PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — So-called ghost guns, privately made firearms that don’t have serial numbers and are largely untraceable, will be banned across Oregon starting Sunday after a federal judge denied a legal challenge that tried to block the prohibition. Ghost guns differ from weapons manufactured by licensed companies in that the latter are generally
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Un ataque israelí contra un vehículo humanitario en Gaza dejó cuatro personas muertas, en medio de confusión sobre los planes de viaje del convoy a través del enclave palestino devastado por la guerra, de acuerdo con la organización de ayuda American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera). Según la organización, todas
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of abducting a 9-year-old girl from a New York City supermarket and sexually assaulting her has been killed in a car crash while fleeing from police. The 64-year-old Queens man died Friday after officers attempted to pull him over and pursued his vehicle. Police say the man “forcefully”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after serving most of a 25-year prison sentence. On Friday, an official of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed Cárdenas Guillén had been released from prison and placed in the custody of the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump now says he will vote no on a Florida ballot measure that would repeal the state’s six-week abortion ban, a day after he seemed to indicate he would vote in favor of the measure. Trump said in an interview Friday with Fox News Channel that he’ll be
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The driver of an SUV clocked going 106 mph on the Bend Parkway was pulled over this week and got a ticket that carries a hefty potential fine of over $1,150, police said Friday. A Bend Police officer was conducting a speed patrol Tuesday evening on the parkway’s southbound lanes near
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés) informaron el viernes de que ponen fin a su investigación de lo que comúnmente se conoce como “síndrome de La Habana”, una misteriosa enfermedad experimentada por una serie de espías, soldados y diplomáticos que han informado de síntomas debilitantes
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The world’s most frequently launched rocket — the SpaceX Falcon 9 — is cleared to fly again, federal regulators announced Friday evening, putting the vehicle back on track for two high-profile human spaceflight missions. The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, grounded SpaceX’s rocket on August 28,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected in the killing of a Colorado dog breeder found dead last week has been arrested. The man’s missing Doberman puppies still have not been found. The Clear Creek Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that 36-year-old Sergio Ferrer was arrested Aug. 24. Paul Peavey’s body was found
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La situación interna del canal Gamavisión de Ecuador, que inició operaciones en el país en 1977 y que fue incautado durante el Gobierno de Rafael Correa en 2008, ha llegado a un momento “grave y dramático”, según sus trabajadores. La falta de pago de los salarios de los empleados
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The move is in response to the revival of a uranium mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon that has drawn much criticism from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities have closed the ethnic Serb minority’s so-called parallel institutions in five northern municipalities. The move was immediately denounced by the United States and may further raise tensions with neighboring Serbia. Elbert Krasniqi, Kosovo’s minister of local administration, confirmed the closure of five so-called parallel institutions in the
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been identified in the death of Paul Peavey, a Colorado dog breeder found dead on Saturday. The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office has recommended charges against Sergio Ferrer, 36, in connection with Peavey’s death, including first degree murder, felony murder and aggravated robbery, according to a
Continue ReadingBy Michael Conte and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov told CNN the Biden administration is still considering his request to lift restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weapons to strike deeper inside Russian territory and confirmed he’d presented a list of targets in meetings with senior officials in Washington on Friday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force describes a hostile climate for Jewish and Israeli students at the New York City institution during the last school year. The report released Friday also recommends university-wide training and better reporting measures. The report comes days before the start of a new school year,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the recriminalization law in March, overhauling a measure approved by 58% of voters in 2020 that made possessing illicit drugs
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Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the recriminalization law in March, overhauling a measure approved by 58% of voters in 2020 that made possessing illicit drugs
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El equipo legal de Donald Trump está pidiendo que se retrase la sentencia y cualquier otra acción sustantiva en el caso de los pagos por silencio mientras se desarrolla un nuevo esfuerzo para trasladar el caso a un tribunal federal, según una carta obtenida por CNN. La petición al juez de la
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year. The decision makes the private liberal arts school an outlier among the nation’s diminishing number of women’s colleges. The college said the policy stems from the will of its founder who died in 1900. The school
Continue ReadingJOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police said Saturday that a man will face misdemeanor charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump’s rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, before being surrounded by authorities and eventually subdued with a Taser as the former president spoke at the campaign stop. The incident Friday came moments after Trump
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