Ochoco National Forest begins winter pile burning on about 5,100 acres
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — With cooler and wetter weather arriving this week on the Ochoco National Forest, firefighters began pile burning Monday…
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Judge strikes down recent NYC rules restricting gun licensing as unconstitutional
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has struck down recent provisions of New York City’s gun restrictions as…
Continue ReadingNicaragua is ‘weaponizing’ US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights, observers say
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Flight data shows that more than 260 charter flights believed to be carrying migrants from…
Continue ReadingSept. 2024 date set for trial of 2 teens as adults in fatal Vegas bicyclist crash seen on video
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A September 2024 date has been set for two teenagers to be tried as adults on murder and other charges in the fatal video-recorded…
Continue ReadingBritney Spears says she’s ‘roaring back to life’ in her new memoir
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Britney Spears is redefining what freedom means to her after over a decade of feeling like she didn’t have…
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Redmond Police: Online ‘sting’ thwarted attempt by 50-year-old Salem man to meet, have sex with ‘teen’
A 50-year-old Salem man allegedly reached out online to a “15-year-old girl” – who actually was an undercover Redmond police detective in a…
Continue ReadingAI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. A watchdog is calling for action
By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Technology Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A new report warns that the proliferation of child sexual abuse…
Continue ReadingThe US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade Gaza
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gaza’s dense urban…
Continue ReadingFake placenames with anti-Israel messages flood Google Maps’ depiction of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt
By Donie O’Sullivan and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — When Google Maps users navigated to the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on…
Continue Reading¿Dónde y cuándo se espera que toque tierra el huracán Otis en México?
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El huracán Otis se se debilitó al tocar tierra en el estado de Guerrero, en el sur de México, donde las…
Continue ReadingMaryland judge heard ‘shocking’ evidence in divorce case hours before his killing, tapes show
By LEA SKENE and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — The Maryland judge who was shot to death in his driveway last Thursday…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from Michael Cohen’s long-awaited faceoff with Trump in court
By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Michael Cohen said he had a “heck of a reunion” Tuesday with his former boss Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingBagged, precut onions linked to salmonella outbreak that has sickened 73 people in 22 states
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer An outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to bagged, precut onions recalled by a California firm has sickened at…
Continue ReadingMississippi should set minimum wage higher than federal level, says Democrat running for governor
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Democrat who’s trying to unseat Mississippi’s Republican governor says the…
Continue ReadingUS military advisers invoke lessons of Iraq in urging Israelis to avoid all-out ground assault in Gaza
By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann, MJ Lee and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Washington (CNN) — American military officials are trying to steer Israel…
Continue ReadingA trial begins for a Hawaii couple accused of stealing identities of dead babies
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A trial is underway for a Hawaii couple accused of fraudulently living for decades…
Continue ReadingTexas sues Biden administration seeking to stop federal agents from cutting razor wire on border
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Attorney General has filed a lawsuit over the breach of the state’s…
Continue ReadingIn Rhode Island, a hunt is on for the reason for dropping numbers of the signature quahog clam
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Scientists, lawmakers and those who make their living from Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay are teaming up to hunt…
Continue ReadingABC News: Mark Meadows received immunity to testify to special counsel in federal election subversion probe
CNN By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was granted immunity by special…
Continue ReadingSenate confirms FAA leader after 19-month vacancy
By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Michael Whitaker to a five-year term running the Federal Aviation…
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