With the use of electric vehicles surging in Oregon, drivers are relying more on charging ports while on the road. The state now has millions in federal money to make needed repairs and upgrades.
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state courts agency says it never received a ransom demand as part of a cyberattack that briefly shut down some of its online services earlier this month and prompted a federal investigation. A courts agency spokesperson said Thursday that officials there never had any communication
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission has approved a new congressional map that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but doesn’t substantially alter the rest of the state’s lines. The map proposal was approved Thursday. It now moves to the Democrat-dominated Legislature, which
Continue ReadingPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man was arrested Thursday and charged with using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church in North Providence on Sunday. U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Zachary Cunha said Kevin Colantonio of North Providence was charged with maliciously damaging or
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff slipped into New York on Thursday for a small meeting with youth leaders selected from across the Jewish American, Muslim American and Palestinian American communities, marking the administration’s latest move in its evolving response to the Israel-Hamas war. The event, hosted by United Nations Ambassador
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Zendaya stunned Thursday at the “Dune: Part Two” world premiere in London in a silver cyborg suit. The co-star of the highly anticipated film hit the sand-strewn carpet in a silver robot suit straight from the archive of Mugler. It’s from the French fashion house’s fall/winter 1995 20th
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will hold a public hearing next month with the special counsel who found evidence that President Joe Biden had mishandled classified information when he was out of office but also concluded that criminal charges were not warranted. The House Judiciary Committee, chaired
Continue ReadingCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A shooting on a street in Wyoming’s capital has killed one man and wounded two others. The shooting happened around 2 p.m. Thursday in a residential area near restaurants and offices about a mile from the state Capitol. Cheyenne Police Department spokeswoman Alexandra Farkas says investigators aren’t sure yet what led
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel David Weiss charged a former FBI informant with lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s involvement in business dealings with Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, undercutting a major aspect of Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into the president. Alexander Smirnov,
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he will retire when his current term ends in January 2029. Speaking at a spring training news conference, Manfred noted he will be 70 years old and been commissioner for 14 years when his term ends on Jan. 25, 2029. The
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — A bipartisan redistricting commission in New York approved a new congressional map Thursday that could help Empire State Democrats make slight gains in this year’s US House elections but falls well short of an electoral windfall for the party. New York is expected to be an
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump made his final pitch Thursday to the Supreme Court in his effort to pause a trial over the election subversion charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith. “There are overwhelming reasons why the case should not go to trial ‘in three months or less,’” Trump
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Pacific Power has filed a general rate case and a Transition Adjustment Mechanism update with the Oregon Public Utility Commission. The combined rate actions would result in a 16.9% rate adjustment, or roughly $304 million, and would support continued investments in wildfire risk management strategies, transmission infrastructure and renewable generation projects. The utility
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press A federal jury has convicted a small-town Iowa police chief of lying to federal authorities to acquire machine guns. Prosecutors say he sold the guns for his own profit. The jury convicted 47-year-old Adair Police Chief Brad Wendt of conspiring to make false statements to the federal Bureau of Alcohol,
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya has sent a warning to the country’s feuding political actors: If they don’t urgently form a unified government and move toward elections the oil-rich North African nation will slide into “disintegration.” Abdoulaye Bathily told the U.N. Security Council on
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama death row inmate has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of nitrogen gas execution. The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Alabama alleges the January execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen gas was “a human experiment that officials botched miserably.” The lawsuit
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The Oregon State Police said Thursday it’s ramping up patrols in Central Oregon Friday through Sunday. A high-visibility saturation patrol is planned for the President’s Day long weekend and coincides with the annual Oregon WinterFest, which is expected to increase traffic and bring a large number of visitors to the area.
Continue ReadingVAUDREUIL-DORION, Quebec (AP) — Police say a stabbing attack in a condominium tower west of Montreal has left two women dead and another seriously injured. A provincial police spokeswoman says a 44-year-old man was arrested at the scene in Vaudreuil-Dorion in Quebec province and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect was known to police
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police say a 13-year-old accused of fatally shooting a man on a Denver bus opened fire in the middle of an argument after the man approached the teen and his friends at the back of the bus. Police had previously said last month’s shooting happened after a
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — With Zendaya one of the leaders of red-carpet method dressing when promoting her movie roles, the expectations for the “Dune: Part Two” press tour have been high. After all, the first “Dune” film’s release brought with it a number of eye-catching, seemingly referential looks from the actor and her
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