By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus has convicted a famous dissident rock band, designating the band and its three members as extremist and sentencing them to two years of correctional labor. It’s the latest in a yearslong crackdown on dissent that has engulfed this country of 9.5 million. Nizkiz band members
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden says former Republican President Donald Trump is a “bully” who is “dangerous” for the LGBTQ community. She urged its members during a campaign speech Friday to “fight like hell” to keep Trump from defeating her husband in November. The first lady says outside forces are
Continue ReadingCNN By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are exploring their options to get President Joe Biden on the ballot in Alabama and Ohio after top Republican elections officials warned that he would miss the deadline to be certified as the Democratic nominee in both states. The offices of Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement Friday that their ongoing investigation found that
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The number of women ages 40 to 64 seen at a hospital because of alcohol misuse nearly doubled during the pandemic, according to a new study. During 10 months between April 2020 and September 2021, complications of alcohol-related disease rose by 33% to 56% among middle-aged women compared
Continue ReadingCNN By Natasha Bertrand, MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US expects that Iran will carry out strikes against multiple targets inside Israel in the coming days and is prepared to help intercept any weapons launched at its ally, sources tell CNN, as the Biden administration is on high
Continue ReadingBy MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant location in Atlanta near the campuses of prominent historically black colleges and universities electrified conservative media at a moment when Republicans hope to make inroads with Democrats’ most committed voting bloc. The widely shared moment was days in the making,
Continue ReadingThere will be rain showers likely today and Saturday as the region transitions from winter-like weather to more of a spring-like pattern. Rain is a result of an area of low pressure that will be in the area will be present until at least early Sunday. The rainy weather will not be welcomed for us,
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Today and tonight, we should be dealing with some rainy conditions and possibly a thunderstorm or two. This will be the first of two days with showers and storms. The bulk of the nasty weather today will be east of our tri-counties of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook, but we are still in line for some
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — China is helping Russia ramp up its defense industrial base at such a large scale that Moscow is now undertaking its most ambitious expansion in military manufacturing since the Soviet era as it continues its war against Ukraine, according to senior Biden administration officials. The support China is providing includes significant quantities of machine tools, drone
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his property visited the scene of the killing as the third week of the trial wrapped up. The jurors on Thursday viewed various locations at the ranch, as well as a section
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — After the social-media blowback that greeted the “Good Times” trailer, Netflix opted to premiere the show without making it available to critics. But the animated series that dropped April 12 merely underscores the pitfalls of leveraging a familiar title without a clear reason for doing so, yielding an
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Longtime broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil, who covered some of the biggest headlines of the 20th century and co-anchored PBS nightly news for two decades, died on Friday, PBS announced. He was 93. MacNeil “was an incredibly erudite reporter, anchor and writer who raised the bar for serious journalism
Continue ReadingKPRC, CNN By Andy Rose and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A man drove a stolen 18-wheeler into a Texas Department of Public Safety building Friday, killing one person and injuring 13 others, according to local officials. The driver of the stolen 18-wheeler was identified as Clenard Parker, 42, from Chappell Hill, law enforcement officials
Continue ReadingBy Stef Manchen Click here for updates on this story TULSA (KJRH) — When Theresa Clower lost her son, Devin, she turned to an old hobby she hadn’t picked up in nearly five decades. With a degree in fine arts, she picked up a pencil and paper and began sketching her precious boy. Devin died
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump urged Arizona lawmakers on Friday to swiftly “remedy” the state Supreme Court ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near—total abortion ban that he declared anew “went too far.” Trump has repeatedly expressed pride in his role in overturning the national constitutional
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A suspended Delaware state trooper is facing dismissal and prison time after pleading guilty to criminal charges involving a brutal assault on a teenager who targeted the trooper’s house in a prank. Authorities say 30-year-old Dempsey Walters pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree assault and deprivation of
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Smith Click here for updates on this story DEXTER, Michigan (WXYZ) — About one in 36 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder, according to estimates from the CDC. This month, as we mark Autism Awareness Month, I traveled to the Dexter area to shine a light on one mother’s quest to
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King in 1991. Facts The riots over five days in the spring of 1992 left more than 50 people
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — At a place where green jackets never go out of style, the sometimes-wild, often-trendy and always-interesting fashion sense of those playing Augusta National has become a viral subplot to the competition at the Masters this week. At the forefront may have been Jason Day, playing
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