By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An old Earth-observing satellite has fallen out of orbit and harmlessly burned up. The European Space Agency says its satellite broke apart over the Pacific on Wednesday, halfway between Hawaii and Alaska. No damage or injuries were reported. Launched in 1995, the spacecraft was
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers are considering legislation to enable authorities to investigate and prosecute specific threats to harm election officials or immediate family members, as threats against them rise across the country. The measure, which has the support of Gov. Wes Moore, would make threatening an election official
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deciding how and where to invest your money can be a difficult and overwhelming decision. The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation now has resources available to help. The division recently published the Oregon Investor Guide, a free publication that is available both in print and online. DFR created this guide to take
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Josh Brolin is known as a doting father and movie star of epic proportions, but above all, the man is a gifted wordsmith. Brolin – who plays Gurney Halleck in the Denis Villeneuve “Dune” movies – took a more creative approach to promoting the franchise’s second installment “Dune: Part
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — As the Oregon Legislature’s “short session” heads into its final weeks, we’ll be providing occasional collections of news releases received on bills and legislative action. Here are two Wednesday items. From the Oregon Senate Democratic and Republican Offices: Protecting Oregonians on Public Transit Senate Bill 1553 expands the existing crime of
Continue ReadingBy Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Wednesday she believes an embryo is a baby following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death. “I mean, I think embryos, to me, are babies,” Haley said during a pull-aside
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El rey Carlos III regresó al trabajo por primera vez desde que reveló su diagnóstico de cáncer. El monarca fue grabado estrechando la mano del primer ministro británico, Rishi Sunak, cuando llegó al Palacio de Buckingham el miércoles por la tarde. Su reunión supone la reanudación de sus encuentros
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Don Steven McDougal, el amigo de la familia sospechoso de matar a Audrii Cunningham, de 11 años, en Livingston, Texas, está acusado ahora de asesinato con posibilidad de pena de muerte, según documentos judiciales presentados el miércoles en el condado de Polk. McDougal, que ya estaba detenido en relación con un
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — El abogado de Juan Orlando Hernández, expresidente de Honduras, desestimó este miércoles la relación del exmandatario con su hermano Tony, quien ya ha sido condenado por cargos de narcotráfico en Estados Unidos, durante sus alegatos iniciales en el juicio que Hernández enfrenta por cargos de tráfico de drogas y uso
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities. It’s the latest example of the illegal child labor that officials say is increasingly common. The Labor Department asked a federal judge for an
Continue ReadingKing Charles III said he had been reduced to tears by the messages he has received from people since his cancer diagnosis, as he held his weekly audience with the prime minister for the first time since stepping away from public duties to focus on his treatment. Charles also met Wednesday with the Privy Council
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press A police detective says he was unnerved to find a U.S. Army rocket launcher when searching a suspicious truck for drugs in central Massachusetts. Det. Alex Sinni of the Sutton Police Department told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his first concern after finding the M190 launcher beneath the backseat
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s legendary ability to raise massive sums of political cash may be on a collision course with a new and unpleasant reality. Campaign finance reports released this week flashed bright warning lights, showing two key committees in his political operation raised an anemic $13.8 million in
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — BuzzFeed on Wednesday sold Complex to NTWRK, an e-commerce company specializing in collectible items rooted in street culture, in a deal that further shrinks the struggling Jonah Peretti-led digital media empire that was once synonymous with virality and the social media age. The $108.6 million sale of much of
Continue ReadingBy Greg Ng Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Baltimore City settled a lawsuit with the nation’s largest manufacturer of ghost guns. The mayor’s office released a statement Wednesday morning stating that the city reached a $1.2 million settlement over its 2022 lawsuit against Polymer80 that accused the company of
Continue ReadingBy Fletcher Keel Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WLWT) — A Butler County man has been arrested after allegedly running through a Fairfield Township neighborhood and sitting on a front porch while nude. According to a Butler County court complaint, 51-year-old James Michael Smith has been charged with public indecency.
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Emergency physician Dr. Gail D’Onofrio has seen the grief and heartache firsthand, she said. Each time, the same questions are asked through tears: What else could I have done? A mother who has lost her child to a drug overdose might ask, “Why didn’t I see the signs?” Or
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University condemned what it called a “flagrantly antisemitic cartoon” that an undergraduate group posted on social media over the weekend. It also appeared on the Instagram account of Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine. Copied from a newsletter published by students in the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WLWT) — A Clermont County father accused of murdering his three young sons is appearing in court Wednesday. Doerman is in court for a motion to suppress hearing. Doerman is accused of murdering his three young sons in Clermont County last year.
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado man has died after a bite from a large venomous lizard, called a Gila monster, that he illegally kept as a pet, according to Lakewood city officials. Christopher Ward, 34, owned two of the reptiles and became ill after being bitten on the hand by one of
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