Associated Press Lawyers say few people ultimately opted out of the $600 million class action settlement Norfolk Southern offered to people affected by last year’s disastrous East Palestine train derailment despite the questions residents raised about the deal. The plaintiffs’ attorneys said in a filing Monday that only 173 of the more than 190,000 households
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Former Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, who retired last year as the longest-serving legislator in Oregon history, has died from complications from cancer, Gov. Tina Kotek’s office announced. He was 81.
Continue ReadingBy Heather Law and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — The jihadist ISIS group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Shiite-Muslim mosque in the Gulf Arab state of Oman that killed six people Monday evening. The Sunni-Muslim Islamist group said in a statement late on Tuesday that three of its “suicide attackers” fired
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — In 2016, a venture capitalist and Yale law graduate named JD Vance published a memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” The instant bestseller turned Vance into a media star and was later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film directed by Ron Howard. Eight years after its publication, Vance’s book has found its way back onto the bestseller lists,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States has renewed a call on China to stop its aggressive actions in the South China Sea, saying a broader web of security alliances has emerged to preserve the rule of law in the disputed waters. Washington’s top diplomat in Manila was joined by counterparts from key
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who helped put Portland on the map as a culinary destination, has drowned in an inner tubing accident, authorities said. She was 49 years old. Pomeroy drowned Saturday evening in the Willamette River near Corvallis after the group she was tubing with got caught
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who helped put Portland on the map as a culinary destination, has drowned in an inner tubing accident, authorities said. She was 49 years old. Pomeroy drowned Saturday evening in the Willamette River near Corvallis after the group she was tubing with got caught
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A new artificial turf surface at the Oakland Athletics’ temporary home in Sacramento, California, will have a hydration element because of summer heat at the open-air ballpark. Sutter Health Park’s field will be changed from grass to synthetic before the A’s move there for the 2025-27 seasons ahead
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A rights report says the government of El Salvador has arrested 3,319 underage suspects and sentenced 579 during the harsh 2 1/2 year-old crackdown on street gangs. The report issued Tuesday by Human Rights Watch says the minors have been held in “inhumane conditions,” and sometimes in the same
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court says Minnesota’s law banning 18 to-20-year-olds from getting permits to carry guns in public is unconstitutional. Tuesday’s ruling affirms a lower court decision that concluded that the Second Amendment guarantees the rights of young adults to bear arms for self-defense. The three-judge panel cited a landmark
Continue ReadingBy CTVNewsToronto.ca Staff Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Fourteen people have been rescued from widespread flooding in the Greater Toronto Area, with Environment Canada reporting that almost 100 millimetres of rain poured down on the city on Tuesday. The weather agency issued a rainfall warning for the GTA, predicting
Continue ReadingBy Tony Atkins Click here for updates on this story ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Florida (WESH) — An Altamonte Springs teen said he’s lucky to be alive after a lightning strike on Monday afternoon. Daniel Sharkey, 17, was doing lawn work for a neighbor, and literally, the next second, he was fighting for his life. He was
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — It was a packed house at Autzen Stadium on Saturday as 35 volunteers with the nonprofit Sleep In Heavenly Peace in Bend made the trip over to Eugene to link up with the Oregon Ducks football team. After four hours of work Saturday morning, 200 beds were built for kids in
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Solo en los primeros 10 días de campaña electoral, de cara a las elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela, se practicaron 71 detenciones, que correspondieron a 66 hombres y 5 mujeres, según un informe publicado este lunes por Laboratorio de Paz, una organización no gubernamental defensora de los derechos humanos.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Guo Wengui, a self-exiled Chinese business tycoon whose criticism of the Communist Party won him legions of online followers and powerful friends in the American conservative movement, was convicted by a U.S. jury Tuesday of engaging in a massive multiyear fraud that ripped off some of his most devoted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s robust sports betting industry saw a big decline in June, with revenue down nearly 24% from a year earlier. In a state whose lawsuit led to legal sports betting across most of the country, people have been used to seeing revenue from sports bets go straight
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — A major highway, several other thoroughfares and a key transit hub in Toronto have been flooded as torrential rains washed over Canada’s largest city. Power outages also were reported in multiple areas Tuesday. Toronto police say part of the Don Valley Parkway running from the north part of the city into the
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The heat has been with us since the 4th of July when the mercury in the thermometer crossed the 90° mark in Bend. The city has seen afternoon highs in the 90s and 100s since, and there is no let up in sight to the heat. This month we have hit 100 five times, which
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las autoridades de Estados Unidos obtuvieron información de inteligencia de fuente humana en las últimas semanas sobre un complot de Irán para tratar de asesinar a Donald Trump, un desarrollo que llevó al Servicio Secreto a aumentar la seguridad alrededor del expresidente en las últimas semanas, dijeron a CNN múltiples personas
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Tras ser liberado bajo fianza, el presidente de la Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF), Ramón Jesurún dio su versión sobre lo que sucedió antes de ser arrestado luego de la final de la Copa América. Asegura que un guardia de seguridad le negó el acceso a la ceremonia
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