By Matt Geagan Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — It was a banner night in Boston on Tuesday, as the Celtics raised their 18th championship banner to the TD Garden rafters before blowing out the Knicks in the first game of the new NBA season. Celtics players also collected their
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Police in Mexico have captured a man suspected of strangling an Illinois attorney to death in 2016. The U.S. Marshals Service announced Wednesday that Mexican authorities arrested John Panaligan in Tepic on Monday. Panaligan had been on the marshals’ 15 Most Wanted Fugitives List since 2020. Investigators allege he strangled 36-year-old
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court has ruled people whose mail ballots are rejected for not following technical procedures in state law can cast provisional ballots. That decision Wednesday is sure to affect some of the thousands of mail-in votes experts say are likely to be rejected this fall for not following
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On Tuesday, residents had a chance to stop by Deep Roots Coffee in Prineville during a two-hour coffee to informally meet Jeff Profio, the new police chief.
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Bartos Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Three Washington County men will spend time in jail after pleading guilty to killing over 20 deer during a poaching spree, the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced on Wednesday. Twenty-year-old Ezra McClelland, 21-year-old Julian Marth and 20-year-old Grant Bamberger each pleaded guilty
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Murdock Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — Should it be legal to take a sick day to care for your pet? That’s what a proposed amendment to New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act would allow. The proposal – Introduction 1089 – would make
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El jefe de la Fiscalía Federal de Estados Unidos en Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow anunció en días pasados el nombramiento del fiscal federal Seth Erbe como Oficial Electoral del Distrito (DEO) de Puerto Rico. Según un comunicado de prensa, Erbe tendrá la tarea de supervisar, junto al Departamento de
Continue ReadingBy John MacLauchlan, Chelsea Jones Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A 66-year-old woman fell overboard from a Taylor Swift-themed Royal Caribbean cruise ship off The Bahamas on Tuesday night, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard said Wednesday afternoon it was suspending its search. The agency assisted the
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Ludman Click here for updates on this story 10/23/24 (LAPost.com) — LeBron James and his son, Bronny James, made NBA history Tuesday when they became the first active father-son duo. The Lakers opened their season with a 110-103 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Crypto.com Arena in front of a capacity crowd
Continue ReadingMorgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing assessment of the modern Republican Party in an upcoming biography, saying the “MAGA movement is completely wrong” and that Ronald Reagan “wouldn’t recognize” the party today. “I think Trump was the biggest factor in changing the Republican Party from what Ronald Reagan
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(Update: Bend City Council sets special meeting; mayor reaction to county vote) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A week after things went sideways on joint plans to close much of the Juniper Ridge area north of Bend to homeless camping and create a 170-acre temporary safe stay area, Deschutes county commissioners voted 3-0 Wednesday to adopt
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Lawyers for CBS News are rebuffing a legal threat from Donald Trump over the network’s “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, telling the former president his demands are based on a “faulty premise.” In a blunt letter to Trump’s legal counsel, the network on Wednesday said the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man is facing new federal charges after being arrested in a courthouse bomb attack that injured five people last month. Federal officials say Wednesday that Nathaniel McGuire has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction, maliciously damaging a building with an explosive, and possessing unregistered
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Cohen, Sean Lyngaas and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Georgia’s secretary of state’s office this month fended off a cyberattack believed to have come from a foreign country against the website voters use to request absentee ballots, the office told CNN. The state’s cyber defenses — aided by tech firm Cloudflare — repelled the hackers’ attempts to
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Priscilla Alvarez and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to deliver a final-stretch closing argument address next week at the same location her rival delivered a fiery speech on January 6, 2021, that set in motion the attack by his supporters at the US Capitol. Harris’ speech
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86. Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that her father died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, California, an unincorporated
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Un artículo de The Atlantic publicado esta semana, en donde se citan afirmaciones del general retirado de los Marines John Kelly, ex secretario general de la Casa Blanca, ha causado un revuelo cuando faltan menos de dos semanas para el día de las elecciones en EE.UU. Kelly dijo que el expresidente encaja
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In anticipation of three Taylor Swift concerts, which could draw around 150,000 visitors to New Orleans’ Superdome this weekend, state authorities on Wednesday began clearing a nearby homeless encampment. Roughly 75 people who were living in tents beneath an overpass would be relocated roughly two blocks away, Louisiana State
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julia Mendez carefully positioned three candles in a row under a sign welcoming fans to Dodger Stadium. Then she pulled out a foil-wrapped burrito and rested it against the post. “I know he ate a burrito all his life,” said the 70-year-old fan from North Hollywood who had
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency didn’t ensure that states submitted accurate estimates of the number of lead pipes they had. The problem could send nearly $1 billion to places that don’t need it, according to a report by the EPA’s Office of Inspector General. It isn’t too late to ensure
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