ODFW seeks applicants to fill two vacancies on Oregon Fish Passage Task Force
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife seeks two members to represent the state’s Fish Passage Task Force. Two vacancies…
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Late-night fire destroys Alfalfa-area home; 5 pets perish in blaze
State fire investigators are helping look for the cause of a house fire late Monday night that destroyed an Alfalfa-area home and killed five…
Continue ReadingJapan’s top court strikes down required sterilization surgery to officially change gender
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a law requiring transgender people to undergo…
Continue Reading1st major storm of the season drops up to a foot of snow in Montana
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The first major snowstorm of the season dropped up to a foot (30 centimeters) of snow in…
Continue ReadingLA police commission says officers violated lethal force policy in struggle with man who later died
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners says two officers involved in a struggle that ended with the death of teacher…
Continue ReadingAnother US city now has coveted Michelin-star dining
By Marnie Hunter, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Georgia’s capital city — home to the world’s busiest airport — can now boast Michelin-star…
Continue ReadingHonolulu tells story of healers with dual male and female spirit through new plaque in Waikiki
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu officials on Tuesday introduced a new interpretive plaque for four large boulders in the…
Continue ReadingUN says fuel shortages will halt Gaza aid operations within a day
By Helen Regan, Rob Picheta, Christian Edwards and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — The main United Nations agency in Gaza says it will have to halt…
Continue ReadingUN agency warns its fuel will run dry on Wednesday as Palestinian officials say 700 Gazans killed in a single day
CNN By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The main United Nations agency working in Gaza said it will be forced to halt its operations by Wednesday…
Continue Reading‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at 81
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth…
Continue ReadingVermont ski town says it’s ‘waiting with open arms’ for the winter season after severe flooding
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press LUDLOW, Vt. (AP) — As winter approaches, a Vermont ski town that was hit by severe flooding this summer wants to…
Continue ReadingSupport for Israel becomes a top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to the first Republican caucuses
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Steve Rowland peered beneath the brim of his baseball cap and admonished the roughly 500…
Continue ReadingBorn after Superstorm Sandy’s destruction, 2 big flood control projects get underway in New Jersey
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — A decade after they were envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy’s destruction, two…
Continue ReadingParents like private school vouchers so much that demand is exceeding budgets in some states
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press At least four states that have made most children eligible for taxpayer-funded scholarships to private schools…
Continue ReadingMike Johnson, a staunch Louisiana conservative, is elected House speaker as GOP moves past chaos
By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans unanimously elected Rep. Mike…
Continue ReadingRussia maneuvers carefully over the Israel-Hamas war as it seeks to expand its global clout
By The Associated Press Russia has issued carefully calibrated criticism of both sides in the war between Israel and Hamas. But the conflict also is…
Continue ReadingEsto es lo que necesitas tener para estar bien preparado antes y después del paso de un huracán
Laila Abu Shihab (CNN) — En las zonas que pueden ser golpeadas por huracanes es buena idea tener un armario o un lugar donde puedas almacenar…
Continue ReadingTrump ally Mike Johnson elected House speaker three weeks after McCarthy ouster
CNN By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Sam Fossum, Morgan Rimmer and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-led House elected Rep. Mike Johnson…
Continue ReadingJapan’s automakers unveil EVs galore at Tokyo show to catch up with Tesla, other electric rivals
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — “We love battery EVs.” Takero Kato, the executive in charge of electric vehicles at Toyota,…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Gov. Newsom has surprise meeting with China’s leader Xi amid warm welcome in Beijing
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a surprise meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on…
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