By Nick Catlin Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — The art display company Meow Wolf is filing a copyright lawsuit against a company from the United Kingdom. The lawsuit claims the company “Wake The Tiger” directly copied work done by Meow Wolf. The Bristol-based company labels itself an ‘amazement
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists concludes in its annual report published Tuesday that the Earth’s worsening vital signs indicate a “critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis” and that “decisive action is needed, and fast.” The collaboration directed by OSU’s William Ripple and former postdoctoral researcher Christopher
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will cast roughly 160 million ballots by the time Election Day comes to a close — in several different ways, including many submitted a few weeks before polls even open. They will choose a president, members of Congress and thousands of state lawmakers, city council members, attorneys general, secretaries of state
Continue ReadingBy Erin Miller Click here for updates on this story VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (WTKR) — Medical debt is a huge issue in this country. According to KFF, a health policy research and news organization, most people owe more than $1,000. During a time when families are living paycheck-to-paycheck, it can be crippling, but there are
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lisa Marie Presley was devastated when her only son, Benjamin Keough, died at the age of 27 in 2020. We now know how deeply she grieved. In “From Here to the Great Unknown,” a new memoir by the late Presley, finished by her daughter, Riley Keough, the pair
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The Donald Trump-allied Georgia State Election Board is pushing to install people who deny the result of the 2020 presidential election as part of a monitoring team in Fulton County, the biggest Democratic-leaning county in the state and one that was consequential for Joe Biden’s victory
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued another air quality advisory Wednesday for Deschutes County due to smoke from new and older wildfires still burning around the region. DEQ said expects the air quality advisory to last until at least Thursday evening. DEQ and partner agencies will continue to monitor smoke
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Major League Baseball has announced it will produce and distribute local broadcasts for the Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins next year. All three teams had contracts with Diamond Sports Group that expired at the end of the regular season. The Texas Rangers, whose deal also expired last month, also announced
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has promised to retaliate for Iran’s massive missile attack last week. How it does so involves great risk, and could have broad repercussions for the archenemies, the Middle East and the world. Israeli decision-makers are considering a host of options ranging from symbolic strikes on military or government targets
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Election Day, some voting lines will likely be long and some precincts may run out of ballots. An election office website could go down temporarily and ballot-counting machines will jam. Or people who help run elections might just act like the humans they are, forgetting their key to a
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story October 8, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The morning of October 8, 2024, marked a pivotal moment for the Almeda Post Office and its surrounding community. Congressman Al Green (TX-09), alongside local leaders and concerned constituents, held a press conference that put a spotlight
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One question will be asked over and over on election night: Who won? The Associated Press will answer that question for nearly 5,000 contested races across the United States and up and down the ballot, from president and state ballot measures to a variety of local offices. The AP has
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CNN) — President Joe Biden took a major step toward eliminating the national scourge of lead pipes, unveiling a new rule mandating the removal of all lead pipes within the next decade, in addition to $2.6 billion in new funding toward the environmental and public health goal. “It’s taken
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Election night won’t be all nail-biters. Chances are some winners will be declared before a single vote has been tallied just as the polls close in those states. Race calls at the time polls close have been a routine part of election nights for decades, even though competitive races that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 50 years ago, about 95% of voters cast their ballots in person on Election Day. That number has fallen gradually as states have provided Americans with more options on how and when to cast their ballots. For most of that time, advance voting was a nonpartisan feature of elections.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. general election on Nov. 5 is far from a nationally administered contest. The 50 states and the District of Columbia run their own elections, and each does things a little differently. For example, Maine and Nebraska allocate electoral votes by congressional district. Alaska and Maine used ranked choice
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Television morning show interviews often don’t stray beyond celebrities and food segments. But questions about the tone of a “CBS Mornings” interview by host Tony Dokoupil with author Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel and Palestinians is lingering a week after it was conducted. CBS News management took the unusual
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN Anna Maria Island, Florida (CNN) — Carol Whitmore couldn’t pack her big SUV to leave this barrier island as Hurricane Milton aimed Tuesday for Florida’s west coast with already-historic fury. Hurricane Helene took it two weeks ago. “Up to the door panels” the surge crashed in from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic says it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week. It’s fulfilling a pledge to do so weekly as neighboring Haiti scrambles to handle the influx while besieged by poverty and gang violence. The Dominican government last week announced it would
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s lawmakers have approved a motion to impeach the country’s deputy president, following daylong discussions and after Rigathi Gachagua appeared in parliament to defend himself against several charges, including allegations that he supported anti-government protests in June. The motion was approved by a 281-44 vote in favor, well above
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