Honolulu to require vaccine or negative test at restaurants
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The mayor of Honolulu says the city will soon require patrons of restaurants, bars, museums,…
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Colombia court refuses to try general accused in 104 murders
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A court in Colombia has refused to allow a trial for a retired general accused of offering…
Continue ReadingStarbucks unionization effort brews at 3 Buffalo-area cafes
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Workers at three Starbucks coffee shops in the Buffalo area filed petitions Monday with the National Labor Relations Board…
Continue ReadingStarbucks unionization effort brews at 3 Buffalo-area cafes
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Workers at three Starbucks coffee shops in the Buffalo area filed petitions Monday with the National Labor Relations Board…
Continue ReadingHouse asks companies to save Jan. 6 phone, computer records
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is asking…
Continue ReadingFeds charge ex-priest with child sex crimes in East Timor
A federal grand jury has indicted a defrocked American priest on charges of having sex with minors while running a children’s shelter in a remote…
Continue ReadingResidents of this small Louisiana town describe ‘hours of agony’ as Hurricane Ida slammed the Gulf Coast
By Amir Vera and Ed Lavandera, CNN Residents of LaPlace endured hours of harsh winds and rising water as Hurricane Ida’s fierce winds blew…
Continue ReadingMan faces 10 years in prison after LA fireworks explosion
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who stockpiled illegal fireworks in his South Los Angeles backyard — which were…
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NE Bend doctor’s office hit by three incidents of flag, sign vandalism
Bend pediatrician Dr. Erika Beard-Irvine is looking for answers after her office was vandalized three times last…
Continue ReadingWA hospitals seeing more more pregnant COVID patients
The coronavirus pandemic is filling hospitals at an “alarming” rate and continuing to strain health care workers, Washington state health…
Continue ReadingAs US military leaves Kabul, many Americans, Afghans remain
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the final five U.S. military transport aircraft lifted off out of…
Continue ReadingLightning strike at Jersey Shore kills lifeguard, injures 7
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey authorities say a young lifeguard was killed and seven other people…
Continue ReadingOregon reports 280 COVID-19 deaths in August
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — During Oregon’s ongoing COVID-19 surge, doctors say that they are seeing…
Continue ReadingFBI: Texas shooter possibly inspired by foreign terrorists
GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Investigators are looking into whether a Texas man was inspired by foreign terrorists when he fatally shot a Lyft driver in a…
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Struggling St. Charles receives 65 state-contracted traveling nurses, paramedics, others
St. Charles provided orientation on Sunday to 65 traveling nurses, certified nursing assistants, paramedics and respiratory therapists provided under…
Continue ReadingMan rescued after days at Oregon sand dune
REEDSPORT, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 54-year-old man was rescued from the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area after being stranded for five…
Continue Reading1st group of 149 Afghan evacuees arrives in North Macedonia
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A first group of 149 Afghan evacuees has landed in North Macedonia, where they will stay for a few months pending…
Continue Reading6 California families who were in Afghanistan make it out
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Six families from a San Diego suburb have now made it safely out of Afghanistan after they went to the country earlier this summer…
Continue Reading20 states sue over Biden admin school, work LGBT protections
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys general from 20 states have sued President Joe Biden’s administration…
Continue ReadingDallas police data loss nearly triple initial estimate
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas city officials say an ongoing audit of police crime data has found that the data missing from the city’s computer…
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