Associated Press Attorneys for Amazon on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the e-commerce giant, arguing the agency is attacking policies that benefit consumers and competition. Amazon’s response came more than two months after the FTC — joined by 17 states — filed the historic complaint against
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Three University of Nevada, Las Vegas, faculty members died this week and another was critically injured when a lone gunman walked onto campus and opened fire in a building housing the business school. The shooting stoked fear on the 30,000-student campus just miles from the Las Vegas Strip where the deadliest mass
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Max Strus didn’t win a Larry O’Brien Trophy during his time in Miami. He won an Emmy instead. Strus, who left the Heat for the Cleveland Cavaliers last summer as a free agent, received his Emmy statuette for being part of a show detailing his path to the NBA and Miami. The
Continue ReadingCNN, KYW By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The president of Harvard University apologized in an interview with the school’s student newspaper after facing widespread condemnation for her disastrous congressional testimony this week, in which she and other university presidents failed to explicitly say calls for genocide of Jewish people constituted bullying and harassment on
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Great news for the region, Mt. Bachelor, Meadows, and Ski Bowl have opened today as the area got around 5 – 7″ of new snow. Timberline and Willamette Pass are expected to open Saturday. Hoodoo will be open for business on the 16th, conditions permitting. There will be more snow falling Saturday with Mt. Bachelor
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Get ready to rock. Def Leppard and Journey have announced they’re co-headlining a stadium tour. They last teamed up on a 2018 joint tour. The latest tour will see the groups tour in North America in summer 2024. Also joining the shows on select dates will be Cheap Trick,
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes has announced that he will not seek reelection. The Republican is facing scrutiny for his decadelong friendship with the embattled founder of an anti-child-trafficking organization. He had announced in September that he would seek a fourth term. Reyes is now
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines are saying no to a contract offer hammered out by their union and the airline. The Transport Workers Union Local 556 announced the results Friday. Union President Lyn Montgomery says they’ll go back to the bargaining table. Southwest is also negotiating with pilots, who have tried twice
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Police say they have “exhausted all available investigative avenues” in the hunt for the person who leaked pages from a school shooter’s journals to a conservative commentator. The department sent an email on Friday announcing the findings. It says investigators determined two detectives took photos
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana secretary of state is appealing a ruling that a law stipulating voting requirements for a candidate’s party affiliation is unconstitutional. The decision lifted the hopes of a U.S. Senate hopeful who wants to run as a Republican. The Indiana attorney general’s office filed the notice of appeal Friday on behalf
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Una jueza de la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago rechazó este jueves reabrir la investigación de la muerte, en septiembre de 1973, del poeta chileno y Premio Nobel de Literatura Pablo Neruda. La petición, que realizaron el Partido Comunista (PC) y la familia de Neruda, fue desestimada porque la jueza Paola
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Holly Thomas es una escritora y editora con sede en Londres. Es editora matutina en Katie Couric Media. Tuitea en @HolstaT. (CNN) — Taylor Swift es la “Persona del Año” 2023 de Time y, al parecer, soy la única mujer de la generación millennial en la Tierra que no se
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The High Desert Museum is opening a new, colorful exhibit this weekend, with a special connection to both pop culture and a half-century of efforts to save many species from extinction. The High Desert Museum unveiled Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species exhibit to the public Saturday,
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fox News is pushing back against a former reporter’s lawsuit saying he was targeted and fired for challenging false claims about the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The network argued Friday that Jason Donner had not shown he faced illegal discrimination. The nation’s
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MountainStar Family Relief Nursery says it’s thrilled to invite the community to invest in the long-term stability of its child abuse prevention services in Jefferson County. MountainStar is purchasing its facility in Madras — and has only until January 5th to raise $100,000.
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal and Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — The Florida woman charged with murder and other offenses in the 2014 fatal shooting of her former son-in-law pleaded not guilty Monday to the alleged murder-for-hire plot. Donna Adelson was arraigned in court during a hearing that also addressed an emergency motion alleging she had been
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The national security advisers of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Saturday called for a stronger international push to suppress North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and missiles, its cybertheft activities and alleged arms transfers to Russia. The meeting in Seoul came as
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say a clash between gunmen from a notoriously violent drug cartel and residents of a small farming community in central Mexico left 14 people dead, including the cartel’s leader. Police in the State of Mexico, which abuts Mexico City, say the bloodshed occurred Friday in the hamlet of Texcaltitlan
Continue ReadingCNN By Elle Reeve, Samantha Guff and Deborah Brunswick, CNN West Monroe, Louisiana (CNN) — Bryan Baker stuck a roll of toilet paper on a paint roller that he’d attached to a leaf blower, and switched the leaf blower on. A stream of white paper shot into the air and fluttered delicately to the ground.
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — European Union lawmakers struck a deal Friday agreeing to one of the world’s first major comprehensive artificial intelligence laws. The landmark legislation, called the AI Act, sets up a regulatory framework to promote the development of AI while addressing the risks associated with the rapidly evolving technology. The legislation bans
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