Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A Maui judge’s ruling resolves a critical roadblock to finalizing a $4 billion wildfire settlement. Judge Peter Cahill has ruled that insurance companies who have paid out more than $2 billion in claims can seek reimbursement only from the settlement amount defendants fire victims blame for causing the deadly tragedy
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After the recent sudden closure of Deschutes River Montessori, Waldorf School of Bend is offering impacted parents one month of free enrollment.
Continue ReadingKPLR, KSDK, KTVI, CNN By Emma Tucker and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday released new videos from last week’s protests marking the 10-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s killing, including footage of an incident in which an officer was severely injured. Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle said body camera
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Holmes and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — When Donald Trump’s much-anticipated interview with Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, finally commenced after more than 40 minutes of technical difficulties, Musk asserted without evidence that the former president’s adversaries had organized an attack on the social media site to silence him. “There’s
Continue ReadingFOREST PARK, Ga. (AP) — Drug agents say that celery was used to conceal more than 2,300 pounds of methamphetamines at a farmers market south of Atlanta. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says it’s one of the largest seizures of its kind. WAGA-TV reports that authorities said Monday the drugs were found inside a semitrailer.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jon Passantino and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — In the hours after President Joe Biden’s historic decision to step aside from the 2024 presidential race last month, journalists across three major US newsrooms began receiving emails from an anonymous person claiming to have tantalizing new information about the election. The individual, who identified
Continue ReadingBy Jon Passantino and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — In the hours after President Joe Biden’s historic decision to step aside from the 2024 presidential race last month, journalists across three major US newsrooms began receiving emails from an anonymous person claiming to have tantalizing new information about the election. The individual, who identified themself
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, planteó este martes una reforma a las leyes electorales con el objetivo de que “ningún extranjero” pueda pronunciarse sobre los comicios que se realizan en el país sudamericano. Rodríguez, militante del oficialista Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) y uno
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s police have arrested a member of President Bernardo Arévalo’s administration for alleged campaign finance violations amid a months-long pursuit of his political party by federal prosecutors. Ligia Hernández, head of the government’s victims’ advocacy agency and a former lawmaker for the Seed Movement Party, said in a video posted Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Some cruise lines are having to change up some of their ships’ itineraries or port dates to keep out of the way of Hurricane Ernesto, which has been bashing the northern Caribbean and has left about half of Puerto Rico without power. As of 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, Carnival,
Continue Readingmondemanola (CNN Español) — “No aflojen, conserven la memoria, no solo de las ideas, sino también de los testimonios”, fue el mensaje que el papa Francisco le envió a Ana María Careaga -secuestrada y torturada durante la última dictadura cívico-militar en Argentina- en una audiencia con su hija, Anita Fernández, la semana pasada. Tres generaciones de
Continue ReadingIvonne Valdés (CNN Español) — Un juez emitió una sentencia de seis meses de prisión y una multa de US$ 2.747.25 (10.000 riyales qataríes) a Manuel Guerrero, ciudadano británicomexicano que se encuentra en libertad provisional en Qatar y evalúa apelar, informó el “Comité Manuel Guerrero”, integrado por activistas, amigos y familiares. Su hermano, Enrique Guerrero,
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell and David Close, CNN (CNN) — American gymnast Jordan Chiles and the US Olympic team may very well feel like protagonists in a Franz Kafka novel, as they find themselves trapped in an increasingly surreal scenario while attempting to reclaim her bronze medal. Their efforts to reclaim the bronze medal that Chiles
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand, unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission said Wednesday that the apparent sweets were solid blocks
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Lawyers representing pregnant employees who worked for Customs and Border Protection say the agency is paying $45 million to settle a discrimination case. Lawyers said the agency also agreed to enact reforms to address the discriminatory practices. The case was filed in 2016 with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging there was
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Former pro football player Cierre Wood has been sentenced to prison in the 2019 death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter at his Las Vegas apartment. The 33-year-old former NFL and Canadian Football league running back reached a deal with prosecutors earlier this year and pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Un virus respiratorio estacional llamado parvovirus B19 –a veces también llamado quinta enfermedad– está aumentando su actividad, advirtieron este martes los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). El parvovirus B19 es un virus común que se transmite por gotitas
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Jimmy Kimmel compartió por qué rechazó recientemente ser el presentador de los premios Oscar el próximo año por quinta vez. Durante una conversación con el gobernador de California Gavin Newsom, el exjugador de la NFL Marshawn Lynch y el agente de la NFL Doug Hendrickson en su podcast “Politickin’”, Kimmel reconoció
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse by human-caused climate change. That’s according to a rapid analysis released by climate scientists Tuesday. The study by World Weather Attribution found that the rainfall event that triggered the landslide was made
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have begun debate on a special session bill to ease soaring property taxes. The relief would come largely through mid-year budget cuts, caps on school and local government spending and shifts to sales and so-called sin taxes. But likely to be left on the cutting room floor
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