By Mahsa Saeidi Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS, WLNY) — A card-skimming scam has targeted tens of thousands of New Yorkers who use SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. CBS New York investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi has learned a simple tech upgrade could prevent much of this agony. The
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A Missouri judge has rejected the argument that lawmakers intended to “impose their religious beliefs on everyone” in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban. Judge Jason Sengheiser issued the ruling Friday in a case filed by more than a dozen Christian, Jewish and Unitarian Universalist leaders who
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– While Bend’s average home sales price rose $46,000 to over $750,000 in May, the number of home sales dropped from 162 to 128. Redmond home sales also slightly dropped from April to May, from 69 to 67.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The story of a six-year-old George Washington chopping down a cherry tree may be a myth, but archeologists excavating Mount Vernon, the home of the United States’ first president, made the very real discovery of 35 glass bottles filled with cherries and berries. The bottles were found in five storage
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Izso, Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi and Andrew Raine, CNN (CNN) — Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces says, in one of the deadliest single incidents involving its troops since October 7. The IDF said the incident was still under review but preliminary findings suggested
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis has returned to her parents’ house in the northern Italian city of Monza. Salis arrived on Saturday evening after being freed from house arrest in Budapest on Friday. Her father Roberto Salis told journalists waiting for her at home that “a nightmare is over.” Ilaria Salis was
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The Rome LGBTQ+ Pride parade has celebrated its 30th anniversary as tens of thousands of people in brightly colored outfits marched through the streets of Rome. They waved banners, danced and sang Saturday as they marked LGBTQ+ rights and poked fun at Pope Francis. Many of the signs and banners at the
Continue ReadingBy Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — Kristina Nikita Coffey was four years old when the plane her father had boarded lost contact with air controllers and disappeared over Lake Champlain in Vermont on a snowy night in 1971. The crash site was never found, but over the years she held out hope it would be
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a Japanese climber has died while trying to scale one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan and a search is still underway to find his missing colleague. The secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan said Saturday that rescuers retrieved the body of one of two missing Japanese.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La presidenta de Honduras, Xiomara Castro, anunció en cadena nacional un “mega plan” con al menos 14 medidas adoptadas junto al Consejo de Defensa y Seguridad, que ella preside, para enfrentar la ola delictiva que vive el país centroamericano. En su intervención, la mandataria dijo que son “acciones radicales del
Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — A runner has died while participating in the Ultra Trail of Haut-Giffre (UTHG) competition on Saturday, organizers said in a statement, amid rough weather conditions in the area. “It is with great sadness that we announce that UTHG has just learned of a tragic event with the accidental death of a
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Louisiana’s U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., today announced this week their bipartisan Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act unanimously passed the Senate and now heads to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. The bill will help bring down the shockingly high rate of stillbirths and
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The difficult Pinehurst No.2 course made a number of star names look ordinary during the opening two rounds of the US Open, with the list of those who didn’t make the cut to compete this weekend reading like a who’s who of golf. There was no Tiger Woods teeing
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Ocho soldados israelíes murieron este sábado en el sur de Gaza, según informaron las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI), en uno de los incidentes más mortíferos en los que se han visto implicadas sus tropas desde el 7 de octubre. Las FDI dijeron a CNN que el incidente está siendo
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., (KTVZ) – Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Columbia Banking System, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLB), released Thursday the findings of its annual Business Barometer, an in-depth study into the mood, mindset and strategic priorities of small and middle market businesses across the U.S. For the first time in its six-year history, the study shows a widening
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — What were you doing at 16 years old? Spain’s Lamine Yamal made history on Saturday by becoming the youngest player to appear at a men’s European Championship when he took to the field against Croatia at Euro 2024. At 16 years and 338 days old, Yamal surpassed the previous
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing that her attorneys argue was actually committed by a now-discredited police officer. Judge Ryan Horsman ruled late Friday that Sandra Hemme, who has spent 43 years behind
Continue ReadingMIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) — A malfunctioning steam room at a YMCA in Rhode Island pumped out so much steam that it triggered an a sprinkler system alarm, prompting an evacuation. In a statement, the Middletown Police Department said officials rushed to the Newport County YMCA in Middletown around 9 a.m. Saturday for a possible explosion
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Amid ongoing wars, hardening political divides and accelerating climate change, Milan designers made a play for escapism on the second day of Milan Fashion Week, mostly menswear previews for Spring-Summer 2025. Many took inspiration from decades that now seem more reassuring, when the future brimmed with
Continue ReadingBy DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Local media are reporting that a missing Dutch tourist has been found dead on the eastern Greek island of Samos. The development Saturday was the latest in a string of cases in the past few days in which tourists in the Greek islands have died, or
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