SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, the Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division encourages all individuals and organizations to play a role in making our state a better place for children and families. We can all help prevent child maltreatment by ensuring
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is demolishing a South Korean-owned hotel at a North Korean resort that was one of the last symbols of inter-Korean engagement. Seoul officials called for the North to stop the “unilateral” destruction. The floating Haegumgang Hotel was a major property among dozens of
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is demolishing a South Korean-owned hotel at a North Korean resort that was one of the last symbols of inter-Korean engagement. Seoul officials called for the North to stop the “unilateral” destruction. The floating Haegumgang Hotel was a major property among dozens of
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan is working with NASA on a new type of battery for electric vehicles that promises to charge quicker and be lighter yet safe. The Japanese automaker said Friday the all-solid-state battery will replace lithium-ion batteries now in use for a 2028 product launch and a
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan is working with NASA on a new type of battery for electric vehicles that promises to charge quicker and be lighter yet safe. The Japanese automaker said Friday the all-solid-state battery will replace lithium-ion batteries now in use for a 2028 product launch and a
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Kevin Liptak, Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN A US Congressional delegation to Asia has been postponed after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive for Covid-19. The announcement followed a warning by China that it would take strong measures if the trip included a visit to Taiwan, as media reports in the
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Pres WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden White House is betting the U.S. economy is strong enough to withstand the threats to growth posed by inflation and the war in Ukraine. But there are growing fears of a coming economic slump among voters and some Wall Street analysts. White House officials say
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A Bend teen arrested after a fatal DUII crash at Wickiup Reservoir last summer is serving a year’s probation and agreed among other conditions to create a memorial near the crash scene to his friend, 17-year-old ‘A.J.’ Clough.
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was fastest in the second practice session for the Australian Grand Prix and Formula One champion Max Verstappen was right behind in second. Leclerc had a time of 1 minute, 18.978 seconds on the revamped Albert Park layout. Verstappen was .245 seconds behind in his Red Bull
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America. On the sunny White House South Lawn, she declared, “We’ve made it — all of us.” With
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Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will join a Supreme Court that is both more diverse than ever and more conservative than it’s been since the 1930s. She’s likely to be on the losing end of a bunch of important cases, including examinations of the
Continue ReadingBy ADAM SCHRECK and CARA ANNA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say a missile hit a train station where thousands of Ukrainians had gathered. At least 52 people died in an attack on a crowd of mostly women and children trying to flee a looming Russian offensive in the country’s east. Photos
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Pavin Smith sliced a line-drive single to start the seventh inning, ending an opening day no-hit bid by the San Diego Padres. Yu Darvish threw the first six innings for San Diego without giving up a hit, but he was pulled before the seventh after
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN Advocates rallied Thursday in Dallas seeking clemency for a woman who is facing execution later this month after being convicted for allegedly killing her 2-year-old daughter more than a decade ago. Attorneys for Melissa Lucio, who is on death row, submitted an application for clemency to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and
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CORVALLIS, Ore. — When presented with proposed natural gas export operations in the state, Oregonians are more likely to perceive the environmental and public health risks than the potential financial gains, a recent study from Oregon State University found. To date, six natural gas export projects have been proposed along the Oregon coast but none
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Canha and Starling Marte drove in runs to back five shutout innings from Tylor Megill, and the New York Mets won manager Buck Showalter’s debut by beating the Washington Nationals 5-1. Canha and Marte were two of the Mets’ free-agent additions this offseason. Megill is
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Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a suspect arrested in connection with Sunday’s mass shooting near the California state Capitol would likely still be in prison if not for corrections officials’ use of sentencing credits authorized by voters in 2016. Smiley Allen Martin was released in February after serving less
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska man who threatened to assassinate both of Alaska’s U.S. senators in a series of profane messages left at their congressional offices was sentenced Friday to 32 months in prison. Jay Allen Johnson was also fined $5,000, ordered to serve three years of supervised
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