Gov. Brown calls Sept. 20 special session of Legislature to adopt redistricting maps
Gov. Kate Brown on Friday called the Oregon Legislature into a special legislative session in order to adopt new congressional and legislative…
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US gives 1st public look inside base housing Afghans
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is giving the first public look inside a…
Continue ReadingFederal judge acquits Tennessee professor with ties to China
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press A federal judge has thrown out all charges against a University of Tennessee professor accused of hiding his…
Continue ReadingMemoir by Philip Roth biographer to be reissued next week
NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir by Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey will be reissued this fall after publisher W.W. Norton and Company dropped it amid…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia, 20 years after 9/11: ‘A country in the making’
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — All but four of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudi citizens and the Saudi…
Continue ReadingFDA official hopeful younger kids can get shots this year
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief is pledging to rapidly evaluate COVID-19 vaccines for…
Continue ReadingFDA official hopeful younger kids can get shots this year
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief is pledging to rapidly evaluate COVID-19 vaccines for…
Continue ReadingRussia complains of ‘election interference’ to US ambassador
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned US Ambassador John Sullivan to complain about alleged interference by what it called…
Continue ReadingArizona sells Unilever bonds over Ben & Jerry’s Israel move
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The state of Arizona has sold off $93 million in Unilever bonds and plans to sell the remaining $50…
Continue ReadingDodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave extended through the rest of the season
By Jacob Lev, CNN Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave has been extended through the rest of the season, according…
Continue ReadingSuper Typhoon Chanthu makes landfall in the Philippines before tracking toward Taiwan
CNN By Helen Regan and Angus Watson, CNN Super Typhoon Chanthu made landfall in the far northern Philippines on Saturday, bringing destructive winds…
Continue ReadingIsraeli media: 4 Palestinian escapees captured, 2 at large
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and FARES AKRAM Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli media reports say two more of the six Palestinians who broke out of a…
Continue ReadingClosing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingAlbanian parliament sworn in following April Socialist win
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s new parliament members have been formally sworn in and elected a new speaker, in the house’s first session…
Continue ReadingGroups seek federal help with lead in Michigan city’s water
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer Advocacy groups want the Biden administration to help provide safe drinking water in Benton Harbor, Michigan.…
Continue ReadingJudge unimpressed by latest argument in Abu Ghraib case
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge expressed skepticism about a military contractor’s latest legal arguments…
Continue ReadingPerseverance’s Martian rock samples may contain ancient water bubbles
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Two Martian rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover may contain evidence of ancient water bubbles, according to…
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Oregon reports 21 more COVID-19 related deaths, 2,437 new cases; St. Charles Bend has record 96 in hospital
There are 21 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,394, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday as St.…
Continue ReadingWigged out: A Venezuelan spymaster’s life on the lam
By ARITZ PARRA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Wigs, a fake moustache and a new safehouse every three months are just some of the…
Continue Reading‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ prequel ‘Furiosa’ delayed to 2024
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The “Mad Max Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa” isn’t speeding into theaters anytime soon. The film’s release…
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