More than 30,000 killed in Gaza since Israel-Hamas war began, health ministry says
By Rob Picheta and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — More than 30,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel’s war with Hamas began in October,…
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Deschutes County Public Health rolling out mobile outreach van, offering services around the county
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Public Health is hitting the road, launching mobile services in a special Mobile Outreach Vehicle. “We meet you…
Continue ReadingYoung South Korean doctors resist back-to-work orders, risking prosecution
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As South Korea’s government made a last plea for junior doctors to end…
Continue ReadingWhat is Super Tuesday? Why it matters and what to watch
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The biggest day of this year’s primary campaign is approaching. Sixteen states vote in contests known as…
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Deschutes County announces winner of K-5 ‘I Voted’ Sticker Contest; grades 6-12 competition underway
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The winner of the elementary school (K-5) Deschutes County “I Voted” Sticker Contest is Ivy Sapp, a second-grader from Lava…
Continue ReadingBlizzard warning, avalanche watch as storm packing up to 10 feet of snow moves into Sierra Nevada
By SCOTT SONNER AND OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The most powerful Pacific storm of the season started barreling into the…
Continue ReadingTexas battles historic wildfires as snow covers scorched land in the Panhandle
By SEAN MURPHY and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press STINNETT, Texas (AP) — A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina’s 5 open congressional seats drawing candidates in droves
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dozens of Republicans are competing for five of North Carolina’s 14 congressional…
Continue ReadingLawmakers fault Defense Secretary Austin for a failure of leadership over his secret hospital stay
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faced pointed bipartisan criticism at a congressional hearing…
Continue ReadingA brazen iPhone scam in Iran reflects its economic struggles and tensions with the West
By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A shop in Iran’s capital has been offering consumers in the Islamic Republic one of the…
Continue ReadingOn the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden and Trump try to use immigration to election advantage
By SEUNG MIN KIM, JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — On the banks of the same Rio Grande but 300 miles apart,…
Continue ReadingNYC’s plan to ease gridlock and pump billions into mass transit? A $15 toll for Manhattan drivers
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Between bridge and tunnel tolls and parking fees, it can already cost a mint to drive a car into…
Continue ReadingThings to know about Idaho’s botched execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech
By REBECCA BOONE and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press KUNA, Idaho (AP) — For nearly an hour, Thomas Eugene Creech lay strapped to a table in an Idaho…
Continue ReadingCharred homes, blackened earth after Texas town revisited by destructive wildfire 10 years later
By SEAN MURPHY and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press FRITCH, Texas. (AP) — The small town of Fritch is again picking through the rubble of a Texas…
Continue ReadingUS adults fracture along party lines in support for Ukraine military funding, AP-NORC poll finds
By STEPHEN GROVES and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia makes battlefield advances and Ukrainian soldiers run short on…
Continue ReadingRussian quad bike raids, 3D printed drones and a lack of ammo: Life on the front line in Ukraine’s Robotyne
By Nick Paton Walsh, Anna-Maja Rappard, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN Near Orikhiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Pixelated in the thermal drone imagery,…
Continue ReadingKishida vows no more fundraising parties at Parliament’s ethics hearing over a funds scandal
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s beleaguered Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has renewed his apology and vowed to hold no…
Continue Reading2 buses collide head-on in western Honduras, killing 17 people and injuring 14
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Authorities in Honduras say two buses collided head-on in a village in the Central American country’s west, and…
Continue ReadingCaitlin Clark’s 33-point game moves her past Lynette Woodard for the major college scoring record
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark has another career record on her astounding resume: the most points by any major…
Continue ReadingAustralia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers ‘extensive’ coral bleaching, as scientists fear seventh mass bleaching event
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering from extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s…
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