Police who fatally shot a pregnant woman are sued by her family in Colorado
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Destinee Thompson was supposed to be on her way to lunch with her stepmother in…
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Two brands suspend advertising on X after their ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content
By Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN New York (CNN) — At least two brands have said they will suspend advertising on X, the platform formerly…
Continue ReadingWoman charged with murder in case of Kansas officer killed in shootout with car chase suspect
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A Tennessee woman has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with =the killing of a police officer in suburban…
Continue ReadingShot at while they drowned. Executed in the desert. Those who collected the bodies recount ‘one of the worst days’ in Darfur’s genocide-scarred history
CNN Exclusive by Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin, Nima Elbagir and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of families gathered in the West…
Continue ReadingPatrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74
By SUSANA HAYWARD Associated Press SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Patrick Hamilton, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who covered civil wars in…
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Congressional delegation says $6 million coming to Oregon for state, local govt. cybersecurity upgrades
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle and Andrea Salinas…
Continue ReadingFact check: Biden tells three false personal anecdotes in economic speech
By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden made three false claims about his own past in a Tuesday speech in Milwaukee. The…
Continue ReadingAir Force awards a start-up company $235 million to build an example of a sleek new plane
By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press The U.S. Air Force will invest $235 million to help a start-up manufacturer build a jet with a blended-wing body…
Continue ReadingTennessee hostage situation ends with brothers killed, 4 officers and victim wounded
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A hostage situation at a Tennessee apartment complex erupted into gunfire when police entered the residence after an…
Continue ReadingKentucky gubernatorial rivals Andy Beshear and Daniel Cameron offer competing education plans
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has proposed awarding the largest pay raise in decades to…
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to 11 years for sexual assault of girl during remote-learning class
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old female relative in an act witnessed…
Continue ReadingA Texas father was arrested after a gun was found inside a 3-year-old pre-K student’s backpack, police say
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A San Antonio man was arrested Tuesday after a teacher found a handgun in the backpack of the man’s 3-year-old…
Continue ReadingCommon arthritis drug could boost effectiveness of morning-after pill, study finds
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Taking a common arthritis drug together with the morning-after pill Plan B could boost the…
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Bend real estate broker Sandy Garner, retiring after 45 years, offers her thoughts on current housing market, issues
Harcourts The Garner Group Real Estate, a real estate agency founded in 2001 and based in Bend and Redmond, has announced that its founder, Sandy…
Continue ReadingArkansas school district says it will continue offering AP African American Studies course
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Little Rock School District says it will continue offering an Advanced Placement…
Continue ReadingLos puntos débiles y fuertes del caso contra Trump y sus aliados en Georgia por interferencia electoral
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Si hay algo que puede decirse de la extensa acusación del jurado investigador sobre 41 cargos presentados contra el…
Continue ReadingDeath toll from Maui’s wildfires rises to 111 – with possibly 1,000 still missing – as tensions escalate over the cause and response
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, Raja Razek and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The search for victims isn’t even halfway over, but the devastation wrought by…
Continue ReadingMinnesota woman sentenced to 7 years in prison in $7M pandemic aid fraud scheme
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for fraudulently applying for roughly $7…
Continue ReadingNewly discovered snake species found in remote Peruvian land is named for Harrison Ford
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four researchers navigated treacherous terrain and feared for their lives during a harrowing brush with…
Continue ReadingUS wildlife managers agree to review the plight of a Western bird linked to piñon forests
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. wildlife managers will be taking a closer look at a bird that is inextricably…
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