Amid air quality concerns, districts embrace electric buses
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Efforts to make school buses greener are gaining momentum thanks to billions of dollars in spending…
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From exile, female former Afghan leader keeps fighting
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two months after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, one of the country’s once-prominent…
Continue ReadingBeijing police name pianist Li Yundi in prostitution case
BEIJING (AP) — Police in China’s capital Beijing say famed international pianist Li Yundi is a suspect in a prostitution case. A message on…
Continue ReadingAmid air quality concerns, districts embrace electric buses
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Efforts to make school buses greener are gaining momentum thanks to billions of dollars in spending…
Continue ReadingStephen Curry scores 45, Warriors hold off Clippers 115-113
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 56.8 seconds remaining to follow up a 30-footer…
Continue ReadingInvestigators finally release the cause of death for a family who mysteriously died hiking near Yosemite
By Lauren M. Johnson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The mystery behind the deaths of a couple, their baby daughter and the family dog, who were found on a…
Continue ReadingAn unsent text message and desperate phone calls detail California family’s last moments before they died while hiking
CNN, KFSN By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Family selfies, nature photos, an unanswered text and several calls that were never connected detail the final…
Continue ReadingMore than half of Australia’s population is now ‘living with Covid.’ The rest is still some way off
By Ben Westcott, CNN At midnight, Australia’s second-largest state emerged from what some experts and local media called the world’s…
Continue ReadingMore than half of Australia’s population is now ‘living with Covid.’ The rest is still some way off
CNN By Ben Westcott, CNN At midnight, Australia’s second-largest state emerged from what some experts and local media called the world’s…
Continue ReadingOhio mixes up Wright Brothers’ commemorative license plate
By Devon Sayers and Mallika Kallingal, CNN Now, let’s play a game of spot the difference! The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles was forced to…
Continue ReadingDirector of photography killed, movie director injured after Alec Baldwin discharged prop firearm on movie set
CNN, KOAT By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN On the set of the movie “Rust” in New Mexico, its director of photography was killed and movie director…
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OHA: 632,000 Oregonians may soon be eligible for Moderna, Johnson & Johnson booster shots
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel on Thursday recommended booster doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines…
Continue ReadingMcDavid tops 200 goals in Oilers’ 5-1 win over Coyotes
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Connor McDavid scored twice to eclipse 200 career goals and had an assist, Zach Hyman had…
Continue ReadingBlank slate to best hope: Can Youngkin rescue the Va. GOP?
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Skeptical Virginia Republicans have come around to Glenn Youngkin, the party’s…
Continue ReadingBlanding makes her voice heard in Virginia governor’s race
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press GLENNS, Va. (AP) — A Black activist and educator is making her presence known as a third-party candidate in the…
Continue ReadingMcAuliffe’s backslapping political brand put to test in 2021
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Terry McAuliffe won Virginia’s 2013 governor’s race by embracing his own…
Continue ReadingBlanding makes her voice heard in Virginia governor’s race
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press GLENNS, Va. (AP) — A Black activist and educator is making her presence known as a third-party candidate in…
Continue ReadingBlank slate to best hope: Can Youngkin rescue the Va. GOP?
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Skeptical Virginia Republicans have come around to Glenn Youngkin, the party’s…
Continue ReadingBeijing offering COVID-19 boosters, 4 months before Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — China’s capital Beijing has begun offering booster shots against COVID-19, four months before the city and surrounding regions…
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State agency uses federal funds to boost child care help for working families
Finding affordable, quality child care has long been a struggle for families, and the pandemic has only made this situation worse. Working families…
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