Wet and unwelcome, Fred spawns twisters and flooding in US
By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tropical Depression Fred has weakened to a depression and spawned several apparent…
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More protection: US likely to authorize COVID booster shots
By ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After struggling for months to persuade Americans to get the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingRobert Durst testifies he would lie to get out of trouble
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Durst has testified he would lie to get out of trouble and had lied during sworn…
Continue ReadingTaliban allowing ‘safe passage’ from Kabul in US airlift
By ROBERT BURNS, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake…
Continue ReadingBillions spent on Afghan army ultimately benefited Taliban
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces…
Continue ReadingCalifornia drought takes toll on world’s top almond producer
By TERENCE CHEA Associated Press FIREBAUGH, Calif. (AP) — A deepening drought threatens California’s $6 billion almond industry, which produces…
Continue ReadingCalifornia drought takes toll on world’s top almond producer
By TERENCE CHEA Associated Press FIREBAUGH, Calif. (AP) — A deepening drought threatens California’s $6 billion almond industry, which produces…
Continue ReadingGOP hits Biden despite divides over Afghanistan withdrawal
By WILL WEISSERT and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are lining up to blister President Joe Biden’s handling of…
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Biden administration expected to advise Covid booster shots for most Americans
Top health officials in the Biden administration are coalescing around an agreement that most Americans should get Covid booster shots eight months…
Continue ReadingDeath toll from Haiti’s weekend earthquake rises to 1,941
By MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Officials in Haiti have raised the death toll from a powerful weekend…
Continue ReadingPop star Kris Wu formally arrested in China on suspicion of rape
By Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has been formally arrested on suspicion of rape, prosecutors in Beijing said in…
Continue ReadingSources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka banks on vaccination to see it through delta surge
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — When a 51-year-old tutor suffered a heart attack in Sri Lanka’s capital,…
Continue ReadingChris Cuomo and his brother: ‘I tried to do the right thing’
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s Chris Cuomo has told viewers that he “tried to do the right thing” when balancing…
Continue Reading2 killed in fire that burned through apartment buildings
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed in a fire that burned two apartment buildings in the Browne’s Addition neighborhood…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka banks on vaccination to see it through delta surge
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — When a 51-year-old tutor suffered a heart attack in Sri Lanka’s capital,…
Continue ReadingFlorida school district with thousands in isolation or quarantine calls emergency board meeting
By Mallory Simon and Steve Almasy, CNN About a week after classes started, one Tampa-area school system has called an emergency meeting to discuss…
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Deschutes County commissioners put $1.45 million in ARPA funds toward farm water conservation efforts
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County commissioners have approved an additional American Rescue Plan Act investment of $1.45 million for an On-Farm…
Continue ReadingCardinal Raymond Leo Burke, a Covid-19 vaccination critic, is hospitalized and on a ventilator
CNN By Jennifer Henderson and Polo Sandoval, CNN Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke has been hospitalized with Covid-19 and placed on a ventilator, according…
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Bend, Mtn. View HS football teams’ pre-season practice affected by COVID-19 cases
After being shutdown due to “more than one case” of COVID-19, both Bend and Mountain View High School football teams are allowed to resume limited…
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