Baltimore man convicted in 2021 ambush shooting of city police officer
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 2021 deadly shooting ambush of a…
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Clarification: Campus-Death-Georgia-Immigration story
ATLANTA (AP) — In a headline and story published Feb. 29, 2024, The Associated Press reported that a bill in the Georgia House of Representatives…
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Bend Park and Rec board member Zavier Borja resigns; remaining board seeking applicants to fill position
Bend Park and Rec Board member Zavier Borja announced his resignation from the post he was elected to in 2021 at Tuesday evening’s board meeting,…
Continue ReadingEmbattled New York Community Bancorp gets $1 billion cash infusion, adds Steven Mnuchin to its board
By STAN CHOE and KEN SWEET AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled New York Community Bancorp is getting a lifeline of more than $1 billion…
Continue ReadingCourt order permanently blocks Florida gun retailer from selling certain gun parts in New York
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has banned a Florida gun retailer from selling certain gun…
Continue ReadingWith new plans, Colorado River states draw battle lines over who should bear the brunt of future water cuts
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Seven Western states are starting to plot a future for how much water they’ll draw from the dwindling Colorado…
Continue ReadingGov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign donor says his Panera Bread restaurants will follow minimum wage law
By ADAM BEAM Associated PRess SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A wealthy campaign donor of California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Panera Bread restaurants…
Continue ReadingLuck strikes twice for Kentucky couple who lost, then found, winning lottery ticket
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Luck struck twice for a Kentucky couple who thought they lost a winning Powerball ticket. The Kentucky Lottery said in a…
Continue ReadingFive killed in a private plane crash in eastern Burkina Faso
By The Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Authorities in Burkina Faso say five people were killed and two injured when a private…
Continue ReadingNTSB rips Boeing for failing to produce key door plug documents
By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Boeing has not turned over important records to investigators probing the door plug blowout on…
Continue Reading4 are charged with concealing a corpse, evidence tampering in Long Island body parts case
BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — Four people have been charged with concealing a human corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with the discovery of…
Continue ReadingEx-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade…
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Avid Bend skier, 58, falls into tree well, dies of suffocation at Mt. Bachelor, latest in string of such tragedies
(Update: Tree-well suffocation confirmed, victim identified; information on past incidents. lawsuits) Robert Harrington, 58, was wearing helmet,…
Continue ReadingMexican military helicopter crashes at sea, leaving 3 Navy personnel dead and 2 missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Navy says one of its helicopters crashed into the Pacific shortly after taking off from the deck of a patrol…
Continue ReadingGround cinnamon sold at discount stores is tainted with lead, FDA warns
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Reporter Ground cinnamon sold by U.S. discount retailers is contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded,…
Continue ReadingOscars producers promise cameos and surprises for Sunday’s (1 hour earlier) show
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With just a few days to go until the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, the show’s producers are…
Continue ReadingAmid Louisiana’s crawfish shortage, governor issues disaster declaration
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry has issued a disaster declaration…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa urges top UN court to impose more emergency orders on Israel to end starvation in Gaza
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Citing “widespread starvation” in Gaza, South Africa is urging the United…
Continue ReadingHalf of US states join GOP lawsuits challenging new EPA rule on deadly soot pollution
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five Republican-led states have joined lawsuits challenging a new Biden administration…
Continue ReadingMissouri governor offers ‘deepest sympathy’ after reducing former Chiefs assistant’s DWI sentence
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has offered his “deepest sympathy” to the family of a 5-year-old girl who was seriously…
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