By Rachel Aiello Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is threatening to move a motion of non-confidence in the prime minister with the aim of prompting a “carbon tax election,” if Justin Trudeau doesn’t back off the April 1 price hike. Rallying his caucus on Parliament
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities say they have launched dozens of raids to target those suspected of “extremist” activities in new efforts by the political opposition to create “people’s embassies” abroad. The raids are the latest move in a crackdown on dissent by the government of authoritarian President Alexander
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump got what he wanted when former car dealer Bernie Moreno won the Republican Senate primary in Ohio. So did Democrats. They believe that Moreno’s positions on abortion, immigration and Trump’s election lies make the Republican less electable this fall in
Continue ReadingKEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A wrecked seagoing vessel discovered decades ago off the Florida Keys has recently been identified as a British warship that sank in the 18th century. The National Park Service says archaeologists used new research to determine that the wreckage first spotted in 1993 near Dry Tortugas National Park is the
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Worthington Click here for updates on this story CHARLES COUNTY, Maryland (WMAR) — It’s like losing her son all over again. That’s how Latashia Lee describes the last two weeks, as she desperately tries to find whoever purchased her storage unit in Charles County with all of her son Jeremiah’s belongings inside it.
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — The Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate remains at a 23-year high. That’s thanks to the central bank’s decision Wednesday to once again hold it steady, as it has done at the policy-making committee’s past five meetings. That decision may be disappointing to some investors, homebuyers and those
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“DREAM BOLDLY: The Grand AdvenChair” is a documentary film that is making its debut Friday evening at Central Oregon Community College.
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of an alligator recently seized by conservation officers in New York is fighting for its return, saying the reptile he named Albert and has shared a home with for more than three decades is a gentle giant that’s no danger to anyone. Officers a
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Skydog Ranch Sanctuary, a sanctuary near Prineville is home to more than 200 wild horses and about 50 rescued donkeys and mules.
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A Nebraska lawmaker is now the subject of a sexual harassment investigation. The announcement from the body’s Executive Board comes two days after Republican state Sen. Steve Halloran name-checked a fellow senator while reading a graphic account of rape on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature. Halloran read out
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers across the country were already jockeying to push their states deeper into immigration enforcement when the Supreme Court, if only briefly, let Texas enforce a new law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. Within hours Tuesday, another
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, propuso este miércoles a Manuel García Mansilla y a Ariel Lijo para ocupar dos puestos de juez de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de ese país. La propuesta busca relevar a los jueces Juan Carlos Maqueda y a Elena Highton, agregó la Oficina
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has suggested Michael Cohen has committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump’s claims that his onetime personal lawyer and star witness at his upcoming criminal trial in New York is an untrustworthy liar. Judge
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Aly Khalifa will set his alarm for 4:30 a.m. Thursday, a witching hour for a college kid if ever there was one, and roll out of bed for the same breakfast as always: scrambled eggs, yogurt, some fruit, all washed down with a whole lot
Continue ReadingJoaquin Doria (CNN Español) –– Una mujer de 74 años falleció la noche de este martes en medio de las severas tormentas que afectan Buenos Aires, confirmó la Policía de la Ciudad. Su muerte se produjo frente a un edificio ubicado en calle Arenales al 2800, en el barrio de Recoleta. Fue luego de que
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March is National Kidney Month, and Fresenius Kidney Care in Bend wants to raise awareness around chronic kidney disease, or CKD, a public health problem affecting more than one in seven U.S. adults, making up more than 35 million Americans.
Continue ReadingBy Anne Newman Click here for updates on this story OCONEE COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — A Seneca, South Carolina man was arrested Saturday for sexually assaulting a sedated woman, according to Jimmy Watt with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. William Christopher Johnson, 37, has been charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct, Watt said. According
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of penance called Lent. Easter is considered the most important season in the Christian year.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva Delhi (CNN) — Cinco veces el tamaño de París. Visible desde el espacio. La mayor central energética del mundo. Suficiente electricidad para abastecer a Suiza. La envergadura del proyecto, que transformará franjas de árido desierto de sal al oeste de la India en una de las fuentes de energía limpia más importantes del
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff, Lou Robinson, Rachel Wilson, Henrik Pettersson and Gillian Roberts (CNN) — Russia’s invasion has pitted Ukraine against a country with a massive military and one of the world’s biggest economies. More than $380 billion in aid, committed by mostly Western nations since January of 2022, has helped Ukraine keep the fight going. That
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