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Year: 2024

Houston-area sheriff’s deputies repeatedly shot at woman after mistaking her for an intruder in a friend’s home, video shows

By Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Sheriff’s deputies in Houston repeatedly shot at a woman after mistaking her for an intruder inside her friend’s apartment, body camera footage released over the weekend shows. The woman, Eboni Pouncy, was shot five times during the February 3 confrontation and her attorney, Ben Crump, called

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ANÁLISIS | Elecciones EE.UU.: ¿Qué pasa si un candidato presidencial muere o tiene que abandonar la carrera?

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Mientras que la carrera presidencial de 2024 parece escrita en piedra como una revancha entre el presidente Joe Biden y el expresidente Donald Trump, también es cierto que podrían pasan cosas. Allá por noviembre de 1872, por ejemplo, el editor del periódico y candidato presidencial demócrata Horace Greeley murió después

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Merkley votes against foreign aid bill, says Netanyahu’s war campaign fails to reflect American values

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued the following statement Monday after voting against the Senate’s national security supplemental funding bill: “I have supported getting the emergency supplemental bill to the floor where we could have a robust debate and amendment process on the different elements of the bill. Unfortunately, no amendments have been

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Stroke Awareness Oregon welcomes four new board members, introduces staff

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Stroke Awareness Oregon, a local nonprofit working to eliminate death and disability from stroke, Is pleased to announce the addition of four new  members to its board of directors and to introduce the staff.  These additions to the board of directors will assure the organization’s continued success in assuring accomplishment of board

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Crook County seeks applicants for two openings on Wolf Compensation Committee

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Crook County has open positions for the county’s Wolf Compensation Committee. The two positions currently open are 1. Conservation/Coexist and 2. Local Business Representative. If you are interested in serving on any of these boards, please stop by the County Commissioner’s Office located at 203 NE Court Street, Prineville, or email sarah.puerner@crookcountyor.gov for an application.

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Jailed former Thai PM Thaksin gets parole, capping a reconciliation with military that ousted him

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year returned from more than a decade of self-imposed exile to serve a prison sentence for misdeeds committed while in office, has been granted parole and could be released this weekend, the country’s justice minister announced Tuesday. Parole for

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Powerful nor’easter pelts region with snow, making it New York City’s snowiest day in 2 years

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Lauren Mascarenhas and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A fast-moving nor’easter dumped snow on New York City and other major Northeast metropolitan areas Tuesday, knocking out power and disrupting travel, work and school. Here’s the latest: • Double-digit snow: More than a foot of snow fell from Pennsylvania to Connecticut. At least 15

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Australia to ban doxxing after pro-Palestinian activists publish information about hundreds of Jews

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government says  will outlaw doxxing – the malicious release online of personal or identifying information without the subject’s permission – after pro-Palestinian activists published personal details about hundreds of Jewish people in Australia. The government was responding to Nine Entertainment news reports last week

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OpenAI CEO warns that ‘societal misalignments’ could make artificial intelligence dangerous

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says that the dangers that keep him awake at night regarding artificial intelligence are the “very subtle societal misalignments” that could make the systems wreck havoc. Sam Altman, speaking Tuesday at the World Governments Summit in Dubai via a

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Thailand’s jailed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to be freed

By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Thailand’s jailed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will soon walk free from detention after his parole was approved, according to Thailand’s justice minister, just six months after his dramatic return to the kingdom. The announcement caps an extraordinary decades-long political saga that will see

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