PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Slick road conditions after Wednesday’s rain and overnight freezing temperatures prompted a two-hour delay in classes for the Crook County School District on Thursday morning. “Rain that fell Wednesday afternoon froze overnight, creating icy conditions on many area roads,” the school district said in its announcement. “Students riding the bus will
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Jurors in Michigan have heard opening statements in the trial of the mother of a school shooter. Jennifer Crumbley is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say she was grossly negligent in not removing her son from Oxford High School when confronted with his violent drawings. She’s
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has accused neighboring India’s intelligence agency of involvement in the extrajudicial killings of its citizens, saying it had credible evidence linking two Indian agents to the deaths of two people in Pakistan last year. Foreign Secretary Sajjad Qazi on Thursday said the killings were a violation
Continue ReadingBy IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan official says the remains of 119 people believed to be victims of genocide have been discovered in the country’s south as authorities continue to find mass graves nearly three decades after the killings. The remains of more victims continue to be found because perpetrators
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Hall of Famers Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova are calling on the women’s tennis tour to stay out of Saudi Arabia. The two former on-court rivals wrote in an op-ed piece printed in The Washington Post on Thursday that holding the WTA Finals there would represent regression instead of
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Human Rights Watch says Burkina Faso’s security forces killed at least 60 civilians in three different drone strikes last year, attacks that may amount to war crimes. The West African nation’s government claimed they targeted extremists. HRW’s report released on Thursday says the strikes were “in
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom will send back gold and silver artifacts looted from Ghana in the 19th century after a long-term loan agreement was struck. Both the British Museum and the V&A will send items related to the Asante royal court to Ghana, where they will be displayed at the
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s moderate former President Hassan Rouhani announced that he was disqualified from running in an upcoming election for the Assembly of Experts in March, media reported late Wednesday.  The official IRNA news agency reported Rouhani in a statement said the Guardian Council, the country’s election watchdog did not shortlist Rouhani for
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — A Texas judge ordered a trial to begin next month in the case of Darryl George, the Houston-area teen who has been suspended from his school for months over the length of his locs hairstyle. At a hearing Wednesday, Chambers County Judge Chap Cain set a trial date for
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No one will confuse musician John Leventhal with being the hot new thing. The six-time Grammy winner and husband of singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash is a noted record producer and guitarist who’s been a fixture on the New York music scene for more than four decades.
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly have passed a bill that would call for a binding statewide referendum to ban abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy. Wisconsin law currently prohibits abortion after 20 weeks. The Assembly approved the bill Thursday on a 53-46 vote. The proposal
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of Robitussin cough syrup is recalling several lots of products containing honey due to contamination that could pose a serious risk to people with weakened immune systems. Haleon’s recall covers eight lots of Robitussin Honey CF Max Day Adult and Robitussin Honey CF Max
Continue ReadingSKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s prime minister and his cabinet have formally submitted their resignations to parliament, paving the way for a caretaker government to prepare for general elections planned this May. The country’s main political parties agreed last month for general elections to be held on May 8, two months early and
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the tsunami-hit nuclear plant in Fukushima has announced a delay of several more months before launching a test to remove melted fuel debris from inside one of the reactors. The plant operator is citing problems clearing the way for a robotic arm.  The debris
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a teenager awaiting trial in a homicide case who escaped outside a Philadelphia hospital this week was spotted on video getting into a vehicle that drove him away less than an hour after he fled on foot. U.S. marshals and city police continued to search Thursday for 17-year-old Shane Pryor.
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Iraq will soon begin talks to wind down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq. The announcement comes as U.S. forces in Iraq have been increasingly targeted by Iran-backed militias. But
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — A mission to become the first person to run the length of Africa appears to be in some jeopardy due to visa issues. Over the last nine months, Russ Cook has run almost 7,500 miles across 13 different countries and is currently in Senegal with his small support crew.
Continue ReadingSofÃa Benavides (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos volvió a rechazar una petición de Kenneth Smith, condenado a muerte en Alabama, para detener su ejecución programada en la noche de este jueves. Horas antes del procedimiento, Smith acudió al alto tribunal con una solicitud que buscaba suspender la ejecución con el fin de que
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Most parents expect to pay for their children until they become adults. But many say they are still financially subsidizing their now-adult children, sometimes well into their late 20s and early 30s, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. Never mind that today’s young
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Isabel Rosales and Christina Maxouris, CNN Atmore, Alabama (CNN) — Alabama on Thursday night executed Kenneth Smith, the first death row inmate known to die by nitrogen gas, marking the emergence of a wholly new method of execution in the United States that experts have said could lead to excessive pain or even torture. Smith,
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