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Look to the skies while giving thanks on Thanksgiving

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

November 23, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

Happy Thanksgiving! We certainly have a basket full of blessings to think about which leads me to my usual writing this time of the year. Read story

Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant, left, drives to the basket against Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.

Blazers snap 8-game skid with 121-105 victory over Jazz

November 22, 2023, 9:40pm Blazers

Jerami Grant had 30 points and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 121-105 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. Read story

Debris is scattered about inside the customs plaza at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI's field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River.

2 dead after vehicle explodes at Rainbow Bridge border crossing in Niagara Falls, official says

November 22, 2023, 1:30pm Latest News

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. Read story

OpenAI brings back Sam Altman as CEO just days after his firing unleashed chaos

November 22, 2023, 12:30pm Business

The ousted leader of ChatGPT maker OpenAI will return to the company that fired him just days ago, concluding a short but chaotic power struggle that shocked the tech industry and underscored the conflicts around how to safely build artificial intelligence. Read story

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, feral pigs roam near a Mertzon, Texas ranch. Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana and other northern states are making preparations to stop a threatened invasion from Canada. Wild pigs already cause around $2.5 billion in damage to U.S. crops every year, mostly in southern states like Texas. But the exploding population of feral swine on the prairies of western Canada is threatening spill south.

A population of hard-to-eradicate ‘super pigs’ in Canada is threatening to invade the US

November 22, 2023, 10:30am Latest News

An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion. Read story

Peggy Simpson holds a photograph of law enforcement carrying Lee Harvey Oswald’s gun through a hallway packed with reporters, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, at her home in Washington. Simpson, a former Associated Press reporter, is among the last surviving witnesses to the events surrounding the assassination of Kennedy are among those sharing their stories as the nation marks the 60th anniversary.

JFK assassination remembered 60 years later by surviving witnesses to history, including AP reporter

November 22, 2023, 9:12am Latest News

Just minutes after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot as his motorcade rolled through downtown Dallas, Associated Press reporter Peggy Simpson rushed to the scene and immediately attached herself to the police officers who had converged on the building from which a sniper’s bullets had been fired. Read story

Nkol, 15-year-old sister of Nik Beizer, an IDF soldier stationed at the Erez District Coordination Office and who is one of the over 220 hostages believed to be held by Hamas in Gaza, holds a poster with a photograph of her 19-year-old brother as she arrives for a press conference at the Italian Jewish Center in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, with other representatives of the families of the Israelis abducted by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, shortly after they met with Pope Francis at The Vatican. Beizer was abducted by Hamas militants during the group’s unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7 which resulted in the killing of 1,400 people and the abduction of over 220.

Israel and Hamas call a truce to free hostages in swap for prisoners, and allow more aid into Gaza

November 22, 2023, 8:00am Latest News

Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day cease-fire in the war in Gaza — a breakthrough that will facilitate the release of dozens of hostages held by militants as well as Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, and bring a large influx of aid to the besieged territory, officials said Wednesday. Read story

Children hold signs as they stand on stage with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who signed bills addressing climate change, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Seattle.

Opponents of WA climate law submit signatures to repeal it

November 22, 2023, 7:42am Latest News

In one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, in one of the most expensive states for gasoline, backers of an effort to repeal Washington’s carbon market said Tuesday they have enough signatures to put it before lawmakers and possibly voters next year. Read story

FILE - This image provided by Maxar Technologies on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, shows an overview of the Al-Ahli Hospital, center of image, in Gaza City the day after a deadly explosion.

Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages. What does it look like?

November 22, 2023, 7:34am Latest News

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a four-day halt in their devastating war in exchange for the release of dozens of hostages taken captive by militants on Oct. 7, when Israeli communities were overrun and some 240 people abducted. Read story