Attic fire causes extensive damage to SW Madras home; residents, pets escape safely
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An attic fire extensively damaged a southwest Madras home early Thursday morning, but all of the residents and pets escaped…
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K-9 killed protecting officer and inmate who was attacked by prisoners, Virginia officials say
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia prison officials say a K-9 has died after “heroically” protecting a correctional officer, who was responding to a…
Continue ReadingRestrictions on absentee ballot help in Alabama are being challenged in a lawsuit
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A new Alabama law that criminalizes types of assistance with absentee ballot applications…
Continue ReadingWisconsin doctor who sued to protect abortion access joins congressional race
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A doctor from De Pere becomes the first Democratic candidate in Wisconsin’s 8th…
Continue ReadingDenmark says a navy missile with a tech error might launch unintentionally — but won’t explode
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark warned Thursday that a technical error on a navy missile might make it launch unintentionally — but not…
Continue ReadingRights group says Israeli strike on Gaza building killed 106 in apparent war crime
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Human Rights Watch says an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza last October killed…
Continue ReadingAthletics announce plans to play the next 3 seasons in minor league park near Sacramento
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics will leave Oakland after this season and play temporarily at a minor…
Continue ReadingPresident Macron says France and its allies ‘could have stopped’ the 1994 Rwanda genocide
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda…
Continue ReadingFree blue checks are back for some accounts on Elon Musk’s X. Not everyone is happy about it
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has begun restoring…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina governor undergoes knee surgery for 2022 tennis injury
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has undergone a minor elective knee surgery for a…
Continue ReadingMan guilty of murder after rookie British police officer was killed in an armed robbery in 2005
LONDON (AP) — A man has been convicted of murder after a British police officer on the job for nine months was shot dead in an armed robbery nearly…
Continue ReadingUS tourist on safari in Zambia killed by charging elephant
By Jack Guy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — An elderly American woman was killed in Zambia after an elephant charged at a vehicle carrying tourists…
Continue ReadingSerbia police arrest 2 men accused of hitting a 2-year-old girl with their car and dumping her body
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old Serbian girl whose disappearance last month gripped the nation died after being hit by a car and…
Continue ReadingIn the coliseum of American over-the-topness, WrestleMania stands alone
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — He surveyed the Arizona crowd that had paid to catch a wrestling glimpse of the planet’s…
Continue ReadingApril nor’easter with heavy, wet snow pounds Northeast, knocks out power to hundreds of thousands
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, downing trees and power lines and…
Continue ReadingAlgerians question president for calling an early election without announcing his own campaign
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s surprise decision to schedule elections earlier than expected in Algeria is…
Continue ReadingPolice say use of racial slur clearly audible as they investigate racist incidents toward Utah team
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Police investigating racist incidents directed toward the Utah women’s basketball team when they were near…
Continue ReadingSomalia orders Ethiopia’s ambassador to leave the country as diplomatic tensions rise
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia has ordered Ethiopia’s ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours, and the…
Continue ReadingBurglars steal $30 million in cash from a Los Angeles money storage facility – one of the city’s largest cash heists
By Melissa Alonso and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and Los Angeles Police Department are investigating one of the largest cash heists in…
Continue ReadingALS drug will be pulled from US market after study showed patients didn’t benefit
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a large study said…
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