WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday he is joining legislation to raise the minimum age to buy assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines from 18 to 21. “If you’re not old enough to purchase alcohol, you shouldn’t be allowed to buy an assault weapon either,” Wyden said. “We need to be doing everything we
Continue ReadingBy 6abc Digital Staff Click here for updates on this story FOLCROFT, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A Delaware County optician faces charges after police say he allegedly offered customers free eyeglasses in exchange for sex. Investigators say 40-year-old Brian Steiner, who worked at Philly Vision Care in Folcroft, solicited sex from customers. They say in return,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — OSU-Cascades will host free tax preparation appointments for qualifying families and individuals through April 15. Appointments are available between 5 and 8 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The program is offered through the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, or VITA. VITA
Continue ReadingBy Brian Carlson Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — Some Utah federal workers are among the thousands losing their jobs due to probationary employee layoffs nationwide. One Utah federal worker, who wished to remain anonymous, worked at the Wallace F. Bennett building in downtown Salt Lake City. He told
Continue ReadingBy Cate Cauguiran Click here for updates on this story SKOKIE, Ill. (WLS) — The Skokie Village Board voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency, which will allow them to access more funds for residents affected by last Friday’s water main break. Skokie residents are still recovering from a water main break that
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By KGO Staff Click here for updates on this story BERKELEY, California (KGO) — Police announced they’ve identified a suspect in the Nov. 1990 sexual assault and murder of Maria Weidhofer in Berkeley’s Tilden Regional Park. The East Bay Regional Park District Police Department says that evidence collected from Jon Lipari, who died by suicide
Continue ReadingBy WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Some airlines are moving their check-in operations at O’Hare starting next week, the city announced. The relocation comes as Terminal 3 gets a $300 million facelift through the ElevaT3 project, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. Spirit Airlines, Southern Airways Express
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Wade Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A likely-pregnant beaver spotted in Chicago has captivated the hearts of social media. Non-profit Urban Rivers said they set up cameras along the Southwest Side to study the beavers in the Chicago River. Cameras caught an “especially plump” beaver roaming near Pilsen,
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PLACERVILLE, Calif. (KTVZ) – A backcountry skier from South Lake Tahoe was killed in an avalanche Monday at California’s Luther Pass, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office reported. Dispatchers received a call late Monday afternoon of an overdue skier in the area of Powderhouse Peak, deputies said. His vehicle was found at a parking area.
Continue ReadingBy WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story VERNON HILLS, Ill. (WLS) — A woman is facing charged for reportedly stabbing her mother in the north suburbs, police said. The first call to 911 happened on Thursday, Feb. 13 at about 7 a.m. Officers responded to a home in the 900-block of Jackson
Continue ReadingBy WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — An elderly man has been convicted, again, for multiple Chicago-area bank robberies. Donald Bennett, 83, and Edward Binert, 55, were arrested after a 2024 Valentine’s Day bank robbery by the FBI. Nearly one year after his arrest, a jury found the 83-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Kansas City, Missouri (AP) — An 86-year-old Kansas City man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Andrew Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, while the European Space Agency’s risk assessment sits at 2.8%. The narrow difference is due to the two
Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Wednesday that it had received the “heart-shattering news” that Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, are among the four dead hostages expected to be released from Gaza on Thursday. The body of Oded Lifshitz is
Continue ReadingCNN Radio Argentina (CNN Radio Argentina) — José María Poirier, director de la revista Criterio , habló este miércoles con CNN Radio sobre la salud del Papa Francisco y cómo su estado genera repercusiones tanto en el Vaticano como a nivel global. En diálogo con Regreso CNN de Mariana Arias y Pepe Gil Vidal, el
Continue ReadingPor Harry Enten, CNN El aterrizaje forzoso del vuelo 4819 de Delta Air Lines en Toronto es uno de los videos más aterradores que he visto en mi vida. Aunque, afortunadamente, no hubo víctimas mortales, este tipo de videos es el material del que están hechas las pesadillas. El aterrizaje forzoso del lunes no parece
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Ferris and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Republicans announced Wednesday they are muscling ahead with their preferred legislative strategy to jumpstart Donald Trump’s agenda — just hours after the president himself backed a much different approach. That power move by Senate Majority Leader John Thune is setting up a dramatic clash
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s executive order grasping far greater control over independent federal agencies embraces a constitutionally questionable theory that presidents dating back to Ronald Reagan have considered – and ultimately rejected. In a far-reaching executive order Tuesday, Trump demanded that the White House review regulations at the Securities and
Continue ReadingBy Bradley Davis, Sadie Buggle Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — February is Recreation Therapy Month, a time to recognize the role of creative arts in rehabilitation and improving health and wellness – and one horse riding center in Colorado is offering a unique program for horse lovers who
Continue ReadingPor David Goldman, CNN El presidente Donald Trump, en una entrevista con Sean Hannity, de Fox News, emitida el martes por la noche, reconoció que la inflación está aumentando de nuevo, incumpliendo su promesa electoral de bajar los precios inmediatamente después de asumir el cargo. Pero dijo que la culpa la tiene el gasto desbocado
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