Click here for updates on this story LINN COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Fire crews say a man is safe after falling over a waterfall on Monday afternoon. Sweet Home Fire District was dispatched at 6:45 p.m. to a waterfall near Longbow campground east of Cascadia. There was a report of a male who fell off
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ALBANY, Oregon (KPTV) — Two teens have been arrested and are facing bias crime charges one week after a Black teenager was assaulted in Albany, according to police. The assault occurred on April 13, just before 6 p.m., at Swanson Park. The 13-year-old boy was assaulted by four
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Buncombe County leaders on Tuesday night approved a $175,000 settlement as part of the county’s civil suit against former commissioner Ellen Frost. A federal investigation showed that Frost and former Buncombe County manager Wanda Greene misused more than $500,000 to advertise Asheville Regional
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — State leaders on Tuesday introduced two bills they said will protect North Carolina families, businesses and the public. Parents and grandparents who were at a local park Tuesday said life is challenging enough, even with paid sick time and family medical leave. And,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — After several hours of digging, rescue workers have successfully freed an individual trapped in a trench in Asheville. The worker has since been taken to the hospital since being freed. The Asheville Fire Department was on the scene of a trench rescue off
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Here’s what you are not going to get in a major address from President Joseph Biden: textured rhetoric woven with references to the classics; eloquent, poetic phraseology ringing like heavenly music and leaving its listeners with echoes of Shakespeare, Lincoln and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Here’s what you are going to get in a
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The annual Lyrid meteor shower marks the first big meteor show of the year. It peaks on April 22 (tomorrow), so make sure to get a good look at the night sky. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
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Chad’s long-serving President Idriss Deby has died from injuries sustained in clashes with rebels, the army said in a surprise announcement Tuesday, plunging a volatile region deeper into crisis. Army spokesman Azem Bermendao Agouna told state TV said Deby — a longtime Western ally in efforts to quell Islamist militias in north Africa — died
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd on Tuesday, a verdict that sent waves of celebration across the United States after years of protests against police brutality. So, what happens to Chauvin now? Sentencing will be in 8 weeks It will be another eight weeks before he
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In the hours after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder, George Floyd’s family said they could breathe once again. “Just listening to those words, guilty and guilty and guilty on all counts, that was a moment that I will … always have it inside of me,” Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, told CNN. “This is
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In the hours after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder, George Floyd’s family said they could breathe once again. “Just listening to those words, guilty and guilty and guilty on all counts, that was a moment that I will … always have it inside of me,” Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, told CNN. “This is
Continue Reading Every year from January to mid-April, we experience a “meteor drought,” without a single shower for months. That all ends April 22 this year with the first show of the season: the annual Lyrid meteor shower. “These dazzling meteors are fast and bright, with a striking golden trail of dust streaking behind them,” CNN meteorologist
Continue Reading A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl Tuesday afternoon after she attempted to cut two females with a knife, according to officials and body camera footage shown to the media. The girl’s mother, Paula Bryant, and the Franklin County Children’s Services identified the girl as Ma’Khia Bryant. Although local law
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The jury in Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd started deliberating Monday and reached a verdict the next day.
Continue Reading All homeless people living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row must be offered housing by October 18, a federal judge ordered Tuesday. The order comes in response to a federal lawsuit filed last year by several citizens, business owners, and community leaders who argue officials have failed to address the homeless crisis in Los Angeles, as
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George Floyd’s brothers shared their pain and grief with the world for nearly a year. On Tuesday, they finally felt some relief. “Today, we are able to breathe again,” Philonise Floyd told reporters. Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police officer who kneeled on Floyd’s neck for over 9 minutes last year, was found guilty in
Continue Reading As much as China may want to promote its domestically-produced Covid-19 vaccines, it has to face reality. Last month, Beijing issued a new policy making it easier for foreigners to apply for a visa to China if they had received a Chinese vaccine — raising concerns among experts, who warned it risked setting a dangerous
Continue Reading A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a 15-year-old girl Tuesday afternoon after she attempted to cut two females with a knife, according to officials and body camera footage shown to the media. Police responded to a 4:32 p.m. call indicating “females were there trying to stab them and put their hands on them,”
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Experts say Covid-19 vaccinations in the US are continuing at an impressive pace, and now all Americans 16 and up can get a shot. But a leading health official said that the country remains in a “complicated stage” of the pandemic. “More people in the United States are being vaccinated every single day at an
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