Juvenile sperm whale euthanized after stranding on North Carolina beach
NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) — A juvenile sperm whale that appeared to be in poor health has been euthanized after stranding on a North Carolina beach. The…
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New Mexico native will oversee the state’s $49B savings portfolio amid windfall from petroleum
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A state cabinet secretary and former economist to the Legislature has been selected to oversee New Mexico’s $49 billion…
Continue ReadingFamily of Iowa teen killed by police files a lawsuit saying officers should have been better trained
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The family of a 16-year-old who was killed by Des Moines police in December 2022 has filed a lawsuit arguing that the teen…
Continue ReadingAmazon Prime ads on movies and TV shows will begin in late January
Associated Press If you are an Amazon Prime Video user, get ready to see ads on movies and TV shows starting next month. The company said in an email…
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Central Oregon jobless rates hold steady in November
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in Central Oregon registered very little movement in November, with Crook County…
Continue ReadingShakira’s hometown unveils a giant statue of the beloved Colombian pop star
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Pop star Shakira has been immortalized in her Colombian hometown of Barranquilla, where…
Continue ReadingCasinos, hospital ask judge to halt Atlantic City road narrowing, say traffic could cost jobs, lives
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Five Boardwalk casinos and a hospital want a judge to prevent Atlantic City from…
Continue ReadingAriana Grande announces new album, ‘eternal sunshine,’ will arrive March 8
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Thank you, next: Ariana Grande announced on Wednesday that her new album, titled “eternal sunshine,” will be…
Continue ReadingArgentina’s unions take to the streets to protest president’s cutbacks, deregulation and austerity
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Thousands of union members and activists took to the streets of Argentina’s…
Continue ReadingRussell Hamler, thought to be the last of WWII Merrill’s Marauders jungle-fighting unit, dies at 99
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The reputed last member of the famed American jungle fighting unit in World War II nicknamed the Merrill’s Marauders has…
Continue ReadingJacques Delors, statesman who shaped European Union, dies at 98
By Martin Goillandeau and Hilary Clarke, CNN (CNN) — Former European Commission President Jacques Delors, a key figure in the creation of the…
Continue Reading2 models of Apple Watch can go on sale again, for now, after court lifts halt over a patent dispute
By The Associated Press Two higher-end models of the Apple Watch can go on sale again after a federal court temporarily lifted a sales halt ordered…
Continue ReadingPro-Palestinian protesters block airport access roads in New York, Los Angeles
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly blocked entrance roads to airports in New York and Los…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota lawmaker’s district GOP echoes call on him to resign after slurs to police in DUI stop
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Local Republican Party leaders are joining calls for a North Dakota GOP lawmaker to resign…
Continue ReadingJacksonville, Florida, mayor has Confederate monument removed after years of controversy
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Crews removed a Confederate monument from a Jacksonville, Florida, park following years of public controversy. Work began…
Continue ReadingGaston Glock, the Austrian developer of the Glock handgun, dies at 94
BERLIN Gaston Glock, the Austrian developer of the handgun that bears his name, died on Wednesday. He was 94. The Glock company announced his death,…
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Bend woman pleads guilty to reduced charges in her dogs’ fatal mauling of man at Juniper Ridge homeless camp
A Bend woman whose three dogs fatally mauled a man at a Juniper Ridge homeless camp last July has pleaded guilty to three of four charges and…
Continue ReadingA woman who burned Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic is ordered to pay $298,000
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has ordered a woman who set fire to Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic to…
Continue ReadingHigh surf warnings issued for most of West Coast and parts of Hawaii; dangerous waves expected
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued high surf warnings for much of the West Coast and parts of Hawaii,…
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Hearing music in your pipes? Here’s why
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– The City of Bend is using what’s called an SL Rat sewer inspection tool, to find clogged pipes. The tool uses piano noises at…
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