“In 2009, I went snowboarding with some friends at night, and it was after a big snowstorm, so there was powder in the day, but it froze — it melted and froze,” Sisters resident Erik Himbert recalled. “I just was blowing off steam, and for some reason just decided to go for a jump — and I hit it with a lot of speed.”
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House congressional leaders are toiling on a delicate, bipartisan push towards weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson this week
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story WESTON, Missouri (KCTV) — Four residents of a senior living facility were displaced Thursday morning after a tree fell on the structure. Officials reported there were no serious injuries at the Weston Senior Citizen Housing, but many in the area lost power from the storms.
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, Eyad Kourdi and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Iranian authorities have warned that crocodiles are being forced from their natural habitats as floods devastate parts of the country’s southeast. Three road construction workers have died in the flooding, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, which came after a record-breaking storm
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Online furniture and home furnishings seller Wayfair is set to open its first-ever namesake store next month, the company announced Thursday. The large-format store, clocking in at 150,000 square feet and located in Edens Plaza in Wilmette, Illinois, will open to shoppers on May 23. It will also
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say that a man linked to a homicide investigation in California’s capital was fatally shot Wednesday by police 80 miles (128 kilometers) away in Oakland after he allegedly emerged from a home with a firearm. The Oakland Police Department said in a statement Thursday that Sacramento police officers notified the
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Facebook parent Meta Platforms unveiled a new set of artificial intelligence systems Thursday that are powering what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls “the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use.” But as Zuckerberg’s crew of amped-up Meta AI agents started venturing into social media
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s military chief Gen. Francis Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced. The crash took place Thursday evening and Ruto has declared three days of national mourning. The helicopter was carrying 11 people, including Gen. Ogolla, when it crashed
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Emma Tucker, John Miller, Alaa Elassar and John Towfighi (CNN) — More than 100 people were arrested by New York Police Department officers on a preliminary charge of criminal trespass, according to a law enforcement official, as police entered Columbia University on Thursday to disperse a pro-Palestinian protest that began a day
Continue ReadingBy Michael Nam, CNN New York (CNN) — A male columnist has apologized for a cringeworthy moment during former University of Iowa superstar and college basketball’s highest scorer Caitlin Clark’s first news conference as an Indiana Fever player. The Wednesday exchange went viral on social media, and critics said it underscored the difficulties many female
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Sheetz Inc. discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers by automatically weeding out applicants whom the company deemed to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Tesla’s stock tumbled below $150 per share, giving up all of the gains made over the past year as the electric vehicle maker reels from falling sales and steep discounts intended to lure more buyers. Shares in the Elon Musk-owned company slid 3.8% in intraday trading Thursday, in what what now stands as
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Después de la muerte del recluso Jim Kennedy Jr. el año pasado en el centro penitenciario de Limestone en Harvest, Alabama, su cuñada recibió una llamada inusual de la funeraria que preparaba el cuerpo para el entierro. “¿Se habían dado cuenta de que regresó sin sus órganos?”, recuerda Sara Kennedy que
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Rita Moreno is a legend, but that doesn’t stop her from introducing herself to those she admires. The EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winner shared just one such story on “The Jennifer Hudson” Thursday. Moreno talked about attending this year’s Academy Awards and afterwards the Vanity Fair
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Land is sinking underneath millions of peoples’ feet in China’s major cities due to human activities, putting the country’s coastal areas more at risk of flooding and rising sea levels, new research shows. Nearly half of China’s urban areas comprising 29% of the country’s population are sinking faster than
Continue ReadingBy Joe Lofaro Click here for updates on this story MONTREAL (CTV Network) — American millionaire Jonathan Lehrer, one of two men charged in the killings of a Canadian couple in Dominica, has been denied bail. Lehrer was charged with murder after the bodies of Daniel Langlois and Dominique Marchand were found in a burnt
Continue ReadingBy Judy Trinh Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — The Canada Border Services Agency is scrambling to find space to hold high-risk detainees that are set to be transferred from provincial jails in June. There are delays in retrofitting CBSA detention centres and training staff which may force the agency
Continue ReadingBy Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — The top two senators on the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs called the Biden administration’s plan to reduce veterans’ health care staffing a “mess” that could undercut the timing and quality of care. In a letter sent to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough Monday, Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — Visit Central Oregon announced Thursday that 15 recipients will be awarded a total of $450,000 in grant money as part of the Central Oregon Future Fund. The grant program to support local tourism projects benefiting both visitors and residents is in its second annual cycle. Visit Central Oregon selected the 15
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — A 32-year-old Detroit man has been charged in a shooting that wounded five people in what police say was a dispute over a parking space outside a blues club. Damond Hunter faces five counts of assault with intent to murder and other charges. He was arraigned Saturday following his arrest April 10
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