By Carrington Peavy Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA (KOMU) — The Office of Cultural Affairs has received all types of donations, but none prepared the office for the size of gift it recently received. During the last Columbia City Council meeting, council members voted 4-3 to accept the donation of a D.H.
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An area of high pressure is about to become the dominant weather feature over the western half of the country which will allow the mercury to rise near 100 by Friday. The heat is a major concern as it will be coupled with significantly poor air quality. This is will enhance the risk of health
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After a break of clear skies for several days, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Wednesday due to smoke from wildfires in Oregon, Idaho and California, expecting it to be in place until at least Friday. The following areas are affected: Crook County Deschutes County Grant
Continue ReadingBy Jon Shainman Click here for updates on this story ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — Opening statements were heard Monday in the resentencing trial for a man who shot and killed a St. Lucie County deputy more than a decade ago. A jury will determine if Eriese Tisdale should again be sentenced to death,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Kyiv, Ucrania (CNN) — En su carta de solicitud de ingreso en la universidad, Daryna Bazylevych describió a su familia como “increíblemente unida y armoniosa”. Habló del apoyo infinito de sus padres y cómo les contaban historias sobre Ucrania a ella y a sus hermanas. “Son el pilar más fuerte de mi vida
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs says the U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a current mission led by Kenya to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country. Brian Nichols spoke hours after
Continue ReadingBy Chantal Cook, Joe Roetz Click here for updates on this story CUTLER BAY, Florida (WSVN) — A pair of thieves caught on video working together to steal packages from residents of a gated community in Cutler Bay that were away for the Labor Day weekend. Homeowner Christina Furman shared surveillance video exclusively with 7News,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s king has pardoned 457 prisoners to mark his 25th anniversary as the island nation’s ruler, with one activist saying many of those freed appear to be political prisoners. The announcement Wednesday night by the state-run Bahrain News Agency marks another mass release of prisoners in the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lee Daniels may have a hit on Netflix with his latest project “The Deliverance,” but it has not come without controversy. The director has responded to backlash over the character Alberta, played by Glenn Close. The film is inspired by the true story of a Black family who
Continue ReadingBy Heather Walker, Daniel Cohen Click here for updates on this story SOUTH FLORIDA (WSVN) — Six South Florida sisters could be making the record books and there are a “number” of reasons why. Heather Walker explains in tonight’s 7 Spotlight. These six sisters have a combined age of more than 500 years! They came
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A year after the sweep of homeless encampments and RVs on Hunnell Road, the City of Bend is looking to tighten up its on-street vehicle camping code and bring it more in line with the rules limiting tent camping on city rights of way.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two loggers have been killed by the reclusive Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru’s Amazon. The loggers encroached on their land, according to local rights groups, in the latest event of rising tensions between the two sides and mounting pressure for government intervention. There have been several other
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A grieving Florida family is demanding answers after a man was found dead in a storage closet more than a week after he was reported missing at a North Miami nursing home and rehab center. Elin Etienne’s body was discovered in the closet at the North
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Tribal leaders in Montana are pressing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy to apologize over remarks he made about Native Americans being “drunk at 8 a.m.” Audio recordings of Sheehy’s racial comments were obtained by Char-Koosta News, the official publication of the Flathead Indian Reservation. The Rocky Mountain Tribal
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta’s Oversight Board has found that the phrase “From the River to the Sea,” used to express Palestinian support, did not break the company’s hate speech policies. Critics of the phrase, which refers to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, say that it
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Civil rights activist Sybil Haydel Morial has died at age 91. She was married to New Orleans’ first Black mayor, “Dutch” Morial. One of their sons, Marc Morial, also served as mayor. But Sybil Morial was a leader in her own right, even as she worked as a teacher
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Reesa Teesa” is coming to television. Natasha Rothwell of “Insecure” and “The White Lotus” is set to star in a TV adaptation of “Who TF Did I Marry,” a story of heartbreak that went viral on social media earlier this year, according to a report from Variety. Tareasa
Continue ReadingMONROVIA, Calif. (AP) — Newly listed for sale in Southern California’s notoriously pricey realty market: half a house for half a million dollars. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom bungalow in a suburb northeast of Los Angeles was crushed by a tree in May. Two renters and two dogs were inside at the time, but there were no
Continue ReadingGRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — An ultra swimmer’s attempt to cross Lake Michigan is over after 40 hours. Jim Dreyer was back on shore Wednesday, according to his online tracker. Dreyer, who is nicknamed The Shark, began swimming Monday night in Grand Haven, Michigan. His goal was to get to Milwaukee in Wisconsin, more than
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