A list of mass killings in the United States since January
By The Associated Press The latest mass killing in the United States happened Monday night in Philadelphia where a 40-year-old is accused of killing…
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Blood-red crickets invade Nevada town, residents fight back with brooms, leaf blowers, snow plows
By RIO YAMAT and RICK BOWMER Associated Press ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Dana Dolan was driving through her small Nevada hometown when she thought she had…
Continue Reading Suspect in jail after 4 people fatally shot at residence in Idaho, police say
KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — A 31-year-old man detained at the scene of a shooting in northern Idaho that left four people dead on Sunday has been booked…
Continue Reading Verdict in Oregon wildfires case highlights risks utilities face amid climate change
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury verdict that found an Oregon power company liable for devastating…
Continue Reading More than 1 million people are dropped from Medicaid as states start a post-pandemic purge of rolls
By DAVID A. LIEB and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some…
Continue Reading 2 dead and 3 hurt after shooting at Washington state electronic dance music festival
GEORGE, Wash. (AP) — Two people were killed and three others injured after police said a shooter began firing “randomly” into a crowd at a…
Continue Reading Plane crash kills ‘Flying Wild Alaska’ pilot Jim Tweto and Idaho hunting guide
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Bush pilot Jim Tweto, known for his starring role in the Discovery Channel’s “Flying Wild Alaska” series, was killed…
Continue Reading San Diego State seeks info from the Mountain West related to a potential exit, an AP source says
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer San Diego State University has sent a letter to the Mountain West seeking information related to a potential exit…
Continue Reading Pregnant woman shot and killed was owner of Seattle restaurant near famed market
SEATTLE (AP) — A pregnant woman who was killed in what appears to have been a random shooting in downtown Seattle this week has been identified as…
Continue Reading Oregon man pleads guilty to hate crimes charges in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges for threatening to use his vehicle to hit an Idaho library worker who defended a…
Continue Reading Rural Utah abortion clinic closes amid staff shortages, plans to reopen in August
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There is now one fewer place to access abortion in Utah after Planned Parenthood closed its only…
Continue Reading Republican governors intensify resistance to plan to sell land leases for conservation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican governors are pushing back against a proposal by the Biden administration to put conservation on equal footing with…
Continue Reading Oregon GOP senators end 6-week walkout after new agreements on abortion, gun bills
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Ending a walkout that held up key bills for six weeks, Republicans showed up for work in the…
Continue Reading Enough Republicans show up in Oregon Senate to end six-week walkout that blocked abortion, other key bills
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Enough Republicans show up in Oregon Senate to end six-week walkout that blocked abortion, other key…
Continue Reading Family of 4 died in Idaho car crash after driver fell asleep, report finds
RIGGINS, Idaho (AP) — Authorities believe a car crash that killed a family of four in Idaho over the weekend happened after the 17-year-old driver…
Continue Reading Pregnant woman fatally shot in car at Seattle intersection
SEATTLE (AP) — A woman who was eight months pregnant died after a man shot multiple times into a car she was in while stopped at an intersection in…
Continue Reading Oregon’s 6-week GOP walkout over bills on abortion and guns could end soon
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — There was an optimistic mood in the Oregon state Capitol that a boycott by Republican…
Continue Reading Biden administration urges states to slow down on dropping people from Medicaid
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday urged states to slow down their purge of Medicaid…
Continue Reading Oregon Democratic Party to send federal officials a $500,000 donation from former FTX executive
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Democratic Party of Oregon said Friday it will send a half-million dollars to the U.S.…
Continue Reading 3 men charged with drug trafficking after fentanyl linked to fatal Oregon overdose
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A U.S. magistrate judge on Friday ordered three men detained on drug trafficking charges accusing them of supplying illicit…
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