By Paradise Afshar, Pete Muntean and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — An Alaska Airlines passenger accused of attacking another traveler with pens wrapped in rubber bands in late January has been charged in federal court with assault with a dangerous weapon, according to court documents filed in the US District Court of Nevada on Wednesday. Julio Alvarez Lopez, who was
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un año después de que concluyera el mayor ensayo mundial de una semana laboral de cuatro días, una gran mayoría de las empresas que participaron aún permitían a sus empleados trabajar una semana más corta y más de la mitad habían hecho el cambio permanente. Durante seis meses, entre junio
Continue ReadingBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Fardaws Aimaq had 21 points, 11 rebounds and five assists and California tied a program-record with 16 3-pointers in rallying to beat Oregon State 81-73 on Thursday night. Aside from Aimaq’s 18th double-double this season, Jalen Cone hit five 3-pointers and scored all 17 of his points in the second half
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County voters are set to decide if embattled District Attorney George Gascón will remain the head of the nation’s largest prosecutor’s office. There have been two failed attempts to get Gascón on the ballot for a recall. Gascón faces 11 challengers in the March
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has urged a Florida judge to dismiss the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, claiming in part that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution even as that sweeping argument has so far in failed in federal courts in a separate case. Trump faces dozens of
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Funcionarios estadounidenses han estado analizando una serie de documentos recientemente filtrados de una empresa tecnológica china en busca de pistas sobre cómo el Gobierno de Beijing supuestamente utiliza a la compañía en amplias campañas de hackeo, según dijeron a CNN varios funcionarios estadounidenses de ciberseguridad familiarizados con el asunto. El
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press KIBBUTZ BE’ERI, Israel (AP) — Gillian and Pete Brisley are picking up the pieces of their shattered lives. They are cleaning up the house where their daughter and granddaughters were killed by Hamas on Oct. 7 in hopes that their son-in-law — believed to be held captive in Gaza —
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As Deschutes County prepares to remove the façade, then demolish the over century-old A.J. Tucker Building to make way for an expanded county courthouse, we provide some history about Tucker and the building he built.
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The latest figures from the National Police show that more than 30,000 people have been reported missing in Ukraine during two years of war. Among them are military personnel, civilians and children. Tens of thousands of people have disappeared under a variety of circumstances, their whereabouts
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man has been found guilty of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal hate crime trial over gender identity. Jurors decided Friday that Daqua Lameek Ritter fatally shot Dime Doe in 2019, because of her gender identity. Ritter
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected several proposed hydropower projects on the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The commission has also created a policy that essentially gives tribes early veto power over such projects. The Navajo Nation says the move recognizes the inherent authority of tribes
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, Anna-Maja Rappard, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN (CNN) — Kherson, its streets peppered with broken glass and an endless storm of artillery on its horizon, feels as if it is under remote occupation. Two years ago, it became the first major Ukrainian city to fall, as Russians forces swept in from Crimea. It
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of visitors flock to America’s national parks each year, but a select number of sites consistently prove to be the most popular. Known for its renowned hikes and majestic meadows, the Great Smoky Mountains just landed its usual No. 1 spot as the most visited park in
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — The collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in a remote area of central Venezuela has exposed the sense of abandonment felt by small or rural communities bypassed by a quasi-economic renaissance seen in the South American country’s capital and cities. People in La
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is promising to use a second term in the White House to defend Christian values and is suggesting he’ll protect the faith’s central icon, warning a convention of religious broadcasters that the left wants “to tear down crosses.” Trump spoke at the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Eddie Turner III scored 27 points as Montana State beat Portland State 72-67 on Thursday night. Turner was 9-of-15 shooting, including 5 for 8 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 6 from the line for the Bobcats (12-15, 7-7 Big Sky Conference). Brandon Walker added 14
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Graham Ike scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as Gonzaga beat Portland 86-65 on Thursday night for its fifth straight win. Nolan Hickman scored 19 points while shooting 7 for 12, including 4 for 8 from beyond the arc, and added six rebounds for the Bulldogs
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US officials have been scouring a trove of newly leaked documents from a Chinese tech firm for clues on how the government in Beijing allegedly uses the company in extensive hacking campaigns, multiple US cybersecurity officials familiar with the matter told CNN. The Biden administration’s study of the leak is ongoing, but private experts told CNN it offers
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has received a rock-star welcome at a conservative gathering outside Washington as he urged people to “unapologetically fight” against what he called “dark forces.” At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Bukele told people to use El Salvador as
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Last year more than two dozen opposition parties in India came together to take on Narendra Modi, one of the country’s most popular prime ministers in generations. But the broad alliance, beset with ideological differences and personality clashes, is cracking at a crucial
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