By KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — Crews responded around Friday to a house fire in southeast Portland. The call was initially placed at 12:40 p.m. to a home on SE 87th near SE Division Street. According to Portland Fire & Rescue, heavy smoke could be seen coming
Continue ReadingBy Ezra Kaplan Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — Since 1988, the standard in Oregon has been that if you are caught with a large amount of drugs, prosecutors were safe to assume, and charge, that you were a drug dealer with the intent of making delivery. “For over 30
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Hennessy Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Kansas City Firefighter Captain John (JP) Parison III was laid to rest at the Park Lawn Cemetery Friday afternoon. The procession began at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church and drove by Firehouse 35, and under a large American flag hung between
Continue ReadingBy Ahniaelyah Spraggs Click here for updates on this story FAIRHOPE, Alabama (WALA) — A popular restaurant in Fairhope was destroyed by a fire on Thanksgiving. Early Friday morning as the sun rose in Fairhope, police tape, shattered glass and debris were seen in the parking lot of the McDonald’s on Greeno Road North. The
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people turned out on central London’s streets Saturday for a pro-Palestinian march calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. Police said that while the majority of people protested peacefully, 18 people were arrested including at least five people who were detained on suspicion
Continue ReadingGIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells. She carried them across the Mekong River as the family fled the Communist takeover of
Continue ReadingGIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells. She carried them across the Mekong River as the family fled the Communist takeover of
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants in a West Bank refugee camp shot and killed two alleged collaborators with Israel early Saturday, Palestinian officials said. Mobs then kicked the bloodied corpses and dragged them through alleys before trying to tie them to an electrical tower. The scenes, widely shared on social
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and MARTHA BELLISLE The Associated Press Authorities have identified those missing or killed in an Alaska landslide this week as five family members and their neighbor, a commercial fisherman who made a longshot bid for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House last year. Timothy and Beth Heller and their
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas was preparing to release more than a dozen hostages Saturday for several dozen Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, part of an exchange on the second day of a cease-fire that has allowed critical humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Pope Francis went to the hospital Saturday for tests after he came down with the flu, but the results ruled out any respiratory problems, the Vatican said. Francis, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, underwent a CAT scan, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. The test at Rome’s
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — If your idea of train travel – fast, easy, ubiquitous, even glamorous – is from movies like “Before Sunrise” or “Bullet Train” set in Europe or Asia, you’ll be surprised to learn that the US was once the world’s superpower in passenger trains. With a busy transcontinental
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Snowfall is declining globally as temperatures warm because of human-caused climate change, a new analysis and maps from a NOAA climate scientist show. But less snow falling from the sky isn’t as innocuous as just having to shovel less; it threatens to reinforce warming, and disrupt food and water
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — While retail giants like Amazon and Walmart hope for big profits from Black Friday, the less-heralded Small Business Saturday is looking to continue its winning streak for the nearly 32 million small businesses riding a wave of enthusiastic consumer spending and robust government investment. According to a
Continue ReadingBy ALEXA ST. JOHN The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests. Sport utility vehicles, or SUVs, now account for more
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — American teenager Ava Marie Ziegler won her first ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating title, as she sealed victory at the NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan following a sparkling routine in the free skate. The 17-year-old’s performance in the free skate catapulted her to the gold medal from fifth place
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in Congo says militants from a shadowy extremist organization with ties to the Islamic State Group killed at least 14 farmers in Congo’s hard-hit eastern region. The Allied Democratic Forces attacked Mamove village in North Kivu province on Friday night where they beheaded
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas was preparing to release more than a dozen hostages Saturday for several dozen Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, part of an exchange on the second day of a cease-fire that has allowed critical humanitarian aid into the Gaza
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — As war and winter collide, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged during a recent visit to Washington that the days ahead “will be tough” as his country battles Russia while U.S. support from Congress hangs in the balance. President Joe Biden’s nearly $106
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By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — A former aide to ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who previously claimed Cuomo groped her breast, is filing a lawsuit against him alleging sexual harassment and abuse, according to a summons filed this week. Brittany Commisso, one of 11 women whose claims of harassment were substantiated by an August 2021
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