Iran Hostage Crisis Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, in which 52 US citizens were held captive for 444 days.…
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Prosecutor takes aim at Sam Bankman-Fried’s credibility at trial of FTX founder
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor has attacked the credibility of Sam Bankman-Fried’s testimony at his fraud…
Continue ReadingKansas can’t enforce new law on abortion pills or make patients wait 24 hours, judge rules
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has put a new state law on medication abortions on hold and blocked the state…
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Wyden, Sanders among nearly 50 senators urging Biden administration to require insurers fully cover OTC birth control
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led 44 of their Senate colleagues…
Continue ReadingThe Army said the Maine gunman ‘should not have a weapon’ months before the shooting rampage that left 18 dead
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, Shimon Prokupecz and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — New details are emerging about the US Army reservist who authorities…
Continue ReadingMary Lou Retton says she’s ‘overwhelmed’ with love and support as she recovers from rare pneumonia
By The Associated Press American gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton says she is “overwhelmed with all the love and support” she has received and…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s economy recovered from previous wars with Hamas, but this one might go longer, hit harder
By AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Just last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu predicted a new era of peace and…
Continue ReadingSome 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico’s southern border, tired of long waits for visas
By EDGAR H.CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on…
Continue ReadingDisney warns that if DeSantis wins lawsuit, others will be punished for ‘disfavored’ views
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney claims its free speech rights were violated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and is…
Continue ReadingA North Carolina woman and her dad enter pleas in the beating death of her Irish husband
LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The wife of an Irish businessman and her father have entered pleas to voluntary manslaughter in her husband’s beating…
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Active, well-known Bend centenarian Honey Canney passes away, three months shy of her 108th birthday
A celebration of life memorial service is planned this Saturday for Honey Canney, a long-time Bend resident who died peacefully, with family by her…
Continue ReadingTennessee governor, congressman discuss safety on visit to Jewish school that foiled armed intrusion
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and U.S. Rep. David Kustoff are praising security measures at a…
Continue ReadingHaiti bans charter flights to Nicaragua in blow to migrants fleeing poverty and violence
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government has banned all charter flights to Nicaragua that…
Continue ReadingIvanka Trump testimony delayed to Nov. 8, will follow dad Donald Trump on stand at civil fraud trial
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ivanka Trump’s testimony at her father’s New York civil fraud trial is being delayed until…
Continue ReadingPharmacists prescribe another round of US protests to highlight working conditions
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Drugstore employees around the country have started calling in sick to highlight a lack of support from their…
Continue ReadingTwo hours of terror and now years of devastation for Acapulco’s poor in Hurricane Otis aftermath
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the…
Continue ReadingDrivers in Argentina wait in long lines to fill up the tanks as presidential election looms
By DANIEL POLITI and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Long lines have formed at gas stations throughout Argentina…
Continue ReadingColombia veers to the right as President Petro’s allies lose by wide margins in regional elections
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Allies of Colombian President Gustavo Petro have been defeated by wide margins in…
Continue ReadingWatchdog group says attack that killed videographer ‘explicitly targeted’ Lebanon journalists
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A watchdog group advocating for press freedom has said that the strikes that hit a…
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court takes up social media cases similar to one about Donald Trump’s Twitter feed
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is tackling the question of when public officials can block critics from…
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