U.S. families mid-adoption trying to get Afghan children out
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press After five frustrating years of mire and bureaucratic delays, Bahaudin Mujtaba and wife Lisa had hoped this…
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House Dems plan budget vote next week, defying moderates
BY ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats are planning House votes next week on a budget resolution that would clear a path for…
Continue ReadingStudy: Pandemic speeded trends away from live TV viewing
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends in how people are watching television differently. A study…
Continue ReadingStudy: Pandemic speeded trends away from live TV viewing
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends in how people are watching television differently. A study…
Continue ReadingTSA to extend transportation mask mandate into January
By Gregory Wallace, CNN The Transportation Security Administration will extend its US federal transportation mask mandate through January 18, the…
Continue ReadingTexas governor tests positive for COVID-19, in ‘good health’
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19. His office said Tuesday…
Continue ReadingFollowing protests, Cuba lays out laws on social media use
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government has spelled out laws against using social media or the internet to stir up…
Continue ReadingFollowing protests, Cuba lays out laws on social media use
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government has spelled out laws against using social media or the internet to stir up…
Continue ReadingUS Golf Association employee charged in embezzlement scheme
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams has announced Tuesday that a former United States Golf Association…
Continue ReadingColorado governor voids 1864 order to kill Native Americans
By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has rescinded a 19th century proclamation that called…
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Feds give final OK to 11-mile Lone Pine canal piping project east of Terrebonne
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service said Tuesday it has released a Final Watershed Plan-Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No…
Continue ReadingEx-Pirates pitcher sentenced for sexual conduct with minor
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates has been sentenced to two to four years behind bars for statutory sexual…
Continue ReadingDA won’t prosecute for governor’s student mask opt-out order
By JONATHAN MATTISE and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An order by the Tennessee governor letting parents opt their children…
Continue ReadingFamily: Man in deputy’s shooting had ‘irrational thoughts’
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — The family of a man identified as a suspect in the fatal shooting of a deputy in southwestern Michigan said he had been…
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Crook County Health Dept. plans another COVID-19 vaccine mobile clinic
Cases of COVID are on the rise not only in Oregon, but the entire nation. In Crook County our case count is higher than ever before counted. The…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press Stocks fell in afternoon trading Tuesday, as data showed the coronavirus pandemic is still holding back the U.S. economy. The…
Continue ReadingHome Depot, KB Home fall; Fabrinet, Moderna rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Home Depot, KB Home fall; Fabrinet, Moderna…
Continue ReadingFed’s Powell: There’s no returning to pre-pandemic economy
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the U.S. economy has been permanently…
Continue ReadingSean Penn, with daughter Dylan, directs again in ‘Flag Day’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Sean Penn is sort of done with movies. He’s still making them, here and there. But Penn is…
Continue ReadingAP source: NHL teams OK’d to add sponsor patches on jerseys
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Jersey advertisements are coming to the NHL. The league will allow teams to put sponsor patches on jerseys…
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