Wayne LaPierre announces resignation as leader of the NRA days ahead of civil trial
CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Wayne LaPierre, the leader of the National Rifle Association of America who served for decades as a fierce…
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NY seeks $370 million in penalties in Trump’s civil fraud trial. His response: ‘They should pay me’
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers increased their request for penalties to over $370 million Friday in…
Continue ReadingNude man nabbed by police after ‘cannonball’ plunge into giant aquarium at Bass Pro Shop in Alabama
Associated Press LEEDS, Alabama (AP) — Police in Alabama say a man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Alabama, stripped down to his…
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Randall Kilby facing life sentence after murder conviction in 2021 hatchet killings of two Bend roommates
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After a week of prosecution testimony, no defense witnesses and almost six hours of deliberation, a jury last month found…
Continue ReadingBus rollover crash on upstate New York highway leaves 1 dead and a dozen injured
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — New York state police say a bus rollover crash on an upstate New York highway left one person dead and about a dozen…
Continue ReadingNRA chief, one of the most powerful figures in US gun policy, says he’s resigning days before trial
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts voters become latest to try and keep Trump off ballot over Jan. 6 attack
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Five voters in Massachusetts have become the latest to challenge former President Donald…
Continue ReadingTexas father and son arrested in the killings of a pregnant woman and her boyfriend face new charges
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Authorities say a Texas father and son arrested in the killings of a pregnant woman and her boyfriend are facing new evidence…
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Bend father and son, 11, make it to the top of Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Philip Sangue of Bend and his 11-year-old son, Jayden, were feeling on top of the world recently when they climbed to the top of…
Continue Reading80 years ago, a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s home. Now, the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ is reclaiming her family’s land
CNN By Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — More than 80 years have passed since a racist mob destroyed Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth, Texas,…
Continue ReadingFlu and COVID infections got worse over the holidays, with more misery expected, CDC says
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse but it’s too soon to tell how much holiday…
Continue ReadingISIS Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Facts Started as an al Qaeda splinter group. Also…
Continue ReadingOscar Pistorius Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Oscar Pistorius, double-amputee and former Olympic sprinter convicted in the shooting death of…
Continue ReadingFormer Alabama police officer charged with murder in shooting of Black man
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press A former Alabama police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man in front of his…
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BLM to begin pile burn ignitions next week on 627-acre fuels reduction project near Crooked River Ranch
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bureau of Land Management plans to begin burning 627 acres of hand piles by Crooked River Ranch next week, if…
Continue ReadingA magnitude 4.2 earthquake shakes a wide area of Southern California. No injuries are reported
By JOHN ANTCZAK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation’s second…
Continue ReadingNashville is reassigning 10 officers following the leak of a school shooter’s writings, police say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ten officers with Nashville police’s specialized investigative unit will be reassigned following an unauthorized release…
Continue ReadingBelarus’ authoritarian leader tightens control over the country’s religious groups
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law into effect that significantly…
Continue ReadingUN chief names a new envoy to scope out the chances of reviving Cyprus peace talks
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named a former Colombian foreign…
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Nominations are open for 2024-25 Oregon Teacher of the Year
Nominations are now open for Oregon Teacher of the Year! Honor a special educator in your life on the Oregon Teacher of the Year website through…
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