NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s governor on Thursday ordered the state’s transit agency to drop efforts to impose a $750,000 fee on the New York City Marathon for using the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul also encouraged the New York Road Runners, organizers of the venerable race held the first Sunday of each
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Deschutes National Forest and Discover Your Forest are seeking volunteers to help facilitate youth conservation education programs. Discover Your Forest provides free field trips to Central Oregon youth across Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Conservation education volunteers play a critical role in providing a memorable and educational experience for visiting students.
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A county in Hawaii has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the police chief discriminated against a captain for being Japanese American. That included an alleged episode when the chief squinted his eyes, bowed repeatedly and said he couldn’t trust Japanese people.
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Los niños migrantes que permanecen en campamentos al aire libre en el desierto están bajo custodia federal, y deben ser procesados y ubicados rápidamente en “instalaciones que sean seguras e higiénicas”, dictaminó este miércoles una jueza federal de California en una orden. La jueza Dolly Gee escribió que la Oficina de
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Thomas Gumbleton, a Catholic bishop in Detroit who for decades was an international voice against war and racism and an advocate for labor and social justice, died Thursday. He was 94. Gumbleton’s death was announced by the Archdiocese of Detroit, where he was a clergyman for more
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) –Oregon Senate Republicans announced a change in leadership Thursday. Senator Tim Knopp (R-Bend) will step down as Senate Republican Leader. Senator Daniel Bonham (R-The Dalles) was elected to lead the Caucus, effective April 15th. The news comes as Knopp recently completed the final legislative session in his third term in the Oregon Senate. Knopp is among
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Ecuador informó este jueves que declaró persona non grata a la embajadora de México en el país, Raquel Serur Smeke, debido a las declaraciones del miércoles del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador sobre las elecciones presidenciales de Ecuador de 2023 y el asesinato del
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A Nebraska bill to limit transgender students’ access to bathrooms and sports teams has advanced out of committee with just days to go until the end of the session. Now a lawmaker who ground the legislature to a halt last year over a bill restricting gender-affirming care for minors
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Some areas got three inches of April snowfall around the High Desert by Thursday morning, and while much of it melted quickly, it did bring a mix of reactions.
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A California-based vendor of election services is charging several Texas counties tens of thousands of dollars in additional fees. The requests from VOTEC have led the counties to discuss their options with the Texas Secretary of State’s office. The surcharges are for the data management system that various Texas counties use
Continue ReadingWJZ, CNN By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Just over a week after the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced it plans to fully reopen the channel leading to the Baltimore port by the end of May – a significant update since the
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El expresidente de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) Luis Rubiales negó haber agredido sexualmente a la futbolista española Jennifer Hermoso después de la victoria de España en el Mundial femenino de 2023, en una entrevista exclusiva con Ana Pastor de La Sexta el miércoles. Las cámaras de televisión capturaron
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Paul McCartney elogió la versión que hizo Beyoncé de la canción “Blackbird”. McCartney escribió este jueves en su página de Instagram que está “muy feliz” con el cover de la canción de los Beatles que Beyoncé incluyó en su recientemente álbum “Act II: Cowboy Carter”, con el título ligeramente modificado “Blackbiird”.
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign has terminated a contract with a vendor it blamed for sending a fundraising email that referred to people facing charges for the Jan. 6 insurrection as “activists” who were “stripped of their constitutional liberties.” The campaign announced it on Thursday. The language in
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s cannabis industry was briefly upended Thursday by a court ruling that appeared to strike down all the regulations governing recreational marijuana in the state. The ruling was amended within a day to reflect a much narrower decision, but not before cannabis growers, sellers and
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El gabinete de seguridad de Israel aprobó la reapertura del paso fronterizo de Erez, entre Israel y el norte de Gaza, por primera vez desde los ataques de Hamas del 7 de octubre, según informó el jueves un funcionario israelí a CNN. El funcionario israelí dijo que el cruce se abriría
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, el “paseo más salvaje en la naturaleza”, se encuentra en un extremo de Magic Kingdom de Disney World, el parque temático más visitado del mundo. Sin embargo, ahora las personas que visitan el parque podrán esperar algún día ver mucho más allá de esa naturaleza salvaje en
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti Nueva York (CNN) — Parece que Elon Musk por fin (o en gran parte) se dio por vencido en intentar cobrar por las marcas de verificación azules. Esta semana, los usuarios de X que tienen un gran número de seguidores se sorprendieron al ver que sus marcas azules reaparecieron repentinamente. Muchos usuarios la
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Students in Alaska’s capital walked out of school Thursday and marched through the halls of the statehouse to protest Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s latest education veto and the Legislature’s failure to override it. The walkout was part of a protest organized by the executive board of
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Migrant children held in open-air desert camps are in federal custody and required to be expeditiously processed and placed in “facilities that are safe and sanitary,” a federal judge in California said in a court order late Wednesday. Judge Dolly Gee wrote that US Customs and Border Protection does
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