Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday was meeting with nearly three dozen athletes from the nation’s Olympic delegation in the capital, Brasilia. Brazil won 20 medals in the Paris Olympic games: three gold, seven silver and 10 bronze. Nearly all 276 Brazilian athletes who competed are current or former beneficiaries of the
Continue ReadingBy Marc Liverman Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Asheville Fire Department is recognizing four women who worked together to help save a man’s life back in late May. On Aug. 15, firefighters presented them with awards at the Asheville Racquet Club for their quick and lifesaving action.
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Democrats, with the backing of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, on Monday sued to block controversial new election rules in Georgia that they warned could lead to post-election “chaos” in the presidential battleground state in November. The lawsuit, filed in Georgia state court by the Democratic National Committee, the
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CRESCENT, Ore. (KTVZ) – The 2024 season for commercially harvesting Matsutake mushrooms will open for the Deschutes National Forest on the day after Labor Day, Sept. 3, and will close Nov. 4. A commercial permit must be purchased for the picking of any Matsutake mushrooms on National Forests that are harvested for resale. Permits cost
Continue ReadingBy Mika Miyashima Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A federal investigation is underway after a video, shows a man appearing to grab and hold a sea turtle in Waikiki. It shows the man holding and pulling the turtle, even as people tell him it’s illegal and to let it go.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles will pay more than $38 million to settle a lawsuit from 2017 over allegedly failing to meet federal accessibility requirements when using federal grant funds for multifamily affordable housing. Federal officials say Monday that the lawsuit stated the city of LA did not make
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– En Puerto Rico, 32 personas fueron acusadas por autoridades federales por su presunta participación en un fraude para obtener beneficios del programa de Asistencia por Desempleo Pandémico (PUA, por sus siglas en inglés) durante la pandemia de covid-19 por un total de US$ 981.071, informó en un comunicado W. Stephen
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Lynsey Harris sat down with Think Wild Wildlife Services Coordinator Jacob Sandler to discuss the importance of bats to the ecosystem and how to prevent them from roosting in your home.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump pareció socavar los esfuerzos de su campaña para mantener las mismas reglas en su debate contra la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris el mes próximo. Al equipo de Trump, según una fuente familiarizada con el asunto, le gustaría que los micrófonos estuvieran silenciados durante todo el debate excepto para
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College is exhibiting the work of Portland surrealist Paula Bullwinkel in a show titled “Summer Mares” at its Barber Library Rotunda Gallery, Sept. 9 to Nov. 24, with an opening reception from 4-5:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3. This is free and open to the public. For complete
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Members of the bipartisan congressional task force established to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump promised Monday to get to the bottom of the security failures of that day, even if it may be a “slow process,” after the group toured the Pennsylvania
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Pryce, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Cell phone bans and dress code changes at some US schools are raising questions about how effective and necessary
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Pavel Durov es muchas cosas para mucha gente: un prodigio de la programación, un empresario multimillonario, un títere del Kremlin, un luchador por la libertad de expresión y el padre biológico de al menos 100 hijos. Durov, el elusivo fundador de Telegram que fue detenido en Francia el fin de semana, presenta
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey’s says her mother Patricia and sister Alison both died on the same day. Carey wrote in a statement Monday that her heart was broken over the “tragic” losses and that she spent the last week with her mother before she died. Carey had a complicated relationship with
Continue ReadingBRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Maine officials say firefighting foam that spilled in a hangar at the Brunswick Executive Airport has been been removed and that mitigation is underway on four retention ponds. An investigation is underway into why a fire suppression system discharged on Aug. 19. The discharge released 1,450 gallons of firefighting foam mixed
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) is excited to announce the appointment of Brenna Fulks as the new Jefferson County director, effective Oct. 1. In this role, Brenna will support EDCO’s mission of fostering a diversified local economy and a strong base of middle-class jobs. Her primary responsibilities will include guiding
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The social media platform X has made a change to its AI chatbot after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation. Top election officials from Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington sent a letter this month to Elon Musk complaining that the platform’s AI chatbot, Grok,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, saying a judge’s decision that dismissed the prosecution was at odds with longstanding Justice Department practice and must be reversed. Smith’s team said U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon made
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TANGAMANDAPIO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels. The chief prosecutor in the western state of Michoacan confirmed Monday that assailants shot to death seven members of the community police force in the town of Coahuayana (koh-why-YAH-nah) over the weekend. He
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A former Florida sheriff’s deputy charged with killing a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed toward the ground was arrested Monday, officials said. Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran, 38, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm in the May 3 shooting death
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