Officials debate letting Calhoun statue be part of exhibit
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Los Angeles visual arts space wants to display a South Carolina statue of former vice president and slavery advocate John…
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UN condemns seizure of closed US Embassy in Yemen by rebels
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Presd UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning “in the strongest terms” the intrusion…
Continue ReadingNAACP Image Awards to be held with live audience in February
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Next year’s NAACP Image Awards will be held in-person Feb. 26 in Los Angeles with a live audience, the group announced…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans Audubon Zoo welcomes rescued young jaguar
By PARKER PURIFOY Associated Press The New Orleans Audubon Zoo has taken in a 7-month-old female jaguar that was rescued from wildlife trafficking.…
Continue ReadingSuspected serial killer charged in two Kansas deaths
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A suspected serial killer has been charged with killing two people in Kansas.…
Continue ReadingFlorist who refused to make an arrangement for a same-sex couple drops Supreme Court challenge
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A Washington state florist who refused to make an arrangement for a couple out of religious objections…
Continue ReadingKyle Rittenhouse jury concludes third day of deliberations without verdict
CNN By Eric Levenson, Brad Parks, Brian Stelter and Carma Hassan, CNN The jury in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial concluded its third day of…
Continue ReadingBiden administration’s handling of pay outs for separated families put a tense relationship under further strain
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Potential pay outs of up to $450,000 to migrant families separated at the US-Mexico border are the latest political…
Continue ReadingRedistricting: Court orders WA panel chair to detail work
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has ordered the chair of Washington’s Redistricting…
Continue ReadingRedistricting: Court orders WA panel chair to detail work
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has ordered the chair of Washington’s Redistricting…
Continue ReadingRedistricting: Court orders WA panel chair to detail work
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has ordered the chair of Washington’s Redistricting…
Continue ReadingMadeleine Albright to lead Defense Policy Board a year after Trump removed her
By Oren Liebermann, CNN Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the new chair of the Defense Policy Board Wednesday, the…
Continue ReadingG.K. Butterfield latest Democrat to announce he will not seek reelection
By Ethan Cohen, Daniella Diaz and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democrat Rep. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina announced Thursday he would not seek…
Continue ReadingFlorida Gov DeSantis signs bill limiting vaccine mandates
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Private businesses in Florida will be forced to let workers opt out of coronavirus…
Continue ReadingBiden says he’s considering US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden confirmed on Thursday that he is mulling a US diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in…
Continue ReadingBiden: US may not send top dignitaries to Beijing Olympics
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the United States is considering a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing over…
Continue ReadingUganda police kill 5, including cleric, after bomb blasts
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police said on Thursday they had killed at least five people, including a Muslim…
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Logging, brush removal prompt new weekday closures in Phil’s Trail area west of Bend
The Deschutes National Forest said Thursday it is implementing additional temporary closures starting Monday on portions of trails within the…
Continue ReadingSupporters of Julius Jones, who was spared from execution, say they will work for his freedom
CNN By Jay Croft, CNN A sister and friend of an Oklahoma death row convict spared from execution say they now will work to get the man released from…
Continue ReadingMSNBC banned from Rittenhouse trial after bus incident
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The judge at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial banned MSNBC from the courthouse Thursday after police said they briefly…
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