Associated Press Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter. It’s up to each federal agency to determine how it handles a shutdown, but there would be disruptions in many services. Benefits checks for Social Security and Medicare recipients would go out, though.
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Nick Fournie was 24 years old when severe depression upended his life. Fournie had been married to his longtime sweetheart for two years, and had no reason to suspect he had any mental health issues. “I just thought to myself, ‘If this is it, if this is all there
Continue ReadingPor Chris Isidore, CNN Al día siguiente de Pascua de 2023, Dana Mitchell fue a trabajar, tomó un café y caminó hacia la sala de conferencias para la reunión regular del lunes por la mañana. Estaba hablando con un compañero de trabajo sobre su bronceado de unas vacaciones. Miró hacia arriba y vio a otro
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A 20-year-old blind cat named Tiki caused a scare after he was seen on ice floating in a Massachusetts pond and then fell in. The black-and-white cat can thank an alert passerby who called first responders Monday and a couple of nearby construction workers for his rescue. One worker jumped into a rowboat
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Makerspace Lab at Caldera High School in Bend is one of three statewide recipients of SELCO Community Credit Union’s regional Classroom Makeover program. The three winners—one each from Central and Eastern Oregon, Northwestern Oregon, and Southwestern Oregon—will receive as much as $15,000 apiece to transform their learning spaces. Selected from
Continue ReadingPor Saskya Vandoorne, Kara Fox y Niamh Kennedy, CNN Dominique Pelicot y otros 50 hombres fueron declarados culpables de violación o agresión sexual contra su exesposa Gisèle Pelicot. Dominique Pelicot, de 72 años, que reclutó a decenas de desconocidos que violaran a Gisèle mientras estaba inconsciente, recibió la pena máxima de 20 años por violación
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer Neil Cavuto, a business journalist who hosts a weekday afternoon show on Fox News Channel and has been with the network since its inception in 1996, is leaving after Thursday’s show, Fox said. A workhorse at the network, Cavuto also hosts programs at Fox’s sister, the Fox Business Network, and is not
Continue ReadingBy Nate Stanley Click here for updates on this story SOUTH CAROLINA (WYFF) — A pre-filed bill in the South Carolina Statehouse would label life as starting at conception and charge those involved in an abortion with murder. “It defines life as beginning at conception, and it protects every unborn child from that point so
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say they’ve arrested a man suspected in one of the mass shootings that broke out within one hour of each other during a large parade. The police department said in a statement Wednesday that 32-year-old Alex Harris and another person were arguing before they
Continue ReadingBy Raquel Ciampi Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Another gun has been confiscated at the Pittsburgh International Airport, bringing the total to 42 this year. Officials say a man from Steubenville, Ohio told authorities he forgot he had a loaded 9mm handgun with him. The detection of the firearm forced
Continue ReadingBy Alex Suckow Click here for updates on this story ELIZABETHTOWN, Kentucky (WLKY) — Elizabethtown police are issuing a warning to the public about a “bad batch” of prescription drugs, laced with fentanyl, after a teen died. Police said on Wednesday that they are currently investigating a batch of clandestine Percocet 30 tablets that likely
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Hilyard Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WISN) — How 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow got the gun used in Monday’s shooting could determine if anyone else, including her parents, could face any criminal charges. It’s been more than 48 hours since police said the teenage girl opened fire inside Madison’s Abundant
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Comme Click here for updates on this story VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced the arrest of 26-year-old Keith Merard, who was caught in a complex fraud scheme involving stolen Starlink satellites and other equipment. Surveillance footage shows Merard loading several stolen devices into a black SUV in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government has declared gender-based violence the nation’s most pressing security threat, with 100 women killed in the past four months alone, most of them by men who were known to them, including intimate partners. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi referred to the escalating crisis as “the elephant
Continue ReadingBy Greg Fox Click here for updates on this story OSCEOLA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A woman is facing a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child in the drowning death of her 5-year-old stepson. “This is an arrest warrant case in which probable cause has already been determined,” said a judge in Osceola County
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer American Airlines said Thursday it has settled a federal race discrimination lawsuit filed by three Black men who were ordered to deboard a flight last January. Financial details of the settlement weren’t released. American called it an “amicable resolution” to the lawsuit, which was filed in May in federal court in New
Continue ReadingBy John Atwater Click here for updates on this story WEYMOUTH, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A woman in Weymouth was attacked by a coyote on Wednesday while she was outside with her 2-year-old son. The woman, Weymouth resident Georgianna Orseno, was able to escape from the coyote by kicking it against a tree to get it
Continue ReadingBy Addison Kliewer Click here for updates on this story NORMAN, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Washington State’s John Mateer has committed to play football at the University of Oklahoma through the transfer portal. On Wednesday, the quarterback posted a photo standing in front of the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at OU on social media while
Continue ReadingPor Julia Hernández, CNN en Español El Gobierno español avanza en las negociaciones para actualizar el Salario Mínimo Interprofesional (SMI), con miras a implementar el nuevo ajuste a partir de enero de 2025. La ministra de Trabajo y Economía Social lleva a cabo encuentros con expertos con la consigna, dice, de proteger el poder adquisitivo
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Federal authorities plan to temporarily ban flights over critical infrastructure sites in New York state as the area deals with a rash of reports of drones, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday. Hochul’s announcement came after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) placed drone flight restrictions over certain
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