The Crook County Court interviewed eight applicants for the court vacancy left by Jerry Brummer’s resignation and has selected Paulina rancher Susan Hermreck to fill out the rest of his term. She had already filed to run for the seat next year.
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un asteroide de nuestro sistema solar bloquea temporalmente la luz de Betelgeuse, una de las estrellas más brillantes del cielo, la noche de este lunes y la madrugada de este martes. Este extraño acontecimiento cósmico será visible para millones de personas en una estrecha franja que rodea la mitad del globo
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) emitió este lunes una resolución en la que señala que las acciones recientes del Ministerio Público de Guatemala representan “injerencias indebidas y arbitrarias” contra las elecciones presidenciales de ese país y que “atentan” contra el resultado de los comicios que ganó Bernardo Arévalo, del
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY WASSON and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The heart of Lahaina, the historic town on the Hawaiian island of Maui that burned in a deadly wildfire that killed at least 100 people, reopened Monday to residents and business owners holding day passes. The renewed access marks an important emotional milestone
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Paris has once again been named the world’s most attractive city destination, according to an annual report by global market research company Euromonitor International. The Top 100 City Destinations Index 2023, produced in partnership with data company Lighthouse, looked at leading cities from around the world and ranked them
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — NBA star Ja Morant testified in court Monday that a teenager hit him in the face with a one-handed basketball pass at close range during a pickup game last year and that the Memphis Grizzlies guard punched the teen once in the face. Morant said on
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels slammed into a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen near a key maritime chokepoint. That’s according to the rebels and authorities who spoke Tuesday. The assault on the oil and chemical tanker
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Young and Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — Gretchen Hankins says she waited a year and seven months to find out what had happened to her missing son – only to learn he had died and already been buried. Earlier this month, journalists told the family Jonathan David Hankins’ body had been buried in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando el turista estadounidense Marty Kovalsky entró a una chocolatería de Bruselas en el verano de 1986, se enamoró del chocolate belga. Se dio cuenta enseguida de que el chocolate estadounidense no se comparaba con el exquisito y sedoso de Bruselas. Tenía mucho sabor y era delicioso. Rápidamente se obsesionó. Además,
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El cráneo notablemente bien conservado de un gigantesco pliosaurio, un monstruo marino prehistórico, fue descubierto en una playa del condado de Dorset, en el sur de Inglaterra, y podría revelar secretos sobre estas impresionantes criaturas. Los pliosaurios dominaban los océanos en una época en la que los dinosaurios vagaban
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians are hoping that a vote Tuesday in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire will demonstrate widespread global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month. After the United States vetoed a resolution in
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, informó este lunes que antes de que termine su mandato presentará una iniciativa de reforma para eliminar el Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales (Inai) y otros organismos autónomos, pues considera que estos son “onerosos” y
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Months later than planned, but a bit earlier than scheduled, the key, rebuilt intersection of NE Neff Road and Purcell Boulevard reopened to traffic late Monday morning, to the relief of motorists and residents.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith may use data during Donald Trump’s election interference trial next year to show jurors when the former president was using Twitter on January 6, 2021, according to a court filing. Prosecutors with the special counsel’s office said in a court filing Monday that they anticipate
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new federal charge has been filed against a man accused of firing a shotgun into the air outside a synagogue in upstate New York. Mufid Alkhader was arrested Thursday after shots were fired outside Temple Israel of Albany. Federal prosecutors initially charged the 28-year-old with possession of a firearm by
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Assistance League® of Bend volunteers have been working to ensure that the holiday wishes of local seniors are fulfilled through the nonprofit’s annual Secret Santa program — and Thursday is that “special delivery” day.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — In a momentous decision that could chip away at Google’s firm control of its Android app store, a federal jury said Monday evening that Google’s app marketplace is an illegal monopoly. The verdict in a years-long battle between Epic Games — maker of the hit video game “Fortnite” —
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Progressive advocacy groups in Arkansas are asking a full federal appeals court to revisit a three-judge panel’s ruling that private groups can’t sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act. The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN House GOP leadership has pulled a pair of surveillance law bills from the floor, according to GOP sources, as Speaker Mike Johnson was facing backlash from his conference over the two-bill approach. The GOP has been divided over how to extend section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Black man who was shocked, beaten and hogtied facedown on a sidewalk pleaded for breath during his arrest in Washington state, and the three police officers charged in his death did not respond to his pleas, a prosecutor told the jury in closing arguments of
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