2 Phoenix officers shot with 1 listed in critical condition, police say
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say two officers have been shot and wounded by a person suspected of breaking into a car. Interim police Chief…
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Women hold four of Oregon’s five statewide elected offices – for now
By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon is in the upper echelon when it comes to the number of women in higher office.…
Continue ReadingIraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say
Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just…
Continue ReadingCocaine trade in the rugged Micay Canyon threatens Colombia’s peace efforts
Associated Press EL PLATEADO, Colombia (AP) — In the rugged Micay Canyon of southwestern Colombia, rebel groups have beefed up their presence over…
Continue ReadingTimeline of events surrounding the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in West London that killed 72
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The inquiry into Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II is releasing its final report on failings…
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Deschutes County commissioners to hold series of joint meetings with cities, other governing boards
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners will meet this fall with governing boards from across the county to collaborate on a variety of topics…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street extends losses as technology and energy stocks fall
AP Business Writers U.S. stock indexes lost more ground Wednesday, with declines in the technology, energy and other sectors adding to Wall…
Continue ReadingGrenfell Tower was a ‘death trap’ after failures by UK government and industry, inquiry says
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government,…
Continue ReadingIran summons Australian ambassador over post that ‘promoted homosexuality’
By Angus Watson, CNN Sydney, Australia (CNN) — A series of smiling Instagram photos of diplomats wearing purple and enjoying cupcakes has…
Continue ReadingThe pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of “harmony in diversity” and fight religious…
Continue ReadingDrought forces Kenya’s Maasai and other cattle herders to consider fish and camels
Associated Press KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been staple foods for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya, perhaps the…
Continue ReadingHuman rights group implicates Venezuelan security forces in killings during post-election protests
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday implicated Venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed…
Continue ReadingHarris visits New Hampshire to tout her small business tax plan
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has used a New Hampshire campaign stop to propose an expansion of tax incentives…
Continue ReadingRaise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on how to boost the US economy
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is betting that Americans crave trillions of dollars in tax cuts — and that growth will be so…
Continue ReadingLady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix bring ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Venice Film Festival
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Five years after “Joker” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, director Todd Phillips can’t help…
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Plane scoops water from Prineville Reservoir to drop on the Wiley Flat Fire
Ryan Jones Stanley shared this video of a firefighting plane scooping water from the Prineville Reservoir on Tuesday to drop on the still-growing…
Continue ReadingJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, ‘Lovely One,’ at Apollo Theater
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In one of her first public appearances on behalf of her newly published memoir, “Lovely One,” Supreme Court…
Continue ReadingDoug Emhoff says he’s ‘gutted’ after the hostage killings in Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, says he is “gutted” after the killings of American Hersh…
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Driver in downtown Sisters hits two parked cars before his SUV flips on its side
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Wilsonville man who reached for an unknown object left Cascade Avenue in downtown Sisters and hit two parked vehicles…
Continue ReadingThese are the ‘gifts’ prosecutors say a former aide to New York’s governor received from the Chinese government
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — US prosecutors say the Chinese government gave Linda Sun lavish, expensive gifts in return for violating internal…
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