Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English. Most are Latin Americans who have been harvesting oranges and tomatoes in the fields along Florida’s I-4 corridor. They’ve also been washing dishes in restaurants, cleaning hotel rooms and working construction.
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Sean Lyngaas, Kayla Tausche and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, senior Biden administration officials raced to engage in a round-the-clock effort to respond to what appeared to be an unprecedented amount of misinformation circling about the storm and the federal response to it. Meetings were quickly convened across government to
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A Claude Monet pastel painting stolen by Nazis from a Jewish family during World War II, which vanished for decades only to show up with a Louisiana art dealer, was returned Wednesday in New Orleans to the descendants of its original owners. “Bord de Mer” was one of Monet’s early works and valued at over $500,000
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Oregon State University–Cascades’ preliminary enrollment report shows a total of 1,370 students served at the Bend campus this fall, the Bend school announced Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with an appeal from an Oklahoma death row inmate who even the state’s conservative attorney general believes should not be executed, with some justices signaling a willingness to let state courts further review allegations that prosecutors withheld evidence in the case.
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN Isla del Sol, Florida (CNN) — With the rain already slicing diagonals into the water off this transformed mangrove island in St. Petersburg, Vivienne Marran stood firm in her choice. “We can ride it out,” she told CNN less than 20 hours before Hurricane Milton was due
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN Isla del Sol, Florida (CNN) — With the rain already slicing diagonals into the water off this transformed mangrove island in St. Petersburg, Vivienne Marran stood firm in her choice. “We can ride it out,” she told CNN less than 20 hours before Hurricane Milton was
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed former British diplomat Tom Fletcher as the U.N.’s new humanitarian chief. Fletcher, who is currently principal of Hertford College, Oxford and vice chair of Oxford University’s Conference of Colleges, succeeds fellow Briton Martin Griffiths who stepped down for health reasons as undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs at
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The theme of the next Met Gala and its celebrity chairs have been announced: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James will help the museum celebrate Black style in menswear over the centuries. Williams and Hamilton were on hand Wednesday to help museum officials
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Rodriguez and Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story CATALINA ISLAND, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A twin-engine Beechcraft 95 airplane crashed on Catalina Island around 8 p.m. Tuesday, killing all five people on board. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane crashed shortly after it departed from the Catalina Airport
Continue ReadingKCBS By Matthew Rodriguez and Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story CATALINA ISLAND, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A twin-engine Beechcraft 95 airplane crashed on Catalina Island around 8 p.m. Tuesday, killing all five people on board. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane crashed shortly after it departed from the Catalina
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s attorney general testified before a state commission during a hearing that could lead to action against his law license. At issue is his aggressive defense of a law allowing the state’s first Republican governor in 16 years to directly fill judicial vacancies. The law was part of a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press South Dakota’s top elections official has removed 273 people from the state’s voter rolls as general election voting is underway. Her office later said the move rectified a paperwork error on the state’s behalf. Those people had inadvertently been registered to vote due to human error by state Department of Public Safety employees
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Saudi Arabia was defeated for a seat in the U.N.’s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups urging the world body’s members to reject its bid. The 193-member General Assembly elected 18 new members Wednesday to serve on the 47-nation Human Rights Council. The Geneva-based
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Nazi-looted Claude Monet pastel has been returned to descendants of the man who owned it when it was seized in Austria decades ago. The pastel was sold off to support the Third Reich, but the family got the artwork back Wednesday at the FBI field office in New
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Nguyen Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Two Orange County women are speaking out after they say they were kicked off of a Spirit Airlines flight because of what they were wearing. It happened at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, when their flight was supposed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition Conservative Party will choose either Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch to be its next leader. A third contender, James Cleverly, was dramatically knocked out of the leadership contest in a tight vote on Wednesday. Badenoch, a former business secretary, received 42 of the 120 votes cast, and former
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherri Myers, an 82-year-old resident of Pensacola City, Florida, says the Social Security cost-of-living increase she’ll receive in January “won’t make a dent” in helping her meet her day-to-day expenses. “Inflation has eaten up my savings,” she said. “I don’t have anything to fall back on — the cushion is
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Las bandas exteriores del huracán Milton ya se están extendiendo por Florida la mañana de este miércoles, y las condiciones continuarán deteriorándose a lo largo del día, especialmente por la tarde, empeorando significativamente durante las horas de la noche. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel ¿Cuándo y dónde tocará tierra el huracán Milton?
Continue ReadingBy Mauricio Maldonado Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — As Florida braces for the impact of Hurricane Milton, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is extending the state’s Price Gouging Hotline to protect residents in areas under emergency declarations. The extension follows Governor Ron DeSantis’ state of emergency order, covering regions already
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