Hard-liners are leading in vote count in Iran’s parliamentary election after record-low turnout
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-liners are leading in an initial vote count in the capital Tehran, state media reported…
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Drone crash damages an apartment building in St Petersburg, Russia state media says
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state news agency says a drone crashed into an apartment building in St. Petersburg. RIA Novosti said six people…
Continue ReadingA massive blizzard howls in the Sierra Nevada. High winds and heavy snow close roads and ski resorts
By BROOKE HESS and KEN RITTER Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed “as bad as it gets”…
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Family welcomes leap year baby Melany at St. Charles Madras
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A family welcomed a leap day baby Thursday at St. Charles Madras who won’t officially celebrate her first birthday for…
Continue ReadingParamedic convicted in Elijah McClain’s death sentenced to 5 years in prison
By Emma Tucker, Eric Levenson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — One of the two paramedics convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019…
Continue ReadingLast surviving member of the first team to conquer Mount Everest says it is crowded and dirty now
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered…
Continue ReadingHaruki Murakami unveils his new short story at a Tokyo literary event
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Only 1,100 lucky audience members were there to hear the yet-to-be published short story…
Continue ReadingA party like no other? Asia’s richest man celebrates son’s prenuptials with a star-studded bash
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — What happens when the son of Asia’s richest man is about to get married? His father throws…
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Avelo Airlines partners with Seattle company to install fuel, emission-reducing Finlets on fleet of NG 737 jets
HOUSTON (KTVZ) — Avelo Airlines announced Friday it is partnering with Seattle-based Vortex Control Technologies (VCT) to install fuel and…
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Oregon sees union membership rate decline in 2023, still among top 10 in U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO (KTVZ) — In 2023, union members accounted for 14.1 percent of wage and salary workers in Oregon, compared with 15.5 percent in 2022,…
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48 Oregon students were caught with guns at school last year, data shows – more than double the previous year
The number of students caught bringing a gun to school in Oregon increased significantly last year, KGW reported this week.…
Continue ReadingIn Senegal’s capital, Nicaragua is a hot ticket among travel agents as migrants try to reach US
By BABA AHMED Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — In Senegal’s capital, Nicaragua is a hot ticket among travel agents serving people who…
Continue ReadingTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super Tuesday revenge on his foes
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. On Super Tuesday, he wants political…
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Oregon Senate OKs bill requiring campaigns to disclose use of artificial intelligence in voter communications
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – This week, the Oregon Senate passed Senate Bill 1571, which requires political campaigns in Oregon to disclose the use of…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina is among GOP states to change its voting rules. The primary will be a test
By AYANNA ALEXANDER, GARY D. ROBERTSON and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Super Tuesday ballot…
Continue ReadingDivided Michigan GOP finds common ground in awarding all its presidential delegates to Trump
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans awarded all 39 of the state’s remaining presidential…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s troops are rationing ammunition. Yet House Republicans plan to take weeks to mull more aid
By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian drones fly without ammunition. Russian artillery unleash deadly…
Continue ReadingPeace, music and memories: As the 1960s fade, historians scramble to capture Woodstock’s voices
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — Woodstock didn’t even happen in Woodstock. The fabled music festival, seen as one of…
Continue ReadingAs Sweden joins NATO, it bids farewell to more than two centuries of neutrality
By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s last war ended in 1814, and when the rifles and cannons it aimed at Norway fell…
Continue Reading‘They wanted to humiliate us.’ Palestinian women detained by Israel allege abuse in Israeli custody
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Nabela thought the United Nations school in Gaza City was a safe haven. Then, the Israeli army…
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