Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal tax charges after an earlier deal imploded
By STEFANIE DAZIO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal tax…
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US, British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the…
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Bend Police report making 602 DUII arrests in 2023, including 15 with a blood alcohol level of .30 or higher
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In 2023, Bend Police arrested 602 people for driving under the influence of intoxicants, the agency said Thursday. That’s a…
Continue ReadingPanamanian commission visits copper mine shut down after court invalidated concession
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s government has inspected a huge copper mine shut down after the country’s Supreme Court ruled in November that the…
Continue ReadingNew York City built a migrant tent camp on a remote former airfield. Then winter arrived
BY PHILIP MARCELO and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s hasty pre-storm evacuation of a massive tent shelter for…
Continue ReadingInvestigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a neglected Colorado funeral home, FBI agent says
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An FBI agent says investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly…
Continue ReadingAppeal by fired Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker in sex harassment case denied
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An appeal by former Michigan State head football coach Mel Tucker of the findings in a sexual harassment case which led…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Supreme Court refuses to reconsider ruling ordering new legislative maps
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its ruling ordering…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from the closing arguments in the $370 million Donald Trump civil fraud trial
By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump brought the campaign trail to the courthouse during…
Continue ReadingBrutal Arctic blast to drop temperatures to minus 30s as the coldest air of winter spreads across the US
CNN, SECMH, KCRA, KOVR, WFSB, WSAZ, JODY LANDRY, PAUL SELSKY, BROOKE CRESALIA, JASON GLICKMAN, GARDEN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, TROOPER TOD KHP By…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina man convicted of hate crime charges in 2 separate confrontations
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been convicted on federal hate crime charges after a jury found he attacked his Hispanic neighbor…
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Deschutes County Public Health offers cold-snap safety, health tips, provides list of warming shelters
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Winter weather is upon us and expected to continue into next week with subzero temperatures, additional snow and high winds.…
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Oregon House Republicans introduce bill to end ‘failed’ Measure 110; Gunnels says it’s consistent with DAs’, cities’ proposal
Oregon House Republicans introduced legislation Thursday for next month’s “short session” that they said would “end the crises of drugs,…
Continue ReadingArgentina’s annual inflation soars to 211.4%, the highest in 32 years
By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s statistics agency says the country has registered a monthly…
Continue ReadingFamilies of Buffalo supermarket mass shooting victims to receive ‘very important announcement’ on progress in federal case
By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The families of victims who were killed or injured in the 2022 mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket…
Continue ReadingAlabama can enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, appeals court rules
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Alabama can begin enforcing a ban outlawing the use…
Continue ReadingWho was the revered rabbi whose New York synagogue was the scene of a brawl over an illegal tunnel?
By PETER SMITH Associated Press The basement synagogue that was the scene of a brawl this week between worshippers and New York City police has a…
Continue ReadingReggie Wells, Oprah’s longtime personal makeup artist, dies at 76
BALTIMORE (AP) — Reggie Wells, who spent 30 years as Oprah Winfrey’s personal makeup artist, has died in his native Baltimore. He was 76. His…
Continue ReadingWisconsin judicial commission rejects complaints filed over court director firing
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Documents released to The Associated Press show that the Wisconsin Judicial Commission this…
Continue ReadingSecond avalanche hits California slopes near where a skier was killed one day earlier
By SCOTT SONNER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A second avalanche has been reported at a California resort near Lake…
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