By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys for an oil and gas company are asking a federal judge to reinstate a drilling lease on federal land considered sacred to Native American tribes in the U.S. and Canada. The energy lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area near the Blackfeet Reservation in northwestern Montana
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys for an oil and gas company are asking a federal judge to reinstate a drilling lease on federal land considered sacred to Native American tribes in the U.S. and Canada. The energy lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area near the Blackfeet Reservation in northwestern Montana
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By Kate Raddatz Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota family is grieving the loss of a husband, father, and Vikings fan. Josh Engle died from a traumatic brain injury. He fell down a flight of stairs at the Vikings-Packer game at U.S Bank Stadium last month and died from
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Green pointed out three common causes for car accidents on Missouri highways: speeding, texting and drinking.
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — La celebración de la víspera de Año Nuevo de la próxima semana en Times Square será “reducida”: habrá menos asistentes y todos deberán usar una mascarilla, dijo el jueves la oficina del alcalde de Nueva York, Bill de Blasio. La celebración en Times Square generalmente tiene alrededor de 58.000 personas en
Continue Reading By John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story ASKOV, Minnesota (WCCO) — A rescue organization is calling a dog found in a St. Paul alleyway “a Christmas miracle.” Rosabella was locked in a metal crate during the coldest day of the year when a Ruff Start Rescue volunteer rescued her. Since then, she
Continue Reading By Meredith Barack Click here for updates on this story OAK PARK, Illinois (WBBM) — Video shows a Santa getting pelted with eggs in Oak Park – and some people are asking, who in the world would do something like attack Jolly old St. Nick? CBS 2’s Meredith Barack talked to Father Christmas himself Monday
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By The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Prisons says a drifter convicted of killing two Massachusetts men in carjackings in 2001 and sentenced to death has died. The bureau said 62-year-old Gary Lee Sampson died Tuesday at a medical center for federal prisoners in Springfield, Missouri. Sampson’s lawyers said he
Continue Reading By Jim Williams Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A young Chicago woman is heartbroken with Zeus, her beloved golden retriever, no longer in her life. The sadness could have been avoided, Karly Moran-West said, if city workers had done their jobs and followed Illinois law. As CBS 2’s Jim Williams
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — La leyenda del fútbol brasileño Pelé abandonó el hospital donde estaba siendo tratado contra el cáncer, dijo en un tuit el jueves. “La foto mía sonriendo no es en vano. Como prometí, voy a pasar la Navidad con mi familia. Me voy de regreso a casa. Gracias por todos los mensajes
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lawrence officials say a shortage of volunteers is jeopardizing the ability to operate a winter emergency shelter that was set up because the city’s main homeless shelter had to reduce its occupancy during the pandemic. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the Lawrence Community Shelter has the capacity to serve 125 people
Continue Reading QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador says vaccination against the coronavirus will be mandatory for most citizens. Only Ecuadorians with a medical condition that could be complicated by vaccination will be exempt from the new rule, according to the government. It said Thursday that those people must have documentation to prove it. The government said it
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law to block imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove the items were made without using forced labor. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is the latest in a series of intensifying U.S. penalties against China for
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law to block imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove the items were made without using forced labor. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is the latest in a series of intensifying U.S. penalties against China for
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN “And Just Like That …” said goodbye to actor Willie Garson and his character Stanford Blatch in the show’s latest episode. The 57-year-old actor died from pancreatic cancer at his home in Los Angeles in September while the HBO Max series was in production. (Like CNN, HBO is owned by WarnerMedia.)
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By Raja Razek, CNN Citing procedural errors, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has withdrawn George Floyd’s Clemency recommendation, according to a news release from Gov. Greg Abbott’s Office. “The Board of Pardons and Paroles has withdrawn 25 clemency recommendations that contained procedural errors and lack of compliance with Board rules,” said office of
Continue Reading By JAMES ANDERSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The man known as the “Unabomber” has been transferred to a federal prison medical facility in North Carolina after spending the past two decades in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado for a series of bombings that targeted scientists. A U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Continue Reading By Lisa Gresci Click here for updates on this story FOXBORO, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A nurse who is used to helping others, found herself in need of lifesaving care. “Some people describe it as a pain in your chest, it wasn’t like that for me, it was like I was going to explode from the
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say two people have died in a shooting at a Los Angeles clothing store Thursday. Los Angeles police Detective Meghan Aguilar says the shooting occurred around 11:45 a.m. at a Burlington Coat Factory store in the North Hollywood area of the San Fernando Valley. Los
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — Las condiciones de hielo en la interestatal 94 en EE.UU. causaron varios accidentes, que involucran aproximadamente a 40 vehículos, en el centro oeste de Wisconsin este jueves, informaron las autoridades. El teniente Tim Weiberg, del Departamento de Transporte de Wisconsin, señaló que entre 15 y 20 son semirremolques. La nieve podría alcanzar
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