PARIS (AP) — Officials at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport have unveiled a new security baggage system and a dedicated baggage handling area ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The new equipment includes a revamped scanner system to allow a more detailed scan of passengers’ baggage, so that travelers won’t have to remove items
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Tuesday about the risks of counterfeit or mishandled Botox injections after dangerous fake versions of the product have been found in several states. The CDC, the US Food and Drug Administration and state and local officials are working
Continue ReadingBy Elyssa Kaufman, Aida Mogos Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A local healthcare system is offering suicide prevention courses throughout the Chicago area. Franciscan Health, which has hospitals in Northwest Indiana and Chicago’s south suburbs, is offering free Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention Courses in April and May. The courses
Continue ReadingMcRAE-HELENA, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say someone fishing with a magnet in a Georgia creek pulled up new evidence in a nine-year-old murder case. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the citizen’s magnet fishing in rural Telfair County turned up a .22-caliber rifle and a bag containing driver’s licenses and credit cards that belonged to
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Karen, una avestruz de cinco años que vivía en el zoológico de Topeka en Kansas, murió después de tragarse un juego de llaves que le arrebató a un miembro del personal, según funcionarios del zoológico. La simpática ave “sucumbió trágicamente a las complicaciones derivadas del consumo de un objeto
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Millions of salaried workers will soon qualify for overtime pay under a final rule released by the US Department of Labor on Tuesday. The new rule raises the salary threshold under which salaried employees are eligible for overtime in two stages. The threshold will increase to the equivalent of
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How sexy can a qualifying tennis tournament in New Rochelle, New York, be? When the on-court drama involves Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, the answer turns out to be quite a bit more than your average USTA singles match in Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers.” The
Continue ReadingFORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Democrat Sharon Tucker has been sworn in as the new mayor of Indiana’s second-most populous city. She replaces the late Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry. Tucker took the oath of office Tuesday morning. That’s three days after she beat out six other candidates to win Saturday’s Democratic caucus in the
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing music legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas says his client’s accounts of the killing are fiction. Attorney Carl Arnold told reporters outside a courtroom on Tuesday that his client, Duane “Keffe
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Harris County must pause a guaranteed income program for qualifying area residents until it is determined whether the program violates the Texas Constitution, the Supreme Court of Texas says. Earlier this month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the primarily Democratic county, which contains Houston, over
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US prosecutors on Tuesday announced charges against four Iranian men for a sprawling hacking campaign that targeted US federal agencies and sensitive data held by American defense contractors. The hackers’ targets included the US State and Treasury departments, as well as more than a dozen US companies, including Pentagon
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(Update: Adding video, comments from Republican supporters and election analyst) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)- With the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlets expected to hit your mailbox soon, you might see a familiar name missing from the pages of statements from candidates – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will have a photo and candidate
Continue ReadingBy Christina Fan, Mahsa Saeidi, Jennifer Bisram Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A plywood wall now blocks NYU’s Gould Plaza after police arrested several protesters Monday, amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations sweeping campuses across the country. Security remains tight around campus Tuesday, and it’s unclear if the protesters will return.
Continue ReadingBy Michael Guise Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jakob Junis was struck by a fly ball during the Pittsburgh Pirates’ batting practice session ahead of Monday’s game at PNC Park. Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the right-handed pitcher was struck by a ball hit
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. The justices are weighing a case from Idaho, where a strict abortion ban went into effect shortly after the high
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A Sisters-based nonprofit, Citizens 4 Community, hung the senior portraits of the Sisters High School graduating Class of 2024 throughout downtown on Monday, and the reaction has been enthusiastic and supportive.
Continue ReadingBy Samson Tamijani Click here for updates on this story MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma (KJRH) — Muskogee’s catholic community is in shock after its only church in the city was left picking up the pieces of a cherished relic all but destroyed by vandals. Leaders of St. Joseph Catholic Church said a five-foot-tall plaster statue of the
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The city of Cleveland, Ohio, will pay $4.8 million to the family of a 13-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a car fleeing police, a spokesperson for the city and an attorney for the girl’s family told CNN. Tamia Chappman was walking on a sidewalk with a
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court. The Federal Trade Commission voted to ban measures known as noncompete agreements, which
Continue ReadingYEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan have come a step closer toward normalizing relations after a bitter conflict over territory. Experts in both countries are working to demarcate their boundaries and the first border marker has been placed. The two nations are working toward a peace treaty after Azerbaijan regained full control of the
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