No teams: ‘Genius: MLK/X’ suggests ‘we need both’ Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press The new season of National Geographic’s “Genius” anthology series focuses on two civil rights legends, the…
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Missouri Republicans are split over changes to state Senate districts
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether changes should be made to the…
Continue Reading‘I don’t know how I will eat.’ For the workers behind Argentina’s national drink, Milei’s reforms are turning sour
By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Sonia Lemos doesn’t know how she will put food on the table until the next harvest, two months from now.…
Continue ReadingOregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a…
Continue Reading‘Mind-blowing’ new images reveal 19 galaxies ‘down to the smallest scales ever observed’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured scintillating images of 19 spiral galaxies — and the millions…
Continue ReadingOregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a…
Continue ReadingAttorneys for the man charged in University of Idaho stabbings seek change of venue
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for the man charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in late 2022 are seeking a change of…
Continue ReadingUN agency for Palestinian refugees warns it may have to halt all operations by end of month
By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman and Amir Tal, CNN (CNN) — The main United Nations agency in Gaza has warned it “most likely” will have to…
Continue ReadingFormer Ohio Senate President Stanley Aronoff dies at 91
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Stanley J. Aronoff has died at age 91 after a long career that included nearly four…
Continue ReadingLupus and other autoimmune diseases strike far more women than men. Now there’s a clue why
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Women are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, when an out-of-whack immune…
Continue ReadingOregon’s high court says 10 GOP lawmakers who staged long walkout over abortion and other bills can’t run for reelection
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s high court says 10 GOP lawmakers who staged long walkout over abortion and other bills can’t run for…
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Redmond DMV office closed Thursday due to staffing issues
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to staffing, the Redmond DMV office will be closed Thursday, the agency reported. Similar issues have closed Redmond…
Continue ReadingVirginia considers a major expansion of gambling by legalizing ‘skill games’
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dueling Virginia legislative proposals backed by different gambling companies would open the…
Continue ReadingWashington Commanders hiring Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn as coach, AP sources say
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Washington Commanders have an agreement with Dan Quinn to hire him as coach, two people with knowledge of the…
Continue ReadingSkyscraper-size asteroid will buzz Earth on Friday, safely passing within 1.7 million miles
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on…
Continue ReadingWisconsin redistricting experts tell Supreme Court Republican map proposals are gerrymanders
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to examine six proposed maps redrawing state…
Continue ReadingAustin says he never told anyone on his staff to keep White House in the dark on hospitalization
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he never told his staff to keep…
Continue ReadingSatou Sabally re-signs with Dallas Wings after breakout season
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Wings have re-signed All-Star Satou Sabally after a breakout season that helped the franchise to its first…
Continue ReadingStudents and police clash in Greece as debate rages over legalizing private universities
By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police and student protesters have clashed in the Greek capital…
Continue ReadingAnnette Bening named Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Annette Bening, a two-time Golden Globe winner who recently received her fifth Oscar nomination, was named Thursday as the…
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