"Earning the distinction of being the first Accessibility Verified state reflects Oregon's deep and ongoing commitment to welcoming all travelers," Kevin Wright, the VP of brand stewardship at Travel Oregon, said in a statement shared with Travel + Leisure. "Through this designation, we're building a tourism landscape where inclusion is meaningful and central to the visitor experience."
A man found guilty in the 1979 rape and murder of a six-year-old girl was executed in Florida on Thursday. Bryan Frederick Jennings was pronounced dead at 6.20pm local time after being administered a three-drug lethal injection. Jennings was sentenced to death for the killing of Rebecca Kunash, whom he drowned in a canal, according to reports. Jennings said no after being asked whether he had a final statement. Kunash's relatives did not comment publicly following Jennings' execution. The execution took place without incident.
One of Henriques' victims was a 17-year-old prospective student, to whom he gave a tour of the college April 25, the U.S. Attorney's office said. After reviewing her tour registration form, which listed her date of birth, he asked her what grade she was in, and she told him what local high school she attended. Hours after finishing the tour, Henriques texted the victim using the phone number included on her admissions form and offered to pay her $400 for "some fun."
Armstrong, who joined Cityside in 2022, is responsible for ensuring that the journalism from Cityside's four newsrooms - The Oaklandside, Berkeleyside, Richmondside, and East Bay Nosh - is published with readers front of mind. Long before a reporter begins reporting, Armstrong makes sure they have addressed the fundamental questions: Why are we doing this? Who is it for? How will it help them? What is the best way to convey this information?
LOS ANGELES A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to working with Mexican traffickers to bring drugs into the U.S., officials said Thursday. Diego Bonillo, 30, pleaded guilty in July to multiple charges, including conspiracy to import controlled substances such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. As part of his plea deal, he admitted to using his position to allow drug-filled cars into the U.S. from Mexico without inspection.
The financial services company, in a note to investors this week, said that it believes the AI story is just getting started - and the investments that seem huge today will be dwarfed by the benefits AI will deliver. Long term, the investment bank says that AI adoption could add $20 trillion to the U.S. economy. AI, according to Goldman Sachs, is already delivering those gains in productivity when deployed right.
This limit was amended under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, and the the annual cost-of-living adjustment will rise to $1,100 in 2026, up $100 from this year's figure. The catch-up contribution limit that applies to most of the 50-and-older worker population will also go up by $500 next year to a cap of $8,000. A higher catch-up limit of $11,250 applies to workers ages 60-63. The IRS clarified that any plan participants who are at least 50 will generally be able to contribute as much as $32,500 per year starting in 2026.
Indiana's hiring of Curt Cignetti from James Madison on Nov. 30, 2023, didn't seem seismic or unusual at the time. Other hires in the cycle generated more buzz, both within the Big Ten (Jonathan Smith at Michigan State) and beyond it (Mike Elko at Texas A&M). The January 2024 frenzy that included Kalen DeBoer leaving Washington to replace Nick Saban at Alabama and Michigan promoting Sherrone Moore to replace Jim Harbaugh blew up much more than Cignetti taking the IU job.
The female inmates serving time at the minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, are each provided the typical allotment of two rolls of toilet paper per week. Some of them take special care to avoid running out by ordering extra rolls of Scott - at $2.25 a pop - from the prison's commissary on their once-a-week shopping day. But not Ghislaine Maxwell. She doesn't have to worry about using up all of her supplies because she is given as much toilet paper as she needs. All she has to do is ask.
There was a shooting this afternoon around 1:30 pm at Oakland's Skyline High School which left one student injured the same school where a Graduation Day shooting happened last year. Two juvenile suspects were arrested at the scene, and the victim is expected to survive; school was not in session at the time, as classes let out early. [ABC 7] A former chief of staff to Governor Gavin Newsom, Dana Williamson, has been charged
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Thursday that an agreement has been reached with the United States regarding the alleged drug-running boats that the Donald Trump administration has been targeting since last September. Under the new arrangement, Mexico's Navy will be responsible for intercepting these vessels in international waters near the country's coasts in order to prevent further bombings, according to the joint operational protocols agreed upon by both governments.
BERKELEY A man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting women on the same AC Transit bus as it drove through town, court records show. Isreal Mohammed, 35, was charged with felony counts of assault with intent to commit a sex crime, false imprisonment, and multiple counts of misdemeanor sexual battery.
Around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Essex police received a report from a family member of an Essex resident who said they had been told both over the internet and by phone to pay $15,000 to fix a virus on their computer. The resident was prepared to pay the sum in cash, but the family member stepped in before the scammer was paid, police said. Essex police arrived at the resident's home to intercept the alleged courier there to collect the cash.
Baylor athletic director and College Football Playoff chairman Mack Rhoades is taking a leave of absence from his position at the school for personal reasons, he told ESPN on Thursday. Rhoades told ESPN that he initiated the leave but declined to explain why. Baylor also released a statement acknowledging Rhoades was on leave but declined to comment further.
While the financial impact of this particular shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, has not yet been calculated, past closures have been costly to museums and other cultural sites that were forced to close. In addition to staff furloughs and suspended or canceled programs, the 2018-2019 shutdown resulted in a loss of some $5 billion, according to the American Alliance of Museums.
Spirit first sought bankruptcy protection in November 2024, following years of mounting financial losses and the collapse of a proposed $3.8 billion merger deal with JetBlue. The budget airline, easily recognizable thanks to its bright yellow planes, reported in its initial voluntary bankruptcy petition that as of September that year, it had $9.49 billion in total assets and $8.99 billion in total debts.
Cops are investigating the gruesome death of a superintendent who suffered a heart attack after he was clobbered with a cellphone during an argument in Brooklyn Wednesday morning, officials said. The 41-year-old super, whose name was not immediately released, got into a heated dispute with his attacker around 8:12 a.m. inside a building on Ocean Ave. and Glenwood Road in Midwood, and was repeatedly bashed over the head with a cellphone device, police sources said.
At the beginning of the clip, the silver four-door sedan could be seen backing into a parking spot in front of Accolades Vape and Tobacco Shop in Warrenton, Virginia. As FOX 5 reporter Shomari Stone noted in the segment, the car was designed to fit five passengers. As the clip progressed, five people emerged from the back seats alone. Then, the trunk pops open to reveal two more suspects climbing out. The final two suspects in the driver's seat and front passenger seat brought the total to nine nearly twice what the car was designed to hold.
One Hayward public safety operator received more in overtime pay last year than their base salary. A Hayward Fire Department battalion chief received nearly a quarter-million dollars in overtime. They're just two examples of how the city of Hayward is wrestling to rein in spending fueled by salaries, benefits and overtime. As Hayward revises its 2025-2026 budget after depleting $31 million in its general fund budget, the city is working to rein in its expenses after a 21% increase in salaries and benefits and a 14% increase in overtime that has caused city officials to return to the negotiation table with the city's labor groups.
SAN JOSE - More than 100 vehicles were burglarized at four housing complexes last weekend in San Jose, and now police are asking the public to help identify the suspect. Between 10 p.m. on Nov. 8 and 1 a.m. on Nov. 9, the San Jose Police Department received 114 reports of vehicle burglaries at complexes in the 300 block of Cres Village Circle, 3400 block of Iron Point Drive, 3700 block of Casa Verde Street and 100 block of Baypointe Parkway, according to police spokesperson Stacie Shih.
Advisers warn that retirees frequently spend too freely in their go-go years, when travel and leisure costs peak. The latest Consumer Expenditure Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) found that average annual spending for adults ages 65 to 74 was $65,149, dropping nearly 20% by age 75. As a result, overspending early can strain savings meant to last decades, while excessive caution can lead to missing out on achievable goals.
Like many places in Virginia-and the South as a whole-Lexington has a complicated history. Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson is buried in the mountain town-the graveyard, formerly known as the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, was renamed Oak Grove Cemetery in 2020-and Robert E. Lee once served as the president of Washington & Lee University (W&L), then named Washington College.
"It's all about the privacy of the data. And it's a very common practice that the businesses use your personal data. In many cases, without your knowledge, to be able to set prices or target you for advertising material," Ersin Uzun, executive director of Rochester Institute of Technology's Global Cybersecurity Institute, said.
The idea of the exemption, when you go into the history of exemptions, is to bring attention to an event, You got to see her live, she's lovely to speak to. And she's brought a lot of viewers through Instagram, and things like that, who normally don't watch women's golf. That was the hope. And we're seeing that now.
