By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson. In late December, he became the first player to officially beat the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it. Technically, Willis — aka “blue scuti” in the gaming world
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Moments after a defendant in a felony battery case tried to convince a Nevada judge that he was turning his violent past around and didn’t need to be locked up, his sentencing went sideways: He leaped over a defense table and the judge’s
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A bill to ban oil and gas production within a mile (1.6 kilometers) of schools and day care centers across New Mexico is among the first published proposals as the state Legislature prepares for a 30-day session that could bring an
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Veteran actor Treat Williams, who died in June, is featured in a new trailer for the second season of Hulu’s “Feud” anthology series, “Capote Vs. The Swans.” Released on Wednesday, the buzzy trailer features Williams portraying media magnate William S. Paley alongside Naomi Watts, who plays his wife Babe
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden came to Central Oregon Wednesday for his first town hall meeting of the new year, held at the Madras Performing Arts Center, with Madras High School students among those in attendance. High School senior Landon Dunten said, “It feels really fun just to have someone that has real sway over our
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A truck damaged a natural gas pipe and caused a leak on Gasoline Alley in downtown Bend Wednesday afternoon, prompting a brief evacuation on adjacent Minnesota Avenue.
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Finally have some snow to report today, most locations added about 2 – 3″ of new snow. I am expecting to see a few more inches added overnight as well. The temps will be on the mild side Thursday, so if we do get some snow, it may be on the wet side. Over the
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El Salvador registró en 2023 un total de 154 homicidios, informó este miércoles el gabinete de seguridad del país centroamericano en rueda de prensa. El Gobierno dice que la tasa de homicidios en 2023 se redujo a 2,4 por cada 100.000 habitantes. En 2022, había sido de 7,8 y en
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La fiscal general de Ecuador, Diana Salazar Méndez, afirmó que está en curso un plan para asesinarla. La funcionaria señaló ––durante la audiencia de vinculación contra ocho personas dentro del caso Metástasis por delincuencia organizada asociada al narcotráfico y corrupción en diferentes instituciones del país–– que la estructura criminal responsable del asesinato
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Bend city councilors decided the goals and project details were worthy and issues with a new multi-unit tax exemption program will be revisited before voting 5-1 Wednesday night, with one recusal, to approve a controversial 10-year, $10.6 million tax break for the 313-unit Jackstraw Project on SW Industrial Way.
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — NASA has grand visions for the year ahead, including a mission to send astronauts deeper into the solar system than anyone has ventured in more than 50 years. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Border battle The
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — American consumers bought 15.6 million new vehicles last year. The numbers indicate car buyers were undeterred by high prices, rising interest rates, autoworker strikes and a computer-chip shortage that slowed assembly lines. The tally is 12% more than in 2022, and the biggest increase in more
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri city will pay nearly $3 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of violating the constitutional rights of residents by jailing them and forcing them to pay fees, often for minor traffic violations. The $2.9 million settlement with the St. Louis suburb of Florissant
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A decade-old cold case of a veteran who went missing without a trace in rural Missouri has a new start after an amateur sleuth and YouTube creator found the man’s car. Camden County deputies say they’re once again investigating the December 2013
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Documentos de una demanda relacionada a Jeffrey Epstein, acusado de tráfico sexual, se hicieron públicos este miércoles. Se espera que los documentos incluyan casi 200 nombres, entre ellos algunas de las personas que acusaron a Epstein, empresarios destacados, políticos y posiblemente más figuras. Las identidades de decenas de personas vinculadas a Jeffrey
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Ousted Harvard President Claudine Gay says she faced death threats and was called the N-word during a weeks-long attack on her character designed to end her presidency. In an op-ed published Wednesday evening by The New York Times, Gay described her decision to resign this week, after plagiarism allegations
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Texas over its controversial immigration law that gives local law enforcement in Texas the authority to arrest migrants, arguing the state “cannot run its own immigration system.” The move comes after the Justice Department threatened last week to sue Texas
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A court in Argentina has delivered a blow to labor rule changes announced by President Javier Milei as part of sweeping deregulation and austerity measures aimed at reviving the country’s struggling economy. The court on Wednesday ordered the suspension of a provision in a decree issued by Milei in December.
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of pages of unsealed documents from a lawsuit connected to accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were publicly released on Wednesday. This is the first set of documents to be unsealed under a December 18 court order, with more expected in the coming weeks.
Continue ReadingIván Pérez Sarmenti (CNN Español) — Entre los cientos de propuestas, desregulaciones y cambios que presentó el nuevo presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, se encuentra una iniciativa de blanqueo de capitales y activos, que fue incluida en el voluminoso proyecto de ley que envió al Congreso y que resulta muy atractivo para quienes decidan declarar
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