days of WeWork have already inspired a best-selling book and
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Un médico británico que escapó de Gaza con su familia fue enviado de regreso a la zona de guerra después de que funcionarios egipcios le dijeran que su nombre no estaba en la lista de evacuados, según un miembro del Parlamento británico. El Dr. Ahmed Sabra estaba en Gaza cuando Israel
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Donald Trump is pushing for his federal election interference trial in Washington to be televised, joining media outlets that say the American public should be able to watch the historic case unfold. Federal court rules prohibit broadcasting proceedings, but The Associated Press and other news organizations say the unprecedented
Continue ReadingBy Livvy Doherty, Dan Wright, Eve Brennan, Niamh Kennedy, Radina Gigova, and Sophie Tanno, CNN London, UK (CNN) — Around 300,000 people turned out for a large pro-Palestinian rally in London on Saturday as police arrested scores of counter-protesters for attempting to confront the marchers. There was heavy police presence in central London’s Hyde Park
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A South Dakota law professor typically teaches about dense topics like torts and natural resources. But next semester, he and his fearless students are shaking things up by turning their attention to Taylor Swift. Sean Kammer wanted his legal writing course to draw on music
Continue ReadingSRINAGAR, India (AP) — Officials in Indian-controlled Kashmir say a massive fire has destroyed several wooden houseboats anchored on Dal Lake, an area popular with tourists, and three charred bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. Police in a statement said the three were tourists from Bangladesh and staying at one of the gutted houseboats.
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ AND JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press ABOARD THE BRP CABRA (AP) — As a U.S. Navy surveillance plane flew in circles, keeping a close watch, dozens of Chinese coast guard and accompanying ships chased and encircled Philippine vessels in the latest confrontation in one of the most dangerous flashpoints in the South China
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change the way doctors treat certain heart patients. The research is the first to document that an obesity medication can not only pare pounds, but also
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Results from a landmark clinical trial this summer suggested, for the first time, that a medication given for weight loss alone could reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke or heart-related death in people with cardiovascular disease, bolstering physicians’ excitement about an already-exploding class of new medicines. Novo Nordisk’s
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, Adam Pourahmadi, Caroline Faraj, Matog Zalah and Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Arab and Muslim leaders decried Israeli “war crimes” in Gaza at a summit in Riyadh where Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a first public meeting. The extraordinary summit, which gathered 57 leaders, demanded
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland left their homes Saturday after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency in the region. Police decided to evacuate Grindavik after recent seismic activity in the area moved south toward the town and monitoring
Continue ReadingBy ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani activists say police are arresting Afghan women and children in southern Sindh province as part of a government crackdown on migrants. The policy mostly affects Afghans, who make up the majority of foreigners living in Pakistan, although authorities maintain they are targeting all who are
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene, Daniel Strauss and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump returned to New Hampshire on Saturday, he was eager to continue leveraging the Israel-Hamas war to draw a contrast with President Joe Biden, his likely 2024 general election opponent. Trump’s speech in Claremont focused on delivering peace through strength,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — The Beatles han logrado un regreso sin precedentes al número uno en las listas del Reino Unido con su última y “última” canción, “Now and Then”, convirtiéndose en el mejor sencillo del país. Lanzado el 2 de noviembre, “Now and Then” debutó en la lista oficial de sencillos del Reino Unido
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and MARTA FIORIN Associated Press YPRES, Belgium (AP) — People around the globe are remembering the slaughter and losses from four years of fighting during World War I just over a century ago that was supposed to amount to “the war to end all wars.” Yet the rumble of tanks and the
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