KPTV By Anne Murphy Click here for updates on this story CASCADE LOCKS, Oregon (KPTV) — The Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge river cruise boat’s moorings broke in the Cascade Locks Marina Saturday morning and crashed into a footbridge. The boat drifted in high winds from the current blizzard conditions in the Gorge and into the old
Continue ReadingBy Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — More than 60 years have passed since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream Speech” speech at the March on Washington and yet his words still resonate today. “I think it’s very difficult to find a human being, especially an American, who can hear that speech
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By Ed DiOrio Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Asheville Police Department said Friday, Jan. 12, it has identified suspects connected to over 100 cases of car windows being smashed going back to mid-December. “Our detective division, in conjunction with our patrol officers, have worked together and identified
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WLOS, WAYNE ROBBINS, CNN By Ed DiOrio Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Asheville Police Department said Friday, Jan. 12, it has identified suspects connected to over 100 cases of car windows being smashed going back to mid-December. “Our detective division, in conjunction with our patrol officers, have
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN, SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The White House said Sunday that “it’s the right time” for Israel to scale back its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli leaders again vowed to press ahead with their operation against the territory’s ruling Hamas militant group. The comments
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — On George Washington’s birthday in 1892, former President Grover Cleveland urged graduating students at the University of Michigan to “take with you … a strong and abiding faith in the value and potency of a good conscience and a pure heart. Never yield one iota to those
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as Guatemala’s president on Monday minutes after midnight despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration, including foot-dragging and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power. Arévalo arrives in the presidency after winning August’s elections by a comfortable
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By Lucas Lilieholm, Chloe Liu and Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — Indonesia’s Marapi volcano has erupted for the second time in weeks, the country’s geological agency said Sunday. According to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the 2,891-meter-high (9,500 feet) volcano began erupting at 6 a.m. local time (6 p.m.ET). The volcano in West
Continue ReadingBy Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Just when you thought the thunderplump was going to stop you from making it to the weekly kaffeeklatsch, the gray skies cleared, filling the air with misty petrichor. Now you get to listen to the blatherskite of your social circle go on about the tasteless dollop they cooked the
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — A large portion of the US is in the grip of an icy blast of winter weather, so anyone heading outside should take precautions, like dressing in layers and putting on some thick socks, sturdy boots and a nice warm coat. Now you’re ready to brave
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian media say two journalists serving long prison sentences over their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini have been released on bail pending their appeal. Niloufar Hamedia had broken the news of Amini’s death while in police custody for wearing her headscarf too loose, while Elaheh Mohammadi who
Continue ReadingOpinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — On George Washington’s birthday in 1892, former President Grover Cleveland urged graduating students at the University of Michigan to “take with you … a strong and abiding faith in the value and potency of a good conscience and a pure heart. Never yield one iota to those who
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell and Kat Jaeger, CNN (CNN) — The emergency police dispatch went out just before 10 p.m.: Gunfire reported at the Washington, DC, home of a prominent federal official. A male caller said he shot his girlfriend and threatened to kill himself, according to a source familiar with the incident last Sunday. With claims of a
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Roach, Mo. man was seriously injured and arrested after a one-vehicle crash on Lower Prairie Hollow Rd. south of Laura Hufferd Rd. on Saturday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2006 Chevrolet 1500 – driven by Scott Wallace, 57 – failed to
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of diversity programs are increasingly banking on an 1866 civil rights law meant to protect Black people from economic exclusion as a way to challenge corporate diversity and equity policies as well as funding to Black-owned businesses. The cases are being
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON, HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Sophia Danner-Okotie’s has ambitious plans for her Nigerian-inspired clothing line but a sense of dread has punctured her optimism as she watches a legal battle being waged against a small venture capital firm that has provided funding instrumental to her
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON, HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Advocates of diversity efforts are steeling themselves for a fight this year as a growing number of lawsuits take aim at programs intended to advance racial equity in the corporate world. Lawsuits making their way through the courts have targeted
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — An ongoing arctic blast enveloping much of the US will set the stage for impactful snow and ice to fall in parts of the South for the first time this winter as a new storm tracks through the region. The South storm will be the fourth in the last
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — Bernardo Arévalo de León, de 64 años, es el nuevo presidente de Guatemala tras haber ganado en segunda vuelta las elecciones presidenciales de Guatemala. Es diplomático de carrera y no figuraba como favorito entre las encuestas por lo que su pase a la segunda ronda, contra Sandra Torres, de la Unidad
Continue ReadingBy GARY FIELDS Associated Press WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — For 75 minutes, Maj. Joe Amoroso quizzed his students in SS202, American Politics, about civilian leadership of the military, the trust between the armed forces and the public, and how the military must not become a partisan tool. There was one answer, he said, that
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