Labor union says it will start recall effort against Oregon state lawmaker
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — One of Oregon’s largest labor unions says it’s going to try to oust a Democratic state lawmaker who has been a longtime…
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Iranian leader visits Indonesia to deepen economic ties amid global geopolitical challenges
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with his Indonesian…
Continue ReadingSiri, Arozarena, Raley homer, Rays beat Blue Jays 6-4
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jose Siri, Randy Arozaena and Luke Raley homered, and the major league-leading Tampa…
Continue ReadingGurriel extends majors’ longest hitting streak to 15 games, D-backs beat Phillies 6-3
By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. extended the longest active hitting streak in the majors to 15 games,…
Continue ReadingMarcano’s first slam, Ortiz’s first win power Pirates past Rangers 6-4
By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tucupita Marcano hit his first career grand slam, rookie Luis Ortiz pitched into the eighth…
Continue Reading2 children were killed after being swept away from their mother in a central California river during dangerous conditions
By Taylor Romine and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — An 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother died after they were swept away by a central…
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Parents, kids wait for swim lessons: Bend Park and Recreation District classes have a waitlist
Some Bend parents are having a hard time getting their kids into public swim…
Continue ReadingThis 15-mile, $6.7B bridge is a symbol of China’s ambitions, and its problems
Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Even in a land known for gargantuan, record-breaking infrastructure, this project is turning heads. At 15 miles…
Continue ReadingRussia accuses Ukraine of mounting ‘sabotage’ attack across border
CNN By Victoria Butenko, Anna Chernova and Sam Kiley, CNN (CNN) — A group of anti-Putin Russian nationals – who are aligned with the…
Continue Reading9th Circuit rules US deportation law that fueled family separations is ‘neutral as to race’
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a U.S. deportation law that fueled family separations at the…
Continue ReadingShelters start to fill in Guam as US territory in Pacific braces for Typhoon Mawar
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities in Guam warned anyone not living in a fully concrete house to head to…
Continue Reading‘Mother Nature has no mercy’: Man gets stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats, drowns as tide comes in
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up…
Continue ReadingSleep apnea raises risk of long Covid by up to 75% for some, study says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Adults who have obstructive sleep apnea have up to an 75% increased risk, on average, of developing long Covid…
Continue ReadingBarkov leaves Game 3 of Florida-Carolina series with lower body injury after hit
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov left Game 3 of the Panthers’ Eastern Conference finals…
Continue ReadingActor Jeremy Renner wants tax credits for film projects in northern Nevada, but he may have to wait
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Actor Jeremy Renner’s hopes to expand a measure for the film…
Continue ReadingA Florida man’s arm was amputated after he was attacked by a 10-foot alligator
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A 23-year-old man has lost his arm after he was attacked by an alligator near a pond behind a bar in southwest…
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Crescent Ranger District firefighters plan prescribed burn in Gilchrist State Forest, east of Highway 97
Firefighters on the Crescent Ranger District plan to conduct a 126-acre prescribed burn Tuesday in the Gilchrist State Forest about six miles…
Continue ReadingFederal agents, prosecutors going after machine-gun conversion devices in Tennessee
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Twenty-six people in Tennessee have been recently convicted or face charges for possessing…
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Oregon governor seeks changes to legislature’s overhaul of public defense system
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is asking a state legislative panel for changes to a Senate bill that would address a constitutional…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Dodgers reinstate gay ‘nun’ group for Pride Night award
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Monday that a satirical LGBTQ+ group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will again be…
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