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Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Carole Baskin, who became a pop culture sensation due to Netflix’s docuseries “Tiger King,” has asked the Florida Supreme Court to review an appellate court’s ruling that said she isn’t protected from a defamation lawsuit brought by a former assistant. Baskin last week asked the high court to reconsider its earlier
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — Hamas has replied to a proposal aimed at the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and a sustained cessation in fighting, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday. “I would like to inform
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A former Royal Air Forces pilot has taken to the skies in a Spitfire at 102 years old. Jack Hemmings, an ex-squadron leader with Britain’s air force, is believed to be the oldest pilot to fly the World War II plane. His 20-minute flight, from an airfield in southern England on Monday,
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Andy Rose and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group wants prosecutors to bring federal and state hate crime charges against a man arrested in the stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American man Sunday evening in Texas. The victim, identified by his father as Zacharia
Continue ReadingBy David Wright, Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A robocall that used an AI voice resembling President Joe Biden’s to advise New Hampshire voters against voting in the state’s presidential primary has been linked to a pair of Texas-based telecommunications companies, the state’s attorney general announced on Tuesday. New Hampshire Attorney General John
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Commute Options urges all students to please join them in celebrating Winter Walk + Roll to School Day on Wednesday morning by walking or rolling to school. All students in Bend-La Pine Schools are encouraged to participate! They have walk routes on their website to help you plan a safe walk
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor says 70 corrupt employees of the nation’s largest public housing authority accepted over $2 million in bribes to dispense small repair-job contracts to contractors doing work on nearly a third of the city’s public housing buildings. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said the Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Senate committee has rejected legislation that would have allowed a referendum on a casino in the wealthy suburbs of the nation’s capital. The Senate Finance and Appropriations committee voted 13-2 Tuesday against a bill allowing Fairfax County to hold a referendum on a casino
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid suffered a swift and total collapse Tuesday as Republicans withdrew support despite President Joe Biden urging Congress to “show some spine” and stand up to Donald Trump. Just minutes after the
Continue ReadingCNN By John King, CNN Pawleys Island, South Carolina (CNN) — Joy Rendulic was hesitant when her husband first suggested a move to South Carolina. Then she visited a small ice cream shop for sale near the spectacular coast of this barrier island town. Rendulic cashed in her 401(k) to buy it, and left Erie,
Continue ReadingBy John King, CNN Pawleys Island, South Carolina (CNN) — Joy Rendulic was hesitant when her husband first suggested a move to South Carolina. Then she visited a small ice cream shop for sale near the spectacular coast of this barrier island town. Rendulic cashed in her 401(k) to buy it, and left Erie, Pennsylvania,
Continue ReadingBy CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An adorable, furry baby Hoffman’s two-toed sloth has made its debut at zoo in Florida. Zookeepers at the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society have been monitoring the baby sloth and its mother, Wilbur, since witnessing the birth early in the
Continue ReadingERIE, Pa. (AP) — The conservative group Project Veritas and its former leader are taking the unusual step of publicly acknowledging that claims of ballot mishandling at a Pennsylvania post office in 2020 were untrue. The statements from Project Veritas and founder James O’Keefe came as a lawsuit filed against them by a Pennsylvania postmaster
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN The House on Tuesday failed to pass a standalone package for $17.6 billion in Israel aid amid opposition from both Republicans and Democratic leaders. Because of resistance among members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, House Speaker Mike Johnson had been forced to bring up the
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities are issuing cease-and-desist orders against two Texas companies they believe were connected to robocalls that used artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice and discourage people from voting in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary last month. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Cerca de Odesa, Ucrania (CNN) — Todo lo que se necesitó fueron seis drones marinos, propulsados por motos acuáticas, para hundir un buque ruso de misiles guiados la semana pasada, según una rara entrevista con la unidad ucraniana secreta detrás del ataque. La Inteligencia de Defensa de Ucrania dijo en ese momento que
Continue ReadingBy Martha Shade, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Kira Johnson was so excited to be a mother that she began planning her first son’s birthday party while still pregnant. The carnival-themed party she threw was epic: cake, cupcakes and a movie poster she had printed up for the occasion. Kira didn’t get to celebrate any birthday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that crashed off North Carolina’s coast, killing all eight people on board, was likely distracted. That’s according to the final report on the 2022 accident from the National Transportation Safety Board. The report said the pilot was likely trying to program the aircraft’s
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Los investigadores de la Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte dijeron este martes que las pruebas muestran que faltaban cuatro pernos que sujetan el tapón de la puerta en su lugar en el Boeing 737 Max 9 en el momento del accidente del mes pasado en el vuelo
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