Closing arguments begin as retrial of ex-NFL star Smith’s killer nears an end
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The manslaughter retrial of a man who fatally shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith is…
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Bill decriminalizing drug test strips in opioid-devastated West Virginia heads to governor
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would decriminalize all strips used to test drugs for deadly substances…
Continue ReadingKey takeaways from UN court’s ruling on Israel’s war in Gaza
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. world court on Friday came down hard on Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip,…
Continue ReadingProtesters gather outside a top Serbian court to demand that a disputed election be annulled
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Around 2,000 people have rallied outside Serbia’s Constitutional Court to demand that judges annul last month’s…
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Oregon sees fewer boating deaths in 2023, but number was still in the double digits, with 14 fatalities
The Oregon State Marine Board reported Friday that 2023 was a safer boating year across the state than the previous three years. But the number of…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court is urged to rule Trump is ineligible to be president again because of the Jan. 6 riot
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers seeking to keep Donald Trump off the ballot are urging the Supreme Court to declare…
Continue ReadingLeBron James Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of basketball player LeBron James. Personal Birth date: December 30, 1984 Birth…
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M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust makes 94 grants to NW nonprofits totaling $21.9 million, two in Central Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust published its Fall 2023 Grants Report Thursday. The report announces: 94 total grants to…
Continue ReadingNJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press New Jersey’s public transit agency is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have been fueled by…
Continue ReadingLeader of Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland says deal with Ethiopia will allow it to build a naval base
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The president of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has said his government will…
Continue Reading‘In the Summers’ and ‘Porcelain War’ win top prizes at Sundance Film Festival
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer “In the Summers,” an affecting, years-spanning drama about a complicated parent-children relationship, nabbed the…
Continue ReadingA British painting stolen by mobsters is returned to the owner’s son — 54 years later
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press An 18th century British painting stolen by mobsters in 1969 has been returned more than a half-century later to the…
Continue ReadingServiceman to be laid to rest in Massachusetts more than 80 years after his death at Pearl Harbor
By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Eight decades after he died during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, a Massachusetts navyman will finally be laid…
Continue ReadingCanadian man accused of selling deadly substances to plead not guilty: lawyer
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The lawyer for a Canadian man accused of selling lethal substances on the internet to people at risk…
Continue ReadingSmall plane crashes in neighborhood after takeoff from New Hampshire airport; pilot hospitalized
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane crashed in a neighborhood near the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire…
Continue ReadingTop UN court says Israel must take ‘all measures’ to prevent genocide in Gaza but stops short of calling for ceasefire
By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The UN’s top court ordered Israel to prevent genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, but stopped short of…
Continue ReadingProsecutor uses texts to try to show mom of school shooter cared more about horses than son
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors are portraying the mother of a Michigan school shooter as an aloof parent more…
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Black History Month at COCC features 2023 NAACP Image Award winner
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Author Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts, a literary category winner at the 2023 NAACP Image Awards, is part of Central Oregon…
Continue ReadingBillions of cicadas are set to appear in a rare ‘double brood emergence,’ scientists say
By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating…
Continue ReadingSnoop Dogg leads a group of potty-mouthed kids as a youth football coach in ‘The Underdoggs’ film
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In real life, Snoop Dogg has his own youth football league. Now, the rapper has…
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