$1.765 billion Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A player in California won a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, ending a long…
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A Black medic wounded on D-Day honored for treating dozens of troops under enemy fire
By REBECCA SANTANA and KEVIN WOLF Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — An African American combat medic who was wounded while landing on Omaha…
Continue ReadingSome Israelis abroad desperately try to head home — to join reserve military units, or just to help
By JOCELYN NOVECK, MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the most harrowing of times, some Israeli citizens…
Continue ReadingMemorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movement
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist…
Continue ReadingJury deliberations resume in the trial of 2 officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death
KMGH, COLORADO COURTS, AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT, MCCLAIN FAMILY PHOTOS, CNN By Andi Babineau and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Jury deliberations…
Continue ReadingJury deliberations to resume Thursday in the trial of 2 officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death
By Andi Babineau and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Jury deliberations are set to resume Thursday morning in the trial of two Colorado police…
Continue ReadingRepublicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite quickly and elect him
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Deeply divided Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise on…
Continue ReadingRepublicans are divided on far-right move to remove McCarthy as House speaker, an AP-NORC poll shows
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The unprecedented ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has left no…
Continue ReadingQuake in Afghanistan leaves rubble, funerals and survivors struggling with loss
By EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Nurullah crossed the border into Iran to earn money for his family, like so many…
Continue Reading2 Guatemalan migrants were shot dead in Mexico near US border. Soldiers believed to be involved
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two Guatemalan migrants are dead and three others — along with a Honduran man —have been wounded after a shooting in…
Continue ReadingChildren found ‘butchered’ in Israeli kibbutz, IDF says, as horror of Hamas’ attacks near border begins to emerge
CNN By Muhammad Darwish, Nic Robertson, Artemis Moshtaghian, Amir Tal, Ivana Kottasová and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Kfar Aza, Israel (CNN) — Bodies…
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‘Kind of terrifying’: OSU-Cascades parents receive scam phone calls, claiming their child was kidnapped
Scam phone calls are hard to avoid, but some are more than just a bother – they are downright frightening. The parents of some OSU-Cascades…
Continue ReadingSeager still going deep in Texas, helps send Rangers to ALCS with sweep of 101-win Orioles
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager and Adolis García homered early, Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven smooth…
Continue ReadingChildren found ‘butchered’ in Israeli kibbutz, IDF says, as horror of Hamas’ attacks near border begins to emerge
By Muhammad Darwish, Nic Robertson, Artemis Moshtaghian, Amir Tal and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Kfar Aza, Israel (CNN) — Bodies of Israeli…
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Two years after tragic killing of Barry Washington Jr., family is still fighting for permanent memorial
A permanent memorial sits in front of Duda’s Billiards Bar in downtown Bend, honoring Taylor Wyss, the victim in a tragic shooting death two months…
Continue ReadingCivil rights activists call for voter fraud charges against Black woman to be dropped
By Devon M. Sayers, Denise Royal and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The Tallahassee NAACP and civil rights attorney Ben Crump are asking…
Continue ReadingAuthor and activist Louise Meriwether, who wrote the novel ‘Daddy Was a Number Runner,’ dies at 100
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Louise Meriwether, the author and activist whose debut novel “Daddy Was a Number…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico governor defends approach to attempted gun restrictions, emergency order on gun violence
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is defending her decision to treat gun violence as a public health epidemic by…
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Heavy criticism of Measure 110 voiced at Redmond panel discussion
Measure 110, the voter-approved law that removes criminal penalties for possessing a small amount of drugs, is under serious scrutiny by the…
Continue ReadingAnother strong earthquake flattens homes and worsens misery in western Afghanistan
By EBRAHIM NOROOZI and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press CHAHAK, Afghanistan (AP) — Another strong earthquake has shaken western Afghanistan days after…
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