By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Undergraduate student workers at California State University have voted to join a union to negotiate better pay, sick time, and other benefits with the university, creating the largest such union in the country. The California Public Employment Relations Board said 7,252 student workers submitted electronic
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associate Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary school’s measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their student attends class. Dr. Joseph Ladapo’s statement is a direct contravention of federal guidelines that call for those
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom joked Friday that Nikki Haley — the onetime South Carolina governor and the last remaining major rival to Donald Trump in the GOP presidential primary — is a strong surrogate for Democrats. “I think she’s one of our better surrogates,” the Democratic governor said of
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Young readers were tested on their reading comprehension skills Saturday morning at Seven Peaks School. Ninety bookworms from the Bend-La Pine area tackled the local competition in the Oregon Battle of the Books, a statewide reading challenge.
Continue ReadingLANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who uses drones to try to locate wounded deer shot by hunters so they can retrieve their carcasses has been convicted of violating state hunting laws. But Joshua Wingenroth plans to appeal the verdicts handed down Thursday by Lancaster County District Judge Raymond Sheller. The case apparently marked
Continue ReadingSARA CLINE BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In an effort to resume Louisiana’s death row executions that have been paused for 14 years, lawmakers on Friday advanced a bill that would add the use of nitrogen gas and electrocution as possible methods to carry out capital punishment. As red states add execution methods — from
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers A federal judge has barred the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used to recruit athletes. The judge granted a preliminary injunction requested by the states of Tennessee and Virginia. The ruling undercuts what has been a
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Ratko Mladic, former leader of the Bosnian Serb army, sentenced to life in prison for genocide and other war crimes. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1942 Death date: August 27, 2026 Birth place: Kalnovik, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) Birth name: Ratko
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Sarles Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — The three students from the University of Wyoming who died on Thursday in a single-car crash in Colorado have been identified as Charlie Clark, 19, Carson Muir, 18, and Luke Slabber, 21. They were members of the university’s swimming and diving team.
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — My, how they’ve come a long way. Katy Perry was in attendance at one of Taylor Swift’s recent “Eras Tour” concerts in Australia, where she appeared to be having an incredible time alongside famous pal Rita Ora. As seen on her Instagram page on Friday morning, Perry was front
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A dry and mild day on the mountains as high pressure dominates the Pacific Northwest weather landscape. The dry and mild weather for the weekend with highs above freezing and plenty of sunshine on Saturday and early Sunday. A spring-like feel to the pattern for the weekend, then winter returns Monday. The pattern changes dramatically
Continue ReadingBy Saira Mueller, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of July 23, 2023, Twitter — the self-proclaimed digital town square — became X. Or did it? Though it’s been more than half a year since the divisive rebrand, the platform’s web domain is still twitter.com — even x.com redirects to the original link. In billing
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, defendió este viernes la revelación de los datos personales de una corresponsal del diario The New York Times, y justificó el acto diciendo que su autoridad moral y política como mandatario está por encima de la protección de datos que establece la legislación
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The Crook County Clerk’s Office has released the final ballot title of a non-binding, advisory measure about the long-debated Greater Idaho border-move proposal that will appear on the county’s May 21 primary ballot.
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Winter Storm Watch has been issued for late Sunday through Monday for portions of the viewing area. The dry and sunny conditions Friday will continue into Saturday as high pressure remains the dominant weather features. Highs will be in the upper 50s to near 60 Saturday under mostly sunny skies and light winds. Sunday will
Continue ReadingBy Tom Dougherty, Jasmine Payoute, Alan Wheeler Click here for updates on this story MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey (KYW) — The runaway ram in New Jersey has been caught. Mount Laurel police captured the ram near a house on Horseshoe Drive around 8:45 a.m. Friday. CBS News Philadelphia photographer Alan Wheeler captured video of police
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A New York judge on Friday formally ordered Donald Trump to pay $454 million, including interest, a move that will give the former president one month to post nearly half a billion dollars to appeal the fraud verdict. Judge Arthur Engoron’s signed judgment was posted to
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina isn’t the only state holding a presidential contest this weekend. Republican party officials in two Wyoming counties will meet on Saturday to begin awarding the first of the state’s 29 delegates to the Republican National Convention this summer, but the contest won’t much resemble the
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER, PHILIP MARCELO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A 16-year-old Oklahoma student who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom was conscious and alert when telling police about the attack by three girls that occurred after the teen squirted them with water, according to police
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawmakers began scrambling for ways to protect Alabama in vitro fertilization services after multiple providers paused treatment in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under a state law. Facing a wave of shock and anger from the
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