By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is committed to paying out compensation swiftly to thousands of people affected by the country’s infected blood scandal, which saw more than 2,000 patients die after contracting HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood in the 1970s and 1980s.
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has nominated a career airlift and cargo pilot with key deployments in Afghanistan and Europe to serve as the Air Force’s next top general. In a notice to Congress posted Wednesday, the White House nominated Gen. David W. Allvin to serve as the service’s
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The president of the Missouri school board that voted to revoke its anti-racism resolution now says the resolution could be kept, but revised. The Francis Howell School Board in 2020 adopted a resolution against racism at the height of the national reckoning that followed the murder
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British man who served 17 years for rape had his conviction quashed Wednesday by the country’s Court of Appeal after recently obtained DNA evidence linked another suspect to the crime. Andrew Malkinson, 57, was found guilty of the brutal 2003 attack on a 33-year-old woman in
Continue ReadingBy AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede. The tiny arthropod was found just underground by naturalists at a Southern California hiking area — near a freeway, a Starbucks and
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, composed of sculptures of the faces of former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Facts The monument is located on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum selected the four presidents
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In the third part of our week-long series saluting retiring NewsChannel 21 Chief Meteorologist Bob Shaw, we see and hear from some familiar KTVZ weather ‘alumni’ over the years, thanking him for his guidance and friendship and wishing Bob the very best. Also, if you have any special photos with Bob through the years to
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars opened training camp wanting — expecting, really — to score about seven more points a game this season. It didn’t seem too lofty considering how newcomer Calvin Ridley looked on Day 1. Ridley, the former Atlanta receiver who is taking part
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – J Noa está sentando las bases para una nueva generación de raperas latinas. Con tan solo 17 años, la dominicana ya sacó el EP debut “Autodidacta”. Está firmada por una de las principales disqueras del mundo, Sony Music, e impresionó a uno de los integrantes de la mítica banda
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has been cleared of all charges after a four-week trial in London on claims of sexual assault. The Hollywood star, 64, had tears in his eyes as the jury at Southwark Crown Court found him not guilty of seven counts
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, Amir Tal and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — As Israel plunges deeper into crisis after the country’s parliament passed the first bill of a controversial judicial overhaul, thousands of Israeli army reservists – the backbone of the Israeli military – are threatening not to show up for work. And Israel’s leaders are
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, Amir Tal and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — As Israel plunges deeper into crisis after the country’s parliament passed the first bill of a controversial judicial overhaul, thousands of Israeli army reservists – the backbone of the Israeli military – are threatening not to show up for work. And Israel’s leaders are
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Charles Robert Smith, a White man accused of fatally shooting three and injuring several others last month in Annapolis, Maryland, is now facing hate crime charges, according to a grand jury indictment. “An Anne Arundel County Grand Jury returned an indictment on Friday, July 21, 2023 charging Charles Robert
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — DNA analysis has helped scientists identify the remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Georgia who was killed during the Korean War. U.S. officials announced Wednesday that Army Sgt. 1st Class James L. Wilkinson of Bowdon, Georgia was accounted for late last year after scientists used mitochondrial DNA along with a chest
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to lead the Social Security Administration. If confirmed, O’Malley would run one of the biggest social programs in the nation and grapple with the surrounding uncertainty over its funding. Roughly 70 million people — including retirees, disabled
Continue ReadingBy NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is concealing a longstanding program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects, a former Air Force intelligence officer testified Wednesday to Congress. The Pentagon has denied his claims. Retired Maj. David Grusch’s highly anticipated testimony before a House Oversight subcommittee was Congress’ latest foray
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Sunriver Utilities held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 19 to celebrate the completion of a four-year, $18.5 million upgrade to the Sunriver Utilities Wastewater Treatment Plant, located at 57850 W. Cascade Road.
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — When you think of Apple, it’s likely that what first springs to mind is a conveyor belt of revolutionary tech rather than a pair of sneakers. But a pair of “ultra-rare” Apple sneakers is now being sold by auctioneers Sotheby’s for $50,000, fetching a higher price tag than any
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The president of the International Olympic Committee has formally invited the world’s nations but not Russia or its military ally Belarus to gather in one year in Paris for the 2024 Games. The invite from Thomas Bach launched the final year-to-go countdown. Bach accompanied his invite with
Continue ReadingFARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A doctor who says he received the nickname “Hockey Doc” after spending more than two decades providing medical assistance to youth hockey teams in Michigan and Minnesota will stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted patients. Zvi Levran faces 22 counts of third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving
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