By Philip Wang, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US government on Sunday urged insurance companies to make advanced payments to health care providers following a cyberattack that disrupted insurance processing systems. The cyberattack had “significant impact” on Change Healthcare, a unit of health IT giant UnitedHealth Group, which processes 15 billion health care transactions
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — A Trader Joe’s canvas mini tote bag that costs about the same as a pack of gum is being resold online for nearly 200 times its retail price. The Trader Joe’s bags, available in blue, red, green and yellow, have taken social media by storm in the
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say the theft of an inexpensive gold-chain necklace may have led to the fatal beating of a teenage boy during a Halloween party last year in a Phoenix, Arizona, suburb. Four men ranging in age from 18 to 20 and three 17-year-old male juveniles were taken into custody Thursday and Friday
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas, according to law enforcement officials. The alleged shooter is dead, police say. Just before 5 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a neighborhood where they found multiple victims with gunshot wounds, the Jonesboro Police Department
Continue ReadingBy Amal Elhelw Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — $30 million in budget cuts are coming to Portland Public Schools for the 2024-25 school year and some special education staff members are concerned their department may be hit hard with potential reassignments and layoffs on the horizon. Lisa Doane is
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, TIA GOLDENBERG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has stepped up public pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, warning he’s “hurting Israel” and speaking candidly about “come to Jesus” conversations with the leader over the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Despite Biden’s increased displays of
Continue ReadingBy Richard Ramos, Kayla Moeller Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, California (KOVR) — A Fairfield police officer is accused of exchanging inappropriate texts and images with two underage high school girls, authorities announced Saturday. The Fairfield Police Department said Officer James Louis was a school resource officer at Rodriguez High School. A
Continue ReadingKOVR By Richard Ramos, Kayla Moeller Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, California (KOVR) — A Fairfield police officer is accused of exchanging inappropriate texts and images with two underage high school girls, authorities announced Saturday. The Fairfield Police Department said Officer James Louis was a school resource officer at Rodriguez High School.
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story BURNSVILLE, Minnesota (WCCO) — A nursing home aide who sexually assaulted a woman under his care has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. A judge sentenced 54-year-old John Akonkoh to 144 months in prison Friday, with conditional release after 10 years. He
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Backers of an effort to oust Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office over his opposition to former President Donald Trump say they’ve collected enough signatures to force a recall vote. Supporters of the recall campaign plan to present signatures Monday to the Wisconsin Election Commission. They say
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Boring Click here for updates on this story SHAWNEE, Kansas (KCTV) — Two local teens who are Cosentino’s Price Chopper sackers are competing in Las Vegas for a big prize. It’s for the National Bagging Competition in Las Vegas this Monday by the National Grocers Association. Parker McDonald is a sophomore at Liberty
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Just before an opera-ballet set in conflict, La Scala’s principal dancer Roberto Bolle, general manager Dominique Meyer and other members of the dance company, orchestra and stage crew faced the audience as the curtain rose. It revealed a banner with the imperative: “Cease fire.” The sentiment received
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, Amanda Jackson, Susannah Cullinane and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A sperm whale beached off the coast of Venice, Florida, has died following attempts to save it, officials said Monday. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials are planning to perform a necropsy Monday on the nearly 70,000-pound, 44-foot-long male whale. A multiagency
Continue ReadingBy Trae Harris and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story GRATIOT CO., Michigan (WNEM) — Buying a home is a major milestone for anyone, but it means even more to a Gratiot County woman who rebuilt her entire life to make it happen. She told TV5 about the obstacles she’s overcome and
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Buczek Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Detroit man has been charged in connection with breaking and entering into the homes of four recently deceased people in Grosse Pointe and Grosse Pointe Woods. According to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, Jerry Ryan Ashley, 44, targeted one home
Continue ReadingBy Shoshana Stahl Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A rise in HIV cases amongst women is being seen across the Metro. Juliana Castellanos is the HIV prevention director for Affinia Healthcare and said in the St. Louis region, and across the country, more women are being diagnosed with
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — There are constant reminders in our everyday surroundings of the many chapters of life that have unfolded on Earth. Rocks and dirt preserve evidence of the epochs that came before ours, such as the oldest known fossilized forest on the planet where unusual trees once grew 390 million years ago.
Continue ReadingBy Beth Lawrence, Sara Machi Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — One man is in custody after a four-hour-long standoff with police on Chicago’s South Side. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability responded to the officer-involved shooting Saturday afternoon, and several blocks of Western Avenue were shut down. According to COPA,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press Former U.N. diplomat Giandomenico Picco, whose negotiating skills helped resolve some of the thorniest crises of the 1980s and 1990s, including the Iran-Iraq war and the kidnappings of Westerners by Hezbollah in Lebanon, has died. Picco passed away peacefully Sunday after a long illness, his son, Giacomo Picco, said. He
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A wind-fanned, human-caused fire early Sunday morning heavily damaged a vacant, nearly 90-year-old downtown Bend building owned by Deschutes County, authorities said.
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