Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. military official says a couple hundred North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine have been killed or wounded in battle in the Kursk border region. The official didn’t provide details on exactly how many have been killed. The officials says the North Korean forces don’t
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story December 17, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Houston came together for a night of glamour, purpose, and progress at the 2024 Equal Opportunity Day Gala, hosted by the Houston Area Urban League (HAUL) at the Hilton Americas on Saturday, December 14. The event achieved
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Humane Society of Central Oregon invites the community to celebrate the season of giving while making a difference for local animals and families. HSCO is hosting two special events: Holiday Open House – Saturday, December 21 ● Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM ● Location: HSCO Shelter, 61170 SE 27th Street, Bend, OR
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized on a river in central Congo on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, officials and local residents said. The vessel was believed to have more than 100 passengers on board after leaving from the town of Inongo, northeast of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers have issued a new subpoena that would require the state’s prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in person on Friday about the state’s junk science law. An earlier subpoena ended up delaying Roberson’s Oct. 17 execution, which had been
Continue ReadingBy Megan Hickey Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Food delivery app Grubhub has agreed to pay $25 million after a federal investigation found that the Chicago-based company tricked its customers, misled its drivers, and damaged the reputation of some restaurants that didn’t partner with them. Grubhub said they “categorically deny”
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Though the generosity of its members and community, Mid Oregon Credit Union’s 2024 Holiday Dough fundraising effort collected almost $4,300 from over 153 individuals in support of local food banks this holiday season. During the month of December, Mid Oregon’s Holiday Dough invited its members and the community to make financial
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — After years of playing military heroes on screen, Tom Cruise is now one in real life. The “Top Gun” star was honored with the Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service (DPS) Award during a ceremony in London on Tuesday, which recognized Cruise’s contribution and dedication to the US
Continue ReadingBy Riley Moser, WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — A Satanic holiday display at the Minnesota State Capitol has some sounding the alarm but Gov. Tim Walz says he can’t take it down as it is protected by the First Amendment. The Minnesota Satanists put up its
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won’t be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing’s Starliner capsule. NASA announced the latest delay in Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ homecoming on Tuesday. The two
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Monday a $3.5 million settlement with Camping World, a national dealer of recreational vehicles, with multiple locations in Oregon. This result resolves a multi-year consumer protection investigation by the Oregon Department of Justice Civil Recovery Section. “The settlement orders Camping World to return $3 million in refunds to affected
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story December 17, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The City of Houston Housing and Community Development Department (HCD), in collaboration with Mayberry Homes, Inc., the Midtown Redevelopment Authority, and a host of local stakeholders, marked a celebratory milestone on Thursday, December 12, 2024, with the
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — An award of $250,000 from the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund to Central Oregon Community College’s “Growing Together” fundraising campaign, with an additional $50,000 set in matching funds, is a major investment in the 24,000-square-foot educational facility and community resource taking shape at the Madras campus. The project, to open in the winter of
Continue ReadingAssociated Pres COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man expected to be the next inmate scheduled for execution in South Carolina is making a final appeal to the state Supreme Court. Marion Bowman Jr. is on death row for the killing of 21-year-old Kandee Martin in 2001. Martin was shot in the head and her body
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Max Rego, CNN (CNN) — The US has moved detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to Kenya and Malaysia, the Pentagon announced this week. Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu was transferred to Kenya nearly three years after a Periodic Review Board determined the “continued law of war detention
Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — Google’s newest artificial intelligence tool, “Whisk,” lets people upload photos to get back a combined, AI-generated image – even without users inputting any text to explain what they want. Users can input images depicting subjects, setting and style before Whisk combines everything into one image. Whisk is a “creative
Continue ReadingWISC, CNN By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The pre-Christmas buzz and serene sense of safety at a Wisconsin private school were shattered when a student pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others and devastating a bewildered community. Now, investigators are digging into
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Outgoing Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a novel tax on personal wealth above $100 million in hopes of plugging a budget shortfall and averting cuts to education, mental health services and police. The tax would apply to about 3,400 residents — Microsoft founder Bill Gates among them — and
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance last month sparked a weekslong search complete with grainy surveillance images and tearful family, says she was unaware of “everything that was happening” while she was out of touch. Kobayashi arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Maui on
Continue ReadingBy Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City leaders are partnering with the city’s school district to launch a School-Based Violence Intervention Program (SBVIP). This new program will shift the norms about the acceptability of violence while supporting the safety of Baltimore’s students, according to city officials. SBVIP
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