Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy on Wednesday criminalized citizens who go abroad to have children through surrogacy, a measure slammed by opponents as “medieval” and discriminatory to same-sex couples. The measure extending a surrogacy ban in place since 2004 was promoted by Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy party and its conservative coalition
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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Cascades of Lane, Marion, and Linn Counties Thursday as snow and rain are expected. The advent of the wintry precipitation is before sunrise, so the mountain passes will be impacted by slick and slushy at times road surfaces. I don’t expect much of
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that a convicted killer’s jail escape last year cost him his right to appeal his original life sentence. Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled Wednesday that Danilo Cavalcante’s fugitive status affected the deadline for his attorneys to appeal his murder sentence and that the appeal came too
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, says it has paid off debts to avoid the foreclosure of their iconic hotel, The Greenbrier. The 710-room hotel, which has hosted U.S. presidents, royalty and congressional retreats, came under threat of being auctioned off
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The federal judge considering Boeing’s plea deal with prosecutors wants to know how the Justice Department’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies would affect the selection of an independent monitor to oversee the aerospace company during a three-year probation period. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, a conservative nominated to the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prison officials will attempt to execute the state’s longest-serving death row inmate next month using new protocols after botching the first attempt several months ago. A judge issued a death warrant for Thomas Eugene Creech Wednesday morning, one day after the Idaho Department of Correction announced it had
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Shaban al-Dalu, a 19-year-old Palestinian university student, had survived an Israeli strike on a mosque when, only a week later, he was killed in a new strike on the courtyard of the central Gaza hospital where his family was sheltering. The strike triggered a fire that swept
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The East Tennessee company that saw at least five of its factory workers swept away in flooding from Hurricane Helene now faces a lawsuit from the family of one victim asking for at least $25 million. The wrongful death suit was filed Monday against Impact Plastics and CEO Gerald
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.0% in August and September and has been in a tight range between 4.0% and 4.2% since October 2023. The U.S. unemployment rate was little changed at 4.1% in September from 4.2% in August. Other labor force indicators also reflected stability. Oregon’s labor force participation rate was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A sheriff says witnesses reported seeing a group of armed people harassing hurricane relief workers in a remote Tennessee community last weekend. Carter County Sheriff Mike Fraley said the harassment of Federal Emergency Management Agency workers happened Saturday in the remote community of Elk Mills. No arrests were made,
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Sanders Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — A man tells us his story puts him in a unique position to help others in the most formative years of their lives. The number of people he’s helped is nothing short of staggering. “This is where I’ve got their chores,”
Continue ReadingWTVF By Forrest Sanders Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — A man tells us his story puts him in a unique position to help others in the most formative years of their lives. The number of people he’s helped is nothing short of staggering. “This is where I’ve got their
Continue ReadingBy Reuters Rome (Reuters) — Italy’s parliament made it illegal on Wednesday for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy — a pet project of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party which activists say is meant to target same-sex partners. Since taking office in 2022, Meloni has pursued a highly conservative social agenda,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C.’s newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo. The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the zoo will unveil it’s newly renovated panda house to the public. The bears will undergo several weeks of quarantine
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Absentee ballot drop boxes in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin are available in a small fraction of the places they were four years ago, with many conservative communities opting not to offer them for the upcoming election. In 2020, more than 500 drop boxes were available for voters
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The new Unrivaled women’s basketball 3-on-3 league will have its games broadcast on TNT and its sports platforms. The league announced a multiyear partnership with the network to show more than 45 games from the inaugural season that begins in January. Matchups will be shown three nights a week
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man accused of driving into three nurses who were treating a gunshot victim outside a Philadelphia hospital has turned himself in. Authorities identified 20-year-old Jaadir Goodwyn as a suspect on Tuesday. He’s facing several charges, including aggravated assault by vehicle and reckless endangerment. Police say Goodwyn and two other men dropped
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, a tech mogul who is the world’s richest person, plunged more than $70 million into helping Donald Trump and other Republicans win in November’s election, making him one of the biggest donors to GOP causes this campaign season, according to campaign finance disclosures released this week. Musk made
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, en su rueda de prensa matutina del miércoles expresó que la carta que Genaro García Luna, secretario de Seguridad Pública durante la presidencia de Felipe Calderón y juzgado en Estados Unidos por cargos de narcotráfico y vínculos con la delincuencia organizada, le
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the federal government has approved nearly $2 billion in assistance across six states to help people hit hard by hurricanes Helene and Milton. The federal government has been under intense pressure to show that it is getting help to areas devastated by the back-to-back hurricanes in
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