By KIM CHANDLER and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama jury has convicted a state trooper of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. An Associated Press investigation found Christopher Bauer landed the trooper job even after he was kicked out of the FBI’s New Orleans office amid earlier claims he raped a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Darfur, región del oeste de Sudán, tiene una trágica historia marcada por la violencia étnica y las crisis humanitarias. A principios de la década de 2000, la zona vivió un brutal conflicto que se cobró la vida de cientos de miles de personas y provocó el desplazamiento de millones. En la
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There is a major change in the overall temperature pattern for Central Oregon ahead. High temperatures are expected to top out in the upper 50s to low 60s through the weekend and into early next week. A cold pocket of air is entering the region from the north and west, allowing the cold air to
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a racist massacre in her hometown of Buffalo had used the gun accessory that can allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Seacrest will now be asking “Wheel of Fortune” contestants if they’d like to buy a vowel. Pat Sajak has handed over hosting duties of the long-running game show to Seacrest, who will appear in new episodes in the fall. Sajak signed off as host after more than 40
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — Visit Central Oregon has been reappointed by Travel Oregon to serve as Central Oregon’s official Regional Destination Management Organization (RDMO), both organizations announced last week during the Oregon Tourism Commission meeting held in Medford. The decision renews Visit Central Oregon’s role as RDMO—which the organization has performed since 2006—through fiscal 2032-33.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Friday designated a Nordic neo-Nazi group and three of its top officials as terrorists. It’s the second time in history that the US has designated a foreign White supremacist organization and its leaders as terrorists. The department designated the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) and three
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Lynsey Harris is joined on Community Conversations by High Desert Museum Director of Communications Heidi Hagemeier to talk about what’s up this summer, including a traditional, featured crowd favorite, ‘Raptors of the Desert Sky.’
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The Republican National Committee is launching a battleground state initiative to mobilize thousands of polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as “election integrity” watchdogs in November. The effort, announced Friday in Michigan, immediately drew concerns that it would lead
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has launched a major effort to block free communication on the Internet, shutting off access to virtual private networks, or VPNS. Those can be used to circumvent blockages of banned websites and services. The attempt to restrict access to information began at the end
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — Seven years after a man was convicted of killing nursing student Holly Bobo, the case is returning to the Tennessee courtroom where his intense, highly publicized murder trial unfolded. With Bobo’s parents sitting in the courtroom, a judge heard legal arguments Friday as part of an
Continue ReadingBy Claire Graham Click here for updates on this story TUCSON (KGUN) — As we spend more by the pool for the summer, a mom in Tucson is sharing her story, so you don’t have to go through same terror she did, when her son nearly drowned. Incredibly, she managed to save him. But she
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A highway accident involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality. Sheinbaum’s spokesman said the advance car hit another vehicle on a highway in the northern state of Coahuila on Friday, and that one person in the
Continue ReadingLesther Alemán (CNN) — Aquí tienes algunos datos sobre la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico de 2024. La cobertura pasada de las temporadas de huracanes de 2023 y 2022, así como las últimas noticias del clima, también se pueden encontrar en CNN. Sigue el monitor interactivo de tormentas para conocer la trayectoria y los pronósticos
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Donald Trump’s campaign has found itself defending a Supreme Court decision to strike down a ban that he himself had hailed as an achievement on gun control six years ago. He now almost denies it ever happened. The ruling on Friday draws attention to Trump’s record on gun rights
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Members of a legislative review panel agree that two aging prisons need to be replaced. But they contended on Friday that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration needs to provide details. The bipartisan commission couldn’t vote on its concerns because it lacked a quorum, with just three
Continue ReadingBy Molly Ormsbee Click here for updates on this story AU SABLE, New York (WPTZ) — A woman from Keeseville, New York, is facing multiple charges after she was accused of stealing a friend’s dog and selling it. State police received a complaint on June 3, just after 2:30 p.m. from the Villa Motel in
Continue ReadingBy Terri Parker Click here for updates on this story BOYNTON BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — The search for a missing child who fell into the Boynton Inlet lasted for hours, starting just after 6 a.m. when 911 operators received a frantic call from a father suddenly alone on the Boynton Inlet seawall. “At about 6:30,
Continue ReadingBy Molly Ormsbee Click here for updates on this story AU SABLE, New York (WTAE) — A woman from Keeseville, New York, is facing multiple charges after she was accused of stealing a friend’s dog and selling it. State police received a complaint on June 3, just after 2:30 p.m. from the Villa Motel in
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Considered the nation’s most important civil rights legislation since Reconstruction (1865-1877), it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Following that law, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark civil
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