Vaccine mandate spawns new fear: finding and keeping workers
By TOM KRISHER and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press The new federal vaccine requirement for large companies has raised concerns over whether it will…
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As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden’s vow
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, JULIE WATSON, BERNARD CONDON and PADMANANDA RAMA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. veterans, lawmakers and others say…
Continue ReadingStrong typhoon increases in force as it heads toward Taiwan
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A strong typhoon has skirted past most of the Philippines but appears to be continuing to gain…
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House budget panel rejects Bentz amendments for drought relief, curbing wildfire risk
During a U.S. House Natural Resources Committee markup meeting Thursday for a roughly $31.7 billion portion of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion…
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C. Oregon employers, visitors react to president’s new vaccine mandate for large businesses
President Biden’s newest vaccine mandate announced Thursday is the strongest push yet affecting about two thirds of the nation’s…
Continue ReadingJustice Department sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and PAUL WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most…
Continue ReadingBiden presses states to require vaccines for all teachers
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic, President Joe Biden visited a…
Continue ReadingBiden calls Xi as US-China relationship grows more fraught
By AAMER MADHANI and JOE McDONALD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke with China’s Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing…
Continue ReadingAnalysis: Biden’s war on virus becomes war on unvaccinated
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has gone from waging war on the virus to a war on the unvaccinated. The…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles schools mandate vaccines for students 12 and up
By AMY TAXIN and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Unified School District has ordered all students ages 12 and…
Continue ReadingMan charged in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy in a barrage of gunfire at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina
By Rebekah Riess, Giovanna Van Leeuwen and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy in North…
Continue ReadingFrom 9/11’s ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.
By CALVIN WOODWARD, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and DAVID RISING Associated Press The terrorist attacks on the United States nearly 20 years ago brought…
Continue ReadingUN report: Afghanistan teeters on brink of universal poverty
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations development agency says Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of…
Continue ReadingUN report: Afghanistan teeters on brink of universal poverty
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations development agency says Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of…
Continue ReadingLaQuan Smith throws a fashion party at Empire State Building
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Where the party girls at? On Thursday night, some were on top of the Empire State Building…
Continue ReadingVirus claims Black morticians, leaving holes in communities
By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer MULLINS, S.C. (AP) — About 130 Black morticians have died of COVID-19 across the United States. The deaths are…
Continue ReadingVirus claims Black morticians, leaving holes in communities
By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer MULLINS, S.C. (AP) — About 130 Black morticians have died of COVID-19 across the United States. The deaths are…
Continue ReadingOlaf weakens after hitting Mexico’s Los Cabos as Cat 2 storm
By IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ DE JESÚS Associated Press CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Olaf has slipped back to tropical storm force after…
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‘She was the morale of the unit’: Dad of fallen C.O. soldier reflects on daughter’s life
Steve Ellis is a retired Forest Service employee who lives in Clackamas County. He raised three kids together with his wife, Linda. As we mark the…
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