By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MARGERY BECK Associated Press Protests are roiling college campuses nationwide as schools with graduation ceremonies next month face demands they cut financial ties to Israel because of the Israel-Hamas war. Many campuses were largely quiet over the weekend but protesters on both sides of the issue shouted and shoved each other
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BOARDMAN, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) – It’s been more than 30 years since it was first learned that there were problems with toxic chemicals called nitrates seeping into the drinking water in Morrow and Umatilla counties. And since then, the problem has only gotten worse. On Wednesday, high-level officials from the state and federal governments — Gov. Tina Kotek
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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — With tension mounting over an encampment in support of Palestinians at New York’s Columbia University, police strode onto campus this month and arrested more than 100 demonstrators. On the cusp of the close of the academic year, university communities across the nation remain on edge, not only over flares
Continue ReadingBy ADIL JAWAD and RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press HINGLAJ, Pakistan (AP) — The ascent of steep mud volcanoes marks the start of Hindu pilgrims’ religious rituals in southwestern Pakistan. They climb hundreds of stairs or clamber over rocks to reach the summit, tossing coconuts and rose petals into the shallow crater while seeking divine permission
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Iraq aprobó una nueva ley que penaliza las relaciones entre personas del mismo sexo con hasta 15 años de prisión, una medida condenada por defensores de los derechos humanos como el último ataque a la comunidad LGBTQ del país. El parlamento de Iraq aprobó este sábado un proyecto de ley que
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Una persona murió y otra resultó gravemente herida después de que un equipo de escalada de dos personas cayera desde 304 metros mientras ascendía una montaña en el Parque Nacional Denali de Alaska este jueves. Los dos escaladores con cuerdas estaban subiendo la ruta “la escalera mecánica” en el monte Johnson,
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — La amenaza de fuertes tormentas que generan tornados continúa este domingo desde Missouri hasta Texas, donde es posible que se produzcan más tornados, lluvias intensas y granizo grande, mientras las comunidades en Nebraska e Iowa evalúan la destrucción que las tormentas ya han dejado. Un brote de tornados en Oklahoma durante
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — At age 75, one of Latin America’s most storied journalists had been looking forward to weaving into books the fragmented threads of more than four decades of investigative reporting that exposed high-level abuse of power in Peru and abroad. In an illustrious career, Gustavo Gorriti has
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA, OMAR FARUK and DESMOND TIRO Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From ancient fertilizer methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers across the heavily agriculture-reliant African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change. Africa, with the world’s youngest population, faces the worst effects
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press CHBAR MON, Cambodia (AP) — A funeral was held Sunday for 20 soldiers who died at an army base in southwestern Cambodia in a huge explosion of stored munitions that also wounded several others and damaged nearby houses. There has been no public explanation of what caused the Saturday afternoon
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — At least four people are dead, including an infant, after a tornado outbreak in Oklahoma overnight, as severe storms threaten more twisters, heavy rain and large hail from Missouri to Texas Sunday. Multiple large and extremely dangerous tornadoes were reported on the ground simultaneously overnight Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A 38-year-old man repeatedly tries to force his wife to have sex in the middle of the night but has no memory of his actions when he wakes up. A married woman in her mid-20s often tears off her clothing and masturbates but remembers nothing when her partner rouses
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press Tyler Lussi scored her third goal in three matches, and the North Carolina Courage defeated the Seattle Reign 1-0 on Saturday afternoon in the National Women’s Soccer League. The Courage (4-2-0) extended their home regular-season undefeated streak to 13 matches and have earned shutouts in 12 of their last 16
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Bouanga scored in the second minute of stoppage time, Timothy Tillman added a goal and Los Angeles FC beat the Portland Timbers 3-2 Saturday night. Kei Kamara’s header off a corner kick was swatted away by goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau but skipped out to the left side of the area where
Continue ReadingCNN By Michael Williams, Kaanita Iyer, Kayla Tausche, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden took jabs at his predecessor and poked fun at his own age at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday as a sizable group of pro-Palestinian protesters outside the venue underscored the trouble his
Continue ReadingCNN By Michael Williams, Kaanita Iyer, Kayla Tausche, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden took jabs at his predecessor and poked fun at his own age at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday as a sizable group of pro-Palestinian protesters outside the venue underscored the trouble his
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to a historic exodus of officers, a survey shows. More sworn officers were hired in 2023 than
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) — Wild onions are among the first foods to grow at the tail end of winter in the South, and generations of Indigenous people place the alliums at the center of an annual communal event. From February through May, there’s a wild onion dinner every Saturday
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — Richelle Dietz is a mother of two and wife of a U.S. Navy chief petty officer living on a Hawaii military base who often thinks about water. The family has been using bottled water for drinking, cooking and brushing teeth ever since
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — During three years of working as a parade performer at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California, Zach Elefante always has had a second or third job to help him earn a living. Unlike the experiences of his peers at Disney’s parks in Orlando, Florida, where there
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