Texas National Guard denies ignoring a migrant’s call for help
By Caroll Alvarado and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The Texas National Guard Thursday denied claims from an immigration activist that it ignored…
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New Oregon Transparency website launches with links to meetings, records, data, budgets and more info
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ)— The state of Oregon’s Enterprise Information Services has launched a new Oregon Transparency website, which went live last…
Continue ReadingPornhub owner agrees to pay $1.8M and independent monitor to resolve sex trafficking-related charge
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to…
Continue ReadingCristina Pacheco, foremost chronicler of street life in Mexico for half a century, has died at 82
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cristina Pacheco, the foremost chronicler of street life in Mexico City for half a century, has died at 82. With her newspaper…
Continue ReadingFormer NBA G League player confessed to kidnapping and killing missing woman in Las Vegas, police say
By Cheri Mossburg and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Chance Comanche, a former player with the NBA G League’s Stockton Kings, confessed to…
Continue ReadingJury clears 3 Washington officers in death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who said he couldn’t breathe
By MARTHA BELLISLE and MADDY GRASSY Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal…
Continue ReadingLongtime Chicago Alderman Ed Burke found guilty of corruption
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has convicted former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke on 13 counts of corruption alleging he used his power to win private…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts police apologize after officer searched a middle school for LGBTQ book
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Police in western Massachusetts apologized Thursday after an officer was sent to a middle school to search for a…
Continue ReadingVin Diesel accused of sexual battery by former assistant in lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Fast and Furious” star Vin Diesel has been accused by his former assistant of sexual battery while working for him in 2010.…
Continue ReadingA voter pushed Nikki Haley to call Donald Trump a ‘grave danger’ to the US. Here’s how she responded
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press ANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley stopped short Thursday of answering one Iowa voter’s question the way…
Continue ReadingIsrael struck some areas it directed civilians to in Gaza, CNN analysis shows
By Jake Tacchi, CNN (CNN) — Israel has struck at least three locations in Gaza to which it had ordered civilians to evacuate since the…
Continue ReadingJudge suggests change to nitrogen execution to let inmate pray and say final words without gas mask
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge who is weighing whether to allow the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia to go forward next…
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Redmond High needs lots of costly work — so students may one day attend Ridgeview HS instead, if voters say yes
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – It’s rare when any school district, large or small, raises the very idea of closing a decades-old high school and moving…
Continue ReadingDispute over criminal jurisdiction flares in Oklahoma between tribal police, jailers
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A dispute erupted this week between police officers from the Muscogee Nation and jailers at…
Continue ReadingBiden believes U.S. Steel sale to Japanese company warrants ‘serious scrutiny,’ White House says
By ZEKE MILLER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden believes “serious scrutiny” is…
Continue ReadingNew York bill could interfere with Chick-fil-A’s long-standing policy to close Sundays
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require restaurants in…
Continue ReadingMan accused of attacking Muslim lawmaker in Connecticut ordered to undergo psych exam
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man accused of attacking a Connecticut state representative outside a Muslim prayer service was ordered Thursday to…
Continue ReadingFormer Colorado funeral home operator gets probation for mixing cremated human remains
FRISCO, Colo. (AP) — The former owner of two funeral homes in central Colorado has been sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to…
Continue Reading3 Tacoma police officers found not guilty on all charges in 2020 death of Black man in police custody
By Veronica Miracle, Eric Levenson and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A jury found Tacoma police officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and…
Continue ReadingTHINGS TO KNOW: Deadline looms for new map in embattled North Dakota redistricting lawsuit
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Time is running out on a Friday deadline for North Dakota’s Legislature to enact new…
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