Judge blocks Arkansas law that took away board’s ability to fire state corrections secretary
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge has blocked a law that took away the Board of Corrections’…
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Federal judge rejects request from Oregon senators who boycotted Legislature seeking to run in 2024
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request from Oregon Republican state senators who boycotted…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Rudy Giuliani, Israeli hostages, East Coast storm, Kuwait monarch, Matthew Perry autopsy
CNN By Faith Karimi and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Scientists are decoding what the past smelled like. Nine mothers around the world share their…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate; Gov. Chris…
Continue ReadingMinnesota edges close to picking new state flag to replace design offensive to Native Americans
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state commission selected a basic design concept Friday for a new state flag for Minnesota…
Continue ReadingA review defends police action before the Maine mass shooting. Legal experts say questions persist
By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent report conducted for a police agency clears the…
Continue ReadingHawaii governor wants 3,000 vacation rentals converted to housing for Maui wildfire survivors
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Friday said he wants 3,000 condos and homes that are normally rented to…
Continue ReadingOhio’s 2023 abortion fight cost campaigns $70 million
By JULIE CARR SMYTH and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Campaign finance reports show this fall’s fight over abortion…
Continue ReadingNCAA, states seek to extend restraining order letting transfer athletes play through the spring
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The NCAA and a coalition of states have jointly asked a federal court to extend a small…
Continue ReadingJets’ Solomon Thomas is driven by the memory of his sister and an ever-present call to help people
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Solomon Thomas was lost, stuck in a dark place mentally while desperately…
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Two Redmond residents arrested in Terrebonne traffic stop after K-9 alerts on half-pound of fentanyl powder, pills
An investigation of two Redmond residents allegedly dealing in fentanyl led to a Terrebonne traffic stop early Thursday morning and their arrest…
Continue ReadingArgentine President Javier Milei raffles off his last salary as lawmaker
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Javier Milei on Friday raffled off the last salary he received as…
Continue ReadingFederal appeals court refuses to reconsider ruling on Louisiana’s congressional map
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its ruling setting a deadline for the Louisiana Legislature to enact a new…
Continue ReadingDad who said ‘If I can’t have them neither can you’ pleads guilty to killing 3 kids
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who told his estranged wife “If I can’t have them neither can you” has pleaded guilty but…
Continue ReadingUS homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar and coronavirus pandemic aid lapses
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness to its highest reported…
Continue ReadingArmy helicopter flying through Alaska mountain pass hit another in fatal April crash, report says
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A military investigation report released Friday says a U.S. Army helicopter hit another…
Continue ReadingIDF accidentally shoots and kills three Israelis held hostage in Gaza
By Tamar Michaelis and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Israeli hostages in northern Gaza after misidentifying…
Continue ReadingTiger Woods and son get another crack at PNC Championship. Woods jokingly calls it the 5th major
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — No wonder Tiger Woods jokingly refers to the PNC Championship as the fifth major. Woods was…
Continue ReadingChile arrests 55 people in a $275 million tax fraud case that officials call the country’s biggest
SANTIAGO (AP) — Chile’s police have arrested at least 55 people in a fiscal fraud case that could be one of the biggest in the history of the…
Continue ReadingIsraeli strike on school kills Al Jazeera cameraman in southern Gaza, network says
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An Israeli strike killed a Palestinian cameraman for the TV network Al Jazeera and wounded its chief…
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