Tigray, other groups form alliance against Ethiopia’s leader
By CARA ANNA and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tigray forces have joined with other armed and opposition groups in an…
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WAC tabs Brian Thornton as its next commissioner
DENVER (AP) — The Western Athletic Conference has named Brian Thornton as its next commissioner. Thornton will replace Jeff Hurd, who is ending a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Murphy wins after mail ballots extend lead
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was declared the winner in his reelection campaign after…
Continue ReadingTraveler with Biden tested positive for virus in Scotland
WASHINGTON (AP) — A person traveling with President Joe Biden to Europe this past week received a positive test result for the coronavirus. The…
Continue ReadingTeen indicted on murder charge in officer’s fatal shooting
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A teenager with a lengthy arrest record has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of a South…
Continue ReadingNearly 45 years later, a man is charged in the killing of a WW I veteran in New York City
By Kiely Westhoff, CNN Nearly 45 years after a World War I veteran was murdered in Queens, New York, a man was arrested and charged in his murder,…
Continue ReadingFormer Washington State coach appeals firing over vaccine
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Attorneys for former Washington State coach Nick Rolovich are appealing his firing…
Continue ReadingDrug violence sparks chaos at popular tourist resort in Mexico
By AJ Davis, Karol Suarez and Matt Rivers, CNN A hotel in Mexico popular with American tourists was sent into chaos Thursday amid reports of gunfire.…
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‘Narco-slavery’: Migrant Oregon weed workers face threats amid illegal boom
Thousands of immigrants working on Southern Oregon illegal marijuana farms that authorities say are run by foreign cartels are living in squalid…
Continue ReadingNoem contradicts labor secretary on meeting with daughter
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is contradicting her own labor secretary about a meeting…
Continue Reading2 students charged with homicide in death of Iowa teacher
FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Two 16-year-old students are charged in the death of a high school Spanish teacher in southeast Iowa. Jefferson County…
Continue ReadingUn jurado del juicio de Kyle Rittenhouse es destituido por contar un chiste sobre los disparos de la policía a Jacob Blake
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un jurado fue destituido en el juicio por homicidio de Kyle Rittenhouse este jueves por después de que hizo una…
Continue ReadingGroup sues Colorado over law banning Native American mascots
DENVER (AP) — A North Dakota-based organization representing Native Americans has sued Colorado for a measure banning American Indian school…
Continue ReadingTrump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate appears with Nazi sympathizer and QAnon-linked activists at campaign events
By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Kari Lake, the Arizona gubernatorial candidate recently endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has embraced…
Continue ReadingBiden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is suing Texas over new voting rules that outlasted a summer of…
Continue ReadingLatinos with dark skin face more discrimination, study finds
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Pew Research Center has found that skin tone impacts the everyday lives and the long-term…
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Gusty winds have some C.O. impacts; NWS high wind warning expires
Central Oregon’s blustery winds on Thursday didn’t hit the speeds the National Weather Service warned of, but did gust to nearly 40 mph at Bend…
Continue ReadingFormer Delaware governor Ruth Ann Minner dead at 86
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Ruth Ann Minner, the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86.…
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Redmond Airport among 7 in Oregon getting American Rescue Plan funds to help concessions
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that more than $13.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will be heading…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty in cocaine plot tied to couple’s abduction
By WILSON RING Associated Press A Montreal man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he was part of an effort to smuggle 1,500 kilos of cocaine…
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