9-year-old boy killed in fire blamed on scooter charger
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a 9-year-old boy was killed and more than a dozen people were injured in a fire caused by an electric scooter that…
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9-year-old boy killed in fire blamed on scooter charger
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a 9-year-old boy was killed and more than a dozen people were injured in a fire caused by an electric scooter that…
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Oregon reports 43 more COVID-19 related deaths, 2 from Crook County; 2,414 new cases, 1,162 hospitalizations
There are 43 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,198, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingTrain station protests fizzle in Italy as COVID passes start
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian police have outnumbered demonstrators at several main train stations as COVID-19…
Continue ReadingThe suspect in the fatal shooting of a student at a North Carolina high school is in custody
By Claudia Dominguez and Jason Hanna, CNN One student was fatally wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a high school in the North Carolina city of…
Continue ReadingWHO launches hub in Berlin to help prevent future pandemics
BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization has inaugurated a new “hub” in Berlin that aims to help prepare the globe better to prevent future…
Continue Reading1 student killed in shooting at North Carolina high school
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say one student was killed in a shooting at a North Carolina high school…
Continue ReadingBiden blasts Texas’ 6-week abortion ban as ‘extreme’ and violation of a constitutional right
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday blasted the Texas state law that bans abortion after as early as six weeks into pregnancy…
Continue ReadingGrand jury indicts police officers and paramedics in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
KMGH By Eric Levenson and Stella Chan, CNN A Colorado grand jury indicted three police officers and two paramedics involved in the August 2019 death…
Continue ReadingEmergency fishing closures begin Wednesday
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Extremely low numbers of returning steelhead on tributaries of the Columbia River Basin have forced angling restrictions on…
Continue ReadingLand swap proposed for Florida condominium collapse property
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer A judge has ordered the examination of a proposed land swap to allow for an on-site memorial to the victims…
Continue ReadingUK foreign minister heads to Asia for Afghanistan talks
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says he is heading to the region around Afghanistan in a push to…
Continue ReadingSmall businesses face slow, difficult recovery after Ida
By Mae Anderson AP Business Writer New York (AP) — Small businesses are struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, facing days or weeks without…
Continue ReadingSmall businesses face slow, difficult recovery after Ida
By Mae Anderson AP Business Writer New York (AP) — Small businesses are struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, facing days or weeks without…
Continue ReadingGrand jury indicts police officers and paramedics in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
By Eric Levenson and Stella Chan, CNN A Colorado grand jury indicted three police officers and two paramedics involved in the August 2019 death of…
Continue ReadingConfusion reigns in Texas as new law aims to restrict how race and history are taught in schools
By Nicole Chavez, CNN A new Texas law aimed at restricting discussions of race and history in schools has some educators second guessing themselves…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How wetlands can help buffer Louisiana storms
By MICHAEL PHILLIS, SUMAN NAISHADHAM and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press Before reaching the seawalls, levees and other flood controls that shield New…
Continue ReadingPalestinians mourn man found shot in West Bank, blame Israel
BEIT UR AL-TAHTA, West Bank (AP) — Hundreds of people are mourning a man Palestinian health officials said was killed by Israeli forces in the…
Continue ReadingOnce green, prehistoric Arabia drew early humans from Africa
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Archaeologists have uncovered stone tools and hippopotamus bones near ancient lake beds on…
Continue ReadingElton John pairs with Nicki, Miley, many more on new album
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elton John is releasing an album of collaborations with artists from several generations and genres, including Nicki Minaj,…
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