Teachers kick off strike in Portland, Oregon, over class sizes, pay and resources
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Teachers in Portland, Oregon, walked off the job on Wednesday for the…
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Teachers kick off strike in Portland, Oregon, over class sizes, pay and resources
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Teachers in Portland, Oregon, walked off the job on Wednesday for the…
Continue ReadingChicago migrants’ lives are at risk in tents in cold weather, volunteer says
By Marybel Gonzalez Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Chicago’s migrant population…
Continue ReadingAP news site hit by apparent denial-of-service attack
The Associated Press The Associated Press news website experienced an outage that appeared to be consistent with a denial-of-service attack, a…
Continue ReadingDenmark drops cases against former defense minister and ex-spy chief charged with leaking secrets
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish prosecution dismissed two separate cases against former defense minister, Claus…
Continue ReadingLas Vegas man sentenced for possession, distribution of thousands of child exploitation images
By C.C. McCandless Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A Las Vegas man who committed an additional…
Continue ReadingBiden kicks off a fresh appeal to rural Americans in Minnesota
By Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden traveled to Minnesota Wednesday to kick off a series of events by the administration…
Continue ReadingBicyclist dragged for blocks in deadly hit-and-run crash in Van Nuys
By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Police are searching for the driver who struck…
Continue ReadingHundreds gather to demand the release of Luis Díaz’s father in Liverpool star’s home town in Colombia
By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people gathered in Barrancas, Colombia on Tuesday to form a mass protest demanding the release of…
Continue ReadingCleanup is done on a big Kansas oil spill on the Keystone system, the company and EPA say
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The operator of the Keystone pipeline system and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say…
Continue Reading2 United flight attendants suing airline for alleged discrimination
By Jory Rand Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Dawn Todd is one of two United Airlines flight…
Continue ReadingTransatlantic airplanes are flying at the ‘speed of sound’ right now. Here’s why
Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Savior of many a cramped pair of legs, the jet stream is well known for lopping roughly an hour off long haul…
Continue ReadingShadowy asteroid Dinkinesh is ‘about to be revealed to humanity’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The NASA Lucy mission had its first encounter with a space rock. The spacecraft, launched in October 2021,…
Continue ReadingEnergy company pulls the plug on two major offshore wind projects on East Coast
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Danish wind developer Orsted is halting the development of two massive New Jersey offshore wind projects due to…
Continue ReadingTexas Rep. Kay Granger won’t seek reelection in 2024 after nearly 30 years in Congress
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Texas says she won’t seek reelection in 2024. The Republican chairwoman of the powerful…
Continue ReadingProsecutor cites ‘pyramid of deceit’ by Sam Bankman-Fried; Defense lawyer says he’s no monster
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a closing argument, a prosecutor told a New York jury to follow overwhelming evidence and…
Continue ReadingKing Charles to attend COP28 climate talks in Dubai and deliver address
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III will attend the UN’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai this year and deliver an…
Continue ReadingUW-Madison calls claims of antisemitic protest near UW Hillel Foundation ‘significantly exaggerated’
By Kyle Jones and Logan Rude Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wis. (WISC) — MADISON, Wis. —…
Continue ReadingLibya’s eastern government holds conference on reconstruction of coastal city destroyed by floods
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say an international conference seeking to reconstruct one of Libya’s coastal…
Continue ReadingBulgaria expels Russian journalist as an alleged threat to national security
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria has expelled a Russian journalist for allegedly engaging in activities that pose a threat to the country’s…
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