By Kim Passoth Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — An unusual series of thefts has hit a Henderson community. Thieves have been digging up cactuses at in the Cadence neighborhood. They estimate at least 100 plants have been stolen. The price tag: $10,000. “They actually posted a video from
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press A Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds — including eagles on a Montana Indian reservation — then illegally selling their carcasses and feathers intends to plead guilty to illegal wildlife trafficking and other criminal charges, court documents show. Federal prosecutors say Travis John Branson and
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Norwegian royal officials say that King Harald V of Norway has been hospitalized with an infection while on vacation in Malaysia. The news came in a statement Tuesday from the Norwegian royal house. The 87-year-old monarch has had several illnesses in recent months that have raised concerns about the head of state’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Michael Williams and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday pointedly explored a new line of attack against his once-and-likely-future opponent Donald Trump, mocking Trump’s age as Biden tries to turn the tables on one of his greatest political liabilities. Firing back against critics who say his own age
Continue ReadingBy Pooja Lodhia Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A mother was shot and killed while shielding her children from bullets flying into her car in Houston’s Westchase area over the weekend, according to her family. The Houston Police Department responded to the shooting at about 8 p.m. on Friday
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Wild fluctuations in temperatures are being recorded across much of the United States this week. Some cities are experiencing a whiplash in which they are going from record highs to severe storms to snow and freezing temperatures in a matter of days. The wacky weather is one big numbers game. More than
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Walt Disney World has put 2025 tickets on sale, and prices for many tickets have gone up from 2024 pricing. Some of the lowest single-day, single-park ticket prices have gone up by $10 for 2025. For example, some late-August weekday tickets at Disney’s Animal Kingdom have gone from $109
Continue ReadingBy Miya Shay Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Wanda Jackson never thought she’d spend her golden years in an apartment off the side of a nondescript Houston highway exit, away from the community she loved. “Pissed off. Let me just say, (I’m) pissed off,” she said with flashes of
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Family Dollar Stores was hit with a record fine for violating product safety standards after selling items that were stocked in a rat-infested warehouse filled with live, dead and decaying rodents. The retailer, a subsidiary of Dollar Tree was fined $41.6 million, “the largest-ever monetary criminal penalty
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Millennials and GenZers are redefining lifestyle trends – from the way we dress, live, work and socialize to how we celebrate life moments. That includes weddings. Formalities like big wedding parties with bridesmaids and groomsmen divided by gender, people getting married in churches, even practices that seemed
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Milwaukie retiree is the latest winner of Oregon’s Game Megabucks, with a winning ticket worth $8.4 million, Oregon Lottery officials said Tuesday. David Schultze, 68, said he didn’t know he was sitting on millions until he checked his ticket last Friday morning. The winning numbers were drawn back on January 24. He spent the whole
Continue ReadingPERU, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana man convicted in the fatal 2021 shootings of a woman, her young daughter and her fiancé has been sentenced to 195 years in prison. A Miami County judge sentenced 27-year-old Mitchell Page of Brookston last week to the maximum 65 years for each of three murder counts he
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El universo de “Dune” creado por el escritor estadounidense Frank Herbert regresa a la pantalla grande esta semana con el estreno de la secuela dirigida por el director canadiense Denis Villeneuve. “Dune: Parte Dos”, de Warner Bros. (que, como CNN, es una unidad de Warner Bros. Discovery), llega a los cines
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During 2023, Bend Fire & Rescue received more than 10,000 calls, the large majority involving medical issues. Their lifesaving efforts recently earned the department a prestigious national award.
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was on hand Tuesday for the arrival in Rome of an Italian family of three just hours after their release from two years of captivity in the African nation of Mali. The family, identified as Rocco Langone, his wife Maria Caivano and their adult son Giovanni Langone
Continue ReadingBy Emily Miller Click here for updates on this story REXBURG, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Growing up in the West African country of Sierra Leone, Raymond Steven didn’t have access to the same luxuries he now sees American kids enjoying. In many ways, the Brigham Young University-Idaho student is worlds away from his homeland as he
Continue Reading(Update: adding video, comments from co-founders, entrepreneurs) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The new Bend Entrepreneur Lab says it focuses on providing direct support to early-stage tech entrepreneurs in Central Oregon. BEL’s co-founders are Scott Douglass, Carrie M. Douglass and Nicolas H. Pluche. Counselor Liz Spragg wanted to create a startup for mental health professionals, but
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Plataforma Unitaria Democrática de Venezuela (PUD), la organización que agrupa a varios grupos de oposición venezolanos, difundió este martes un comunicado donde reitera su disposición “a trabajar con la contraparte en una propuesta de cronograma y fecha de elección presidencial de 2024”. La fecha de las elecciones
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling about 381,000 Tacoma midsize pickup trucks in the U.S. because a part can separate from the rear axle, increasing the risk of a crash. The recall covers certain trucks from the 2022 and 2023 model years. Toyota said in a statement Tuesday that welding debris left on the ends
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — School bus service has been snarled in St. Louis for two days because of a work stoppage that’s a show of support for a Black mechanic who says he found a noose at his workstation. The action began Monday and continued Tuesday for drivers employed by
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