Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday that Oregon is joining other states and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in suing a company called Prehired for deceptive marketing and debt collection practices.
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two former officers of a federal women’s prison in California have pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual abuse. The pleas on Thursday are the latest developments in cases following an AP investigation revealing rampant abuse of inmates and resulting in prison sentences for the former warden and chaplain. A former
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China says its coast guard issued a warning to a Japanese fishing boat operating in waters surrounding uninhabited East China Sea islands controlled by Japan but claimed by China. State media ran a statement quoting coast guard spokesperson Gan Yu saying a Chinese vessel issued a “warning to depart” to the Japanese
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s U.N. ambassador has defended his country’s recent long-range missile launch in a rare appearance at the U.N. Security Council. Kim Song told the council the test-flight of the Hwasong-18 was a legitimate exercise of self-defense. He also accused the United States of driving
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Nearly one year since the nationwide launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, an analysis by the Oregon Health Authority shows Oregon’s crisis call centers answered more than 53,000 calls, texts and chats between July 16, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
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Firefighters built a line Thursday around a small new wildfire spotted on the south side of Kelsey Butte, about six miles south of Bend, and later knocked down another small blaze off Skyliners Road west of town.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Like a lot of things in Hollywood, “The Blacklist” didn’t know when to quit, hanging on for two listless seasons beyond the exit of Megan Boone as Liz Keen in 2021. Yet the show at least knew to provide viewers with a pretty definitive ending, as it did with
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A major river overflowing near India’s capital has reached the highest level on record, authorities said, prompting mass evacuations and causing havoc with water supplies as northern states report rising deaths from heavy flooding. A tributary of the mighty Ganges River, the Yamuna River
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A major river overflowing near India’s capital has reached the highest level on record, authorities said, prompting mass evacuations and causing havoc with water supplies as northern states report rising deaths from heavy flooding. A tributary of the mighty Ganges River, the Yamuna River
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Wipro, one of India’s top providers of software services, wants everyone on staff to know how to use artificial intelligence. The IT giant announced Wednesday it would spend $1 billion on improving its artificial intelligence capabilities over the next three years, including training its entire staff of
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Wipro, one of India’s top providers of software services, wants everyone on staff to know how to use artificial intelligence. The IT giant announced Wednesday it would spend $1 billion on improving its artificial intelligence capabilities over the next three years, including training its entire staff of
Continue ReadingCNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Wipro, one of India’s top providers of software services, wants everyone on staff to know how to use artificial intelligence. The IT giant announced Wednesday it would spend $1 billion on improving its artificial intelligence capabilities over the next three years, including training its entire staff
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about 1 in 10 U.S. adults give high ratings to the way democracy is working in the United States or how well it represents the interests of most Americans, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As the six-month sprint to the Iowa caucuses begins, the sprawling field of Republican presidential candidates is facing growing pressure to prove they can become serious challengers to former President Donald Trump. The urgency is particularly acute for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — En el centro-oeste de Florida se volvió a abrir un socavón que hace aproximadamente 10 años causó la muerte de un hombre cuando, precisamente, se abrió debajo de su dormitorio, dijeron esta semana las autoridades. Es la tercera vez que se abre el socavón en Seffner, a unos 24 kilómetros
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan government’s clumsy interference with its presidential election has turned a global spotlight on rampant corruption that previously had received only limited international attention. President Alejandro Giammattei was deeply unpopular at home, but other than occasional reprobation from the United States
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Dasha Tarasova-Markin, CNN Dnipro, Ukraine (CNN) — The much-anticipated and controversial American-made cluster munitions that the United States agreed to supply to Kyiv are now in Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian general and the Pentagon. “We just got them, we haven’t used them yet, but it can radically change
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Dasha Tarasova-Markin, CNN Dnipro, Ukraine (CNN) — The much-anticipated and controversial American-made cluster munitions that the United States agreed to supply to Kyiv are now in Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian general and the Pentagon. “We just got them, we haven’t used them yet, but it can radically change
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and The Associated Press said Thursday that they’ve made a deal for the artificial intelligence company to license AP’s archive of news stories. The arrangement involves OpenAI licensing part of AP’s text archive, while AP will leverage OpenAI’s technology and product expertise, the two organizations said in a
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse and Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio plastic surgeon who livestreamed some patient operations on TikTok and had three patients report complications after surgery had her state medical license revoked permanently Wednesday, according to the state’s medical board. Dr. Katharine Roxanne Grawe – also known on social media as “Dr.
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