PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of companies planning to bid on a chance to develop a floating offshore wind project off the Oregon coast has been dwindling as opposition to the plan remains strong. The federal government finalized two areas for floating offshore wind farms along the Oregon coast in February. The move brought
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — People in the United States can now order more free Covid-19 tests from the federal government as the country heads into respiratory virus season with high levels of the coronavirus already circulating. Each household is eligible to receive four at-home test kits, which can be requested from COVIDTests.gov starting
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court has sent back part of a lawsuit brought by a protester of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, who alleged law enforcement officers used excessive force. Oklahoma resident Eric Poemoceah filed the lawsuit in 2020 against Morton County, two county sheriffs and other officers. He alleged a
Continue ReadingDAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — A man faces a possible death sentence after being convicted of killing four people in a small northeast Nebraska town more than two years ago. A jury found 44-year-old Jason Jones guilty Thursday of 10 counts, including four counts of first-degree murder. Jones stands convicted in the August 2022 shooting
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — A death in New York has been linked with a listeria outbreak connected to recalled Boar’s Head deli meat, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. A total of 59 people have been hospitalized with the outbreak strain of bacteria in 19 states,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A network of people and virtual currency exchanges associated with harboring Russian cybercrime have been hit with sanctions in a government-wide crackdown on cybercrime. The announcement could assist Russia ahead of President Joe Biden’s Thursday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The State Department is offering a $10 million reward
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — It was an orca-versus-dolphin matchup, and the dolphin didn’t stand a chance. In coastal waters near Chile in 2023, a massive female killer whale walloped the much smaller dolphin, sending it flying out of the water. Within minutes, the unequal battle was over and the orca began to feed.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation accountable to shareholders. The artificial intelligence company’s board is considering a decision that would change it into
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the Palestinian Authority has denounced Israel in front of world leaders. He appealed to other nations to stop what he called a “genocidal war” against a place and people that he said had been totally destroyed. He used the rostrum of the U.N. General Assembly as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin district attorney said Thursday that her office is pursuing an investigation into the removal of an absentee ballot drop box by the mayor of Wausau. Mayor Doug Diny removed the drop box, located outside of City Hall, on Sunday and distributed a picture of himself doing it
Continue ReadingAssociated Press New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal charged that he allegedly took bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources. The charges unsealed Thursday marked a stunning fall for Adams, a former police captain who made a commitment to law-and-order a cornerstone of his political platform even as multiple
Continue ReadingNo. 8 Oregon (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten) at UCLA (1-2, 0-1), Saturday, 11 p.m. ET (FOX) BetMGM College Football Odds: Oregon by 25 1/2. Series record: UCLA leads 40-32. WHAT’S AT STAKE? The Ducks will try to pick up their first Big Ten win in what they hope will be one of two visits to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department investigation has found that police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against people who criticize them. A department report released Thursday says the Lexington Police Department has a “persistent pattern or practice of unconstitutional conduct.” The Justice Department launched
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The UFC reached another settlement with one of the two class-action litigants, agreeing Thursday to pay the former fighters $375 million after a previous agreement was thrown out by a Nevada district judge. Judge Richard Boulware in July dismissed a $335 million settlement with two antitrust lawsuits, including
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WABC, CNN Evan Perez, Mark Morales, Kara Scannell, Brynn Gingras, Gloria Pazmino, Eric Levenson, Artemis Moshtaghian, Nicki Brown and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on five federal charges related to bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy and soliciting campaign contributions from foreign nationals, according to a 57-page indictment
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Some types of sea robins, a peculiar bottom-dwelling ocean fish, use taste bud-covered legs to sense and dig up prey along the seafloor, according to new research. Sea robins are so adept at rooting out prey as they walk along the ocean floor on their six leglike appendages that
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Hofmann Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — Games may be won on the football field, but some of the greatest victories achieved by veterans are being recognized at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Beeville. Football players and fans can look to the sidelines at a legacy built and
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story September 26, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a stunning turn of events, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal criminal charges, marking a historic moment in the city’s political landscape. As the first sitting New York City mayor in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mailing of about 2,200 duplicate absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison has led a Republican member of Congress to falsely suggest that the clerk was lying about the presence of barcodes on the ballots themselves. An initial statement on Monday from Madison Clerk Maribeth
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s government says its investigation shows that police had orchestrated the killing of a doctor accused of blasphemy while he was held in custody last week. The interior minister in Sindh province says officers then lied about the circumstances of the man’s death, claiming he was killed in a
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