By Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story October 7, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was more than just a landmark legal triumph—it was a battle cry for equality, an indomitable statement against centuries of injustice that had long disenfranchised African Americans. This
Continue Reading
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Since 2021, the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office has been offering the Emerging Adult Program, a pre-charge restorative justice initiative. This program allows young adult offenders to take accountability for their actions and redirect their lives, while prioritizing the healing and justice for those harmed by their behavior. The Emerging Adult Program
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PONT-SONDÉ, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of Haitians are facing an uncertain future after surviving a brutal gang attack last week in a small town that killed at least 70 people. More than 6,000 survivors have fled Pont-Sondé in Haiti’s central region, where massacres of such magnitude were once unheard of. Many people have
Continue Reading
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools has hired Karen Rush as one of the District’s two Executive Directors of Elementary Programs. She will begin on Nov. 4 and work alongside Executive Director Tammy Doty in overseeing the district’s 19 elementary schools. Rush is in her first year as the Program Director for Medical, Mental Health,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal. The high court’s order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy, often before women realize they’re
Continue Reading
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As the fall colors start to show, Central Oregonians know the Holidays are just around the corner! The spirit of generosity is in the air, and what better way to prepare for the holiday season than by purchasing fresh holiday greens that contribute to the economic empowerment of women in our
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s top elections official said he doesn’t expect damage from Hurricane Helene to cause major disruptions for next month’s general election in the state. After coming ashore in Florida, Helene hit Georgia hard, leaving destruction and power outages in its wake. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a news
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Opposition supporters in Albania have protested again and demanded that the government be replaced by a technocratic caretaker Cabinet before next year’s parliamentary election. The conservative opposition has long accused Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialists of corruption, manipulating earlier voting and usurping powers of the judiciary and others. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Turning Point ’s representatives have made two things clear in meetings with state and local Republican leaders— Donald Trump has blessed their conservative organization to help lead his get-out-the-vote effort, and local party officials ought to use the group’s new voter mobilization app. Both prospects terrify fellow Republicans. Soaring to
Continue ReadingBy Matt Villano, CNN (CNN) — When hurricanes bear down, floodwaters rise, wildfires rage and that big earthquake finally strikes, it’s critical that you and your family members are ready to evacuate. Perhaps the most important thing to bring with you: a “go bag” full of emergency supplies. Go bags exist to save you from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago protested outside the U.K. Parliament on Monday. They are angry about a deal they say has decided their homeland’s fate without them. The British government announced last
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have asked a jury to sentence a former Houston police officer to life in prison for the murders of a married couple during a drug raid that exposed systemic corruption. Prosecutors said Monday that Gerald Goines used his badge to prey on people he was supposed to protect. Goines
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from the singer R. Kelly, who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago. The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer was found guilty in 2022 of three charges of producing child sexual abuse images
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Mientras Florida se prepara para otro gran huracán, nuevas estimaciones revelan que el huracán Helene causó hasta US$ 47.500 millones en pérdidas a los propietarios. Helene, un mortífero huracán de categoría 4 que tocó tierra el 26 de septiembre, causó inundaciones “generalizadas y devastadoras” en Florida, Carolina del Norte,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya Nota del editor: Wendy Guerra es escritora cubanofrancesa y colaboradora de CNN en Español. Sus artículos han aparecido en medios de todo el mundo, como El País, The New York Times, el Miami Herald, El Mundo y La Vanguardia. Entre sus obras literarias más destacadas se encuentran “Ropa interior” (2007), “Nunca fui primera
Continue Reading
CROOKED RIVER RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) — Crooked River Ranch Fire & Rescue has received a new wildland interface fire engine through a state program and is inviting the community to a special ceremony marking its arrival. Thanks to Senate Bill 762 the Oregon State Fire Marshal was able to make several large investments in the
Continue ReadingMANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Jury selection begins Monday in the murder trial of the former boyfriend of a Minnesota woman whose body was found hidden in a rural area of the state in 2023. Adam Fravel has been charged with first-degree murder. The 30-year-old was arrested in June of 2023 days after deputies found the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Jewish congressman said masked pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrived outside his Ohio home on the eve of Monday’s anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack and refused to leave. Democratic U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman said Monday that the group has set up an encampment and intimidated him and his family members.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has named members of a new school board, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation’s third-largest city. Johnson has been trying to oust Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, who was named to the
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — A computer problem with the train that shuttles passengers between concourses at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Monday morning caused bottlenecks and confusion as people scrambled to get to their gates at the world’s busiest airport. Shortly after noon local time the airport said in a
Continue Reading