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By Drew Reeves Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — One year after wildfires tore across Oregon, one community gathered on Labor Day to celebrate being together one year later. People from Idanha and Detroit met to celebrate the perseverance of the community, which was devastated by fire. “It is
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN An Australian musk duck has been recorded saying “You bloody fool” in the first documented instance of the species mimicking human speech. A hand-reared male named Ripper was recorded imitating the phrase during a courtship display, according to a study published Monday. The authors said he could have learned it from
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A 60-year-old man who was hit by a car while riding his bicycle last month died on Sunday. The accident happened around 11:30 p.m. back on August 17th near the Ala Moana Beach Park. The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) reported a 26-year-old
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s attorney general says Tucson’s vaccine mandate for city employees is illegal. The decision Tuesday gives Tucson 30 days to repeal the mandate or lose millions of dollars in state funding. The city manager says he put the mandate on hold while Tucson
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El cuerpo de una mujer desaparecida de Richmond, Virginia, fue encontrado en el Parque Nacional Glacier en Montana, según el Servicio de Parques Nacionales. El cuerpo de Jennifer Coleman fue encontrado el domingo por la tarde en un área empinada y rocosa cerca de Continental Divide, dijo la agencia en
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By KEVIN McGILL and MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press LaPLACE, La. (AP) — More than 400,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana still don’t have power nine days after Hurricane Ida. The state Public Service Commission said Tuesday that 98% of utility customers in the five hardest-hit parishes remain without electricity. In contrast, nearly all power has
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By Deanna Hackney, Chandelis Duster and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that sits on the historic Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, is set to be taken down Wednesday, state officials said Monday. Gov. Ralph Northam announced his intention to remove the Confederate statue, which is the largest remaining
Continue Reading WTVR By Deanna Hackney, Chandelis Duster and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that sits on the historic Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, is set to be taken down Wednesday, state officials said Monday. Gov. Ralph Northam announced his intention to remove the Confederate statue, which is the largest
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Alex Murdaugh, el prominente abogado de Carolina del Sur que dijo haber sido baleado este sábado, unos tres meses después de que descubrieran los cuerpos de su esposa e hijo muertos a tiros fuera de la casa de la familia, dijo este lunes que planea renunciar a su bufete y comenzar
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Amid another lost year for the Kansas City Royals, Salvador Perez is giving fans a reason to pay attention. The veteran catcher is on a historic home run-hitting pace as the stretch run begins. The 31-year-old is setting his sights not only on the
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business America’s workforce is considerably older and more diverse than it was 40-some years ago. Federal labor economists recently analyzed federal labor data to see just how much the nation’s labor force has changed in recent decades, according to a Sept. 1 blog post on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Continue Reading By ALEX SANZ Associated Press An Afghan national police officer who narrowly escaped being captured by the Taliban has started a new life in the United States. Mohammad Khalid Wardak spent years working alongside the American military and had to go on the run last month after the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Less than three
Continue ReadingBy Merlin Delcid, CNN Business El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as a national currency on Tuesday, kicking off a radical monetary experiment that could pose risks to the fragile economy. President Nayib Bukele announced late Monday that his government purchased 200 bitcoins ahead of El Salvador’s formal adoption of the currency.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MUSTANG, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A lifelong cheerleader almost lost her hand after being pinned under an ATV. Two years and 17 surgeries later, she’s back on the sidelines for Mustang High with a newfound passion. Avery Fulton is full of spirit and spunk, you wouldn’t
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El gobernador republicano de Texas, Greg Abbott, promulgó este martes un proyecto de ley que prohíbe las votaciones anticipadas de 24 horas y desde el automóvil, impone nuevos obstáculos a las boletas electorales por correo y empodera a los observadores electorales partidistas. La medida restrictiva de la votación agrega a
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Whether it’s signing up for a credit card they don’t need, buying a random product, or filling out endless surveys, most travelers have attempted some type of hack to earn themselves extra air miles. Some dedicated flIers even take specific trips, known as mileage runs, for the sole purpose of gaining miles
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story REVERE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Revere man was charged with animal cruelty after police say he chained a dog to a steel rod embedded in cement at the edge of a Massachusetts beach and then walked away. Massachusetts State Police said the actions left the
Continue Reading LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Julian Baumgartlinger is set to miss at least three months after undergoing another knee operation. The German club says the 33-year-old Austria international had surgery on Monday and could return in January following the Bundesliga’s winter break. Baumgartlinger was a regular for Leverkusen and captain of Austria before
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest Mars rover has completed its first sample grab, tucking away the tube of rock for return to Earth. The Perseverance rover team confirmed last week’s successful collection, after reviewing photos of the core sample. NASA wanted to be certain the sample was
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest Mars rover has completed its first sample grab, tucking away the tube of rock for return to Earth. The Perseverance rover team confirmed last week’s successful collection, after reviewing photos of the core sample. NASA wanted to be certain the sample was
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