New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will resign from Senate after bribery convictions
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is slated to resign by the end of the day, about a month after a jury convicted him on federal…
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Final report outlines missed opportunities to stop Maine’s deadliest shooting
Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Both the Army Reserve and police missed opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and…
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Heaven Can Wait 5K celebrates 25 years of raising funds for Central Oregon’s breast cancer community
Registration now open for 5k fundraiser set Oct. 6 at Redmond High School REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Community members are invited to take part in the…
Continue ReadingA German court upholds the conviction of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A German court has rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than…
Continue ReadingHillary Clinton casts Harris in the lineage of female political firsts
By Veronica Stracqualursi, Betsy Klein and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Hillary Clinton highlighted Monday the history that Kamala Harris could make…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from the first night of the Democratic National Convention
CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Democrats opened their convention in Chicago on Monday by sending off Joe Biden. And then…
Continue ReadingSen. Rick Scott wins Florida GOP primary as he seeks a second term
Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has won Florida’s Republican primary as he seeks a second term in office.…
Continue ReadingWyoming incumbents Barrasso and Hageman win GOP primaries for US Senate and House
Associated Press Wyoming Republican primary voters have opted to stick with long-serving U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, the…
Continue ReadingRFK Jr. shows up too late to testify in court against Democrats’ ballot challenge in Pennsylvania
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won’t testify in defense of his effort to appear on Pennsylvania’s…
Continue ReadingShe says Israeli military killed her husband and daughter. Then soldiers brought her to an Israeli hospital
By Mick Krever, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Sham Abu Tabaq, age 5, has a piercing stare. Behind her dark eyes are memories she…
Continue ReadingShe says Israeli military killed her husband and daughter. Then soldiers brought her to an Israeli hospital
CNN By Mick Krever, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Sham Abu Tabaq, age 5, has a piercing stare. Behind her dark eyes are memories…
Continue ReadingPhil Donahue, who ruled daytime talk for years until Oprah overtook him, left a lasting imprint
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nearly two decades, Phil Donahue was virtually the only TV talk show host to roam his audience with…
Continue ReadingUS fertility rate dropped to record low in 2023, CDC data shows
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Women in the United States are having babies less often, and the fertility rate reached a record low in 2023,…
Continue ReadingDisney reverses course on bid to block wrongful death lawsuit by widower who had Disney+
By Jessie Yeung and Jon Passantino, CNN (CNN) — Disney has reversed course on a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the widower of a woman who…
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Redmond 18-year-old arrested on DUII, other charges after crashing stolen SUV through fences, into carport
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An 18-year-old Redmond resident crashed a stolen SUV through two fences and a carport, then into a detached tool shed in…
Continue ReadingHarris proposes raising corporate tax rate to 28% to help pay for campaign promises
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris will push to increase the corporate tax rate to 28% from the current 21%, her campaign…
Continue ReadingPolice shootout during a drug raid kills Paraguayan lawmaker, exposing the country’s challenges
Associated Press ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A pre-dawn police raid targeting the family home of a Paraguayan lawmaker in a notorious drug smuggling…
Continue ReadingPutin meets Azerbaijani president in Baku to strengthen ties as regional tensions persist
Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Russian leader Vladimir Putin has held talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart as part of a two-day trip to…
Continue ReadingAs his campaign sharpens attacks on Harris, Trump remains fixated on Biden
By Phil Mattingly and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — As Democrats prepared for a deeply symbolic night to mark the passing of the generational…
Continue ReadingSome protesters tear down security fence as thousands march outside Democratic National Convention
By Associated Press Chicago (AP) — Dozens of protesters broke through a security fence near the site of the Democratic National Convention on…
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