Curtiss scores 19 as Portland State defeats D-III Lewis & Clark 104-60
By The Associated Press Hayden Curtiss’ 19 points helped Portland State defeat Division-III Lewis & Clark 104-60 on Wednesday. Curtiss…
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A nurse’s fatal last visit to patient’s home renews calls for better safety measures
By DAVE COLLINS and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) — The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was…
Continue ReadingUNLV gunman had list of targets at the university and 150 rounds of ammunition, police say
By RIO YAMAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 67-year-old gunman who killed three faculty members and wounded a fourth in a…
Continue ReadingAn appreciation: How Norman Lear changed television — and with it American life — in the 1970s
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In many American living rooms, the 1960s didn’t really begin until Jan. 12, 1971. That was…
Continue ReadingTexas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite state’s ban
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has given a pregnant woman whose fetus had a fatal diagnosis permission to get…
Continue ReadingUNLV mass shooter was career college professor, source says, but unknown whether he had a connection with school
By John Miller, Cheri Mossburg, Sara Smart and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The gunman in a Wednesday mass shooting on the University of Nevada, Las…
Continue ReadingWyoming holds off on auctioning huge piece of pristine land inside Grand Teton
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming officials have decided to hold off on auctioning a pristine and valuable chunk of…
Continue ReadingIndonesian maleo conservation faced setbacks due to development and plans for a new capital city
By EDNA TARIGAN and DITA ALANGKARA Associated Press MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — A pair of tall birds with black feathers and pinkish breasts crossed a…
Continue ReadingHouse votes to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol office building
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to censure Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in a…
Continue ReadingA sea otter pup found alone in Alaska has a new home at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium
By ERIN HOOLEY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at…
Continue ReadingFrom SZA to the Stone of Scone, the words that help tell the story of 2023 were often mispronounced
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press Some of the words tied to this year’s hottest topics were also among the most mangled when it came to saying…
Continue ReadingHopes for a Mercosur-EU trade deal fade yet again as leaders meet in Brazil
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The heads of state from South America’s Mercosur trade bloc are in Rio…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump returns to court, lauds his defense expert who sees no evidence of accounting fraud
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to his civil fraud trial Thursday to…
Continue ReadingA China, EU summit exposes divisions over Ukraine, trade and subsidies
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of China and the European Union have held wide-ranging talks that included their…
Continue ReadingWho are the Houthis and why hasn’t the US retaliated for their attacks on ships in the Middle East?
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched missiles and hit three commercial ships…
Continue ReadingCentenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack return to honor those who perished 82 years ago
By AUDREY McAVOY and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Ira “Ike” Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor’s…
Continue ReadingClimate talks shift into high gear. Now words and definitions matter at COP28
By SETH BORENSTEIN, DAVID KEYTON, JOSHUA A. BICKEL and SIBI ARASU Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The mood is about to shift,…
Continue ReadingDemocratic support for Biden ticks up on handling of Israel-Hamas war, AP-NORC poll says
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic views on how President Joe Biden is handling the decades-old…
Continue ReadingControversy hangs over climate talks as countries weigh whether to ditch fossil fuels
By Angela Dewan, CNN Dubai (CNN) — The first week of the COP28 climate talks has come to an end not with the euphoria of the first days of…
Continue ReadingJ Balvin returns to his reggaeton roots on the romantic ‘Amigos’ — and no, it is not about Bad Bunny
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — J Balvin has released his latest single, “Amigos.” He calls it a “romantic reggaeton”…
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