Adults can now legally possess and grow marijuana in Ohio — but there’s nowhere to buy it
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s recreational marijuana users…
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Driver hallelujahs: NE Bend’s Neff-Purcell intersection, closed for project last February, reopens Monday at noon
The long-delayed reopening of the rebuilt intersection of Neff Road and Purcell Boulevard in northeast Bend, pushed back months by many surprises…
Continue ReadingNew US-Mexico agreement to monitor foreign investments comes as more Chinese money flows into Mexico
By MARIA VERZA and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States and Mexico have agreed to monitor foreign investments and…
Continue ReadingBest movies of 2023: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Fallen Leaves,’ ‘May December’
By LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE AP Film Writers The Associated Press’ Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle’s picks for the best movies of…
Continue ReadingOregon’s Bo Nix, UCLA’s Laiatu Latu headline AP All-Pac-12 honors
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Oregon quarterback Bo Nix is The Associated Press Pac-12 offensive player of the year and UCLA’s Laiatu Latu…
Continue ReadingDeputy U.S. Marshal charged with entering plane drunk after misconduct report on flight to London
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — London police have charged a deputy U.S. Marshal in the United Kingdom with entering an…
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Bend entrepreneurs will gift snowboard company SnoPlanks to OSU-Cascades for hands-on learning opportunity
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The founders of a Bend-based snowboard company, SnoPlanks, will donate it to Oregon State University–Cascades to provide…
Continue ReadingSon of Israeli war cabinet minister killed in Gaza, IDF says
By Tamar Michaelis, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Gal Meir Eisenkot, the son of Israeli government minister Gadi Eisenkot, has been killed in…
Continue ReadingCalifornia faces record $68 billion budget deficit, nonpartisan legislative analyst says
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is facing a $68 billion budget deficit. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s…
Continue ReadingTrump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim as window narrows to derail federal election case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not…
Continue ReadingJayden Daniels, the dazzling quarterback for LSU, is the AP college football player of the year
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels is The Associated Press college football player of the…
Continue ReadingIvy League presidents reckon with swift backlash to remarks on campus antisemitism
By ANNIE MA and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivy League presidents are facing backlash over their remarks to on-campus…
Continue ReadingAllies of Russian opposition leader Navalny post billboards asking citizens to vote against Putin
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Opposition activists in Russia came up with a way to get around Kremlin censorship while urging…
Continue ReadingGeorgia lawmakers send redrawn congressional map keeping 9-5 Republican edge to judge for approval
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers have completed a special session with the House voting 98-71 Thursday to give final…
Continue ReadingJayden Daniels, the dazzling quarterback for LSU, is the AP college football player of the year
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels is The Associated Press college football player of the…
Continue ReadingNew details on a mysterious Milky Way region called ‘The Brick’ reveal it’s even stranger than scientists thought
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A box-shaped cloud of opaque dust that lies at the center of our galaxy has long perplexed scientists, and…
Continue ReadingAutism is front and center in the pioneering new musical ‘How to Dance in Ohio’ on Broadway
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The stage musical “How to Dance in Ohio” opens on Broadway on Sunday, celebrating those…
Continue ReadingScientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa
By CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An international team of climate scientists says the ongoing catastrophic rains in East…
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s army is facing battlefield challenges and grants amnesty to troops jailed for being AWOL
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Reports from Myanmar say its military government has been freeing soldiers and police who had been…
Continue ReadingGermany’s chancellor lights first Hanukkah candle on a huge menorah at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed his unwavering support for the Jewish people as he…
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