Bluesky, a social network championed by Jack Dorsey, opens for anyone to sign up
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Writer The Twitter-like social network championed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has emerged from its cocoon and…
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Federal Medicare, Medicaid officials approve Oregon State Hospital’s plan for assuring secure patient transport
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the Oregon State Hospital Plan of Correction. The plan…
Continue ReadingPentagon believes it has identified problem behind Osprey crash that killed 8 Air Force crew members
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon believes it has identified the mechanical failure in an Osprey aircraft that led to a…
Continue ReadingUN envoy warns more attacks on Iraq threaten its hard-won stability
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq’s government is focused on avoiding a domestic or regional spillover of the…
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Kotek: Final state data confirms state exceeded goals set for last year’s homeless state of emergency
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Final data validated Tuesday by Oregon Housing and Community Services confirmed that the state exceeded all three goals set by…
Continue ReadingESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery are planning a sports streaming platform in the fall
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans on Tuesday to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that…
Continue Reading16-year-old suspect in Juneteenth shooting that hurt 6 sent to adult court
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A judge has waived to adult court a 16-year-old boy charged in a shooting after a Juneteenth celebration last year that left six…
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Wyden, colleagues introduce bill to investigate, measure AI’s environmental impacts
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate colleagues introduced legislation Tuesday that would direct the National Institute of…
Continue ReadingActor Gina Carano sues Lucasfilm and Disney over her firing from ‘The Mandalorian’
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Gina Carano on Tuesday sued Lucasfilm and its parent The Walt Disney Co. over her…
Continue ReadingOpinion piece about Detroit suburb is ‘racist and Islamophobic,’ Democrats say
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An op-ed piece that dubbed a Detroit suburb “America’s jihad capital” is being…
Continue ReadingShip mate says he saw vehicle smoking hours before it caught fire, killing 2 New Jersey firefighters
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — New testimony in the case of a fatal cargo ship fire in New Jersey sheds some light on whether…
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats push to require that Biden consult Congress on weapons sales to Israel
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are pushing to prevent the Biden administration from bypassing Congress when…
Continue ReadingRecord rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 500 mudslides. Half of downtown Los Angeles’ yearly rainfall in just three days. A wind gust of 102 mph. Those are…
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Oregon Zoo’s endangered rhino calf hits 2-month milestone steps outside ; vet staff confirm it’s a boy
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The tiniest rhinoceros at the Oregon Zoo turned 2 months old this week, and veterinary staff confirmed that he’s a…
Continue ReadingEcuador officials name likely source of tainted cinnamon that poisoned U.S. children
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Officials in Ecuador have named a likely source of contaminated ground cinnamon used in fruit pouches tied more…
Continue ReadingGeorgia politicians urge federal study to deepen Savannah’s harbor again
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s entire 16-member congressional delegation has signed a letter that supports…
Continue ReadingLegislative staffer suspended after confrontation with ‘Tennessee Three’ member
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee legislative staffer has been placed on leave after Democratic state Rep.…
Continue ReadingHyenas kill 1 person and injure 2 near Kenyan university, where students say they don’t feel safe
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marauding hyenas have killed a man and wounded two people near a university outside the Kenyan…
Continue ReadingA booming bourbon industry has Kentucky leaders toasting record growth
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the Kentucky Capitol steps to…
Continue ReadingTennessee militia member planned to attack US border agents, feds say
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Federal investigators say a Tennessee man who said the U.S. “is being invaded” planned to travel to the southern…
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