OSU receives $5.5 million from USDA to help grow market for hemp-based industrial products
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center will receive $5.5 million from the U.S. Department of…
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Mississippi high court rejects the latest appeal by a man on death row since 1994
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal by a man who has been on death row for 30 years.…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor signs laws to crack down on election deepfakes created by AI
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Tuesday to crack down on the use of artificial…
Continue ReadingGhana’s main opposition party stages nationwide protests over alleged voter roll irregularities
Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s biggest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, has held nationwide protests. It…
Continue ReadingUS nuclear repository is among the federally owned spots identified for renewable energy projects
Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday that it is teaming up with yet another energy company as…
Continue ReadingBrazil court drops a suspect in Amazon slayings of a British journalist and an Indigenous advocate
Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A federal court in Brazil has dismissed charges against one of three men arrested in the killings of an…
Continue ReadingColombia’s president says attack on army base ‘practically ends’ peace talks with ELN rebels
Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An attack on a military base in eastern Colombia killed two soldiers and injured at least 21, Colombia’s…
Continue ReadingKyiv investiga la presunta ejecución de un soldado ucraniano por parte de Rusia con una espada inscrita con la frase “por Kursk”
Andrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Fiscales ucranianos iniciaron una investigación sobre la presunta ejecución por parte de Rusia de un soldado…
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Bend author, runner and therapist shines light on mental health issues in women’s athletics
Bend author, therapist and former D1 runner Katie Steele is co-author of the book The Price She Pays, a story of women’s experiences in college…
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‘Take this a piece at a time’: BLM, partnership, volunteers clear trash in woods near La Pine, with much more to do
LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ)– Sixty volunteers, five dumpsters and hundreds of pounds of trash. That’s what one Saturday in August looked like for…
Continue ReadingEntrevista con Rodrigo De Paul: la renovación de Argentina, el futuro de Messi y el sueño por cumplir con el Atleti
César López (CNN Español) — Campeón del mundo y bicampeón de América, sin duda alguna Rodrigo De Paul es uno de los referentes actuales…
Continue Reading6 die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico say six people have been killed in a landslide near Mexico City. The State of Mexico government said in a…
Continue ReadingWhite House in August asked Congress to enhance Secret Service funding through election
By Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration submitted a special request to congressional committees in August asking for…
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Merkley, colleague introduce bill to end Prohibition-era ban on Postal Service shipping of alcoholic drinks
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) launched an effort Tuesday to end the Prohibition-era ban that…
Continue ReadingUAW President Fain announces strike vote plans at Stellantis
By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain said Tuesday the group plans to…
Continue ReadingAt least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the…
Continue ReadingUS moves soldiers to Alaska island amid Russian military activity increase in the area
Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in…
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift previously said she was uninspired to include politics in her music. Now, she’s singing a different tune
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — In newly released audio from a 2011 interview with “60 Minutes,” a then-21-year-old Taylor Swift says she…
Continue ReadingDiving lizard’s built-in ‘scuba tank’ allows it to breathe underwater, scientists say
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes…
Continue ReadingPhoenix ends its streak of 100-degree days at 113 consecutive days
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — After a meltdown summer, Phoenix finally has a cooldown. National Weather Service meteorologists say Phoenix was at…
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