By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The business-friendly centrist group “No Labels” has qualified to participate in the Maine primary election as a new political party, according to a press release from the secretary of state’s office. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows on Friday confirmed the No Labels party after it exceeded the number
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Philip Sangue of Bend and his 11-year-old son, Jayden, were feeling on top of the world recently when they climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Mount Kilimanjaro is a 19,341-foot-tall dormant volcano, located in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single
Continue ReadingCNN By Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — More than 80 years have passed since a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth, Texas, but the 97-year-old said she still remembers the White crowd that forced her family out of their home. “Our parents worked real hard … and then they bought this house on Annie
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse but it’s too soon to tell how much holiday gatherings contributed to a likely spike in illnesses. New government data posted Friday for last week — the holiday week between Christmas and New Year’s — show
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — It has now been more than a week since Jerry Lopez, a father of seven children, was shot and killed during the carjacking of his family’s passenger van. There is a long road ahead for widowed mother Karen Lopez, but now
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Facts Started as an al Qaeda splinter group. Also known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Islamic State (IS). ISIS aims to create an Islamic state called a caliphate across Iraq, Syria and beyond. The
Continue ReadingBy Jaclyn Schultz Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas launched an effort to distribute Narcan, or naloxone, to high-risk overdose patients, all to curb the surge in fentanyl overdoses and deaths across Clark County. According to the Southern Nevada Health District, 2023 hit a record
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Wayne LaPierre, the leader of the National Rifle Association of America who served for decades as a fierce protector of the Second Amendment, advocating for firearms owners and manufacturers, announced his resignation on Friday – days before his civil trial is set to begin. LaPierre is
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Elijah Blue Allman has filed an objection to his mother Cher’s request to be granted conservatorship over him. According court documents filed this week in Los Angeles and obtained by CNN, Allman, 47, is objecting “to appointment of my mother as the proposed temporary conservator on the following
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Oscar Pistorius, double-amputee and former Olympic sprinter convicted in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Personal Birth date: November 22, 1986 Birth place: Johannesburg, South Africa Birth name: Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius Father: Henke Pistorius Mother: Sheila Pistorius Education: Attended the University
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press A former Alabama police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man in front of his own home during a dispute with a tow truck driver. Morgan County District Attorney Scott Anderson announced the indictment during a news conference Friday. Steve Perkins, 39, was shot and
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bureau of Land Management plans to begin burning 627 acres of hand piles by Crooked River Ranch next week, if conditions are favorable. The piles are in the Steelhead Falls Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project area, adjacent to the community. It will take multiple days to complete ignitions, officials said Friday. Implementation
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation’s second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of Los Angeles, but there were no reports of major damage or injuries. The U.S.
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ten officers with Nashville police’s specialized investigative unit will be reassigned following an unauthorized release of writings from the shooter who killed six people, including three children, at The Covenant School last year. A spokesperson for Metro Nashville Police Department said Friday the officers will transition out of the division next
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law into effect that significantly tightens control over various religious denominations and organizations. The law, published on the presidential website this week, mandates all denominations and religious groups to reapply for state registration, which authorities reserve the right to
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named a former Colombian foreign minister to scope out the chances of reviving talks to resolve Cyprus’ ethnic divide. U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday that María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar will work on Guterres’ personal envoy and chief advisor on
Continue ReadingBy Jaide Timm-Garcia and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A former Alabama police officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man outside his home, Morgan County District Attorney Scott Anderson said Friday. An Alabama grand jury indicted Mac Bailey Marquette, 23, on Thursday, Anderson said at a news conference. Marquette
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Venture capitalist Ramanan Raghavendran is taking the helm of the University of Pennsylvania’s board of trustees following the sudden resignation of Scott Bok last month amid a firestorm of controversy. The school announced on Thursday that Raghavendran, a Penn graduate and managing partner of venture capital firm Amasia, is taking over as
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A petition initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the Florida constitution has reached the necessary number of verified signatures to qualify for the 2024 ballot. More than 911,000 signatures have been verified by the Florida Division of Elections, surpassing the more than 891,500 petition signatures
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La tercera ronda de documentos de una demanda relacionada con Jeffrey Epstein, el pederasta convicto que murió en la cárcel antes de poder enfrentar un juicio por cargos federales de tráfico sexual, se hizo pública este viernes. La publicación de este viernes tenía más de mil páginas, y llega después de
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