Simons has 36 and Ayton has 33 in Portland’s 106-102 win over the Hawks
By ANNE M PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Anfernee Simons scored 36 points and the Portland Trail Blazers held off the Atlanta…
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NYC thinks Census Bureau estimates missed tens of thousands of asylum seekers
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Three New York City boroughs have lost almost 80,000 residents from people moving away last year. That’s…
Continue ReadingBiden visits Michigan county emerging as the swing state’s top bellwether
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden travelled to Michigan’s premier bellwether county of Saginaw…
Continue ReadingIt’s not just ‘hang loose.’ Lawmakers look to make the friendly ‘shaka’ Hawaii’s official gesture
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — A pinky and thumb extended with the remaining fingers curled down: That’s the…
Continue ReadingOklahoma’s push to weaken penalties for cockfighting is frustrating opponents of the bloodsport
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press WILSON, Okla. (AP) — Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002, it…
Continue ReadingWomen blast through gender barriers in Colombia’s emerald mines, but struggle to emerge from poverty
By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press COSCUEZ, Colombia (AP) — Deep inside mountain tunnels where the heat is so intense it causes headaches, women…
Continue ReadingJudge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected one bid by…
Continue ReadingUS lawmakers see TikTok as China’s tool, even as it distances itself from Beijing
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — If some U.S. lawmakers have their way, the United States and China could end up with something in…
Continue ReadingFalling rocks in Australian gold mine kill 1 miner and severely injure another while 29 reach safety
SYDNEY (AP) — Rescuers say falling rocks inside a gold mine in Australia killed one worker and left another with life-threatening injuries. Another…
Continue ReadingRace for Chicago-area prosecutor seat features tough-on-crime judge, lawyer with Democratic backing
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An open seat to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office has become one of the…
Continue ReadingRussians abroad have no faith in this presidential election – and are divided on what they can do about it
By Anna Chernova and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Sergey Kulikov booked the first flight available out of Russia within days of the Kremlin…
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Semi carrying large wind turbine tower overturns, closing long stretch of I-84 in Eastern Oregon
BAKER CITY, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — A crash along Interstate 84 in Eastern Oregon closed the highway for a substantial stretch Wednesday as road crews…
Continue ReadingAir defense for $13 a shot? How lasers could revolutionize the way militaries counter enemy missiles and drones
By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Britain this week showed off a new laser weapon that its military says could deliver lethal missile or aircraft…
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Portland passes ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, starting in 2026
PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The Portland City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance that will ban the use of gas-powered leaf blowers on…
Continue ReadingIn a first, Vice President Harris tours Minnesota clinic that performs abortions
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has toured a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic that…
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Bend woman seeks public’s help in finding stolen pickup truck, nicknamed ‘Baby Blue’
A Bend woman says … well, here’s Devyn Aschoff’s note to us this morning: “Help! 1990 blue Toyota pickup stolen this morning around 4:00 in the…
Continue ReadingStorm carrying massive ‘gorilla hail’ hits parts of Kansas and Missouri
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Massive chunks of hail pelted parts of Kansas and Missouri on Wednesday night, bringing traffic to…
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Candidates for Crook County commissioner weigh in after 2-1 vote to make major governance change
After more than a year of discussion – and just days before the May primary candidate filing deadline – the Crook County Court voted 2-1 Friday…
Continue ReadingProsecutors say school shooter’s father was ‘grossly negligent,’ while defense says his manslaughter case is built on ‘hindsight’
By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — In closing arguments of James Crumbley’s manslaughter trial Wednesday, prosecutors said he…
Continue ReadingMany countries are bouncing back from the pandemic but the poorest are not, UN says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. report says many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the…
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