SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s high court says 10 GOP lawmakers who staged long walkout over abortion and other bills can’t run for reelection.
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Capitol Police announced Thursday that no charges will be filed over the filming of a sex video in a Senate hearing room in December, saying there was no evidence of a crime being committed. “For now, we are closing the investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding a sex video
Continue ReadingCNN By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday admitted he mishandled communication around his treatment for prostate cancer and apologized to his colleagues and the American public in his first news conference since returning to work. “I want to be crystal clear: We did not handle
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Nurses are very frequently referred to as heroes. Well, back in December, a group of nurses from UPMC Passavant were quite literally heroes. On that afternoon, that group of nurses saw smoke coming from a Jeep sitting in a parking lot and
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to staffing, the Redmond DMV office will be closed Thursday, the agency reported. Similar issues have closed Redmond and other Central Oregon DMV offices temporarily several times in recent years. You can find the agency’s online services at https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/_/
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dueling Virginia legislative proposals backed by different gambling companies would open the door for an expansion of slot-like betting machines in businesses such as truck stops, restaurants and convenience stores. At the center of the debate are gray machines. The arcade-style games look similar to slot
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Ybarra Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy are facing charges for allegedly breaking into several vehicles in the Canton area on Monday night. They are two of nearly a dozen juveniles arrested for committing crimes in Baltimore in January. The two
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Washington Commanders have an agreement with Dan Quinn to hire him as coach, two people with knowledge of the move tell The Associated Press. Quinn has been the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive coordinator for the past three seasons. He coached the Falcons to a Super Bowl appearance in his
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Elon Musk rara vez se ve acorralado. Es notoriamente impasible ante los críticos, ya sean accionistas de sus empresas, comentaristas de los medios o reguladores federales, quienes aparentemente están a cargo de proteger a los inversionistas y al público de los peores de sus excesos. Pero esta semana, una jueza del
Continue ReadingBy Adam Thompson, Paul Gessler, Cristina Mendez Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The Angelos family has agreed to sell the Baltimore Orioles to Baltimore native and billionaire David Rubenstein. The Orioles will be purchased for $1.725 billion, the Orioles announced on Wednesday. “Our collective goal will be to bring
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday. Don’t worry: There’s no chance of it hitting us since it will pass seven times the distance from Earth to the moon. NASA’s Center for Near Earth
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to examine six proposed maps redrawing state legislative districts say the ones submitted by the Republican Legislature and a conservative law firm are partisan gerrymanders. They stopped short Thursday of declaring the other four constitutional. They said only the
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he never told his staff to keep his cancer surgery and hospitalization secret from the White House, but acknowledged he should have handled it differently and he apologized for keeping President Joe Biden and others in the
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Wings have re-signed All-Star Satou Sabally after a breakout season that helped the franchise to its first playoff series victory since moving to Texas eight years ago. Sabally had a franchise-record seven consecutive double-doubles on the way to the fifth-most in the WNBA at 14. The 25-year-old had career-best
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — Al menos siete personas fueron arrestadas y están acusadas de atacar a agentes del Departamento de Policía de la ciudad de Nueva York afuera de un refugio para inmigrantes, dijo un portavoz de la policía a CNN. Según una denuncia penal, al menos cuatro de los arrestados estaban alojados en refugios para
Continue ReadingBy SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police and student protesters have clashed in the Greek capital after a demonstration against government plans to allow private universities. Demonstrators on Thursday attacked police cordons, set fire to trash dumpsters and threw stones at riot police near parliament and later during clashes
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Elon Musk envió el lunes una carta a Twitter proponiendo seguir adelante con su acuerdo para comprar la compañía al precio originalmente acordado de US$ 54,20 por acción, según una presentación de valores del martes. En la carta, Musk dijo que procedería con la adquisición en los términos originales, a la espera
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — La jueza que supervisa la disputa sobre la adquisición de Twitter por Elon Musk decidió este jueves suspender el proceso judicial hasta el 28 de octubre a raíz de una petición del CEO de Tesla, lo que significa que el juicio que debía comenzar el 17 de octubre
Continue ReadingCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Annette Bening, a two-time Golden Globe winner who recently received her fifth Oscar nomination, was named Thursday as the 2024 Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The Pudding is the oldest theatrical organization in the nation and one of the oldest in the world. Since 1951, it
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Legendary Southern rapper Juvenile says he had been unaware of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series when a social media post suggested that he do a performance, setting off a frenzy. Two months later, Juvenile’s performance became one of the most notable of last year. with
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