Joe Manchin is at the center of an extremely divided Washington. Here’s how he got here.
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is a key vote crucial to President Joe Biden’s agenda with Capitol Hill bitterly divided along…
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MERS Fast Facts
Here’s some background information about MERS, or Middle East respiratory syndrome. MERS is a viral respiratory illness brought on by Middle…
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Bend plans removal of ‘unsafe’ NE Bend homeless campsite, but advocates ask where they will go
A new city of Bend policy to remove “unsafe” homeless campsites on city rights of way is raising questions from some homeless service providers about…
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A Florida teacher is suing her school district for allegedly retaliating against her after she spoke out about racism
After the murder of George Floyd and the summer of protests that followed led to greater dialogue among her students, Amy Donofrio decided last fall…
Continue Reading ‘It’s shameful.’ Massacre survivors’ lawyers demand Tulsa be the next city to pay reparations
Two years after the Tulsa massacre left some 300 Black people dead and a once-booming neighborhood destroyed, another White mob attacked a Black…
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Oregon officials prep for ‘challenging’ fire season amid worst drought in over a century
Resilience, determination, and perseverance. That’s the expectation Oregon fire officials set for this year’s wildfire…
Continue Reading Teen with heart defects avoids 2nd open-heart surgery with new procedure
Click here for updates on this story HALTOM CITY, Texas (KTVT) — Staying healthy has always been a lifelong challenge…
Continue Reading Cell phones save the day, light up high school graduation after power outage
Click here for updates on this story AUSTIN (KTVT) — It’s a story about the night that the lights went out in Texas…
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Walmart gives 740,000 associates a free Samsung smartphone
Walmart is rolling out a new app for its employees and giving them a new Samsung phone to use it. The retailer is outfitting nearly half of its US…
Continue Reading High school students organize their own prom
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The graduating class of 2021 has overcome a lot to make it to…
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Deschutes County Solid Waste holding household hazardous waste disposal events
Deschutes County’s Department of Solid Waste is hosting special one-day collection events in Sisters, La Pine and Redmond this summer where…
Continue Reading Mystery skull washes ashore on a New Jersey beach
Click here for updates on this story OCEAN COUNTY, New Jersey (KYW) — A mystery washes ashore on a New Jersey beach. A…
Continue Reading Family goat killed by bear
Click here for updates on this story SOLANO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — The Flores ranch in rural Solano County was…
Continue Reading Pride flag flown at city hall following objections by some city leaders
Click here for updates on this story GILROY (KPIX) — For the first time in the city’s history, Gilroy is flying the…
Continue Reading Denmark passes law to move asylum centers outside the EU. It still needs another country to agree
Denmark has passed a law allowing it to relocate asylum seekers to third countries while their asylum claims are processed, in a move that has drawn…
Continue Reading New NASA photo shows our galaxy’s ‘violent energy’
NASA has released an image detailing the never-before-seen “violent energy” at the center of our galaxy, created after two decades of…
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Air France flight evacuated after anonymous threat
Passengers on an Air France flight were evacuated in Paris on Thursday after an anonymous threat, the company said in a statement. The AF865 flight…
Continue Reading Woman’s hair lit on fire aboard bus
Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Investigators released San Francisco Muni Bus surveillance…
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AMC’s stock is up 3,000% this year. But the theater chain’s problems aren’t solved
AMC’s comeback, and then some — its stock price surged to a record high on Wednesday — has been fueled by Reddit’s army of retail…
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DA Hummel launching pre-charge diversion pilot program for young first-time offenders
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel announced Thursday that his office will officially launch the Deschutes County Emerging Adult Pilot…
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