Led by Chiefs-Bills thriller, NFL divisional round averages record 40 million viewers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Last weekend’s four NFL divisional round playoff games averaged 40.0 million viewers on television and digital platforms,…
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Homeless Leadership Coalition begins week-long Point-in-Time Count and Survey effort across Central Oregon
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hundreds of Homeless Leadership Coalition staff members began the Central Oregon 2024 Homeless Count & Survey on Tuesday, a…
Continue ReadingJudge says Canada’s use of Emergencies Act to quell truckers’ protests over COVID was unreasonable
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian judge has ruled that the government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quell weeks of…
Continue ReadingCharles Osgood, CBS host on TV and radio and network’s poet-in-residence, dies at age 91
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Osgood, a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who anchored “CBS Sunday…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota judge won’t block part of abortion law doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge won’t block a part of a state law that doctors say puts them at risk of…
Continue ReadingRussia’s relentless ‘meat assaults’ are wearing down outmanned and outgunned Ukrainian forces
By Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Near Avdiivka, Ukraine (CNN) — Straddling the frontlines, the small town of…
Continue Reading24 soldiers killed on deadliest day for Israeli forces in Gaza combat
CNN By Amir Tal and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in Gaza on Monday, the…
Continue ReadingSyria pushes back against Jordanian strikes on drug traffickers on Syrian territory
By ALBERT AJI and OMAR AKOUR Associated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — Syria’s foreign ministry has condemned recent presumed Jordanian airstrikes against…
Continue ReadingIRS will start simplifying its notices to taxpayers as agency continues modernization push
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS wants to rewrite its complicated letters to taxpayers and speak to people in plain…
Continue ReadingCBS newsman Charles Osgood dies at 91
By Andy Rose and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — Former CBS journalist Charles Osgood, an award-winning newsman known for his work on radio…
Continue Reading16 million people live in neighborhoods Brazil calls ‘subnormal.’ It’s finally changing the name
By DAVID BILLER and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will…
Continue ReadingTrial delayed for man who says he fatally shot ex-Saints star Will Smith in self-defense
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The manslaughter retrial for the man who fatally shot New Orleans Saints star Will Smith almost eight years ago has been delayed…
Continue ReadingHow (and where) to watch Oscar-nominated films online
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer After a bruising year for the film industry, Christopher Nolan’s atomic hit “Oppenheimer” has…
Continue Reading‘Gone Mom’ prosecutors show shirt, bra, zip ties they say link defendant to woman’s disappearance
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Prosecutors attempting to link a Connecticut woman to the disappearance of her boyfriend’s estranged wife say…
Continue ReadingGeorge Santos says he doesn’t plan to vote in the special election to fill his former seat
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos says he doesn’t plan to vote in next month’s…
Continue ReadingEx-NBA guard Kevin Porter Jr. reaches plea deal, avoids jail time in NYC domestic assault case
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. has reached a plea deal in a New York City…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire ad spending tops $77 million as Haley and Trump fight to the finish
By David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and their allies have traded sharp attacks on New Hampshire airwaves…
Continue ReadingRacially diverse Puerto Rico debates bill that aims to ban hair discrimination
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico legislators are holding a public hearing on a bill that seeks to prohibit…
Continue ReadingPolice say a former Haitian vice-consul has been slain near an airport in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police say a former Haitian vice-consul who had been stationed in the Dominican Republic has been gunned down near an…
Continue ReadingMexico can sue US gunmakers, federal appeals court rules
CNN By Dakin Andone, Sahar Akbarzai and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Mexico can sue a group of US gun…
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