By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia coalition that helps support a network of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in the state is receiving $1 million to distribute to organizations committed to encouraging people not to end their pregnancies. The state announced this week that the West Virginia Pregnancy Center Coalition was
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — A decade before she would become a historic first, Sandra Day O’Connor wanted the president to name a woman to the US Supreme Court. And she let the White House know. It was 1971 and then-Arizona state Sen. O’Connor wrote to President Richard Nixon telling him, “It
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Ten years is a long enough wait for two powerhouse and legendary classic rockers to hit the road together again! STYX and FOREIGNER – who continue with the next leg of their two-year Farewell Tour – team up next summer for the “Renegades & Juke Box Heroes” co-headlining trek, produced by Live Nation, including a
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — A Chinese boarding school designed to let students unwind and “waste time mindfully” has been named 2023’s World Building of the Year. Featuring a rooftop park, treehouses and elevated walkways in a “floating forest,” the Huizhen High School in Ningbo, Zhejiang province in eastern China, won the coveted title at the
Continue ReadingBy Nijzel Dotson Click here for updates on this story Calaveras County, California (KCRA) — Ann Marie Herford, a woman from Michigan who went missing in Calaveras County while hiking earlier this month, was found dead by sheriff’s office deputies on Thursday. Herford was last seen on Nov. 12, and her vehicle was left parked
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Oregon State, Washington State and the Mountain West announced a football scheduling agreement Friday for the 2024 season that gives the two remaining Pac-12 schools six opponents each and positions them to operate as a two-team conference for at least a year. All 12 Mountain West schools
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s the ‘leaning tower’ that has stood tipsily – but steadily – for nearly 1,000 years. But now, the days of the Garisenda tower in Bologna, Italy, could be numbered. Following investigations last month, the city is instigating a civil protection plan for the “sudden and unexpected collapse of the
Continue Reading Pac-12 Conference members Oregon State and Washington State announced Friday that they have reached a scheduling agreement with the Mountain West Conference for the 2024 football season.
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story STILLWATER, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Stillwater police are investigating after a dead longhorn was found in front of a fraternity house at Oklahoma State University. Police told KOCO 5 that they received a call shortly before 6:30 a.m. Friday about a possibly dead cow in the
Continue ReadingBy Nijzel Dotson Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KCRA) — The California Highway Patrol arrested a man after a car with two people inside, including a female human trafficking victim, was shot at on Interstate 5 in Stockton last week. According to CHP, the shooting happened Nov. 24 on southbound I-5
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Mountain West Conference announces football scheduling agreement for 2024 season with Oregon State, Washington State.
Continue ReadingBEVERLY HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A University of Michigan graduate is suing the state over the loss of his revered “G0BLUE” car license plate. Joseph Hardig III says the plate has been on family vehicles for years. But he was told it was assigned to another car owner when he recently tried to renew it
Continue ReadingBy Simon Cullen, Max Foster and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — King Charles has worn a tie emblazoned with the Greek flag, just days after the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak canceled a meeting with his Greek counterpart in a diplomatic dispute over the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles. The King wore
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police are looking for an inmate who escaped from a Philadelphia jail by walking away from a work detail. It was the fourth breakout from a city lockup this year. Thirty-four-year-old Gino Hagenkotter was serving time on theft and burglary charges. Authorities say he was working in the orchard on the grounds
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Las fuerzas ucranianas se enfrentan a un invierno “duro” y a un año difícil por delante, ya que las evaluaciones de inteligencia occidentales no esperan un movimiento significativo en las líneas del frente en los próximos meses, dijeron a CNN dos funcionarios occidentales y un alto funcionario militar estadounidense. A
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The art of nodding off appears to have been mastered by breeding chinstrap penguins, who take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each nap lasting an average of four seconds, according to a new study. The animals accumulate around 11 hours of sleep daily using this strategy, challenging
Continue ReadingBy Dacoda Wahpekeche Click here for updates on this story EL RENO, Oklahoma (KOCO) — An Oklahoma basketball team partnered with the Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders to honor Native American heritage on the court. Fans attending El Reno High School’s basketball game on Friday will see something that isn’t common in high school athletics. The
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The world’s first cargo ship that produces nearly zero planet-heating pollution is on track to set sail in 2026, according to one of the firms behind the project. Fertilizer producer Yara International and its partners plan to power the Yara Eyde — which is yet to be built — mostly
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has attacked several Israeli army posts along the border and Israel shelled a village in southern Lebanon, killing two civilians. Friday’s attacks are the first by Hezbollah along the Lebanon-Israel border since a truce went into effect last Friday between Israel and Gaza’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A teenage girl and her parents are suing American Airlines, saying that a flight attendant secretly filmed her using an airplane toilet. In a lawsuit filed Friday, lawyers for the family say American should have known the flight attendant was a danger. They say
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