By Rhea Mogul and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu is braced for more downpours after heavy monsoon rains brought deadly flash floods and submerged entire neighborhoods earlier this week. The Indian Meteorological Department (MET) forecast further heavy rain after more than 400 millimeters (15.7 inches) fell in parts of the state from
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Australia batter Usman Khawaja has been reprimanded by the International Cricket Council for wearing a black armband in support of Palestinians in Gaza during the first cricket test against Pakistan. ICC regulations prevent cricketers from displaying messages of political, religious or racial causes during international matches. Khawaja was born in Pakistan and
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No new snow added to the slopes, but there will be a couple of inches of snow Friday. Looks like the snow will arrive a little before sunrise and taper off by the middle of the day. The long holiday weekend will be much cooler than previous days this week, and there will be a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican attorney general in Kansas has urged the state’s most populous county to postpone a legally required destruction of old ballots. Attorney General Kris Kobach told the election commissioner in Johnson County to hold off because the sheriff there says his investigation of possible election
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spread false information about doctors mutilating children’s genitals. Judge Robert Hinkle said during the last day of the trial that DeSantis
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Jake Gyllenhaal is taking a tip from the late, great Patrick Swayze and bringing the brawn in the first look at a buzzy new movie. An Amazon Studios sizzle reel released on Thursday included an intense glimpse Gyllenhaal in “Road House,” the remake due next year of the 1989
Continue ReadingCNN, KING By Sara Smart and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — For nearly 40 years, a set of human remains discovered near Seattle in 1985 were known to investigators only as Bones 17. And it was 17 years later that police confirmed the remains belonged to a victim of the so-called “Green River Killer” –
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for a woman who was denied emergency contraception in 2019 told the Minnesota Court of Appeals the pharmacist who refused to fill the prescription discriminated against her on the basis of her sex. But an attorney for the central Minnesota pharmacist said Thursday his
Continue ReadingCNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Wayfair’s CEO has an end-of-year message for employees of the online furniture company: Don’t shy away from doing more work and blending your work with your life. “Winning requires hard work. I believe that most of us, being ambitious individuals, find fulfillment in the joy of
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The Texas National Guard Thursday denied claims from an immigration activist that it ignored a migrant calling out for help as she struggled to cross the Rio Grande with a child in her arms. Video footage obtained by CNN shows a woman holding a crying baby
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ)— The state of Oregon’s Enterprise Information Services has launched a new Oregon Transparency website, which went live last week, on Dec. 13. The transparency website features information and resources on public meetings, public records, state salaries, revenue, budgets and more. In 2009, through the approval of House Bill 2500, Oregon state government enacted the Oregon Transparency Program and website legislation. The program created
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Gobierno de Nicaragua detuvo la noche de este miércoles al obispo Isidoro Mora, de la diócesis de Siuna, situada en la costa caribeña del país, según confirmaron a CNN dos fuentes con conocimiento directo del tema. Una de las fuentes vio el momento del arresto. Mora fue detenido
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent, federal prosecutors in New York announced Thursday. Aylo Holdings, the website’s parent company,
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Meta of repeatedly removing or restricting content supporting Palestine or Palestinian human rights even when it did not violate the social media giant’s rules. The report raises concerns about examples of “peaceful” pro-Palestine content that it said the company removed although the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Cristina Pacheco, the foremost chronicler of street life in Mexico City for half a century, has died at 82. With her newspaper column and television shows, Pacheco shed light on the common, unsung heroes who kept Mexico’s economy and culture alive. Pacheco was most often seen walking the streets of Mexico
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Chance Comanche, a former player with the NBA G League’s Stockton Kings, confessed to kidnapping and killing a Washington state woman with his ex-girlfriend in Las Vegas earlier this month, according to police. Comanche, 27, and Sakari Harnden, 19, were arrested last week and charged
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By MARTHA BELLISLE and MADDY GRASSY Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. Two of the officers
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE and MADDY GRASSY Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. Two of the officers
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has convicted former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke on 13 counts of corruption alleging he used his power to win private law business from developers. The jury of nine women and three men deliberated for 23 hours over four days before returning its verdict Thursday after weighing the testimony of
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