Two Oregon counties request trucks for bodies as deaths climb
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly that two counties have requested refrigerated trucks to hold the…
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How Instagram star helped rescue dozens from Afghanistan
By HALELUYA HADERO and GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writers As governments, corporations and charity groups rush to get their citizens and employees out…
Continue ReadingHow Instagram star helped rescue dozens from Afghanistan
By HALELUYA HADERO and GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writers As governments, corporations and charity groups rush to get their citizens and employees out…
Continue ReadingTesla on part-automated drive system slams into police car
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A Tesla using its partially automated driving system has slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser on an interstate…
Continue ReadingTesla on part-automated drive system slams into police car
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A Tesla using its partially automated driving system has slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser on an interstate…
Continue ReadingStates making up the SEC have low vaccination rates, but stadiums will be at 100% capacity as college football kicks off this weekend
By Amir Vera and Kevin Dotson, CNN As football season kicks off this weekend, stadiums across the Southeastern Conference (SEC) return to full…
Continue ReadingMarchers across US call on Congress to bolster voting rights
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of voting rights advocates are rallying across the country…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Ida similar to Katrina, but stronger, smaller
By SETH BORENSTEIN Science Writer Sure, Hurricane Ida looks an awful lot like Hurricane Katrina, bearing down on the same part of Louisiana on the…
Continue ReadingUS Open players don’t need COVID shots; about half have them
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There will be some key contrasts when it comes to COVID vaccinations at the U.S. Open tennis…
Continue ReadingMountain lion killed after attacking child in California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wildlife authorities say that a mountain lion that attacked a 5-year-old boy and dragged the child across his front lawn in…
Continue ReadingOregon counties request trucks for bodies as deaths climb
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press BEND, Ore. (AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly in some counties that the state…
Continue Reading2 brothers arrested; bodies found buried in Illinois yard
LYONS, Ill. (AP) — Police have discovered two containers with human remains in a backyard in suburban Chicago. It comes a few days after a man told…
Continue ReadingSlain Marine who cradled baby at Kabul airport loved her job
By BRIAN MELLEY and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A Marine sergeant who cradled a baby in her arms at the airport and posted on social media that…
Continue ReadingA Hurricane Ida unknown: Economic impact on region and US
By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Companies evacuated oil and gas platforms south of Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Ida but a far greater worry was…
Continue ReadingA Hurricane Ida unknown: Economic impact on region and US
By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Companies evacuated oil and gas platforms south of Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Ida but a far greater worry was…
Continue ReadingMan found guilty of hate crime, murder in trans teen’s death
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A 27-year-old man has been convicted of murder and a hate-crime offense in the death of a transgender teen in Washington…
Continue ReadingFrench health pass protesters rally for 7th week
PARIS (AP) — Demonstrators opposed to France’s health pass took to the streets for a seventh Saturday of protests, but appeared to be less…
Continue ReadingProtests in Berlin for and against coronavirus restrictions
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Protesters have filled the German capital, as thousands turned out to demonstrate against the government’s…
Continue ReadingOregon COVID outbreak began with unvaccinated worker
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — Public health officials say a COVID-19 outbreak at an Oregon assisted living facility that has infected 64 people and…
Continue ReadingCrews battle to protect Lake Tahoe region from wildfire
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters faced a critical day in efforts to prevent a massive California wildfire from reaching the Lake Tahoe…
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