‘HELP’ sign on beach points rescuers to men stuck nine days on remote Pacific atoll
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press The U.S. Coast Guard says three men stranded on an uninhabited Pacific atoll survived for over a week before being…
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Plastic trash turned into decks: Central Oregon companies promote sustainability efforts as Earth Day approaches
Earth Day is coming up on Monday, April 22, again putting a spotlight on sustainability efforts — including some literally under foot, with many who…
Continue ReadingA Palestinian is killed as Israeli settlers rampage in his village and troops fire on stone-throwers
By JACK JEFFREY and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the…
Continue ReadingRoku says 576,000 accounts breached in cyberattack
By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — About 576,000 Roku accounts were compromised in a cyberattack, the company said on Friday, the second security…
Continue ReadingTennessee legislature passes bill banning marriages between first cousins
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A bill prohibiting marriage between first cousins is headed to the Tennessee governor’s desk after the state…
Continue ReadingRussia test-launches an intercontinental ballistic missile
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says it has conducted a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Russia’s Defense…
Continue ReadingProminent surgeon says he was denied entry to Germany for a pro-Palestinian conference
By JACK JEFFERY and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A prominent British-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals during…
Continue ReadingNo link between Ozempic, Wegovy and suicide, EU drug regulators say
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Drug regulators in Europe have found no evidence that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and…
Continue ReadingMan charged in slaying after woman’s leg found at Milwaukee-area park
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 33-year-old man has been charged in the slaying of a woman whose leg was found on the beach of a lakefront park near Milwaukee.…
Continue ReadingAP Decision Notes: What to expect in Michigan’s state house special elections
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Democrats hope to restore their slim majority in the state House of Representatives when…
Continue ReadingMaine lawmakers approve shield law for providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press The Democratic-controlled Maine Legislature has approved a bill that would protect health care workers who provide…
Continue ReadingBrazil court says government must compensate victims of stray bullets in police raids
By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian Supreme Court has ruled that the state must compensate victims of…
Continue ReadingJury convicts Memphis, Tennessee, man of raping a woman a year before jogger’s killing
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been found guilty of raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a school…
Continue Reading1 dead and 13 injured in semitrailer crash at a Texas public safety office, with the driver jailed
By LEKAN OYEKANMI and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler through the…
Continue ReadingRobert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93
By DAVE BRYAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer…
Continue ReadingA police officer and an 18-year-old suspect are killed by gunfire in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a police officer and an 18-year-old suspect were fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire that injured…
Continue Reading1 dead, several injured after 18-wheeler crashed into Texas Department of Public Safety office, driver arrested
By Andy Rose and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A man drove a stolen 18-wheeler into a Texas Department of Public Safety building Friday, killing one…
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Crook County officials to hold ham radio communication exercise simulating high-water event
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Saturday, Crook County Emergency Management, Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, and Crook County Auxcomm…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: South Carolina prison supervisor took $219,000 in bribes; got 173 cellphones to inmates
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A supervisor who managed security at a South Carolina prison accepted more than $219,000…
Continue ReadingThe O.J. Simpson case forced domestic violence into the spotlight, boosting a movement
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thirty years ago, women’s rights advocates working to pass the 1994 Violence Against…
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