Jill Biden heads back to classroom as a working first lady
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has gone back to her whiteboard. After months of teaching writing and English…
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Lawmakers: Ida damage shows need for infrastructure upgrades
By MATTHEW DALY and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties say haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads…
Continue ReadingLawmakers: Ida damage shows need for infrastructure upgrades
By MATTHEW DALY and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties say haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina attorney resigns and enters rehab after being shot in the head months after deaths of his wife and son
By Rebekah Riess, Dakin Andone, Shawn Nottingham and Amir Vera, CNN The law firm of prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh released a…
Continue ReadingAfter unrelenting summer, Biden looks to get agenda on track
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hoping to turn the page after a summer of unrelenting crises and refocus…
Continue ReadingIn NYC after Ida, Biden calls climate ‘everybody’s crisis’
By AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Surveying storm damage, President Joe Biden has declared climate change…
Continue ReadingAndrea Constand writes of Cosby trial, #MeToo in new memoir
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand has penned a memoir out Tuesday that offers a view from…
Continue ReadingBolsonaro supporters force entry into Brazil capital’s mall
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have broken through police roadblocks that sought to prevent access to the…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks rise ahead of central bank meetings
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have risen as investors watch for decisions from central banks in Europe and…
Continue ReadingVenezuela gov’t, opposition pledge to address people’s needs
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Representatives of Venezuela’s government and opposition say they have agreed to find ways to deal with the pressing needs of…
Continue ReadingVietnamese man jailed for five years for spreading coronavirus
Story by Reuters Vietnam jailed a man on Monday for five years for breaking strict Covid-19 quarantine rules and spreading the virus to others, state…
Continue ReadingHaiti pledges to crack down on gangs, fight rise in crime
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government is warning about a spike in kidnappings and…
Continue Reading6-year-old girl dies on amusement park ride in Colorado
CNN, KUSA By Amanda Jackson, Carma Hassan and Rachel Webb, CNN A 6-year-old girl was fatally injured while riding an amusement park ride in Glenwood…
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Middle Fork Complex fires mostly to blame for C.O. smoke; containment a challenge
A month-old group of wildfires on the Willamette National Forest that has been sending a thick stream of smoke into Central Oregon shows no sign of…
Continue ReadingEx-FBI official says law enforcement needs to take upcoming right-wing rally in DC ‘very seriously’
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said Monday evening that law enforcement needs to take the upcoming right-wing rally in…
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Thick C.O. smoke cancels Death Cab For Cutie concert, has impacts on restaurants, others
For the second night in a row, a concert at the Les Schwab Amphitheater was scrubbed on Monday due to thick smoke from the region’s wildfires and…
Continue ReadingLength of Saints’ displacement uncertain as Week 1 begins
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton says the club expects the Dallas area and TCU practice facilities to serve as…
Continue ReadingState patrol major says he believes ‘vast majority of the agency’ deleted messages related to Minneapolis protests after George Floyd’s death
By Carma Hassan, CNN A state patrol officer said he believes the “vast majority” of the Minnesota State Patrol manually deleted emails…
Continue ReadingFirebrand Myanmar monk Wirathu released from prison
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A nationalist Buddhist monk in Myanmar notorious for his anti-Muslim remarks has been freed from…
Continue ReadingAmnesty: Syria refugees suffered abuse, torture upon return
By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Amnesty International says Syrian security forces have subjected Syrians who return home to…
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