Sisters Folk Festival sells out – again – despite vaccine requirement
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The tents are going up. The stages are being set. And the 2021 Sisters Folk Festival is on.
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Divided UN extends its mission in Libya till after elections
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the U.N. political mission in Libya until after the country’s critical presidential and parliamentary elections that are scheduled for late December. However, the world body remained divided on Thursday over the withdrawal of all mercenaries and
Continue ReadingCouple survives deadly train derailment in Montana
By Lysée Mitri Click here for updates on this story ELK GROVE, California (KCRA) — A couple from Elk Grove made it back home safely after surviving the deadly Amtrak train derailment in Montana over the weekend. Investigators are still looking into what caused the accident that killed three people Saturday. “It was surreal,” Hedda
Continue ReadingNo. 6 Sooners face first Big 12 road test at K-State
By The Associated Press Sixth-ranked Oklahoma is headed to Kansas State on Saturday for its first Big 12 road game since announcing plans to bolt for the SEC. The Sooners are likely to get an even ruder reception than normal at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. They are coming off a last-second win over West Virginia
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Oregon Ducks fan’s clothing site is ‘touching’ for Bend’s Cam McCormick and his family
Injury plagued Oregon Football player Cam McCormick is receiving a boost from a fan, and new college rules.
Continue ReadingBiden administration grapples with American addiction as overdose deaths hit a record high
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN With a growing number of Americans dying from drug overdoses and concerns over addiction rising, the Biden administration has found itself facing a nationwide crisis that keeps escalating as the Covid-19 pandemic drags on. On the campaign trail, Biden presented a comprehensive plan to address the opioid epidemic, but his public
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Biden administration grapples with American addiction as overdose deaths hit a record high
CNN By Maegan Vazquez, CNN With a growing number of Americans dying from drug overdoses and concerns over addiction rising, the Biden administration has found itself facing a nationwide crisis that keeps escalating as the Covid-19 pandemic drags on. On the campaign trail, Biden presented a comprehensive plan to address the opioid epidemic, but his
Continue ReadingPlan approved to sell collapsed condo property to UAE outfit
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A plan to possibly sell the South Florida property where the collapse of a condo building killed 98 people to a United Arab Emirates-based developer has been endorsed by a Florida judge. Under the plan approved Thursday, the almost 2-acre oceanfront property would be purchased for
Continue ReadingPrisons, border wall: How GOP is looking to use COVID money
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republicans are using money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package for projects on conservatives’ wish lists. Alabama lawmakers are advancing a plan to use $400 million of the state’s coronavirus relief funds toward building prisons. In Texas, a Republican-led county pledged to help Gov. Greg Abbott
Continue ReadingPrisons, border wall: How GOP is looking to use COVID money
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republicans are using money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package for projects on conservatives’ wish lists. Alabama lawmakers are advancing a plan to use $400 million of the state’s coronavirus relief funds toward building prisons. In Texas, a Republican-led county pledged to help Gov. Greg Abbott
Continue ReadingSe agudiza el conflicto cocalero en Bolivia con nuevos enfrentamientos
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Este miércoles por la noche volvieron los enfrentamientos entre los cocaleros de los Yungas de La Paz, opositores al gobierno del presidente Luis Arce, y la policía. Los cocaleros intentan retomar la sede de la Asociación Departamental de Productores de Coca de los Yungas de La Paz, que controla
Continue ReadingFamily: Person of interest’s cellphone pinged near New Smyrna after Miya Marcano went missing
By Chelsea Robinson Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — As the search for 19-year-old Miya Marcano enters its sixth day, family members have revealed more of what is believed to have happened to her. Residents received a letter from Arden Villas telling them that law enforcement would be entering their
Continue ReadingUnion jobs? Ford’s plan for new EV factories raises question
By TOM KRISHER, JONATHAN MATTISE and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ford’s blockbuster announcement this week that it would build four vast new factories in Kentucky and Tennessee by 2025 and hire nearly 11,000 workers raised a big unanswered question: Just how good will those jobs be? No one — not Ford,
Continue ReadingUnion jobs? Ford’s plan for new EV factories raises question
By TOM KRISHER, JONATHAN MATTISE and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ford’s blockbuster announcement this week that it would build four vast new factories in Kentucky and Tennessee by 2025 and hire nearly 11,000 workers raised a big unanswered question: Just how good will those jobs be? No one — not Ford,
Continue ReadingSoaring home prices juice average US homeowner equity growth
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Soaring home prices are driving the fastest pace of growth in homeowner equity in more than a decade, though recent signs of a cooling U.S. housing market point to more moderate gains in the second half of the year. Homes with a mortgage gained an
Continue ReadingNo. 4 Penn State looking for 9th straight win
By The Associated Press Penn State is rolling and looking for its ninth win in a row. If Penn State needs motivation to play with more of an edge, it would make sense to point at the last meeting with Indiana. The Hoosiers kickstarted Penn State’s early struggles last season when they scored a controversial
Continue ReadingMinus McCaffrey, Panthers visit Cowboys and surging Elliott
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Carolina Panthers will be without star running back Christian McCaffrey when they visit the Dallas Cowboys in a second consecutive game in Texas. The Dallas running game is surging behind Ezekiel Elliott. Chuba Hubbard figures to be the primary replacement for McCaffrey on
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Visitors pay respects at ‘Wall that Heals’ to loved ones, friends lost during Vietnam War
LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) –The Wall that Heals, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is now set up in La Pine and had its first full day of the exhibition Thursday, full of the emotions one would expect at such an event, and is seen every day at the memorial in our nation’s capital.
Continue ReadingMan stuck in Arizona storm drain saved after he waves arm
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona firefighters have rescued a man stuck inside a suburban Phoenix storm drain after people passing by saw the man waving his arm from the drain. The Glendale Fire Department said the person called 911 after the man said he was stuck. Department spokeswoman Ashley Losch said the man appeared OK
Continue ReadingMilitary suicides rise 15% as senior leaders call for action
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of military suicides jumped by 15% in 2020, fueled by significant increases in the Army and Marine Corps that senior leaders said were troubling and require more effort to prevent. Data released by the Pentagon showed there were 580 suicides last
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