By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian police have put prominent Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen on a wanted list after opening a criminal case against them on charges of spreading false information about the Russian army. It is the latest step in an unrelenting crackdown against dissent in Russia that
Continue ReadingBy Ubah Ali Click here for updates on this story NOWTHEN, Minnesota (WCCO) — Dramatic footage shows a deputy making a brave save on some thin ice. Anoka County Deputy Chris Fjeld tied a rope around his waist and slowly made his way out to a pair of people who had fallen into the dangerously
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday that a man raised in England who converted to the faith as an adult will be the newest member of its top governing body, filling a vacancy created when a member died last month. Patrick
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday that a man raised in England who converted to the faith as an adult will be the newest member of its top governing body, filling a vacancy created when a member died last month. Patrick
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Carpenter Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police say a man was on a FaceTime call with his girlfriend when he was shot and killed in northeast Houston overnight. Investigators are now trying to piece together what the motive was in the man’s death. The shooting happened around
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Debut “Bachelorette” Trista Sutter and husband Ryan Sutter are marking 20 years of marraige. The couple, who got engaged on the series and later wed in a televised special, are among the few marriage success stories in the franchise. Ryan Sutter marked their anniversary on Instagram, writing, “They
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — High Desert Food and Farm Alliance believes everyone deserves good food. To that end, HDFFA supports the farmers and ranchers who grow and raise good food, in order to make it available to everyone, particularly those experiencing food insecurity. HDFFA Program Director Louise Shirley reflected on the organization’s 2023 work and
Continue ReadingBy Gracee Mattiace Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Business owners on Sardis Road are asking for answers as a sinkhole keeps growing in their parking lot. On Dec. 8, 2023, the owners of Crust Never Sleeps Bakery and 1 on 1 Physical Therapy said an excavator had been
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year. The
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing a white nationalist group of civil rights violations, saying it repeatedly subjected LGBTQ+ events and facilities sheltering migrant families to intimidation and harassment. The complaint filed Thursday against NSC-131 and two of its leaders accuses the group of engaging
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska officials have unveiled a plan for a $450 million renovation of its football stadium in Lincoln. That comes as the four-campus NU system faces a $58 million budget shortfall that threatens to cut academic programs. Critics say that sends the message that
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Un alud provocó el miércoles el colapso de una mina de oro en Paraiba de San José de Wadamapa, en la Gran Sabana, dejando un saldo de al menos 10 personas muertas, informó este jueves la Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana del estado Bolívar. A través de su cuenta oficial de
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some Republican Missouri lawmakers are renewing their call to allow homicide charges against women who have abortions. Measures that would do so have been introduced in both chambers of the state’s legislature for consideration in the session that begins in January.
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — If you’re used to booking travel with the click of a button or the swipe of an app, it might come as a surprise that the higher up the luxury chain you go, the harder it becomes to do that. Always dreamed of flying in a private airplane? Usually
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This week, Eric Oren pays a visit to the 22-acre Farewell Bend Park along the Deschutes River, popular for all sorts of activities, including a new boardwalk, picnic shelter, playground and, of course, the River Trail.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Quizás en ningún lugar del universo un tomate fresco y maduro sea más valioso que en la Estación Espacial Internacional, donde los astronautas viven durante meses subsistiendo principalmente de productos preenvasados y no perecederos. Es por eso que el astronauta Frank Rubio se convirtió en la figura central de una desenfadada
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Now is the time to get vaccinated to stay safe and healthy amid holiday gatherings and rising levels of respiratory viruses, including the flu, Covid-19 and RSV, experts say. “To protect yourself and your family this holiday season, take the steps that we do every year to protect ourselves,”
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Pennsylvania man described by authorities as the lead defendant in a drug distribution and human smuggling case has pleaded guilty to federal crimes in Louisiana. Court records show that 47-year-old Carl Allison of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty Thursday in New Orleans. Sentencing was scheduled for March 28. The U.S. Justice Department
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Rabbi David Wolpe, a visiting scholar at Harvard’s Divinity School, announced his resignation on Thursday from the university’s Antisemitism Advisory Group. Wolpe, who had been instated earlier this year as the Anti-Defamation League’s first rabbinic fellow, wrote in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, that
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has found the New Hampshire publisher of a weekly community newspaper guilty of five misdemeanor charges that she ran advertisements for local races without properly marking them as political advertising. The judge acquitted Debra Paul, publisher of the Londonderry Times, of a sixth misdemeanor
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