More adults sought help for ADHD during pandemic, contributing to drug shortages
By TOM MURPHY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Prescriptions for ADHD treatments surged among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping…
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Deschutes County’s Coordinated Houseless Response Office looks at progress, challenges ahead in new year
Since starting in 2023, the Deschutes County Coordinated Houseless Response Office has experienced much change over the past few months. With the…
Continue ReadingNearly 10,000 died from COVID-19 last month, fueled by holiday gatherings and new variant, WHO says
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to…
Continue ReadingDeadly storm sends water levels skyrocketing on Northeast rivers and at the coast, forcing evacuations
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, Mary Gilbert, Joe Sutton and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm that battered a large swath of the…
Continue ReadingFrance’s youngest prime minister is a rising political star who follows in Macron’s footsteps
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint a 34-year-old prime minister surprised many…
Continue ReadingA veteran diplomat from Laos, the new ASEAN special envoy for Myanmar, embarks on inaugural mission
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A veteran Laotian diplomat recently appointed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ special…
Continue ReadingKentucky is the all-time No. 1 team through 75 storied years of AP Top 25 college basketball polls
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Sustained excellence is difficult to achieve in any sport. It takes hiring the right coaches, year after year. A…
Continue ReadingPope confirms new leader of India’s Syro-Malabar Church, divided for decades over liturgy dispute
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has confirmed a new leader for India’s Syro-Malabar Church in a step toward healing…
Continue ReadingClimate change is shrinking snowpack in many places, study shows. And it will get worse
By SETH BORENSTEIN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Areas across the globe have seen spring snowpack shrink over the last 40…
Continue ReadingKremlin foe Navalny, smiling and joking, appears in court via video link from an Arctic prison
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A smiling and joking Alexei Navalny appeared in court Wednesday via video link from the…
Continue ReadingA suburban Chicago man has been sentenced in the hit-and-run death of a retired police officer
CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty in a hit-and-run crash that killed…
Continue ReadingAncient human DNA hints at why multiple sclerosis affects so many northern Europeans today
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis…
Continue ReadingMoscow court rejects lawsuit against ‘almost naked’ party that caused scandal in Russia
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press A court in Moscow has rejected a class-action lawsuit against a Russian TV presenter that sought $11 million in moral…
Continue ReadingProgram to provide cash for pregnant women in Flint, Michigan, and families with newborns
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A program aimed at helping remove families and infants in Flint, Michigan, from deep poverty will give $1,500 to women during…
Continue ReadingNFL regular-season games see 7% increase in viewers. 17.9M average is second highest since 2015
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer NFL regular-season games averaged 17.9 million viewers, tied for the second highest since averages were first tracked…
Continue ReadingThe largest great ape to ever live went extinct because of climate change, study finds
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction hundreds of thousands of…
Continue ReadingSnow is disappearing as the planet warms. A new study shows who’s losing the most
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Vast swaths of the US have been hit with powerful storms, including blizzards that have blanketed parts of the…
Continue ReadingAt CES 2024, tech companies are transforming the kitchen with AI and robots that do the cooking
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chef-like robots, AI-powered appliances and other high-tech kitchen gadgets are holding out the…
Continue ReadingSAG Awards nominate ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ snub DiCaprio
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday heaped nominations on “Oppenheimer,”…
Continue ReadingMinnesota doctor Connor Bowman faces new first-degree murder charge in the death of his wife after she was poisoned
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota doctor accused of fatally poisoning his pharmacist wife now faces a tougher charge that could put him in…
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