Florida Republicans send 15-week abortion ban to governor
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Abortions after 15 weeks would be banned in Florida under a proposal Republican…
Continue ReadingYear: 2022
Jason Day’s mother dies after 5-year battle with cancer
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There’s a reason Jason Day was a late withdrawal from the Arnold Palmer Invitational.…
Continue ReadingBiden ends forced arbitration for sexual assault, harassment
By COLLEEN LONG and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has given victims of workplace sexual assault or…
Continue ReadingHonduras prosecutor: Ex-president’s offices swept of papers
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A federal prosecutor in Honduras says an anti-corruption team from the Attorney…
Continue ReadingSurgeon general launches effort to get to the bottom of Covid-19 misinformation
By Michael Nedelman and John Bonifield, CNN The office of US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a request Thursday for information surrounding…
Continue ReadingIowa becomes second state to enact anti-trans sports ban this year
By Devan Cole, CNN Iowa’s Republican governor approved legislation Thursday banning transgender women and girls from participating on sports…
Continue ReadingTexas appeals halt of investigation of trans teen’s parents
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is appealing a judge’s ruling that prevents the state from investigating a transgender teenager’s parents over…
Continue ReadingCOLUMN: Will sports ever stop cozying up to strongmen?
By JIM LITKE AP Sports Columnist Strongmen and sports are a match made in hell, but that never bothered the International Olympic Committee before.…
Continue ReadingDinosaur fossil discovery may be the oldest stegosaur ever found
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Fossils have led researchers to a previously unknown species of armored dinosaur that lived 168 million years ago, and…
Continue ReadingOregon Legislature approves overtime pay for farmworkers
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Farmworkers in Oregon would earn overtime pay for the first time in the state under a bill…
Continue ReadingBrad Pitt is a stylish assassin in action-packed ‘Bullet Train’ trailer
By Marianne Garvey, CNN Brad Pitt stars in a highly stylized new movie “Bullet Train,” playing an assassin who boards a bullet train…
Continue ReadingKim, Seiffert share lead in breezy Puerto Rico Open
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) — Michael Kim birdied the last two holes for a 7-under 65 at breezy Grand Reserve and a share of the lead in the…
Continue ReadingVirginia senator says he has long Covid and introduces a bill to help those struggling with it
By Ali Zaslav, CNN Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who says he has long Covid, introduced a bill this week to help those who have long-term…
Continue ReadingRequiring masks in K-12 schools cut Covid-19 infections, study shows
CNN, WFTS By Brenda Goodman, CNN As states roll back masking requirements for students, a new study shows that masks helped cut Covid-19 infections…
Continue ReadingThese US counties still have ‘high’ Covid-19 levels as their states lift mask mandates, CNN analysis shows
By Jacqueline Howard and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Most people in the United States now live in counties where those who are healthy no longer need to…
Continue Reading
Oregon reports 34 more COVID-19 related deaths, 2 from Crook County; 696 new cases
There are 34 newly reported COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, including two from Crook County, raising the state’s death toll at 6,686, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingWater proposals trickle through Utah Statehouse in last days
By SAM METZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In one of the driest states in the nation, Republican lawmakers have…
Continue ReadingOregon Legislature approves overtime pay for farmworkers
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Farmworkers in Oregon would earn overtime pay for the first time in the state under a bill…
Continue ReadingBiden is vowing to seize Russian oligarchs’ yachts. Here’s where they are right now
By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Daniel A. Medina, CNN The ships span the length of a football field or longer, come outfitted with helipads and…
Continue ReadingClimatologists: Drought to worsen in Oregon, Idaho this year
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Climatologists in the U.S. Pacific Northwest warn that much of Oregon and parts of Idaho…
Continue Reading