Special report: How Meals on Wheels program serves Central Oregon seniors in very special ways
The Redmond Senior Center serves nearly 32,000 meals a year, through Central Oregon’s Meals on Wheels Program.…
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Indonesia’s top court hears appeals from losing presidential candidates who want a revote
By NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court has heard appeals lodged by two losing…
Continue ReadingCargo ship had engine maintenance in port before it collided with Baltimore bridge, officials say
By LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent…
Continue ReadingSmuggling suspect knew of frigid cold before Indian family’s death on Canada border, prosecutors say
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Court papers show a man accused of helping lead a human smuggling ring was warned about…
Continue ReadingChina wins WTO dispute with Australia over steel products
SYDNEY (AP) — China has won a nearly three-year-long dispute with Australia at the World Trade Organization over tariffs on steel products that…
Continue ReadingTiny, endangered fish hinders California’s Colorado River conservation plan
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Southern California’s Imperial Irrigation District supplies water to farmers who grow most of the nation’s…
Continue ReadingShould college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice
By COLLIN BINKLEY, ANNIE MA and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When she started writing her college essay, Hillary Amofa told the…
Continue ReadingShould college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice
By COLLIN BINKLEY, ANNIE MA and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When she started writing her college essay, Hillary Amofa told the…
Continue ReadingAfter a county restricted transgender women in sports, a roller derby league said, ‘No way’
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press SEAFORD, N.Y. (AP) — They zip around the rink, armed with helmets, pads and mouthguards. They push, bump and…
Continue ReadingAs those who fled Israel’s border villages weigh whether to return, what hangs in the balance?
By ADAM GELLER Associated Press KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — Months after Hamas killed 1,200 people in an early-morning assault, Israeli…
Continue ReadingThey fled kibbutzim after Hamas attacked. Now, many Israelis must decide whether to go back.
By ADAM GELLER Associated Press KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — For a few minutes on a recent afternoon, the sun-bathed silence that fills Nadav…
Continue ReadingTrump slow to invest in states that could decide election as some in GOP fear ‘skeleton’ campaign
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In his bid to retake the White House, few states hold as much promise for Donald…
Continue ReadingAhmaud Arbery’s killers ask a US appeals court to overturn their hate crime convictions
By KATE BRUMBACK and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Three white men are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out their hate crime…
Continue ReadingHurry up and wait: Trump’s classified documents case is mired in delays that may run past election
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The case against Donald Trump seemed relatively straightforward in August 2022 when FBI agents…
Continue Reading50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat
By DARKO BANDIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — With vigils outside clinics, marches drawing thousands and groups of men…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s border villages feel full force of Russian war machine as Putin moots possible ‘sanitary zone’
By Andy Carey and Olga Voitovych, CNN Sumy region, Ukraine (CNN) — “Evacuation! Of civilians from the village of Luhivka.” Out of breath,…
Continue ReadingTrump evokes more anger and fear from Democrats than Biden does from Republicans, AP-NORC poll shows
By BILL BARROW and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Many Americans are unenthusiastic about a November rematch of the 2020…
Continue ReadingThose Godzilla claw shoes on the Oscars red carpet are just one of Hazama’s ‘dark fantasy’ creations
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press URAWA, Japan (AP) — One Japanese creation grabbing attention on the Oscars red carpet wasn’t a movie: the…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina has $1.8 billion but doesn’t know where the money came from or where it should go
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has collected about $1.8 billion in a bank account over the past decade…
Continue ReadingThe presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to…
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