PORTLAND, Ore. KTVZ) – Radon gas may be invisible to the naked eye, but students across the Pacific Northwest are once again invited to illustrate its risk through creative artwork in 2024’s Northwest Radon Poster Contest. The competition is part of January’s National Radon Action Month, giving students a creative outlet to learn about and
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — CES 2024 has kicked off in Las Vegas. The multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association will feature the latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, sustainability and more. Burgeoning uses of artificial intelligence almost everywhere you look. The Associated Press will keep a running
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Oregon Supreme Court will soon decide whether to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballots because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” A liberal advocacy group, Free Speech For People, filed the Oregon lawsuit last month on behalf of a group of voters. They went directly to the state’s
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Withrow Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND COUNTY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office undercover operation led to the arrest of three alleged child predators. Last month, the CCSO Criminal Investigations Division carried out an undercover operation targeting online predators. Throughout December, detectives used undercover profiles as underage boys
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN) — Astrónomos han rastreado una de las ráfagas de radio rápidas más potentes y distantes jamás detectadas hasta su insólito origen cósmico: un extraño grupo de galaxias en forma de “mancha”. El inesperado descubrimiento podría arrojar más luz sobre las causas de los misteriosos estallidos de ondas de radio, que han desconcertado
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men. Sentencing had been set to begin on Jan. 16, but a court hearing schedule
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Aaron Rodgers is done as a guest on Pat McAfee’s ESPN show for the remainder of the NFL season. McAfee, who has drawn significant scrutiny for allowing the injured New York Jets quarterback to appear on his program and deliver lengthy conspiratorial rants, made the announcement Wednesday on his
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A New Hampshire man who had been accused of participating in a plot in which a caller issued bomb threats to Harvard University and demanded a large amount of bitcoin, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in federal court Wednesday. Fifty-five-year-old William Giordani was arrested last year
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — María Victoria Ramírez de Arellano Cardona —más conocida por su nombre artístico, Young Miko— es una rapera y compositora de 26 años nacida en Añasco, Puerto Rico. Miko es la protagonista de la Bizarrap Music Sessión #58 y ya se ha ganado un lugar en la escena urbana global por sus
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — When 2-year-old Clara dons her four rubber booties to go out into the intense cold of a Helsinki winter morning, she typically does a hop and a skip before she settles down. “Clara does the hilarious boot walk — lifting legs super high — but soon forgets them when
Continue ReadingCNN, WJZ, SPECTRUM NEWS ALBANY, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY, WJHG, JAY LESYK, SCV, MICHAEL GORDON, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, WABC, WTVY, PANAMA CITY PD, WAFB, WRDW, SCV/Michael Gordon By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — When 2-year-old Clara dons her four rubber booties to go out into the intense
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — Los ataques de combatientes apoyados por Irán en el mar Rojo han bloqueado una de las principales rutas comerciales del mundo para la mayoría de los cargueros de contenedores, buques que transportan desde piezas de automóviles hasta Crocs de un rincón a otro del planeta. Un cierre prolongado de la
Continue ReadingMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida say a man fatally shot a 30-year-old Buffalo Bills fan during an altercation outside Hard Rock Stadium after the Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins in the final regular season game. As Dylan Brody Isaacs and his friends were returning to their vehicle after the game Sunday
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Twitch, the video game streaming platform acquired by Amazon a decade ago for close to $1 billion, is laying off more than 500 employees as the company tries to turn the tremendously expensive division profitable. Twitch CEO Dan Clancy in an email to employees said that even with cost
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Erik Spoelstra was hosting a clinic in the Philippines, his mother’s homeland, this past summer while the Miami Heat coach was there as an assistant with USA Basketball for the World Cup. A few dozen kids finished the workout, then got to ask him whatever they
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the third year in a row, a record number of airline passengers’ guns were intercepted by airport security officers before those weapons could make it aboard a flight. Airport security officers prevented passengers from carrying more than 6,700 prohibited guns onto airplanes in
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the third year in a row, a record number of airline passengers’ guns were intercepted by airport security officers before those weapons could make it aboard a flight. Airport security officers prevented passengers from carrying more than 6,700 prohibited guns onto airplanes
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A lawsuit filed against the Florida sheriff’s deputy who was on campus during the 2018 Parkland school massacre can go forward. Fired Deputy Scot Peterson had moved to dismiss the case before trial. Peterson is being sued by the 17 families of the victims and
Continue ReadingBy Andy Weber Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Oklahoma-made electric vehicles are now on local roads. Last week, the state received the first three made at the company’s Oklahoma City plant near Interstate 40 and South Morgan Road. Three brand new Canoo vehicles are going to the state, including
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right prime minister says his government will soon submit legislation allowing civil marriage for same-sex couples. That’s despite reservations from some of his party’s own lawmakers and the country’s powerful church. But Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says the proposed law will not extend the right to future parenthood through surrogate
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