Pandemic pushes Oregon’s public defender system to the brink
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A post-pandemic glut of delayed cases has exposed shocking constitutional landmines…
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Pandemic pushes Oregon’s public defender system to the brink
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s public defender system has shown cracks for years, but a post-pandemic glut of…
Continue ReadingHavana hotel death toll at 31 as dogs search for survivors
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The death toll of a powerful explosion at a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital increased to…
Continue ReadingSherpa guide breaks own record scaling Everest for 26th time
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An experienced Nepalese Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time…
Continue ReadingMore than 60 feared dead in bombing of Ukrainian school
By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of Ukrainians are feared dead after a Russian bomb…
Continue ReadingS Korea’s next leader faces escalating N Korean nuke threat
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — During his election campaign, South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk…
Continue ReadingBeijing loyalist John Lee elected as Hong Kong’s next leader
HONG KONG (AP) — John Lee, a hard-line security chief who oversaw a crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, was elected as the city’s…
Continue ReadingTrump lawyers detail document hunt in contempt ruling fight
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team wants to void a contempt ruling and $10,000-per-day fine against the former president over a subpoena…
Continue ReadingNC officers kill man setting cars ablaze near police station
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The police chief in Raleigh, North Carolina, says officers have shot and killed a man who was throwing Molotov cocktails and…
Continue Reading80-1 shot Rich Strike races to huge upset in Kentucky Derby
By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rich Strike came charging up the rail to overtake the leaders in the closing strides for a…
Continue ReadingAbortion rights protesters rally in cities around US
CHICAGO (AP) — Abortion rights protesters rallied in cities across the United States, vowing to fight to ensure that abortion remains a legal…
Continue ReadingConservative Texas activist allegedly sought federal support
HOUSTON (AP) — A prominent Houston conservative activist charged with unlawful restraint and aggravated assault had asked a U.S. attorney to…
Continue ReadingMickey Gilley, who helped inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies at 86
NEW YORK (AP) — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of…
Continue ReadingJudge won’t halt Arizona execution — at least for now
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has refused to halt an Arizona execution planned for Wednesday after the state…
Continue ReadingJudge rejects Trump lawsuit challenging ban from Twitter
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Francisco judge tossed out former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit challenging his…
Continue ReadingGrand jury indicts suspect in Brooklyn subway mass shooting
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a man suspected of shooting up a New York City subway train last month — an attack that wounded…
Continue ReadingArmored car company settles suit over $1M pot sale seizures
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A Pennsylvania armored car company has settled its lawsuit that accused the San Bernardino County sheriff of…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s next for N. Ireland after Sinn Fein wins?
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The election of Sinn Fein as the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s Assembly is a historic moment…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Lula courts centrists at unofficial campaign launch
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — At the effective launch of his campaign on Saturday, Brazil’s former…
Continue Reading3 US tourists die at Bahamas hotel after falling ill
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three U.S. tourists have died at a resort in the Bahamas after falling ill, officials of the Atlantic island nation confirmed,…
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