Court upholds California’s authority to set nation-leading vehicle emission rules
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld California’s authority to…
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A new version of Scrabble aims to make the word-building game more accessible
NEW YORK (AP) — Scrabble is getting a bit of a makeover, at least in Europe. Mattel has unveiled a double-sided board that features both the…
Continue ReadingIdaho man faces federal terrorism charge. Prosecutors say he planned a church attack to support IS
By REBECCA BOONE and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An 18-year-old man planned to attack churches in a northern Idaho city using…
Continue ReadingTwo tribal nations sue social media companies over Native youth suicides
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER, HALELUYA HADERO and SHAWN CHEN Associated Press Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to high…
Continue ReadingTennessee Senate advances bill to arm teachers a year after deadly Nashville school shooting
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have cleared a significant…
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CEC to conduct vegetation management along North Pine Street in Sisters later this spring
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Later this spring on the Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest, vegetation management will be occurring on…
Continue ReadingRoger, overly playful dog who failed police academy, becomes star of Taiwan quake response
By Chris Lau and Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — A labrador retriever who failed to become a drug sniffing dog because he was overly…
Continue ReadingCompany that made millions of defective sleep apnea machines ordered to overhaul manufacturing
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The company responsible for a global recall of sleep apnea machines is now legally barred…
Continue ReadingFrancis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ to premiere at Cannes
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly half a century after Francis Ford Coppola won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for…
Continue ReadingWomen’s NCAA title game outdraws the men’s championship with an average of 18.9 million viewers
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The women’s NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the men’s title game for the…
Continue ReadingOklahoma judge orders Kansas City Chiefs superfan ‘ChiefsAholic’ to pay $10.8M to bank teller
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge ordered a Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “ChiefsAholic” who…
Continue ReadingThird channel to open at Baltimore port as recovery from bridge collapse continues
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland senator says a third channel will open this month at Baltimore’s port after the…
Continue ReadingEvers vetoes a Republican-backed bill targeting PFAS chemicals
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a Republican bill Tuesday that would have created grants to…
Continue ReadingUS Postal Service seeking to hike cost of first-class stamp to 73 cents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is planning a rate increase that would raise the price of a first-class stamp from 68 cents to 73 cents.…
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New Mid Oregon Credit Union fundraiser to benefit SMART Reading program
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Mid Oregon Credit Union launched a new community impact partnership and spring fundraiser on Monday to benefit the SMART…
Continue ReadingCirque du Soleil’s Beatles-themed Las Vegas show will end after an 18-year run
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The final curtain will come down this summer on Cirque du Soleil’s long-running show “The…
Continue ReadingSpanish parliament will consider a bill to grant residency to undocumented immigrants
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s parliament has agreed to consider a proposal that could grant residency and work permits to hundreds of thousands…
Continue ReadingGermany defends support for Israel in UN court against accusations of ‘facilitating genocide’ in Gaza
By Nadine Schmidt and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Germany has hit back at allegations by Nicaragua that it has been “facilitating…
Continue ReadingFormer assistant principal charged with child neglect in case of 6-year-old boy who shot teacher
By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been…
Continue ReadingMore than half of foreign-born people in US live in just 4 states and half are naturalized citizens
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — More than half of the foreign-born population in the United States lives in just four…
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