By Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) —The largest wildfire in Texas history has burned over a million acres and left scores homeless. At least five separate fires are burning across the state and in neighboring Oklahoma. The fire has also killed thousands of cattle – a major source of income in the region. If you’d like
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s cherry blossom season again, and officials in the nation’s capital are predicting a banner year for the signature pink blooms. The iconic cherry trees are expected to reach peak bloom between March 23 and March 26. Washington has prepared several weeks of herald the arrival of
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Cases of norovirus, a nasty stomach bug that spreads easily, are climbing in the Northeastern U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Nationwide, about 12% of most recent norovirus tests sent to the CDC were positive, but the proportion was about 16% in the Northeast, the
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Wilson and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Alabama Sen. Katie Britt will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address, according to the House speaker’s office. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that Britt will deliver the response on March 7, shortly after
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Prosecutors want to ask potential jurors in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case against former President Donald Trump whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen – one of several proposed queries for the jury pool that prosecutors and the defendants are at odds over, according to a new
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Human Services, through its Office of Aging and People with Disabilities, confirmed to NewsChannel 21 that it is investigating both abuse allegations and licensing complaints at Juniper Canyon Living, a residential care facility in Redmond.
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — While dry January and damp lifestyles have taken off on TikTok, the United States has already experienced a spike in deaths related to excessive alcohol. In 2020-21, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, there were an average of about 488 deaths per day from excessive alcohol drinking, according
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Consumer Reports says some doorbell cameras sold by Amazon and other online retailers have security flaws that could allow bad actors to view footage from the devices or control them completely. Researchers with the product-review organization say they found major vulnerabilities in cameras manufactured by
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City are searching for a man who slashed a subway conductor in the neck. The union representing transit workers meanwhile is calling for better protections on the rails. The Transportation Workers Union Local 100 says the attack happened around 3:40 a.m. Thursday at a station in Brooklyn.
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat told a federal judge Thursday he will plead guilty to charges of working for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba, an unexpectedly swift resolution to a case prosecutors called one of the most brazen betrayals in the
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A Michigan village has agreed to a $320,000 settlement with a man from Japan who was wrongly accused of drunken driving. It turns out that a Fowlerville police officer badly misread a breath test. Ryohei Akima blew a 0.02 on the test. But it was mistakenly read by Officer Caitlyn
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It’s a very special birthday Thursday for one Bend woman. Annie Barlow just turned 84, but this is only her 21st official birthday celebration. That’s because she was born on a leap day, Feb. 29.
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — When observing a hoard of golden-backed frogs at a roadside pond in Karnataka, India, a group of naturalists noticed something odd about one of the amphibians — the animal had a tiny mushroom sprouting out of its side. How the seemingly healthy frog came to grow its fungi companion
Continue ReadingBy Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN (CNN) — The young girl from Colombia hid in a porta potty to shield herself from the biting wind and cold as she and her parents waited at a makeshift camp along the southern border earlier this month. Border Patrol agents had directed them to the temporary camp
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Un juez federal en Austin, Texas, ordenó este jueves al gobierno estatal suspender la aplicación de una controvertida ley que permitiría a los agentes estatales arrestar y detener a personas sospechosas de haber ingresado ilegalmente al país. “Si se permite que proceda, la SB 4 podría abrir la puerta a que cada
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The top elections official in a rural Nevada county roiled by false claims of widespread election fraud that led to a controversial hand-count in the 2022 midterms is resigning, according to a resignation letter the county received. The reason for Nye County Clerk Mark
Continue ReadingBy KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A judge has ruled Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones must take a paternity test to determine if he is the biological father of a 27-year-old woman who filed suit against him in 2022. The woman, in a lawsuit, claims Jones and
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Khader Al Za’anoun, CNN (CNN) — Calls are growing for an investigation into one of the worst single tragedies to occur during Israel’s war with Hamas took, after scores of Palestinians were killed trying to access food aid in Gaza City on Thursday. At least 112 people were killed
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Khader Al Za’anoun, CNN (CNN) — Calls are growing for an investigation into one of the worst single tragedies to occur during Israel’s war with Hamas took, after scores of Palestinians were killed trying to access food aid in Gaza City on Thursday. At least 112 people were
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise kick in Saturday. The bill now goes to President Joe
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