By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — One of Thailand’s most wanted fugitives will be escorted home on a Thai air force plane after being arrested on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali following months on the run in connection with several killings and drug trafficking charges in his homeland. Chaowalit Thongduang escaped from
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story June 2, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), a distinguished leader and tireless advocate for justice and equality, has recently disclosed her diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. In a powerful statement, she shared her determination to confront this personal challenge with
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Stanford and UCLA players and coaches were emotional when it sunk in they had finished the last game between Pac-12 softball teams before the league splits up due to conference realignment. Stanford defeated the Bruins 3-1 on Sunday night in a Women’s College World Series
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A jury was seated Monday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, after prospective panelists were questioned about their thoughts on gun rights and drug addiction while the first lady watched from the front row
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At the base of the sacred Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, President Javier Milei of Argentina appeared to be in a spiritual trance. With head and hands pressed against the ancient stone, he prayed with the Orthodox rabbi who introduced him
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is going back to federal court in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a flight attendant who says she was fired for her anti-abortion views. The airline also will seek to reverse a judge’s related order that Southwest lawyers must take religious liberty
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Seitter threw a complete-game four-hitter and Oregon eliminated No. 14 national seed UC Santa Barbara with a 3-0 victory on Sunday night, winning the Santa Barbara Regional and earning a spot in the super regionals. Oregon (40-18) took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Mason Neville
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Nigerian singer Tems’ debut album, Dakota Johnson plays a woman questioning her sexuality in “AM I OK?” and Idris Elba narrates a National Geographic series about the millions of soldiers erased from World War II history. There’s also a feature-length documentary on Cyndi Lauper
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Her breath reeked of alcohol. She was dizzy, disoriented and weak, so much so that one day she passed out and hit her head on a kitchen counter while making lunch for her school-age children. Yet not a drop of liquor had passed her lips, a fact that the
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Pavlo Kushnirov was among the Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the eastern city of Bakhmut with the 114th territorial defense brigade on a sunny day last winter when Russian shelling changed his life forever. “For two days our unit was under heavy bombardment from Russian artillery and drones.
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — The Washington Commanders released kicker Brandon McManus, the NFL team announced on Sunday, days after the filing of a lawsuit in which two women accused him of sexually assaulting them on 2023 flight when he was a member of a different team. The Commanders’ short online
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La Pine resident Blake Barrett and his wife, Keddah, were headed home from a stop at his parents’ house Sunday afternoon “to pick up a couple of things.” Within minutes, he was picking up something else – a brick – to smash open a locked window and rescue a dog from a burning, smoke-filled home.
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares retreated on Tuesday after a report showed that U.S. manufacturing contracted in May, in the latest sign the economy is slowing. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures edged higher. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.5% to 38,749.25 and the Kospi in Seoul was down 0.4% at 2,672.43.
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China on Monday accused Britain of recruiting a married couple employed by the Chinese central government to spy for its MI6 intelligence service, as the two countries trade allegations of espionage. In a statement, China’s civilian spy agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), said it had recently cracked
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — The NCAA Tournament game at the Corvallis Regional between No. 15 national seed Oregon State and UC Irvine was suspended Sunday night with the Beavers leading 6-4 in the bottom of the fourth inning. Oregon State (44-14) scored five runs in the top of the second inning to take the lead
Continue ReadingBy Jalen Beckford, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas announced Sunday that she’s been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and warned her constituents that she’ll likely be “occasionally absent” from Congress while undergoing treatment. “My doctors have confirmed my diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. I am currently undergoing treatment to battle this disease
Continue ReadingSAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — Josh Bloom scored off a rebound during a scramble in front of the net with 22 seconds left to give the host Saginaw Spirit their first Memorial Cup junior hockey title, 4-3 over the London Knights on Sunday night. Saginaw is the fifth U.S. winner in the 104-year history of the
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s gun trial dealt his defense two setbacks Sunday, on the eve of jury selection, by blocking one of his expert witnesses and excluding a key piece of evidence the president’s son hoped to use. The rulings from Judge Maryellen Noreika resolved some of
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG and TIAN MACLEOD JI Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday’s 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown within its borders. But outside the country, commemorative events have grown increasingly crucial for preserving memories of the 1989 bloodletting, in which government troops opened fire on pro-democracy
Continue ReadingCNN, WOIO, WEWS By Raja Razek, Michelle Watson, Christina Maxouris and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Police searching for a suspect in a mass shooting at a birthday party in Akron, Ohio, that left a 27-year-old-man dead and 24 others injured said they’re worried about the possibility of retaliatory violence. Officers responded to 911 calls
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