COVID-19 forces Idaho hospitals past capacity, toward crisis
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hospital facilities and public health agencies are scrambling to add capacity as the number…
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RFK assassin Sirhan seeks parole; DA won’t challenge release
By JULIE WATSON and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan,…
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Oregon reports 9 more COVID-19 related deaths, 2,057 new cases, 1,085 hospitalizations
There are nine new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,095, along with 2,057 new cases and 1,085…
Continue ReadingCalifornia health officials report signs of ‘encouraging’ Covid trends but warn residents not to let their guard down
By Cheri Mossburg and Christina Maxouris, CNN California health officials say the number of new Covid-19 infections reported statewide appears to be…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 27: Afghanistan, evictions, Ida, Covid-19, Capitol riot
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN “We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay.” That was President…
Continue ReadingSouthwest trims schedule in effort to solve flight problems
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is reducing the number of flights it will operate the rest of this year.…
Continue ReadingSouthwest trims schedule in effort to solve flight problems
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is reducing the number of flights it will operate the rest of this year.…
Continue ReadingWitness: R. Kelly once compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A witness at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial says the R&B star once compared himself to rock…
Continue ReadingTennessee flood response aided by out-of-town cellphones
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When deadly floods knocked out all communications but radio in rural Tennessee last…
Continue ReadingJudge sentences 84-year-old man in 1976 double homicide
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — A judge has sentenced an 84-year-old man to consecutive life sentences in connection with a 1976 double homicide. A jury…
Continue ReadingMcCarthy tells Republicans Biden will face a ‘reckoning’ for handling of Afghanistan exit
CNN By Melanie Zanona, Jeremy Herb and Alex Rogers, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday vowed that President Joe Biden will face a…
Continue ReadingTwo decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias
By MARIAM FAM, DEEPTI HAJELA and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Muslim Americans who grew up under the shadow of 9/11 have…
Continue ReadingHow 9/11 changed air travel: more security, less privacy
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a…
Continue ReadingMarchers compare deadly coal battle to Manchin’s wage stance
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A grassroots group is using the centennial of a deadly fight to organize West Virginia coal…
Continue ReadingMarchers compare deadly coal battle to Manchin’s wage stance
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A grassroots group is using the centennial of a deadly fight to organize West Virginia coal…
Continue ReadingKenny Malone, drummer on on Dolly, Dobie Gray hits, dies
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Drummer Kenny Malone, an in-demand session player who played on hits by Dolly…
Continue ReadingUS closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein killed himself
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government says it is shutting down an embattled federal jail in…
Continue ReadingCalifornia delays decriminalizing psychedelic substances
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers will wait until next year to consider decriminalizing psychedelics.…
Continue ReadingCalifornia delays decriminalizing psychedelic substances
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers will wait until next year to consider decriminalizing psychedelics.…
Continue ReadingThe first ‘murder hornet’ nest of 2021 has been destroyed in Washington
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN The first Asian giant hornet nest of 2021 has been eradicated in Washington, according to state officials. The nest was…
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