Kim Gardner steps down as St. Louis prosecutor 2 weeks sooner than planned
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who this month announced she would resign…
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He fought for Native Americans to be recognized as people under US law. Now, he’s memorialized on a Forever stamp
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The US Postal Service is honoring Chief Standing Bear, the celebrated Ponca leader who successfully argued for…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico high school student killed 3 women in ‘random’ shooting rampage, police say
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, MORGAN LEE and RIO YAMAT Associated Press FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The gunman who killed three people and wounded six others…
Continue ReadingOlympic gold-medal figure skater Sarah Hughes running for NY congressional seat
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Retired figure skater Sarah Hughes has filed to run for Congress in New York. The Olympic gold…
Continue ReadingTaco Bell lucha por liberar la marca registrada “Taco Tuesday”
Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN)– Taco Bell quiere liberar la marca registrada “Taco Tuesday” de una cadena rival más pequeña.…
Continue ReadingMonopoly concerns push FTC to sue to block Amgen’s more than $26B deal for Horizon
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Federal regulators are suing to block biotech drug developer Amgen’s more than $26 billion deal for Horizon…
Continue ReadingWNBA suspends Hammon 2 games for player’s allegation she was bullied for being pregnant
By DOUG FEINBERG and MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writers The WNBA has suspended Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon, one of the league’s marquee figures, for…
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Chavez-DeRemer cosponsors legislation to increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) joined Rep. Michael McCaul (TX-10) to introduce the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which seeks to combat the fentanyl crisis…
Continue ReadingSonja Frisell’s lavish staging of Verdi’s ‘Aida’ ends its 35-year-run at the Metropolitan Opera
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sonja Frisell’s production of Verdi’s “Aida” ends a 35-year run at the Metropolitan…
Continue ReadingUS announces criminal cases involving flow of technology, information to Russia, China and Iran
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has announced a series of criminal cases tracing the illegal flow of…
Continue ReadingChatGPT chief says artificial intelligence should be regulated by a US or global agency
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told Congress on Tuesday that…
Continue ReadingCyprus Finance Ministry: More than 1.2 billion euros in Russian assets frozen
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ Finance Ministry says some 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in…
Continue ReadingBrazil sends thousands of Venezuelan migrants to country’s rich southern states
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press PACARAIMA, Brazil (AP) — More than 7.2 million people have left Venezuela since the country’s political,…
Continue ReadingWhite House and McCarthy teams agree to meet directly on debt negotiations following Tuesday talks
By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Congressional leaders from both parties emerged from their meeting with President Joe Biden at…
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Marc Zollinger named Bear Creek Elementary School interim principal
Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook announced Tuesday that Marc Zollinger has been hired to be the Interim Principal at Bear Creek…
Continue ReadingPerú rechaza declaraciones “injerencistas” de los presidentes de México y de Colombia
urielblanco (CNN Español) — La canciller de Perú, Ana Cecilia Gervasi, expresó su rechazo a las declaraciones que tildó de…
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to 103 years for killing 4 SUV passengers, dumping bodies in cornfield
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man convicted of killing four passengers in his Mercedes Benz SUV in Minnesota and dumping the bodies in a Wisconsin cornfield…
Continue ReadingLidia Bastianich honors immigrants and their food in PBS special ‘Lidia Celebrates America’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In her new PBS special, Lidia Bastianich samples the foods of the world without ever…
Continue ReadingLawsuit filed against Twitter, Saudi Arabia; claims acts of transnational repression committed
Associated Press A humanitarian aid worker who used an anonymous Twitter account to mock Saudi Arabia about its economy has filed a federal…
Continue ReadingStellantis recalls nearly 220,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs worldwide due to fire risk
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is telling owners of nearly 220,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs worldwide to park them outdoors and away from other vehicles…
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