MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — The first lawsuit brought amid reports that a nurse at a southern Oregon hospital replaced intravenous fentanyl drips with tap water seeks up to $11.5 million on behalf of the estate of a 65-year-old man who died. The wrongful death suit was filed Monday against Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Con peinados retro de los años 50 y delantales ceñidos, las influencers en el mundo de las “esposas tradicionales” o “tradwives” se han apoderado de Internet. Estas “esposas tradicionales” que publican videos de 30 segundos sobre pan casero de masa madre y otros apuntes sobre cómo hacer un hogar perfecto
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A law to establish 18 as the minimum marriage age in Washington state is headed to the governor’s desk for his signature. State lawmakers in the House and Senate passed House Bill 1455 this session after the measure stalled in the Senate last year and other bills failed to gain traction
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A law to establish 18 as the minimum marriage age in Washington state is headed to the governor’s desk for his signature. State lawmakers in the House and Senate passed House Bill 1455 this session after the measure stalled in the Senate last year and other bills failed to gain traction
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers says a majority of workers at a Mercedes plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, have signed cards in support of joining the union. The UAW says the plant in Vance, Alabama, is the second one to reach more than 50% of workers signing up. Earlier in February, the union announced
Continue ReadingCNN By Mary Gilbert and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A massive blaze that’s raging out of control is threatening Texas Panhandle towns and forcing residents to evacuate. The Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest wildfire burning in the region, has exploded to 200,000 acres since igniting Monday afternoon, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Cherry Starr, the philanthropist wife of former Green Bay Packers quarterback and coach Bart Starr, has died. She was 89. Rawhide Youth Services, an organization that helps at-risk youth that the couple worked closely with, announced that Cherry Starr died on Tuesday. The Starr Children’s Fund, which the Starrs created to
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A police raid in several Rio de Janeiro’s low-income neighborhoods has left at least nine people dead and six injured, police said in a statement. The raids Tuesday targeted areas controlled by the Red Command drug trafficking group and took place in several communities in the city’s north, including Cidade
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says a $175 million fund to compensate families of people killed in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century will begin accepting applications at the end of the week. The fund for Lahaina wildfire victims will also pay those who were
Continue ReadingDUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Officials in one eastern Iowa county are trying to track down $524,284 they believe was stolen when an employee transferred it in response to a fake email message that appeared to be from the city of Dyersville. It became clear the money was missing when Dyersville officials asked about the status
Continue ReadingJosé Álvarez (CNN Español) — El primer debate presidencial en Panamá para las elecciones generales del próximo 5 de mayo, se hizo con un sitio vacío: el del expresidente Ricardo Martinelli. El candidato por el partido Realizando Metas se encuentra en condición de asilado en la Embajada de Nicaragua desde el pasado 7 de febrero.
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams called for drastic changes to the city’s sanctuary policies, marking the first time he publicly endorses a shift that could put undocumented immigrants who are accused of a crime in the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in New York. “I don’t
Continue ReadingCNN By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia lawyer who had been billed as a star witness in the effort to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis did not deliver damaging testimony Tuesday on her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade. Instead, the lawyer, Terrence Bradley,
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Crook County School Board is pleased to announce the selection of three finalists for the position of superintendent. After a thorough and rigorous selection process, the board has identified the following candidates: Casey Hallgarth: Superintendent./Principal, Prairie City School District #4, Oregon Dr. Melissa Skinner: Executive Director of Leadership, Ector County Independent
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says 25 toxic waste sites in 15 states will be cleaned up as part of a $1 billion infusion to the federal Superfund program. The money is the third and last installment in $3.5 billion allocated under the 2021 infrastructure law signed by
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia lawyer who had been billed as a star witness in the effort to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis did not deliver damaging testimony Tuesday on her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade. Instead, the lawyer, Terrence Bradley, said
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Trade associations representing hundreds of companies that do business in Virginia have come out swinging against a proposal to expand the sales tax to cover digital goods. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin raised the idea in December, packaged with other tax cuts, and Democrats endorsed it in
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story Feb. 27, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Harris Health System is redefining patient care in Houston with the initiation of its pioneering ‘Hospital at Home’ service, which commenced on February 26. This service is a trailblazer in the region, offering patients who require hospital-level
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — An Indiana man accused of making a violent threat against a Michigan election official in 2020 has pleaded guilty. Andrew Nickels of Carmel appeared in federal court Tuesday, the day of Michigan’s presidential primary. A voicemail was left a week after the 2020 presidential election, threatening to kill a suburban Detroit clerk
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de la República Dominicana, Luis Abinader, destacó en su última rendición de cuentas de esta gestión los avances económicos de su gobierno y la lucha contra el crimen y el narcotráfico. “Hemos subido los salarios mínimos en más de un 40%, el mayor aumento de la historia”,
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