Starbucks strike expands, closes nearly 60 US stores
AP Business Writer A five-day strike by Starbucks baristas had closed 59 stores as of Monday afternoon, according to the union organizing the…
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Starbucks strike expands, closes nearly 60 US stores
AP Business Writer A five-day strike by Starbucks baristas had closed 59 stores as of Monday afternoon, according to the union organizing the…
Continue ReadingOfficer fatally shot in a North Carolina supermarket, suspect in custody, police say
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer has been fatally shot in a North Carolina supermarket and a suspect has been taken into…
Continue ReadingCompany official charged in 2022 oil-chemical discharge into Michigan’s Flint River
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A chemical company official has been charged in connection with the unauthorized discharge of oil that left a miles-long dark,…
Continue ReadingJudge reinstates Ecuador’s vice president after deeming her suspension unconstitutional
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian judge has reinstated Vice President Verónica Abad to her role and lifted the five-month suspension imposed…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: Brooklyn businessman will plead guilty to conspiracy charge in case against Mayor Adams
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Brooklyn real estate magnate working with a Turkish government official to funnel…
Continue ReadingHow to watch the NFL’s Christmas Day games – and Beyoncé’s halftime show, of course
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — This holiday, the NFL is giving us the gift of a Christmas Day Beyoncé performance. The “Texas Hold ‘Em”…
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MLB’s all-time stolen base leader Rickey Henderson dead at age 65
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Major League Baseball’s all-time stolen base leader, Rickey Henderson has died. According to Henderson’s family, he passed…
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Car crashes into Richards Donuts and Pastries in Bend, early Sunday morning
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Richards Donuts and Pastries in Bend, received a shock Sunday morning when a loud crash came thundering through the front…
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People in downtown Bend explain the meaning of Christmas Day, a time to spend time with family
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On the weekend before Christmas, we turned our cameras to the community and asked, what does this reverent and saintly holiday…
Continue ReadingNigerian agency ‘failed completely’ to clean up oil damage despite funding, leaked files say
Associated Press As it crossed the Niger Delta in 2021, a satellite imaged acres of bare land. The site outside the city of Port Harcourt was on a…
Continue ReadingFAA probes holiday drone show accident that injured a boy in Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into why several drones collided and fell from the sky…
Continue ReadingHundreds march in Croatia for safer schools after a student is killed in a knife attack
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Hundreds walked in silence in Croatia’s capital on Monday, seeking action after a pupil was killed and three other…
Continue ReadingUN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations has raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious…
Continue ReadingRelief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden’s death row commutations
Associated Press COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row…
Continue ReadingOne of the world’s most active volcanoes — Hawaii’s Kilauea — is erupting again
HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (AP) — Lava is bubbling through the crust of one of the world’s most active volcanoes, which is Kilauea,…
Continue ReadingMarianne Jean-Baptiste tests our limits of empathy in ‘Hard Truths’
AP Film Writer Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike Leigh’s…
Continue ReadingFormer NFL great Michael Vick introduced as Norfolk State’s football coach
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Michael Vick has been introduced as Norfolk State’s football coach, a homecoming for the former NFL star and a splashy,…
Continue ReadingFormer Greek royal family expresses ‘deep emotion’ after regaining citizenship
Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Members of Greece’s former royal family have expressed “deep emotion” after being granted Greek…
Continue ReadingNebraska governor’s prognosis is good after falling from a horse
Associated Press Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s doctors say they are pleased with his prognosis after the governor was injured by a horse bucking…
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