Canada reaches settlement with Canadian detained in China for nearly three years
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government has reached a settlement with one of two Canadians who were detained in…
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California’s closely watched House primaries offer preview of battle to control Congress
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have settled House primaries across the state. But all eyes are on a…
Continue ReadingProgressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón advances to runoff
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has advanced to a runoff in his…
Continue ReadingCaucus chaos makes Utah last state to report Super Tuesday results
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A decision by the Utah Republican Party to select its presidential nominee through…
Continue ReadingThird-party group No Labels is expected to move forward with a 2024 campaign, AP sources say
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The third-party presidential movement No Labels is planning to move toward…
Continue ReadingVirginia judge sets aside guilty verdict against former school superintendent
BY MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A judge has set aside a guilty verdict against a former Virginia school system…
Continue ReadingIditarod issues time penalty to Seavey for not properly gutting moose that he killed on the trail
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Five-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey’s path to a possible record-breaking…
Continue ReadingSenegal sets election date after protests sparked by delay
By Mitchell McCluskey and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled the country’s presidential election for…
Continue ReadingSocial media ban for minors less restrictive in Florida lawmakers’ second attempt
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers have sent Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a bill to ban or…
Continue Reading5 things to know for March 7: 2024 elections, Ukraine, Gaza, IVF, ‘Rust’ shooting
KOAT, CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — It was another month for the record books, and not in a good way. Last month was the planet’s hottest…
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House-passed spending bill includes funds for Bend’s Hawthorne Bridge and airport control tower, Redmond wetlands
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., voted Wednesday in favor of H.R. 4366, the Consolidated Appropriations Act – a bipartisan…
Continue ReadingFact Focus: Biden falsely accused of secret flights for hundreds of thousands of immigrants
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — In his victory speech Tuesday, former president Donald Trump echoed false statements on social…
Continue ReadingA federal judge has ordered a US minority business agency to serve all races
By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has ordered a 55-year-old U.S. agency that caters to minority-owned…
Continue ReadingAt least 10 people killed as rebels seize a town in Congo’s conflict-hit eastern region
By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — People in eastern Congo say a rebel group with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda has seized a…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea’s Kim calls for stronger war fighting capabilities against the US and South Korea
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has called for greater war fighting capabilities…
Continue ReadingHuge fire engulfs police station in London. Neighbors warned to take shelter from thick black smoke
LONDON (AP) — Some 200 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a police station in east London. It has spewed black smoke into the air and forced…
Continue ReadingVoters support law enforcement leaders condemned for their failures in Uvalde school massacre
By Rachel Clarke and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Uvalde, Texas (CNN) — Two men criticized for their failures to challenge the Uvalde school shooter…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina schools chief loses primary to home-schooling parent critical of ‘radical agendas’
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s public schools superintendent and some state legislators won’t be…
Continue ReadingRetired wrestler and ex-congressional candidate suspected in Las Vegas killing surrenders to police
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A retired professional wrestler and former congressional candidate has surrendered to police in Nevada after a warrant was issued…
Continue ReadingAfter Ohio train derailment, tank cars didn’t need to be blown open to release chemical, NTSB says
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The head of the National Transportation Safety Board told Congress Wednesday that the decision to blow open five tank…
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