BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Two French rugby players are heading back to France nearly two months after their arrest in the South American nation on charges of aggravated sexual assault. The French national team players, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, arrived at the Buenos Aires International Airport on Tuesday ahead of their midnight flight
Continue ReadingMEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Attorneys representing both living and deceased patients of an Oregon hospital filed a $303 million lawsuit against the facility on Tuesday after a nurse was accused of replacing prescribed fentanyl with nonsterile tap water in intravenous drips. The wrongful death and medical malpractice complaint accuses Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Attorneys representing both living and deceased patients of an Oregon hospital filed a $303 million lawsuit against the facility on Tuesday after a nurse was accused of replacing prescribed fentanyl with nonsterile tap water in intravenous drips. The wrongful death and medical malpractice complaint accuses Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in
Continue ReadingCAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is trying to lure the Philadelphia 76ers across the river with up to $400 million in tax credits and plans for a sprawling mixed-use waterfront development. In a letter dated Monday, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration said it envisioned a multibillion-dollar plan featuring residential, commercial and retail properties, with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Another offshore wind project in New Jersey is encountering turbulence. Leading Light Wind is asking the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to give it a pause through late December on its plan to build an offshore wind farm off the coast. The company says it is having difficulty securing a manufacturer for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Police have released a man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting and killing a neighbor who opened fire at a Hawaii gathering. Three people were killed and two others injured in a shooting at a home stemming from a dispute between neighbors Saturday night in Waianae, a
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) –– Los gobiernos de Brasil y de Colombia se sumaron este martes a los países que se han pronunciado en contra de la orden de arresto que un tribunal de Venezuela concedió a la Fiscalía para detener al candidato presidencial opositor Edmundo González Urrutia, de acuerdo con un comunicado conjunto. Ambos
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A prominent Chinese artist known for his scathing political critiques of Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution has been detained in China, according to his brother and artistic partner. Gao Zhen, 68, was detained last week in a police raid on his art studio on the outskirts
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge says New Mexico election regulators and prosecutors discriminated against a Republican-backed group in refusing access to voter registration information. The ruling from U.S. District Judge James Browning on Friday bars the state from refusing to turn over voter data to Voter Reference Foundation. The decision
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of seven Republican-led states filed a fresh lawsuit Tuesday, seeking to block new student loan forgiveness plans that the Biden administration expected to start rolling out this fall. The lawsuit marks yet another legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s student loan policies and could potentially tie
Continue ReadingCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The world’s attention on Venezuela has focused lately on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won, the persecution of critics and the arrest warrant issued this week against the former opposition presidential candidate. But as political tensions escalate,
Continue ReadingBy Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken to appear later this month to discuss its report on the US’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. “The Committee is holding this hearing because the Department of State was central to the Afghanistan withdrawal and served as the
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– A dos meses de las elecciones presidenciales en Estados Unidos, los hispanos se mantienen como una de las fuerzas decisivas en el panorama electoral. Los votantes de ese origen no solo representan una porción significativa del electorado, sino que también llevan consigo una serie de preocupaciones que podrían definir el
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Delegations from dozens of African countries are gathering in Beijing for a three-day summit set to see China showcase itself as a lead partner for the continent, despite slowing lending for its development – and as it faces rising frictions with the West. A procession of African leaders have
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A former federal judge along with a government watchdog group and two top scholars on judicial ethics want an appeals court to reassign the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump to a new judge. The group is seeking to file an amicus brief with the 11th US
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El Gobierno de Argentina intenta darle un golpe más a una inflación mensual que aún no ha bajado del 4% mensual. Tal cual había anunciado tiempo atrás el ministro de Economía, Luis Caputo, la alícuota del denominado impuesto PAIS desciende a partir de este mes del 17,5% al 7,5%. Ahora
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The broad daylight shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall during an attempted robbery in an upscale shopping district has once again put San Francisco’s safety in the national spotlight weeks before voters choose a new mayor. Mayor London Breed said she was happy to hear Pearsall
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A former University of Georgia recruiting analyst severely injured in a deadly car crash has settled her lawsuit against the school’s athletic association. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports attorneys for Victoria Bowles said they were dismissing the lawsuit after coming to an agreement. University of Georgia Athletic Association spokesman Steven Drummond said the
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday backed a Biden administration plan to redistribute $4.5 million in public health funding that had been earmarked for Oklahoma because the state bars clinics from giving out a hotline number that patients can use to access information about abortion. Conservative Justices
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire traced to the electrical failure of an extension cord heavily damaged a manufactured home in southwest Redmond Tuesday morning, but the residents escaped safely, officials said. Redmond Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched around 10:40 a.m. to the fire in the 6100 block of Southwest Mesa Way, Fire Marshal/Public
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