By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in recent years. The measure combines 49 separate
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Minneapolis (CNN Business) — La inflación ha llegado a casi todos los rincones de la vida de los estadounidenses. En Queens, Nueva York, la propietaria de un taller de reparación de automóviles, Audra Fordin, dice que algunos clientes han optado por ahorrar dinero poniendo un parche a su llanta ponchada, solo para tener
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN When Samuel Garrett-Pate went to get a monkeypox vaccine a couple of weeks ago, it took hours in line, filling out paperwork, running home to get more paperwork and standing in line again at the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. In total, he says, it took him five hours to
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Steve Almasy, CNN Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday declared a state of emergency for the northeastern New Mexico city of Las Vegas due to flooding of a wildfire burn scar that is threatening the area’s drinking water supply. The scar from a fire that burned more than 340,000 acres has
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Wisconsin Elections Commission plans to meet next week to consider making a criminal referral against a Racine County man who ordered absentee ballots in the names of a top state lawmaker and other voters in what he says was an effort to expose vulnerabilities in Wisconsin’s voting system. In a
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Housing and Community Services announced Friday it will close the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) on Aug. 12.
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Dream guard AD Durr will miss the remainder of the WNBA season to prepare for right hip surgery. The team announced it ias shutting down Durr, who averaged 10.7 points and 1.9 rebounds in 15 games with the Dream. Durr recorded three 20-point games and led the team in scoring on
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Bill Cassidy, R-La.; Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Manchin. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Manchin; Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.; Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis ___ CNN’s “State of the
Continue ReadingBAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Domenico Vicini reached another Davis Cup milestone by becoming the first player in tournament history to play 100 matches. It came two days after the 50-year-old became the oldest player to win a Davis Cup match. The San Marino player who turns 51 in September played a doubles match with 17-year-old
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Happy Friday, Central Oregon! It stays mostly clear, with lows in the 60s Friday night. Breezes become light and variable in the evening and remain there until morning. A chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms will be with us Saturday through Monday. Beginning Monday, we will come under the influence of a developing low-pressure center from the
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Taking a day of regular training camp away from their team facilities, the Minnesota Vikings traveled for an afternoon practice at U.S. Bank Stadium as a way for the new coaching staff and players to become more comfortable with their gameday surroundings. Like many things under new
Continue ReadingMICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — A federal judge has seized control of a Mississippi jail after citing “severely deficient” conditions at the facility. U.S. Southern District of Mississippi judge Carlton Reeves placed Hinds County’s Raymond Detention Center into receivership. The judge will soon appoint an expert, known as a “receiver,”
Continue ReadingNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A California woman has been sentenced to between 21 years and life in prison for killing a mother and father and injuring their three young children in a drunk driving crash while the family was out looking at Christmas lights. The Orange County District Attorney’s office says 23-year-old Grace Coleman
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints 2021 first-round draft choice Payton Turner says he still feels a bit like a rookie after injuries largely derailed his maiden NFL campaign. The 6-foot-6, 270-pound defensive end out of Houston played in just five games last season. He was rehabilitating from shoulder surgery
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Al menos 47.300 casos fueron desestimados en los tribunales de inmigración de Estados Unidos en los primeros nueve meses del actual año fiscal debido a que el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) no envió las notificaciones necesarias a las cortes, según un reporte publicado este
Continue ReadingCNN By Carlos Suarez, CNN The Miami-Dade County School Board has reversed course on its July 20 decision to reject new sexual education textbooks that they approved just three months ago over concerns that rejecting the curriculum would leave schools out of compliance with state requirements. On Thursday, the board voted 5-4 to bring back
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez, CNN The Miami-Dade County School Board has reversed course on its July 20 decision to reject new sexual education textbooks that they approved just three months ago over concerns that rejecting the curriculum would leave schools out of compliance with state requirements. On Thursday, the board voted 5-4 to bring back middle
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said that he stopped at a campaign fundraiser following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde and “let people know” he couldn’t stay, but a newspaper reports that he was there for nearly three hours. The Dallas Morning News reported Thursday that campaign finance reports and flight-tracking
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Jurors will pick up deliberations next week after a lawyer for a wealthy dentist accused of shooting his wife at the end of an African safari urged them Friday to acquit his client in what he said was a government case built on gossip and innuendo. Prosecutors
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN A new piece of legislation introduced in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday would ban the use of lyrics from being used as evidence in legal claims. The bill, dubbed the Restoring Artistic Protection Act, aims to limit the extent to which an artist’s “creative or artistic expression” can be
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