From exile, female former Afghan leader keeps fighting
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two months after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, one of the country’s once-prominent…
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Beijing police name pianist Li Yundi in prostitution case
BEIJING (AP) — Police in China’s capital Beijing say famed international pianist Li Yundi is a suspect in a prostitution case. A message on…
Continue ReadingAmid air quality concerns, districts embrace electric buses
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Efforts to make school buses greener are gaining momentum thanks to billions of dollars in spending…
Continue ReadingAlabama death row inmate is executed nearly 30 years after murder conviction
By Andy Rose and Rebekah Riess, CNN Alabama death row inmate Willie B. Smith III was executed Thursday night, the state attorney general’s…
Continue ReadingOhio mixes up Wright Brothers’ commemorative license plate
By Devon Sayers and Mallika Kallingal, CNN Now, let’s play a game of spot the difference! The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles was forced to…
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OHA: 632,000 Oregonians may soon be eligible for Moderna, Johnson & Johnson booster shots
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel on Thursday recommended booster doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines…
Continue ReadingBlank slate to best hope: Can Youngkin rescue the Va. GOP?
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Skeptical Virginia Republicans have come around to Glenn Youngkin, the party’s…
Continue ReadingBlanding makes her voice heard in Virginia governor’s race
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press GLENNS, Va. (AP) — A Black activist and educator is making her presence known as a third-party candidate in the…
Continue ReadingMcAuliffe’s backslapping political brand put to test in 2021
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Terry McAuliffe won Virginia’s 2013 governor’s race by embracing his own…
Continue ReadingBlanding makes her voice heard in Virginia governor’s race
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press GLENNS, Va. (AP) — A Black activist and educator is making her presence known as a third-party candidate in…
Continue ReadingBlank slate to best hope: Can Youngkin rescue the Va. GOP?
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Skeptical Virginia Republicans have come around to Glenn Youngkin, the party’s…
Continue ReadingMcAuliffe’s backslapping political brand put to test in 2021
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Terry McAuliffe won Virginia’s 2013 governor’s race by embracing his own…
Continue ReadingViolence over Italy’s strict Covid pass has ignited a national debate about fascism
By Sarah Dean, CNN Down a narrow, winding street in central Rome, golden cobblestones shine out from the footpath in front of homes, etched with the…
Continue ReadingDJ trio Swedish House Mafia reunite with new music, tour
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia, known for bringing house music to the masses…
Continue ReadingDeal seems near on $2T Biden package, though deadline slips
By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal within reach, President Joe Biden and Congress’ top…
Continue ReadingCalifornia plan to ban community oil drilling far from final
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to ban new oil and gas wells within 3,200…
Continue ReadingCalifornia plan to ban community oil drilling far from final
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to ban new oil and gas wells within 3,200…
Continue ReadingHouse votes to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide to former President…
Continue ReadingWhat is the ‘delta plus’ variant of the coronavirus?
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer British officials have identified a relative of the delta variant. It’s not a variant of interest or concern,…
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Fire near Redmond storage unit shuts Bi-Mart for a time
An apparently accidental fire in the brush near a Redmond storage unit and Bi-Mart on Thursday closed the store for a…
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