By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, mass timber is increasingly being viewed as a construction material that could help the state build more affordable homes and revive rural logging towns. Mass timber is made from wood products that are fastened together to make large panels or beams. A
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, mass timber is increasingly being viewed as a construction material that could help the state build more affordable homes and revive rural logging towns. Mass timber is made from wood products that are fastened together to make large panels or beams. A
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ruled that New York state should pay former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legal bills as he defends himself against a lawsuit accusing him of sexually harassing a state trooper. Cuomo filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Letitia James in August arguing that she violated state law by denying him
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan authorities say they have arrested 24 settlers after they allegedly attacked an indigenous community as part of a land dispute. It was the first large-scale arrest of non-indigenous settlers after several years of invasions and attacks in the territory of Miskito and Mayangna communities. Nicaragua’s National Police said Friday that
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid $25,000 apiece Friday for actions on the court. Curry was penalized for throwing his mouthpiece into the crowd late in Golden State’s 122-120 home victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. The All-Star guard was given a technical foul and ejected. Embiid’s
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CNN By Chandelis Duster, CNN All five of the former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols were members of a recently created unit that was tasked with tackling rising crime in the city. When it was launched in 2021, the SCORPION unit — Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace
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A 46-year-old man accused of gunning down a motel guest during an altercation in Riverside must stand trial for murder and other offenses, a judge ruled today. Robert Donald Intong of Desert Hot Springs was arrested in 2021 following a Riverside Police Department investigation into the slaying of 31-year-old Cole William Birchard. At the end
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Musician Fred Leone sings traditional songs to the steady beat of clap sticks that echo through the empty streets as the sun rises on what he calls a “hard day for Blackfellas.” Leone invited strangers to light candles in a central Brisbane park on January 26, a date Australia’s Indigenous community
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press Video released Friday shows the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi struggling with his assailant for control of a hammer moments before he was struck in the head during a brutal attack in the couple’s San Francisco home last year. Police body-camera footage shows David
Continue Reading By SONJA CHEN Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The new leading man of U.S. figure skating is here, and he’s impossible to ignore. That doesn’t mean the old guard is going away quietly. Rising star Ilia Malinin scored a personal-best 110.36 in the men’s short program to kick off the second day of
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN Federal prosecutors said FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried contacted the former general counsel of the crypto trading platform earlier this month in a move they say may constitute witness tampering. A spokesperson for Bankman-Fried declined to comment. Prosecutors with the US attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York asked the
Continue Readingmacamilarincon Nota de la editora: esta publicación contiene descripciones explícitas de violencia. (CNN) –– La ciudad de Memphis publicó este viernes imágenes de la cámara corporal de policías y un video de vigilancia que muestra la parada de tráfico y la violenta confrontación policial que condujo a la muerte de Tyre Nichols, un hombre negro
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Anthony Hudson plans to keep coaching his heart out for the U.S. men’s national team until somebody tells him to stop. The interim coach has absolutely no idea when that will happen — or even who that somebody would be, since the U.S. Soccer Federation’s
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The First Alert Weather Team has issued a First Alert Weather Alert through this afternoon as a winter storm moves into Southern California. A strong cold front accompanied by an area of low pressure will slide through as we move into this afternoon. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect until 10 tomorrow morning. The
Continue Reading By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Federal Reserve Board has denied a Wyoming cryptocurrency bank’s application for Federal Reserve System membership. The decision deals a setback to the crypto industry’s attempts to build acceptance in mainstream U.S. banking. Many in crypto were looking to Cheyenne-based Custodia Bank’s application as a bellwether.
Continue Reading By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Federal Reserve Board has denied a Wyoming cryptocurrency bank’s application for Federal Reserve System membership. The decision deals a setback to the crypto industry’s attempts to build acceptance in mainstream U.S. banking. Many in crypto were looking to Cheyenne-based Custodia Bank’s application as a bellwether.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los arqueólogos descubrieron lo que puede ser la momia más antigua jamás encontrada en Egipto. La momia, de 4.300 años de antigüedad, correspondía a un rico e importante hombre de 35 años llamado Djed Sepsh, según explicó este viernes a CNN el arqueólogo Zahi Hawass, exministro de Antigüedades de Egipto. Descubren
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities on Friday were set to release police video depicting five Memphis officers beating a Black man whose death resulted in murder charges and provoked outrage at the country’s latest instance of police brutality. Family members of Tyre Nichols pleaded for any protests to remain peaceful.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Van Jones es presentador de CNN, comentarista político y fundador de Dream.org, organización nacional sin fines de lucro dedicada a la reforma de la justicia penal. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo le pertenecen únicamente a su autor. (CNN) — Hace tres décadas, cuando cuatro policías blancos de Los Ángeles
Continue Reading LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has called on Congress to approve a proposal to move elections forward to late this year, a marked concession for the leader who has been facing daily protests that have left almost 60 people dead. Boluarte had already expressed support for a proposal to hold national elections
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