Virginia is set to remove Richmond’s Lee statue on Wednesday
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, is about to be…
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Pelé Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, a professional Brazilian football (soccer) player.…
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Clear the Shelters: Humane Society of Central Oregon adapts to the pandemic
Like many places, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Humane Society of Central Oregon to close its doors to the public, aside from people with…
Continue ReadingBiden marks Labor Day delivering sandwiches to union members
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden has marked Labor Day by delivering deli sandwiches to union…
Continue ReadingUK delays post-Brexit border checks, seeks new talks with EU
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it is postponing the start of post-Brexit border checks on goods going to Northern…
Continue ReadingUK delays post-Brexit border checks, seeks new talks with EU
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it is postponing the start of post-Brexit border checks on goods going to Northern…
Continue ReadingLife is still a beach for Maine lifeguard in his 50th season
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Greg Wilfert remembers his first visit to Scarborough Beach State Park as a teenager like it was yesterday. Decades…
Continue ReadingBelarus opposition figure and protest leader sentenced to 11 years in jail
By Eliza Mackintosh and Katharina Krebs, CNN A Belarusian court on Monday sentenced Maria Kolesnikova, a prominent opposition figure who led mass…
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C. Oregon’s bout of ‘unhealthy’ smoke continues; Death Cab for Cutie concert canceled
Another day of thick, “hazardous”-level wildfire smoke was keeping many Central Oregonians indoors on Labor Day and prompted cancellation of another…
Continue ReadingFrench giant signs mega deals with Iraq for oil, gas, water
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — French energy giant Total has signed mega contracts with Iraq worth $27 billion to develop oil…
Continue ReadingFrench giant signs mega deals with Iraq for oil, gas, water
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — French energy giant Total has signed mega contracts with Iraq worth $27 billion to develop oil…
Continue ReadingMyanmar court extends pre-trial detention of US journalist
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar extended for two weeks the pre-trial detention of Danny Fenster, an American journalist in the military-led…
Continue ReadingPolice investigating 4 Argentines over WCup qualifier chaos
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police is investigating four Argentina footballers for allegedly…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey’s largest dairy farm nearly destroyed in tornado
By CHRISTINA PACIOLLA Associated Press The morning after one of the most intense tornadoes recorded in New Jersey history all but demolished the…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey’s largest dairy farm nearly destroyed in tornado
By CHRISTINA PACIOLLA Associated Press The morning after one of the most intense tornadoes recorded in New Jersey history all but demolished the…
Continue ReadingGirl, 6, dies on mine drop ride at Colorado amusement park
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a 6-year-old girl died at an amusement park in the western Colorado town of…
Continue ReadingPlea and a trial loom in next month for Giuliani associates
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The October illegal campaign contribution trial of an associate of Rudy Giuliani and a guilty…
Continue ReadingLaw firm: Attorney whose wife, son were killed took money
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer from a prominent South Carolina legal family who found his wife and son shot to…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans: Seniors left in dark, hot facilities after Ida
By KEVIN MCGILL and JEFF MARTIN NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials in New Orleans say they will thoroughly inspect senior living apartments in the…
Continue ReadingPolice staffing woes complicate reform effort in Baltimore
By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s police force is struggling to meet staffing targets to fully comply with a…
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