ODOT, partners educate truck drivers about human trafficking
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Truck drivers are learning about the crime of human trafficking – how to recognize it, how to report it and how to help…
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CES 2024 updates: AI fortune telling, accessible gaming, a flying taxi and Martha Stewart
LAS 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…
Continue ReadingSentencing postponed again for Mississippi police officers who tortured two Black men
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi…
Continue ReadingMan accused in Harvard bomb threat and extortion plot last year pleads guilty to a lesser charge
By 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…
Continue ReadingBills fan killed outside of Dolphins’ stadium after last weekend’s game, police say
MIAMI 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…
Continue ReadingAmazon’s Twitch cuts more than 500 jobs attempting to turn expensive platform profitable
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Twitch, the video game streaming platform acquired by Amazon a decade ago for close to $1 billion, is laying…
Continue ReadingErik Spoelstra’s path from the Miami Heat video room to a contract like none other
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Erik Spoelstra was hosting a clinic in the Philippines, his mother’s homeland, this past…
Continue ReadingTSA finds a record number of guns at airport checkpoints – 93% of them loaded
CNN 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…
Continue ReadingTSA finds a record number of guns at airport checkpoints – 93% of them loaded
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…
Continue ReadingJudge: Lawsuit against Parkland school deputy over 2018 massacre can go to trial
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A lawsuit filed against the Florida sheriff’s deputy who was on campus during…
Continue ReadingGreek prime minister says legislation allowing same-sex marriage will be presented soon
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right prime minister says his government will soon submit legislation allowing civil marriage for same-sex…
Continue ReadingChina launches Einstein probe that’s modeled after lobster eyes and designed to hunt for X-ray bursts
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A probe designed to scour the sky for bursts of X-rays that could help illuminate mysterious phenomena linked to…
Continue ReadingTrial to begin for woman accused of helping to cover up killing of Connecticut mother of 5
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The first criminal trial related to the 2019 killing of Connecticut mother of five Jennifer Dulos is set to begin…
Continue ReadingTeen who was shot in the head after ringing a doorbell at the wrong house earns place on all-state band
By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Ralph Yarl was 16 when he was shot in the head and arm last April after going to the wrong house in Kansas…
Continue ReadingJudge says Donald Trump won’t give own closing argument at civil fraud trial after disputing rules
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump won’t make his own closing argument after all in his New…
Continue ReadingSomali extremists kill 1 person and capture 5 others from UN helicopter after its emergency landing
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Fighters with al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate al-Shabab attacked a United Nations…
Continue ReadingPolice investigation finds Colorado US Rep. Lauren Boebert didn’t punch ex-husband as he claimed
By COLLEEN SLEVIN DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was cleared on Wednesday of domestic violence allegations after her ex-husband recanted…
Continue ReadingMore adults sought help for ADHD during pandemic, contributing to drug shortages
By TOM MURPHY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Prescriptions for ADHD treatments surged among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County’s Coordinated Houseless Response Office looks at progress, challenges ahead in new year
Since starting in 2023, the Deschutes County Coordinated Houseless Response Office has experienced much change over the past few months. With the…
Continue ReadingNearly 10,000 died from COVID-19 last month, fueled by holiday gatherings and new variant, WHO says
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to…
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