Portland prepares for potentially violent weekend protests
Demonstrations are expected between opposing groups in downtown Portland on Sunday. City leaders on Friday denounced violence and urged…
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For US military leaders, Afghan news strikes personal chord
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For senior military and Pentagon leaders, this week’s news was profoundly personal. The…
Continue ReadingWinds threaten to fan destructive California wildfire
PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Crews are digging in and burning out fire lines amid fears that another round of high winds will bring renewed fury to a…
Continue ReadingHurricane Grace hits Mexico’s Gulf coast, dissipates; 8 dead
By FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Grace hit Mexico’s Gulf as a major Category 3…
Continue ReadingBiden’s view of job comes into focus after Afghan collapse
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden actually made up his mind a long time ago about…
Continue ReadingBiden vows to evacuate all Americans — and Afghan helpers
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ROBERT BURNS, JAMES LAPORTA and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging firmly to bring…
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Earliest-ever water shutoff at Wickiup Reservoir leaves open question: What of next year?
An outflow tube that carries water from the Wickiup Reservoir into the Deschutes River was turned off Friday afternoon, the latest troubling…
Continue ReadingUS envoy arrives in Seoul amid N Korean anger over drills
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea arrived in South Korea Saturday…
Continue ReadingJudge: California ride-hailing law is unconstitutional
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has struck down California’s ballot measure that exempted Uber and other companies…
Continue ReadingJudge: California ride-hailing law is unconstitutional
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has struck down California’s ballot measure that exempted Uber and other companies…
Continue ReadingUniversity of Virginia disenrolls 238 students for not complying with university’s vaccine mandate
By Liam Reilly, CNN The University of Virginia has disenrolled 238 students for its fall semester on Friday for not complying with the…
Continue ReadingVaccine rule comes as WA state ferries face staffing crunch
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s announcement of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for state workers comes at a time when the state…
Continue ReadingOregon, Oregon State to require vaccination proof to attend
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon and Oregon State became the first Power Five schools to announce they will require proof of vaccination or a negative…
Continue ReadingOrlando residents asked to limit water usage to help Covid-19 patients
By Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is asking residents to conserve water because liquid oxygen, used to treat the…
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Earlier start times for Bend-La Pine elementary schools raise concerns for some parents
Elementary school students in the Bend-La Pine Schools again will be starting school earlier than middle and high schoolers this fall — and this…
Continue ReadingOfficial Taliban websites go offline, though reasons unknown
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the…
Continue ReadingOfficial Taliban websites go offline, though reasons unknown
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the…
Continue ReadingCountry singer Tom T. Hall dies; wrote ‘Harper Valley PTA’
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and…
Continue ReadingIowa woman who struck 2 children with her car sentenced to 25 years in prison for hate crimes
By Christina Carrega and Douglas S. Wood, CNN An Iowa woman was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Thursday for trying to kill two children…
Continue ReadingAs Taliban fighters swarmed Kabul, two friends looked for the fastest route out
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Zahra shelters in her Kabul apartment, anxiously peering through the window at Taliban fighters in the parking lot below. She…
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