5 Pac-12 teams still haven’t named starters at QB
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer A handful of Pac-12 teams have yet to name a starting quarterback with their season openers looming. Washington…
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Purdue: Settlement better for states than continuing suits
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A Purdue Pharma lawyer says states would get more money from settling with the company than if they were allowed…
Continue ReadingPurdue: Settlement better for states than continuing suits
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A Purdue Pharma lawyer says states would get more money from settling with the company than if they were allowed…
Continue Reading‘Crisis teams’ sent to hard-hit COVID hospitals in Oregon
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon will deploy “crisis teams” of hundreds of nurses, respiratory therapists,…
Continue ReadingTennessee woman livestreamed flooding shortly before it claimed her life
CNN, WSMV By Nick Valencia and Jason Hanna, CNN When deadly floodwaters rushed around her Tennessee home Saturday morning, Linda Almond Bryant…
Continue ReadingTennessee woman livestreamed flooding shortly before it claimed her life
By Nick Valencia and Jason Hanna, CNN When deadly floodwaters rushed around her Tennessee home Saturday morning, Linda Almond Bryant started a…
Continue ReadingCODE Team: Naked fugitive arrested during SW Bend parking lot drug deal
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 38-year-old Bend fugitive arrested during an apparent drug deal in a southwest Bend restaurant parking lot was sitting naked…
Continue ReadingFinal victim found in Tennessee flooding disaster search
By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — The body of the final person missing from a devastating weekend flood…
Continue ReadingConservative hoaxers face $5.1M fine for election robocalls
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two conservative hoaxers face a record $5.1 million fine for allegedly making illegal…
Continue ReadingMolina agrees to $10M contract with Cards for final season
By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina’s 19th season will be his last. The 39-year-old made…
Continue ReadingKentucky man convicted in killing after governor’s pardon
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A man pardoned by Kentucky’s former governor for a 2014 drug robbery killing has been…
Continue ReadingApproximately 1,500 people who may be Americans are left in Afghanistan, Blinken says
By Jennifer Hansler, Paul LeBlanc and Phil Mattingly, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that there are approximately 1,500 people…
Continue ReadingFor decades the Taliban’s leaders have been shrouded in secrecy. Here’s what we know about the key players
By Saleem Mehsud, Kara Fox, Natalie Croker and Henrik Pettersson and Tim Lister, CNN The Taliban‘s leadership structure has long been a…
Continue ReadingWisconsin lawmaker with COVID-19 on ventilator, stable
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state senator from Wisconsin who opposed mask and vaccine mandates and then…
Continue ReadingConcern about endangered whales cited in suit over wind farm
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A group of Nantucket residents have filed a federal lawsuit to block the construction of dozens of…
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A group of Nantucket residents have filed a federal lawsuit to block the construction of dozens of…
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State contracts with medical staffing firms for more nurses, medics at St. Charles, S. Oregon hospitals
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday that health care facilities around the state — particularly those in hard-hit Central…
Continue ReadingNashville Freedom Rider Ernest ‘Rip’ Patton dies at 81
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Freedom Rider and civil rights leader Ernest “Rip” Patton has died. He…
Continue ReadingLawsuit: Transgender teen strip-searched at airport
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman is suing the Transportation Security Administration, saying her transgender teenager was ordered to…
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Oregonians could see record $1.9 billion ‘kicker’ tax refund next year
Oregon could send out a massive $1.9 billion “kicker” tax refund next year, due to surging income tax…
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