NASA probes whether object that crashed into Florida home came from space station
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — NASA says it’s investigating whether an object that crashed into the roof of a home in southwest Florida last month came from…
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Oregon airport TSA security officers ratify new contract, say it improves working conditions
Airport security officers in Oregon are celebrating what they say will be better working conditions, after ratifying a new collective bargaining…
Continue ReadingAverage long-term US mortgage rate rises modestly this week, holding just below 7%
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose modestly this week, holding below 7% as it has…
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League of Women Voters of Deschutes County, City Club of C.O. announce Primary Candidate Forum Series
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The League of Women Voters of Deschutes County and City Club of Central Oregon are pleased to announce their 2024 Primary…
Continue ReadingCaitlin Clark of Iowa is the AP Player of the Year in women’s hoops for the 2nd straight season
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Caitlin Clark is capping her illustrious college career with another record-breaking season…
Continue ReadingVenice day-trippers will face steep fines if they fail to pay an access fee under a pilot program
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Day-trippers to Venice who fail to pay 5 euros ($5.43) to enter the lagoon city’s historic center…
Continue ReadingEuropean police seize Lamborghinis and Rolexes over alleged $650M Covid-19 fraud
By Christian Edwards and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested 22 people and seized assets worth more than €600 million ($650…
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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…
Continue ReadingK-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…
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