By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The future of Obamacare is once again in the political spotlight, with former President Donald Trump promising to replace it if he wins the White House next year and President Joe Biden vowing to protect the law if he stays in office. But the Affordable Care Act, as it’s
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE COMSTOCK Click here for updates on this story TEMECULA, California (KCAL) — Parents, students and teacher from Temecula sued their school district after the board approved a gender notification policy and a so-called ban on teaching critical race theory. The lawyers from the nonprofit civil rights law firm “Public Counsel” said that it
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A weeklong cease-fire that brought the exchanges of dozens of hostages held by Hamas for scores of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel gave way Friday morning to resumed fighting between Israel and Hamas. As mediators scuttle between the warring sides in a last-ditch effort to broker another
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Actress Jennifer Garner isn’t a helicopter mom. “I want to be around. But I also think it’s OK if they suffer from a little bit of benign neglect,” she told Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on NBC’s “Today” this week. “Their lives are their own,” she said. “I’m not
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana coroner has identified the remains of a 17-year-old girl who vanished in June and whose body was found this week in a box buried on land owned by a man now charged in her slaying. The remains discovered Tuesday on property owned by suspect Patrick Scott were positively identified
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY MUTASA Click here for updates on this story WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Sara Kane is a brave woman. A armed man tried to breaking into her apartment in Worcester early Wednesday morning and she fought him off with a broom. Ring doorbell video from that morning showed a man stumbling towards the apartment
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says state Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler should resign while police investigate a rape allegation against him. Ziegler hasn’t been charged, but the investigation comes as the 2024 election heats up. DeSantis is running for president and the state GOP is working
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million — as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine continues into its 22nd month. It is the second such expansion of the army since 2018. In a statement following the
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This week, Eric Oren takes us to Canal Row Park on NE Butler Market Road, a popular and convenient spot for many of Bend’s Eastside residents, with grassy areas, a picnic shelter, playground and access to a canal trail, among other features.
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Robinson Click here for updates on this story LAKELAND, Florida (WESH) — A Polk County substitute is accused of sending explicit Snapchats to female students. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 33-year-old Jerron Dunn is being charged with sex offense on a student by an authority figure and transmission of material harmful
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the illegal distribution of films and operating a film studio without licenses. The senior magistrate in the city of Malindi, handed down the sentence for Paul Mackenzie, who had
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections that can hit kids and older people hard may be peaking, U.S. health officials said Friday. COVID-19, though, continues to cause the most hospitalizations and deaths among respiratory illnesses — about 15,000 hospitalizations and about 1,000
Continue ReadingBy Shaquille Lord Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Students at Central High School on Thursday learned how one Louisville man’s criminal case changed how juries would be selected in cases across the country. James Batson can be seen preaching to the younger generation the importance of staying on the
Continue ReadingBy Khiree Stewart Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital is increasing security after two employees were carjacked within hours of each other outside the building. Hospital officials confirmed Thursday that the incidents took place in the parking lot. One happened Thursday morning, the other Wednesday evening.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A oscuras. Obligados a permanecer en silencio. Alimentados con raciones escasas. Estos y otros datos aún más escalofriantes empiezan a mostrar cómo sobrevivieron los rehenes secuestrados por Hamas. Alrededor de 240 personas, desde bebés a octogenarios, fueron tomadas como rehenes durante el ataque de Hamas a Israel el 7 de octubre.
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Marlin, an 8-month-old hound mix, is a treat-motivated quick learner who’s already won over the hearts of the staff at BrightSide Animal Center in Redmond. Maybe he’ll win yours, too?
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, will close in May 2024 after years of financial struggles. Officials at the century-old Roman Catholic college announced the decision to close on Friday. Board of Trustees Chair Jeffrey D. Stone said the board determined that the
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press Police say a dead longhorn cow was found on the lawn of an Oklahoma State University fraternity in Stillwater. The discovery of the dead animal on Friday on the lawn of the FarmHouse fraternity comes the day before the school’s football team plays the University of Texas Longhorns in the
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Penguin Random House, one of the country’s largest publishers, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging an Iowa state law that bans books in schools and limits what can be taught on sexual orientation and gender identity. Four bestselling authors – including John Green and Jodi Picoult – who
Continue ReadingLUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A government minister says more than 30 people are trapped under rubble at an open-pit mine in Zambia after part of a waste pile was thought to have collapsed on them. Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu said Friday that it happened in the city of Chingola, in Zambia’s
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