Ruling helps protect homeless people from having cars towed
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington’s Supreme Court has issued a key decision that helps protect people who are living in…
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Seton Hall files to dismiss player’s suit over knee injury
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Seton Hall University has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former basketball player Myles Powell over a knee…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Will we need vaccine passports to do fun things?
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Will we need vaccine passports to do fun things?
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might…
Continue Reading2 Russian opposition activists sentenced on drug charges
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian opposition activist and her husband have been handed prison sentences on drug charges they have rejected as a sham. A court…
Continue ReadingLollapalooza mandated vaccines or a negative Covid test. Officials say there’s no sign it was a superspreader event
By Dakin Andone, CNN There is no indication two weeks after Lollapalooza that the music festival contributed to a spike in Covid-19 infections, a…
Continue ReadingTony Bennett cancels fall and winter touring dates in 2021
By The Associated Press Tony Bennett has canceled his fall and winter 2021 tour dates. The legendary crooner is pulling out of concerts in New York,…
Continue ReadingWHO expert ‘had concerns’ about lab close to 1st COVID cases
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — When a World Health Organization-led team traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the…
Continue ReadingSony delays ‘Venom’ sequel release amid delta surge
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the biggest sign yet that Hollywood’s fall plans are being altered by the coronavirus surge…
Continue ReadingMigrants find themselves stranded abroad by new US policy
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press EL CEIBO, Guatemala (AP) — Karla Leiva finds herself at a migrant shelter near the Guatemala-Mexico border with…
Continue ReadingCensus data sets up redistricting fight over growing suburbs
By DAVID A. LIEB and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press The once-a-decade battle over redistricting is set to be a showdown over the suburbs, as new…
Continue ReadingCensus data sets up redistricting fight over growing suburbs
By DAVID A. LIEB and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press The once-a-decade battle over redistricting is set to be a showdown over the suburbs, as new…
Continue ReadingUS sending 3K troops for partial Afghan embassy evacuation
By ROBERT BURNS, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks before the U.S. military is scheduled to complete…
Continue ReadingRussian investigators probe big Black Sea oil spill
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top criminal investigation agency is looking into an oil spill off the country’s…
Continue ReadingMammoths were the original ‘ice road truckers,’ traveling vast distances across the Arctic
By Katie Hunt, CNN Mammoths covered huge distances in their lifetime. The beasts traveled the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth almost…
Continue ReadingNewberg School Board OKs ban on Black Lives Matter, other ‘political’ flags, signs, clothing
The school board in Newberg has voted to ban pride flags, flags reading Black Lives Matter and any broadly “political” signs, clothing and other…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco to require vaccine proof at indoor venues
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19…
Continue ReadingRussian hypersonic technology expert accused of high treason
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has jailed a specialist in hypersonic technologies pending trial on charges of high treason. It’s the latest…
Continue ReadingRussian hypersonic technology expert accused of high treason
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has jailed a specialist in hypersonic technologies pending trial on charges of high treason. It’s the latest…
Continue ReadingTwo new dinosaur species, as big as a blue whale, discovered in China
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Scientists have confirmed the discovery of two massive new dinosaur species in northwest China — some of the first…
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