Judge strikes Seattle homelessness measure from ballot
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge has struck a Seattle measure on homelessness from the November ballot even…
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Oregon reports 20 more COVID-19 related deaths, record 3,207 new cases, nearly 1,100 hospitalizations
There are 20 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,115, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingJudges won’t delay NC voting rights restoration for felons
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A panel of state trial judges has refused to halt its order restoring voting rights for…
Continue ReadingOregon county asks for morgue truck as COVID fatalities rise
By ANDREW SELSKY and SARA CLINE Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Noting that the COVID delta variant is spreading like wildfire among the…
Continue Reading2 arrested in fatal shooting of New Orleans officer in Texas
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say two men have been arrested in the fatal shooting of an off-duty New Orleans police officer during a holdup while…
Continue ReadingBoard recommends parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan on 16th attempt
CNN By Ray Sanchez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was recommended for…
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Deschutes named ‘official craft beer of the Pac-12’
As the Pac-12 Conference welcomes back college football, fans have something else to celebrate to kick off the new season. Deschutes and the Pac-12…
Continue ReadingUS projects $3.12T budget deficit for this year, down $555B
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be $555…
Continue ReadingThe latest on the Kabul airport attack
CNN By Aditi Sangal, Tara John, Jessie Yeung and Brad Lendon, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia…
Continue ReadingBojangles closing eateries for 2 days; workers won’t be paid
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina-based Bojangles chain of restaurants says it will close all of its company-owned establishments on two…
Continue Reading7 Ohio prison employees removed after Black inmate’s death
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s correctional agency has terminated seven employees after…
Continue ReadingMexican parents resort to injunctions to get kids vaccinated
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of parents in Mexico have resorted to filing for court injunctions to get…
Continue ReadingMississippi hospitals are overrun with Covid-19 patients. The state ‘needs to come together,’ survivor says
By Alaa Elassar, Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Dolly Monceaux was unvaccinated when she found herself fighting the coronavirus last week from a…
Continue ReadingMississippi hospitals are overrun with Covid-19 patients. The state ‘needs to come together,’ survivor says
CNN By Alaa Elassar, Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Dolly Monceaux was unvaccinated when she found herself fighting the coronavirus last week…
Continue ReadingSpotted: Cow at a McDonald’s drive-through in Wisconsin
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman is becoming a social media sensation after she noticed a cow in the backseat of a car in a…
Continue ReadingBoard recommends parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan on 16th attempt
By Ray Sanchez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was recommended for parole…
Continue ReadingChicago: DoorDash, Grubhub mislead restaurants, customers
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials are accusing DoorDash and Grubhub of harming the city’s restaurants and their…
Continue ReadingAppeals court: Postage for absentee ballots isn’t a poll tax
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court says that requiring voters to provide their own stamps for mail-in ballots…
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Bend firefighters union takes sharp issue with state vaccine mandate for health care workers
The union representing Bend Fire & Rescue firefighters has taken sharp issue with Gov. Kate Brown’s new vaccination mandate, saying it “sets a…
Continue ReadingEx-Congo public health minister accused of COVID-19 fraud
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities have arrested Congo’s former public health minister on allegations he…
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