How liberals unintentionally made it harder to fight climate change
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — A bedrock federal law designed to protect the environment and empower local communities is being…
Continue ReadingMonth: August 2023
Assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio buried by relatives
By Gerardo Lemos, Ana Canizares and Chris Lau, CNN Quito, Ecuador (CNN) — The body of the assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate…
Continue ReadingRussian Orthodox priests face persecution from state and church for supporting peace in Ukraine
By KOSTYA MANENKOV The Associated Press ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Standing in an old Orthodox church in Antalya with a Bible in one hand and a candle…
Continue ReadingIn deadly Maui wildfires, communication failed. Chaos overtook Lahaina along with the flames
By REBECCA BOONE, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY MCAVOY Associated Press WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — In the hours before a wildfire engulfed the…
Continue ReadingA cherished weekend flea market in the Ukrainian capital survives despite war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Pochaina neighborhood in the Ukrainian capital comes alive every weekend as hundreds of people flock to its famous flea…
Continue ReadingIowa governor at center of 2024 GOP race stays neutral but leaves door open for late endorsement
By Aaron Pellish and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — Gov. Kim Reynolds is eagerly rolling out the welcome mat for Republican…
Continue Reading
Lookout Fire now at 13,000 acres, 6% contained; Bedrock Fire tops 31,000 acres, N. Calif. fire extends into S. Oregon
Winds cleared out the dense smoke and allowed air operations to resume on the now over 13,000-acre Lookout Fire north of McKenzie Bridge on the…
Continue ReadingSearching for the missing on Maui, some wait in agony to make contact. And then the phone rings
By MARK THIESSEN, ED KOMENDA and AUDREY MCAVOY WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — As smoke cleared from the fires in Maui that killed at least 80 people and…
Continue ReadingBarrels of drinking water for migrants walking through Texas have disappeared
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — As one of the worst heat waves on record set in across much of the southern United…
Continue Reading
City of Bend road and traffic report: Week of August 14-20
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of August 14-20. NW Brooks Alley between NW Franklin Avenue…
Continue ReadingDevelopers have Black families fighting to maintain property and history
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. (AP) — All along the South Carolina coast, developers of new homes…
Continue ReadingDevelopers have Black families fighting to maintain property and history
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. (AP) — The Rev. Elijah Smalls Jr. once grew okra, butter beans and…
Continue ReadingAllies of Niger president overthrown by military are appealing to the US and others: Save his life
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and TRACY BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly three weeks of appealing to the United States and other allies…
Continue ReadingRising political threats take US into uncharted territory as 2024 election looms
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — This week’s confrontation that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man…
Continue ReadingChina evacuates residents and searches for mudslide victims as storms lash parts of the country
BEIJING (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in China’s southwest after heavy rain caused hillsides to…
Continue ReadingBiden’s reelection bid faces vulnerabilities in wake of special counsel appointment
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As he gears up for reelection, President Joe Biden is already facing questions about…
Continue ReadingHow Vivek Ramaswamy is pushing — delicately — to win over Trump supporters
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press VAIL, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy was more than 40 minutes into a town hall in…
Continue Reading
Smith Rock footbridge replacement project to close popular trails for up to 6 weeks
Bola Gbadebo visited Smith Rock State Park, where several popular trails won’t be accessible for up to six weeks while an aging footbridge is…
Continue ReadingGuatemalans vote in presidential run-off election that saw efforts to disqualify opposition
By Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Guatemalans are voting in a presidential runoff that sees a former first lady compete against the son of a former…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from Judge Chutkan’s contentious first hearing in the Trump 2020 election case
By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge Tanya Chutkan wasted little time taking charge of the historic case by…
Continue Reading