Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tras múltiples retrasos, el esperado lanzamiento inaugural tripulado del Starliner de Boeing está listo para el sábado, y la nueva nave espacial transportará a un dúo de astronautas veteranos. El despegue de la misión Crew Flight Test de Boeing está previsto para las 12:25 p.m. ET desde la Estación Espacial de
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Staff members for the Illinois House speaker on Friday filed a lawsuit demanding the right to negotiate working conditions as a union, something the speaker has said he supports. The action by members of the Illinois Legislative Staff Association in Cook County Circuit Court seeks
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — A key witness in the federal corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez testified Friday that the New Jersey Democrat told him to “stop interfering” when he raised concerns about a newfound food industry monopoly by a constituent of the senator’s. Ted McKinney, a former US Department of Agriculture official,
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Mike Tyson’s highly-anticipated match against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has been postponed after Tyson suffered an ulcer flareup earlier this week, Tyson’s publicist and Netflix announced Friday. “I want to thank my fans around the world for their support and understanding during this time. Unfortunately, due to my ulcer flareup, I
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former technology executive has pleaded guilty to a single count of fraud involving a scheme to artificially inflate the share price of photo and video distributor Getty Images, federal officials said Friday. Robert Scott Murray, who was chief executive of the networking-equipment maker 3Com
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon State Marine Board will be mailing reminder notices to boaters whose motorboat registrations are expired and electronically to boat owners with emails on file. Each renewal notice is unique to the owner and their boat and they are encouraged to take advantage of the online renewal option. As in
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith has once again asked the federal judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to impose a gag order against the former president, barring him from making statements about the law enforcement officers who searched his Mar-a-Lago resort. The gag order
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La historia de los últimos 27 meses desde que Rusia se lanzó a invadir Ucrania ha sido la del desmoronamiento de tabúes. Tras repeler la marcha inicial de Rusia sobre Kyiv, Ucrania ha pedido a sus aliados occidentales un apoyo cada vez mayor: primero munición, luego tanques, luego munición de racimo,
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Marian Robinson, la madre de la ex primera dama Michelle Obama, falleció, según un comunicado de las familias Obama y Robinson. Ella tenía 86 años. “Como hermana, tía, prima, vecina y amiga de tantas personas, fue amada más allá de las palabras por innumerables personas cuyas vidas mejoraron con su
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press The Kansas Supreme Court’s majority has held that there is no state constitutional right to vote in the state. The assertion came in the court’s opinion on a ballot signature verification measure in a 2021 election law. It drew fiery protest from three dissenting judges. The Kansas Supreme Court
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Partners In Care, the leading, nonprofit provider of hospice, home health, and palliative care in Central Oregon, is proud to announce it is now a Level 5 Partner with We Honor Veterans, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Level 5 is the highest level WHV partners can
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At a bribery trial, a former top U.S. agricultural official has cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain who tried to stop him from disrupting an unusual sudden monopoly that developed five years ago over the certification of meat exported to Egypt. Ted McKinney testified Friday
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters have marched on the Brooklyn Museum, setting up tents in the lobby and unfurling a “Free Palestine” banner over the building. Social media posts show New York City police confronting, tackling and arresting some of the protesters. Other posts show supporters holding banners, waving Palestinian flags and chanting boisterously
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Office of Internal Audit has won a 2023 Distinguished Knighton Award from the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA). The two-auditor team also received this national recognition last year. The Knighton Award recognizes the best performance audit reports each year and is given at two levels: Exemplary and
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The British foreign ministry apparently has removed its ambassador to Mexico, Jon Benjamin, following controversy generated by a video in which he jokes while pointing a high-powered rifle gun at staff inside a vehicle. The UK government’s official website described the seasoned diplomat on Friday as a former ambassador. It declined
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Carlos Camargo Assis presentó este viernes su renuncia como titular de la Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia, un cargo que ocupaba desde septiembre de 2020. Camargo anunció su decisión en una declaración difundida por el propio organismo que encabeza. La dimisión debe ser analizada por la Cámara de Representantes que,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Across the West, local organizations are caring for their most vulnerable neighbors and working to create safe, supportive, healthy communities where everyone can thrive. To help them turn their aspirations into reality, the Pacific Power Foundation is donating $245,000 in new grant funding throughout Oregon, Washington and Northern California. The grants
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta officials say a water main break has interrupted water service and led to low water pressure in the city’s downtown and other parts of Georgia’s capital. The city’s water department says crews on Friday were “working aggressively” to make emergency repairs to the 32-inch water main. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Five years after Connecticut mother of five Jennifer Dulos went missing, her husband’s ex-girlfriend was sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in prison Friday for conspiring to murder her. Michelle Troconis, the ex-girlfriend of Fotis Dulos, who was charged with his wife’s murder but died by an apparent suicide in January
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama, has died at age 86. Mrs. Robison had moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86. Mrs. Robinson’s death was announced Friday by Michelle Obama and
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