BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — An Oregon man who pleaded guilty in connection with LGBTQ+ hate crimes, including trying to hit people with a car in Idaho last year, has been sentenced to just over three years in prison. Matthew Lehigh was sentenced Thursday to 37 months followed by three years of supervised release and he
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho. (AP) — An Oregon man who pleaded guilty in connection with LGBTQ+ hate crimes, including trying to hit people with a car in Idaho last year, has been sentenced to just over three years in prison. Matthew Lehigh was sentenced Thursday to 37 months followed by three years of supervised release and he
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The Texas Rangers’ 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks for their first championship on Wednesday night drew the largest audience of this World Series. However, it was not enough to prevent the five-game series from being the least-watched Fall Classic in recorded TV history. Nielsen and Fox said Thursday
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Las cabezas de la mayoría de los animales son fácilmente identificables, pero hasta ahora los científicos no podían decir lo mismo de las estrellas de mar. Una estrella de mar tiene cinco brazos idénticos con una capa de “pies tubulares” debajo que ayudan a la criatura marina a desplazarse por el
Continue ReadingWHBQ, MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Pamela Kirkland and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — One of the five former Memphis police officers accused in the January death of Tyre Nichols pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges and agreed to plead guilty to related state charges as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Desmond Mills
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: esta historia contiene descripciones explícitas de la situación dentro de los hospitales en Gaza. (CNN) — En el hospital Al-Shifa, el centro médico más grande de Gaza, una mujer aturdida y somnolienta permanece sentada en el suelo mientras su pierna sangra. Un hombre más joven yace tendido sobre baldosas manchadas
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Charlize Theron remembers the moment her role in philanthropy clicked into place. The Oscar-winning actress had been talking with community leaders in her homeland of South Africa about how they could tackle the AIDS epidemic there. “We heard them say, ‘We know what to do,
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER, DAVID KOENIG and LOLITA BALDOR Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A pilot accused of threatening to shoot an airline captain if they diverted to give a passenger medical attention is an Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel who had been relieved of command for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. Supreme Court
Continue ReadingA Minnesota appeals court has stepped in to protect voting rights recently granted to felons under a new law. A judge last month declared unconstitutional the new state law restoring voting rights for convicted felons after they complete any prison term. The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled that the lower court judge overstepped
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his top advisers are warning Israel with growing force that it will become increasingly difficult for it to pursue its military goals in Gaza as global outcry intensifies about the scale of humanitarian suffering there. Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken – who departed
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — An enormous sea snake from Norse legend that was fathered by the trickster god Loki and grew big enough to circle the globe is now the namesake for a different type of “monster” — a newly discovered species of a massive, meat-eating marine reptile known as a mosasaur, which
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — The New York Attorney General’s office pressed Donald Trump’s two adult sons Thursday about their knowledge of and involvement with the former president’s financial statements in some of the most significant and tense days of the fraud trial. The back-to-back appearances Thursday
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El planeta va en camino a calentarse a un ritmo mucho más rápido de lo que los científicos habían pronosticado, lo que significa que en esta década se podría superar un umbral clave de calentamiento global, según un nuevo estudio del que es coautor James Hansen, el científico estadounidense ampliamente acreditado por
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, CNN Republican infighting turned nasty on Thursday after the House voted to reject a pair of divisive disciplinary measures the day before – a sign the conference is still badly divided, despite Speaker Mike Johnson insisting earlier that the party is unified. GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has been continually bashing her Republican colleagues who opposed
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball avoided a possible U.S. Supreme Court challenge to its antitrust exemption when it settled a federal lawsuit and two in New York State court filed by minor league teams who lost their big league affiliations. James W. Quinn, a lawyer for the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The first United Auto Workers union vote by rank-and-file members was 82% in favor of the tentative labor deal that ended the union’s strike at Ford last week, an early sign that the recent labor deals will be able to get the membership support they need. The
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Al menos 15 personas resultaron heridas este jueves luego de una explosión de gas y un incendio en el pueblo de Wappingers Falls, Nueva York. Cinco de los heridos forman parte de los equipos de emergencia –un bombero y cuatro agentes de policía– y de las otras 10, ocho son adultos
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN New York (CNN) — As prescriptions for weight-loss and diabetes drugs skyrocket, so too has revenue for drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. On Thursday, Novo Nordisk, the Denmark-based company behind Ozempic and Wegovy, reported a 29% increase in sales to $8.4 billion for the third quarter. Eli Lilly, which makes
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COCC students, faculty and members of the community gathered in Wille Hall Wednesday for the History Department’s free event “Understanding Israel/Palestine.” It was built around a conversation led by Mira Sucharov, Ph.D., professor of political science from Canada’s Carleton University.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The US has intelligence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to provide the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with a Russian-made missile defense system, according to two people familiar with the intelligence. The Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group, which operates in Syria, has
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