Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump hits the homestretch of his White House run, the former president’s lawyers are heading to a New York appeals court in a bid to overturn a civil fraud judgment. The verdict cut to the core of his wealthy, businessman persona and could cost him close to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s far-right Freedom Party could win a national election for the first time when Austria votes on Sunday. It is tapping into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other concerns following recent gains for the hard right elsewhere in Europe. Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister and longtime campaign
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SALEM, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Oregon lawmakers waded into a voter registration controversy on Wednesday with the first legislative hearing held since the Secretary of State’s office and Department of Transportation announced that 1,259 people had been mistakenly added to the voter rolls without providing proof of U.S. citizenship, and ten of them had cast ballots, KGW reported.
Continue ReadingAP College Football Writer UNLV and Air Force have decided to remain in the Mountain West as the conference thwarted off attempts at further poaching by the Pac-12 and American Athletic Conference by offering financial incentives to its most prominent remaining members to stay, a person with knowledge of the decisions told The Associated Press
Continue ReadingAP National Political Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There’s an unlikely star in Kamala Harris’ fight to make history in North Carolina: Mark Robinson, the state’s scandal-plagued candidate for governor. As of this week, Robinson is featured in Harris volunteers’ conversations with voters on the phone and at the doorways. Democrats wave signs bearing his
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to another record Thursday as financial markets around the world rallied again. The S&P 500 added 0.4% to set an all-time high for the third time this week and the 42nd time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 260 points, or 0.6%, to
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Health Services, the Central Oregon Community College Cascade Culinary Institute and partners invite the community to attend the inaugural Food Safety and Sustainability Summit in October. During the event, kitchen managers and community members will learn about a variety of topics, including food insecurity, the main risk factors leading
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m. local time at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the Trump assassination attempts emphasized during their first hearing Thursday that the Secret Service, not local authorities, was responsible for the failures in planning and communications that led to a gunman being able to open fire on former President Donald Trump in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Outreach workers in San Francisco visit homeless people living in tents to match them with shelter. But it’s not a straightforward process. San Francisco has more shelter beds than ever before and a mayor who says she’s fed up with people living outdoors when they’ve been offered a bed.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s new drug czar has a very personal reason for wanting to end the state’s opioid crisis: He was once addicted to prescription painkillers himself. Dr. Stephen Loyd, who has been sober for 20 years, started as West Virginia’s Office of Drug Control Policy director last month. Loyd
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. suicides last year remained at about the highest level in the nation’s history. Preliminary data shows that a little over 49,300 suicide deaths were reported in 2023. That number that could grow at least somewhat as some death investigations are wrapped up and reported. Just under 49,500
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With American support for Ukraine at a partisan crossroads, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday slammed suggestions that Kyiv should cede territory for the sake of peace with Moscow as “dangerous and unacceptable.” The Democratic presidential nominee spoke alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as she unleashed the veiled criticism of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Old newspaper boxes are being repurposed into containers that distribute Narcan, an emergency treatment to reverse drug overdoses. The boxes have proliferated nationwide since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of naloxone without a prescription. They are appearing in neighborhoods, in front of hospitals, health departments
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Dozens of Georgians stood in tearful silence in a central square near parliament last week to mourn Kesaria Abramidze, a transgender actor and model who was stabbed to death the previous day in her apartment. Alongside flowers and candles, some carried banners that read, “Hate kills.” Some in the
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines executives have unveiled their vision for turning the carrier into an airline that gives passengers assigned seats, charges them extra for more legroom and offers red-eye flights but bags still fly free. The airline announced on Thursday that it plans to end the open-boarding system it has
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — It was an orca-versus-dolphin matchup, and the dolphin didn’t stand a chance. In coastal waters near Chile in 2023, a massive female killer whale walloped the much smaller dolphin, sending it flying out of the water. Within minutes, the unequal battle was over and the orca began to feed.
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Agency urges boaters to clean, drain, dry all watercraft after use SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Quagga mussels, an aquatic invasive species, were detected a second time in the Snake River at Twin Falls, Idaho approximately 60 miles upstream from the Oregon border. According to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) the recent positive detection locations include
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief sharply criticized the powerful Security Council for a failure of leadership to end wars in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and beyond. At a high-level meeting Wednesday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pointed to violations of the U.N. Charter and international law, conflicts multiplying and becoming more deadly, and
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