SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican state senators in Oregon who boycotted the Legislature for a record six weeks earlier this year have filed a federal lawsuit as part of their efforts to seek reelection despite a recent voter-approved measure aimed at preventing walkouts. The senators are challenging an amendment to the state constitution approved by
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police say they are on a manhunt for suspects who robbed a government minister at gunpoint and disarmed her bodyguards of their two pistols on a busy Johannesburg highway. The robbery allegedly took place while transport minister Sindisiwe Chikunga’s bodyguards were changing a punctured in
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street gained Tuesday as the continued slide in Treasury yields helped propel stocks higher. The S&P 500 index climbed for the seventh day in a row, its longest streak of gains since November 2021, when the benchmark index rose for eight straight sessions. The Nasdaq Composite
Continue ReadingBy KELSY MITTAUER, ANDREA LUCIA Click here for updates on this story ARLINGTON, Texas (KTVT) — At 23, Sierra Simmons had not given much thought to funeral planning. So when her mother died of breast cancer at home, she and her younger brother did what a lot of us would do: she went online to
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Russian troops stationed in Georgia’s breakaway province of South Ossetia have shot and killed a Georgian civilian near the line of control in what the Georgian authorities denounced as “the most heinous act.” The encounter reflected continuing tensions in the region after the 2008 Russian-Georgian war. The conflict ended with Moscow
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Fernandez Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The family of a toddler who accidentally shot herself after finding a discarded gun on a preschool playground says her condition is slowly improving. “I mean, nobody expects their two-year-old to be shot, this was completely a senseless act,” Tawnya
Continue ReadingBy KVVU Staff Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — Housing prices in the Las Vegas Valley showed a slight increase in October, although fewer homes were sold, according to a new report. Figures released Tuesday by Las Vegas Realtors showed that the median price of existing single-family homes sold
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he’s open to negotiating an end to his blockade of almost 400 military nominees after meeting with fellow Republican senators, signaling a shift after he has dug in on his protest of a Pentagon abortion policy for more
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A deep affection for cinema tends to run alongside the moviemaking for Alexander Payne. “The Holdovers” is his attempt to make not just a ’70-set film but an actual ’70s film, styled after some of the movies he grew up with. In an interview, Payne
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Joko Widodo, the president of Indonesia, for a meeting at the White House on Nov. 13. The White House says two leaders will discuss, among other issues, continuing the clean energy transition, advancing economic prosperity, and promoting peace and stability in the region. The meeting with Widodo
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan for her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war. Tuesday night’s action was an extraordinary rebuke of the only Palestinian American in Congress. The resolution to censure Tlaib was introduced by Republican Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Two powerful NASA telescopes have detected the oldest and most distant black hole ever found. Data captured via energetic X-rays by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers spot the signature of a growing black hole within the early universe just 470 million years
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE STAHL Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A Montgomery County bakery and Facebook played critical roles in saving a life and creating a new forever friendship. Strangers met for the first time at Penn Medicine and there was already an intense, emotional connection. “I think I cried liked like
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Los tiempos realmente han cambiado. Homero Simpson, de acuerdo al mismo personaje animado, dejó de ahorcar a su hijo Bart, lo que puso fin a la larga (y obsoleta) broma del programa. Se trata de una de las escenas más icónicas de la serie animada. En esta interacción recurrente, Homero, el padre
Continue ReadingBy TOM DOUGHERTY, ED SPECHT, KERRI CORRADO Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — University of Pennsylvania police and the FBI are investigating threatening antisemitic emails sent to university staff, specifically naming Penn Hillel and Lauder College House, President Liz Magill said. Penn’s Division of Public Safety found no credible threat after
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A clerical error in an eastern Pennsylvania county caused votes to appear to be flipped on a ballot question that asked whether a pair of incumbent state appeals judges should be retained. The issue affected all of the county’s voting machines in use Tuesday, but county officials say only affected
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court seemed poised Tuesday after oral arguments to rule in favor of a federal law that bars individuals subject to certain domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. The case – argued in the wake of a mass shooting in Maine that killed 18 last month – is the first substantive Second Amendment case to
Continue ReadingBy SHELLEY BORTZ Click here for updates on this story LOWER BURRELL, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh-area football coach says his players were targets of racial slurs during a playoff game last week. Burrell coach Shawn Liotta said when he complained to the officiating staff, he was kicked off the field. He said it happened
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA MOORE Click here for updates on this story WOODMERE, New York (WCBS) — Two Israeli sisters traveled to Long Island on Monday hoping to keep their father’s story alive after he and several other family members were kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7. As photos and videos of her father played on the
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Television legend Bob Newhart has nothing but enthusiasm for and fond memories of playing Papa Elf to Will Ferrell’s starry-eyed Buddy in “Elf.” The modern holiday classic, released in 2003, turned 20 years old on Tuesday. “Without question, the part of Papa Elf outranks, by far, any role I
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