Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign suffered a blow this week when a judge in New York invalidated his petition to put his name on the state ballot. Now the ruling could potentially create problems for the candidate in other states. Justice Christina Ryba said Monday the address
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Many women have portrayed the first Queen Elizabeth, who reigned for almost 45 years during the 16th and 17th centuries, and now Minnie Driver is wearing her crown. Driver spoke with CNN in a recent interview about how she approached portraying one of England’s most consequential monarchs in
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Deschutes County Animal Control technician took the plunge over the weekend, jumping into a retention pond to rescue a trapped and tiring fawn. A concerned citizen had contacted 911 dispatchers around 5 p.m. Saturday to report two fawns appeared to be stuck in the pond on a property along Deschutes
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — U.S. highway safety regulators have closed an investigation into complaints that suspension parts can fail on nearly 75,000 Tesla vehicles, and they won’t seek a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents released Wednesday that it found 426 reports of failures on the Model S from 2015 through 2017
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The appeals are just beginning for disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is almost three years into a life sentence without parole for killing his wife and son. The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear Murdaugh’s appeal of his murder convictions. His lawyers said they
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The mayor of Ohio’s capital city says data recently stolen by hackers was unusable and that no personal information about city workers was made available online. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther confirmed Tuesday that the data breach occurred and noted that the city never received a ransom request. He said the city
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans aren’t getting their Big Mac fix at McDonald’s anymore. They’re going to Chili’s instead. Brinker International, Chili’s parent company, reported a nearly 15% in jump in same-store sales and increase of almost 6% in traffic for the most recent quarter thanks in part to a promotion
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert has been disqualified from representing Overstock.com founder Patrick Byrne in a defamation lawsuit brought against him by Dominion Voting Systems. Lambert was disqualified after admitting to disseminating confidential emails. The documents were shared with a Michigan county sheriff who has pushed false claims surrounding the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Santos’ spiritual journey has left a mark on her skin. Soon after the 50-year-old embraced her pre-Hispanic heritage and pledged to speak for her ancestors’ worldview in Mexico City, she tattooed the symbol “Ollin” — which translates from the Nahuatl language as “movement” — on her wrist. “It’s
Continue ReadingWEST ORANGE, Texas (AP) — Newly available video shows police in southeast Texas making a dramatic water rescue of a woman whose vehicle was almost completely submerged in a pond. Jonquetta Winbush is now recovering after driving off the road while suffering a seizure. West Orange, Texas, Assistant Police Chief Jessie Romero says Winbush’s two
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno and Chris Stern, CNN (CNN) — A German military base near the western city of Cologne was temporarily closed on Wednesday as authorities investigated the possible sabotage of water supplies. The Cologne-Wahn barracks employs around 5,500 people, including 4,300 soldiers and 1,200 civilians, according to German newspaper Der Spiegel. A military spokesman,
Continue ReadingBend Mayor Melanie Kebler joined Demetrious Gamble and Jillian Fortner on NewsChannel 21 at Sunrise Wednesday for our monthly “Ask the Mayor” segment, where she responded to questions ranging from the Juniper Ridge fire threat to solar panels on government buildings, synchronizing Third Street traffic lights, taxes for heavy trucks and an invitation to Thursday’s
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has lashed out at U.S. funding for a Mexican anti-corruption non-profit group, and said he will send a diplomatic note to the U.S. government in protest. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed Wednesday the group is part of the conservative opposition and shouldn’t receive foreign funding or tax-deductible contributions.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — Rome’s mayor and several others have denounced the defacing of a street-art celebration of Paola Egonu. She helped lead Italy to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s volleyball in Paris and has faced years of racist abuse at home. Egonu was born in Italy to parents of Nigerian origin.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For more than a week, Ukrainian troops have pushed into the Kursk region of Russia, just north of their border, in the most extensive incursion by Kyiv’s forces in the 2½-year-old war. The advance has showed significant weaknesses in Russia’s border defense and embarrassed the Kremlin. What we know
Continue ReadingAssociated Press EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma city has agreed to pay more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison. Seventy-one-year-old Glynn Ray Simmons is the longest-serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime. The Edmond City Council on Monday voted without
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Katy Perry is in hot water in Spain after allegedly filming the music video for her new single “Lifetimes” in a protected area without the necessary permit. According to a statement from the regional government, published Tuesday, authorities in the Balearic Islands are investigating after the production company that
Continue ReadingBy John MacLauchlan, Peter D’Oench Click here for updates on this story HOLLYWOOD, Florida (WFOR) — A man has lobbed a Molotov cocktail at the iconic Broadwalk Restaurant on Hollywood Beach for a second time in less than two months. Surveillance video shows a man in a red car throwing a potentially dangerous firebomb at
Continue ReadingBy Aliza Chasan Click here for updates on this story FLORIDA (WFOR) — Boaters in southwest Florida spotted $625,000 worth of cocaine floating in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said Monday, just days after packages of the drug were found on one of the state’s beaches. The 56 pounds of drugs were found in a
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Downs, Madisen Keavy Click here for updates on this story LONG BARN, California (KOVR) — A man on a run in a California foothills community was chased and attacked by a mother bear, leaving the man with scratches and multiple bites on Monday afternoon, officials said Tuesday. The attack happened sometime after 5
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