By Rosie Nguyen Click here for updates on this story FULSHEAR, Texas (KTRK) — A massive water leak sent students running out of a classroom at Fulshear High School on Thursday morning. Videos of the incident began circulating on social media, prompting Lamar CISD to respond to what appeared to be feces floating around on
Continue ReadingKTRK By Rosie Nguyen Click here for updates on this story FULSHEAR, Texas (KTRK) — A massive water leak sent students running out of a classroom at Fulshear High School on Thursday morning. Videos of the incident began circulating on social media, prompting Lamar CISD to respond to what appeared to be feces floating around
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A father and daughter disabled by a suicide bomber who killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert in England in 2017 have been awarded $58,000 against a former television producer who claimed the tragedy was a hoax. Martin Hibbert and his daughter Eve won their harassment suit in the High Court
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Victoria Butenko, Nic Robertson and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Tech tycoon Elon Musk joined a call between US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the day after the presidential election, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. According to another source, Trump was with Musk at Mar-a-Lago
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Democratic state lawmaker Janelle Bynum is projected to win the race for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, according to The Oregonian, ousting incumbent Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and flipping a key U.S. House seat in the still-unresolved fight for control of the chamber, KGW reports.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has lifted a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems, particularly F16 fighter jets and Patriot air defense systems, an official with direct knowledge of the plan
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Teachers in two Massachusetts school districts have gone on strike over pay, paid parental leave and other issues. Teachers in Beverly and Gloucester voted Thursday to authorize a strike and schools were closed Friday as teachers in both district hit the picket line. Strikes by teachers are rare in Massachusetts,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia anunció este viernes cargos federales contra tres personas que habrían participado en un complot iraní frustrado para matar a Donald Trump antes de las elecciones presidenciales. Según documentos judiciales, funcionarios iraníes pidieron en septiembre a uno de los hombres acusados, Farhad Shakeri, que se centrara en
Continue ReadingCLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Good news for sea turtles along one Florida Gulf Coast beach — there were more nests counted this year. The bad news: Many of them were washed away by hurricanes. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium said Friday that 271 nests were documented this year along a 21-mile stretch of beach patrolled by
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The Beatles earned their first Grammy nominations since 1997 on Friday. The Fab Four earned two nods for their latest – and “last” – song “Now and Then,” with their nod in the record of the year category sitting among contemporary artists including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Indian Ocean-island nation of Mauritius will hold a national election this weekend, when Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth seeks to win a second term as leader of a nation often praised as one of Africa’s success stories. Mauritius is recognized as one of the continent’s most stable democracies. Jugnauth, 62,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case canceled any remaining court deadlines Friday while prosecutors assess the “the appropriate course going forward” in light of the Republican’s presidential victory. Special Counsel Jack Smith charged Trump last year with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s President Michael Higgins has dissolved parliament to clear the way for a Nov. 29 election that will determine who controls government. Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris, who had to call for an election by March, had announced the date on Wednesday. A historic coalition government led by Harris’ Fine
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German Eonomy Minister Robert Habeck says he hopes to become his Green Party’s candidate for chancellor in the coming election. The announcement Friday by Habeck follows the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition earlier this week. The Greens are a small party that lost popularity in recent elections and currently have
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Lynsey Harris sits down with Bend veterans Lyle Hicks and J.W. Terry to talk about Monday’s Veterans Day Parade in downtown Bend.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is discussing a possible plea deal with federal prosecutors following his arrest last month on charges of witness tampering and destroying evidence. In court papers filed this week, prosecutors said they were discussing a possible resolution of the case
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday announced federal charges in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump before the presidential election. According to court documents, Iranian officials asked Farhad Shakeri, 51, in September to focus on surveilling and ultimately assassinating Trump. Shakeri is still at large in Iran, the
Continue ReadingKHOU, KUSA, WSB, WTVF, CNN By Dalia Faheid, Ashley R. Williams, Jack Forrest, Jillian Sykes and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Federal and state authorities are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to Black people across the country referencing slavery and telling them they were “selected to pick cotton at the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump lavished Christopher Wray with praise when he named him FBI director in 2017, introducing him as an “impeccably qualified individual” and a “model of integrity.” So much has changed in the seven years since. With Trump poised to reclaim the White House, Wray’s days as director may be
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith could have a decision by December 2 on how to resolve Donald Trump’s criminal case surrounding the events of the 2020 election, he told a federal judge Friday. He asked federal District Judge Tanya Chutkan to wipe away all deadlines that are upcoming so his
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