REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Redmond Mayor Ed Fitch will deliver his inaugural State of the City address from 10-11 a.m. on Thursday, February 1, at Redmond City Hall, located at 411 SW 9th Street. The State of the City address will reflect on the past year, celebrating achievements, and highlight Mayor and City Council key
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff said Wednesday in an exclusive interview that his work fighting the spread of antisemitism around the country weighs on him. “There’s some days I don’t want to do it, because it’s too hard,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview from his office
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Good sleep goes a long way in today’s busy world, so often people are looking for the perfect fix for better rest. Enter the sleepy girl mocktail. You may have seen the simple recipe on your social media feed: about half a cup of tart cherry juice and a
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The election year has begun in Algeria and both those in power and those in the opposition are quietly making moves as mounting political and economic challenges plague the oil-rich North African country. No candidate has stepped forward to challenge President Abdelmajid Tebboune, but a leading opposition party this week called
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democratic-aligned groups this week have filed campaign finance complaints against No Labels. They are hoping to crimp the centrist group’s pipeline of campaign cash and force it to follow the same rules as formal political parties. For months, No Labels has stockpiled
Continue ReadingBy Michael Franklin Click here for updates on this story CALGARY (CTV Network) — A right-wing news commentator who was fired by Fox News last year is set to meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary. Tucker Carlson will be speaking at noon Wednesday at the Telus Convention Centre. The controversial news host left
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — After announcing his touring days were over, Ozzy Osbourne will return to the stage for a few final performances. While the Black Sabbath legend has been dealing with health issues in recent years, his wife and manager Sharon Osbourne says the rocker is planning two final concerts in Birmingham,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barely 400,000 votes have been cast in two rural Republican primaries over the span of eight days. But both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are behaving like their parties’ nominees already. Trump’s double-digit victory Tuesday in independent-minded New Hampshire, where he was considered more
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic will play excerpts of music from the Academy Award-nominated “Maestro” on the life of former music director Leonard Bernstein on Feb. 14. The movie’s star and director, Bradley Cooper, will participate in a post-performance conversation at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Continue ReadingJesse Bedayn Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Republican state Rep. Mike Lynch announced he’s stepping down as minority leader in the Colorado House Wednesday. The announcement comes a week after The Denver Post reported that Lynch was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of drunken driving and possession of a gun while intoxicated. Lynch
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper has been charged with murder in the shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II after he failed to get out of his car during a July traffic stop. Trooper Ryan Londregan was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and second
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court says it will issue a decision Friday on South Africa’s request for interim orders in a genocide case against Israel, including that Israel halt its offensive in Gaza. The decision is a preliminary stage of a case filed by South Africa at the International Court
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The Tennessee Titans have appointed Brian Callahan as the franchise’s head coach, the team announced Wednesday. Since 2019, Callahan had been the Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator. At the Titans, he will replace Mike Vrabel, who was fired earlier this month after six seasons with the organization. “Brian has
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy shot down two missiles that the Iran-backed Houthis fired on Wednesday at the US-flagged, owned and operated M/V Maersk Detroit container ship, which was operating in the Gulf of Aden at the time, according to two US defense officials and US Central Command. The USS Gravely, which
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Nowara Diab intentaba ahogar los sonidos de los ataques aéreos escuchando música, pero no era suficiente para deshacerse de la sensación de inquietud que sentía en sus entrañas. Entonces sonó su teléfono. Era una amiga que le decía que había oído que Maimana Jarada, la mejor amiga de Diab, y su
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Esta semana está previsto que se lleve a cabo en Alabama la primera ejecución conocida con gas nitrógeno. El condenado es Kenneth Smith, que recibió la pena de muerte por su papel en el asesinato por encargo de Elizabeth Sennett en 1988. Poco se sabe acerca de cómo se llevará a
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Six months into Subway replacing its pre-sliced meats with freshly sliced servings, one of the chain’s largest franchisee groups says that sales are duller than expected. Last year, Subway paid to install $6,000 slicers at the chain’s 20,000 US locations in response to its rivals serving freshly
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A House committee sent a letter to the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday demanding the school turn over documents related to an investigation into antisemitism on campus. Rep. Virginia Foxx, the Republican chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, is requesting that UPenn respond to
Continue ReadingBy Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — In the lead-up to the South Carolina primary, a conservative group is eyeing the state as a valuable testing ground for messages opposing the US Food and Drug Administration’s proposed menthol cigarette ban, something they hope will chip away at President Joe Biden’s Black vote. The Liberty Policy Foundation,
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — EquiLend, a Wall Street firm that processes trillions of dollars of securities transactions a month, was hit by a cyberattack that has knocked some of its systems offline, the company said Wednesday. The financial technology firm, owned by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and other major Wall Street firms,
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