By Dacia Johnson Click here for updates on this story VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced the arrest of an 11-year-old boy who he said had a kill list and was making threats at two different schools. Chitwood took to Facebook on Monday to say: “As promised, we just arrested
Continue ReadingBy Ophelie Jacobson Click here for updates on this story GREENFIELD, Iowa (KCCI) — The lost and found room at a Greenfield church will close at the end of September after being open for months following May’s deadly tornado. Greenfield United Methodist Church converted its chapel into a lost and found room the day after
Continue ReadingKCCI By Ophelie Jacobson Click here for updates on this story GREENFIELD, Iowa (KCCI) — The lost and found room at a Greenfield church will close at the end of September after being open for months following May’s deadly tornado. Greenfield United Methodist Church converted its chapel into a lost and found room the day
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With the continued recent success of fire operations and improved conditions, and at the advice of fire managers, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday dropped all evacuation notices on the Little Lava/Bachelor Complex, Flat Top and Firestone fires.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department and other global leaders have denounced the slaying of another environmental leader in rural Honduras. The killing added to mounting concern of ongoing violence against environmentalists in Latin America. Honduran President Xiomara Castro confirmed the killing of Juan López on Saturday in the rural Caribbean
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor has signed legislation to protect Hollywood actors and performers against unauthorized use of artificial intelligence, such as creating their digital clones without their consent. Studios have increasingly used AI to create digital clones of performers. A new law signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom will allow actors
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The Biden administration is letting Alaska Airlines complete its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines after the carriers agreed to certain conditions, including maintaining maintain current service on routes between Hawaii and the mainland U.S. where they don’t have much competition. Transportation Department officials said Tuesday that no obstacles remain to the airlines closing their
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer has testified that he punched a “helpless” Tyre Nichols at least five times while two colleagues held his arms and urged him on during the January 2023 beating that led to his death. Emmitt Martin III testified Tuesday that he also lied to his
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — A phased reopening of Apalachee High School, the scene of this year’s deadliest school shooting, is scheduled to begin September 24. “We understand that returning to campus might be overwhelming for some and we are here to support you,” reads a letter sent Monday to the “AHS Family” from
Continue ReadingSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Google says it will halt plans to develop a major $200 million data center in Chile to address environmental concerns. The decision announced on Tuesday reflected growing worries about the impact of power-thirsty projects around the world. The U.S. technology company first obtained permits in 2020 to construct the vast project
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A secretive group that recruited Donald Trump supporters to run as third-party spoiler candidates in some of the nation’s most competitive congressional districts was accused of violating campaign finance law. That’s according to a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday by the conservative group Americans for Public Trust.
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The Deschutes National Forest announced Tuesday that it will close and begin reconstruction of about six miles of Forest Service Road 18, also known as China Hat Road, south of Bend next Monday, an expanded project expected to conclude by November.
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Republicans including vice presidential candidate JD Vance fueled a firestorm of misinformation this month when they spread false claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, injecting the town with chaos. The claims, which have been widely discredited, have made their way onto the national stage. Former President
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — A week after President Barack Obama won reelection in November 2012, JD Vance, then a law student at Yale, wrote a scathing rebuke of the Republican Party’s stance on migrants and minorities, criticizing it for being “openly hostile to non-whites” and for alienating “Blacks, Latinos, [and] the youth.” Four
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Writers PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The federal government urged a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday to temporarily prevent a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons, saying in closing arguments the combination would “almost certainly” benefit shareholders and not everyday shoppers. Lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission and for the supermarket chains gave
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Six members of a Kansas-based cult have been convicted in a scheme to house children in overcrowded, rodent-infested facilities and force them to work up to 16 hours a day without pay. Prosecutors say the children were also subject to beatings and other abuse. The U.S. Department of Justice said
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Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Wasco County fugitive on a warrant for failing to appear in court on an arson charge, accused of starting the Larch Creek Fire that burned more than 18,000 acres in July. He later was released after posting bail.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — In the wake of the apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump on Sunday, Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, argued in a speech in Georgia on Monday that the two recent attempts to kill Trump are evidence that “the left needs to tone down the rhetoric
Continue ReadingLISBON, Portugal (AP) — A 12-year-old boy at a school in Portugal has stabbed and injured six other children in an extremely rare episode of school violence in the country. Portuguese national police say that the victims are from 11 to 14 years old in the attack at the school in Azambuja near Lisbon. Azambuja
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local authorities say a militia attack has killed over a dozen villagers in northeastern Congo, the latest in a series of violent assaults targeting civilians. Rebels from the Cooperative for the Diversion of Congo killed at least 20 people with firearms and machetes in Fataki, a village in the
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