Judge restores unvaccinated Illinois mom’s right to see son
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois judge has reversed a ruling to bar a divorced mother from seeing her 11-year-old son because she isn’t vaccinated…
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DCSO Search and Rescue assists fallen, injured hiker near Pole Creek Trailhead
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers came to the aid Sunday afternoon of a hiker who fell and became injured a few miles from…
Continue ReadingLast troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war
By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After two decades, the United States has completed its withdrawal from…
Continue ReadingIowa school mask ban lawsuit amended as feds investigate law
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman has amended her lawsuit over the state’s ban on mandatory face masks in…
Continue ReadingGriddy Energy customers won’t have to pay for sky-high electricity bills from winter storm
By Sarah Moon and Eric Levenson, CNN Griddy Energy customers won’t be financially responsible for the sky-high electricity bills charged during…
Continue ReadingSynaptics, Amazon rise; Entergy, United Airlines fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Synaptics, Amazon rise; Entergy, United Airlines…
Continue ReadingTexas utility settles over sky-high energy bills from freeze
By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press The electric utility Griddy Energy has reached a settlement with Texas state officials over crushing electric bills…
Continue ReadingTexas utility settles over sky-high energy bills from freeze
By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press The electric utility Griddy Energy has reached a settlement with Texas state officials over crushing electric bills…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks wound up mixed on Wall Street Monday, with the S&P 500 index managing just enough of a gain to mark another record…
Continue ReadingMarine Rylee McCollum, 20, died in the Kabul blast weeks before the birth of his child, family says
By Ralph Ellis, CNN Rylee McCollum’s family in Wyoming wasn’t surprised in the least when he enlisted in the Marines after high school.…
Continue ReadingMarine Rylee McCollum, 20, died in the Kabul blast weeks before the birth of his child, family says
CNN By Ralph Ellis, CNN Rylee McCollum’s family in Wyoming wasn’t surprised in the least when he enlisted in the Marines after high…
Continue ReadingIda topples New Orleans jazz landmark where Armstrong worked
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A storied New Orleans jazz site where a young Louis Armstrong once worked toppled when Ida blew through Louisiana as one of the…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans levees pass Ida’s test while some suburbs flood
By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JEFF AMY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New…
Continue ReadingReport: White child put strap on Black child’s neck at camp
By MARK PRATT Associated Press A civil rights group is calling for reform at a Massachusetts children’s summer camp on the affluent vacation resort…
Continue ReadingLongtime Colfax, Washington, fire chief dies on duty
COLFAX, Wash. (AP) — The longtime chief of the Colfax, Washington, fire department died from an apparent heart attack while fighting a wildfire…
Continue ReadingLouisiana hospitals hit by storm evacuate dozens of patients
By MELINDA DESLATTE and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana hospitals in Hurricane Ida’s path have been forced to…
Continue ReadingMuseum preserves memorial wall for building collapse victims
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials with a South Florida museum are collecting the photos, notes and other…
Continue ReadingHow Hurricane Ida compares to Hurricane Katrina
By Eric Levenson, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, exactly 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the state…
Continue ReadingHow Hurricane Ida compares to Hurricane Katrina
CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, exactly 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the…
Continue ReadingACLU seeks halt to South Carolina ban on school mask decrees
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Disability rights groups and parents of children with disabilities want an immediate halt to a South Carolina law…
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