By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine legislative committee is considering an emergency request to grant powers to a panel investigating last year’s Lewiston mass shooting that the state’s governor said are critical to unraveling how the killings unfolded. An independent commission is investigating the October shootings that killed 18 people
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The leader of the Church of England says Britain will undermine its standing in the world if it enacts a government plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said U.K. politicians were seeking to “outsource our moral and
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — You don’t have to be on the sideline or even in Levi’s Stadium to be one of the 49ers’ most faithful super fans. Two Sacramento area homes are as close to game day as it gets. “Welcome to my 49er room, the
Continue ReadingBy Sade Browne Click here for updates on this story GRASS VALLEY, California (KOVR) — Four women and former high school classmates all live together in a senior living community. You might call them the modern-day Golden Girls. It’s a heartwarming tale to hear stories they share in the past during their high school days.
Continue ReadingBy Laurie Perez, Danielle Radin Click here for updates on this story GRANADA HILLS, California (KCAL) — The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating a deadly shooting at a home in Granada Hills in which a man shot his wife and two children before shooting himself on Saturday. Investigators say that the shooting happened at
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Wild video shows the moments that a woman clung to the hood of a driving car in downtown Los Angeles after thieves snatched her French Bulldog while she was outside of a store last week. Investigators say that the incident happened
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CHICAGO (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have risen 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.58/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. But prices in Oregon are still 19.6 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 15.0 cents per gallon lower than a year
Continue ReadingBy Kasey Richardson, Kennedy Cook Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — A story that’s really up your alley. The Colorado Blind Bowling Association is showing those that you don’t need eyesight to be a professional bowler. For as long as he can remember, Paul Trujillo, president of the organization, has loved
Continue ReadingCNN, PLANET LABS PBC, POOL, GETTY IMAGES, SOCIAL MEDIA By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The drone that killed three US Army soldiers and wounded dozens more in Jordan on Sunday approached the US military outpost, Tower 22, around the same time an American drone was returning to the base,
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Young Click here for updates on this story CASTLE ROCK, Colorado (KCNC) — A Colorado church is suing the town of Castle Rock after the town said the church’s use of RVs to shelter the homeless was a zoning violation. “Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide
Continue ReadingBy AJ Walker Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan (WWJ) — The grand re-opening ceremony at the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills marked the historic transformation of its core exhibit. The event also showed the importance of remembering the Holocaust. As Edith Kozlowski, a Holocaust survivor, took the stage to
Continue ReadingBy Marielle Mohs Click here for updates on this story EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota (WCCO) — A concussion can sideline an athlete for weeks, but now Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO) is taking a new approach to treatment. TCO opened a new concussion specialty center in Eden Prairie last spring. Since opening, they’ve helped dozens of athletes
Continue ReadingBy Beret Leone, Anthony Bettin Click here for updates on this story GRAND RAPIDS, Minnesota (WCCO) — The man convicted of stealing the iconic ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” will learn his fate Monday. Stealing the ruby slippers Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” was “one last score” for aging reformed
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Amazon and iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum, mutually called off their estimated $1.7 billion acquisition deal Monday, citing numerous regulatory hurdles. Immediately after the deal was publicly squashed, iRobot announced it would lay off 31% of its staff and that founder Colin Angle would step down
Continue ReadingBy Mugo Odigwe Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Nearly a dozen different fire departments battled a massive building fire in Evanston Sunday night. Crews worked to put out the blaze at a mixed-use building at1402 Greenleaf St. Crews arrived on the scene around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Evanston
Continue ReadingBy Kym Gable Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The popular Italian pastime of bocce is also a PIAA-sanctioned sport. Dozens of high schools in western Pennsylvania have teams. They are also part of the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program, which aims to make sports more inclusive for students with
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military announced it would review the shooting of a Palestinian man who was killed in the Gaza Strip while walking in a group of people waving a white flag, saying footage of the episode raised concerns of possible wrongdoing by soldiers. A video shows a group
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR. AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it pass unchallenged into a desert base in Jordan where it killed three U.S. troops and wounded dozens more, officials said Monday. Details of the Sunday attack
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Stahl, Adam Fox Click here for updates on this story MIDDLETOWN, Delaware (KYW) — A growing number of dentists are using artificial intelligence to enhance their treatments. A dentist in Delaware is even calling it a game changer. Dr. Kye Williams explained to his patient, Patrick Kipp, how artificial intelligence helped figure out
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Supporters of prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. says he has disappeared from the Siberian prison where he was behind bars. The 42-year-old Kara-Murza is serving a 25-year sentence for treason. He was held in a prison in the Omsk region. But a letter sent to him by an activist
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