By Manu Raju, Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona independent, announced Tuesday she will leave the Senate at the end of her term this year, a move that will shake up the battle for control of the chamber in November and remove a key player who has been central to
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A man sought in New York in a fatal bludgeoning in a Manhattan hotel has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other charges in Arizona in separate stabbings of two women over a week later in metro Phoenix. Raad Noah Almansoori was arraigned on charges stemming from the stabbings on Feb.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In January, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment dropped by 4,900 jobs, following a revised gain of 1,900 jobs in December, the Oregon Employment Department reported Tuesday. In a rare start-of-year occurrence, Central Oregon’s jobless rates also were released Tuesday, and while the January winter weather contributed to a reduced workforce,
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) –– El expresidente de Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, subió este martes al estrado y negó las acusaciones en su contra en el juicio que enfrenta por presunto narcotráfico en Nueva York. Además, afirmó que fue él quien le dijo a su hermano, Tony Hernández, que se presentara ante las autoridades estadounidenses,
Continue ReadingBy Jon Passantino and Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Rupert Murdoch is pulling the plug on the television broadcast of his right-wing UK outlet TalkTV, a blow to the media mogul who launched the opinion-focused venture just two years ago with an aim of replicating the success of Fox News in the UK. In
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The US government’s free at-home Covid-19 test program will be suspended Friday, according to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. Since November, residential households in the US have been able to submit an order through Covidtests.gov for four individual rapid antigen tests. All orders placed on or before
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit that sought to hold Apple, Google, Tesla and other major tech companies liable for their alleged use of child labor to mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals said in a unanimous
Continue ReadingBy WANF Staff Click here for updates on this story VILLA RICA, Georgia (WANF) — A counselor at a high school in Carroll County is facing several charges in connection to an inappropriate relationship with a student and other improper contact with students, according to the Villa Rica Police Department. Alonzo Wyatt, 30, was charged
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Gov. Ron DeSantis is dispatching 140 state troopers throughout Florida, including Miami Beach, in an effort to curb outbreaks of spring break violence. The move comes after two deadly shootings in Miami Beach during spring break last year led to a state of emergency and a midnight curfew in
Continue ReadingBy Joe McLean Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KMOV) — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced the timeline on which the next round of cannabis microbusiness licenses will be issued. The department said it will accept applications from April 15 through April 29 and that licenses are
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal agency is examining soil beneath homes in a small suburban St. Louis subdivision to determine if residents are living atop Cold War era nuclear contamination. But activists say the testing needs to be far more widespread. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Following the US Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which eliminated a constitutional right to abortion nationwide, 20 US states have banned or limited access to the procedure. Seventeen of those states have either enacted complete bans or have banned
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have voted against a proposal to declare a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene to reflect how profoundly human activity has altered the planet. The proposal was rejected by members of the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy, which is part of the International Union of Geological Sciences, according to
Continue ReadingBy Cynthia Yip Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa offers a Mini-Medical School on Healthy Aging that is now in its eleventh year. Island News talks with a student who has been coming to the Mini
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández took the witness stand in his defense at his New York trial on Tuesday, denying that he teamed up with drug dealers to protect them in return for millions of dollars in bribes. His testimony in Manhattan
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Ukrainian sea drones have reportedly sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea, the latest in a series of strikes that has crippled Moscow’s naval capability and limited its operations with the war now in its third year. Successful Ukrainian drone and missile strikes have provided a major morale boost for
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El Ministerio Público peruano informó este lunes en X, antes Twitter, que “inició diligencias preliminares” contra el primer ministro Alberto Otárola, como “presunto instigador del delito contra la administración pública y como presunto autor del delito contra la administración pública-patrocinio ilegal”, ambos en agravio del Estado. La Fiscalía de Perú
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school’s failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday. The fine is by far the largest ever levied under the
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Franza, Mugo Odigwe Click here for updates on this story CAROL STREAM, Illinois (WBBM) — The family of Isaac Goodlow III demanded charges Monday against the Carol Stream police officers involved in the shooting that killed him earlier this month. They also want the names of the officers released and the body camera
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Caitlin Clark’s record-setting game for Iowa against Ohio State on Sunday attracted more than 4 million television viewers at its peak and was the most watched women’s regular-season basketball game since 1999, Fox Sports announced Tuesday. Clark scored 35 points and passed Pete Maravich as the NCAA Division I overall career
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