Ukrainian forces have broken through in Verbove, top general says
CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge, Konstyantyn Gak and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN (CNN) — The general leading Ukraine’s…
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Israel strikes Gaza targets after incendiary balloons sent across border
By Ibrahim Dahman, Kareem Khadder and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out strikes on what it called Hamas…
Continue ReadingBribery case against Sen. Menendez shines light on powerful NJ developer accused of corruption
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In late 2020, Sen. Bob Menendez met with Philip Sellinger, a private practice lawyer and former…
Continue ReadingA government shutdown is averted for now with a temporary funding bill. What happens in a shutdown?
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government shutdown would have disrupted many services that Americans rely on and…
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This year lawmakers approved $142 million dollars for drought resilience and water security
(Update: adding video – interviews) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Nearly a quarter of the water in the Middle Deschutes is a result of Deschutes River…
Continue ReadingNikki Haley’s approach to abortion is rooted in her earliest days in South Carolina politics
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As a state representative running a longshot campaign for South Carolina governor, Nikki…
Continue ReadingAs the world’s problems grow more challenging, the head of the United Nations gets bleaker
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the U.N. chief sounded a global alarm…
Continue ReadingA month after Prigozhin’s suspicious death, the Kremlin is silent on his plane crash and legacy
By The Associated Press Why Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private jet plummeted into a field northwest of Moscow is still a mystery. The Russian military…
Continue ReadingCracks in Western wall of support for Ukraine emerge as Eastern Europe and US head toward elections
By JAMEY KEATEN, MATTHEW LEE and VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Once rock-solid, the support that Ukraine has gotten from its…
Continue ReadingMeet Lachlan Murdoch, soon to be the new power behind Fox News and the Murdoch empire
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business and Technology Writer For Lachlan Murdoch, this moment has been a long time coming. Assuming, of course, that his…
Continue ReadingHistorians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sites
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers…
Continue ReadingLouisiana folklorist and Mississippi blues musician among 2023 National Heritage Fellows
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.L. Boyce are…
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Oregon’s Democratic lawmakers tout 2023 legislation taking effect on Sunday
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Sunday is a key implementation date for legislation passed during the 2023 Legislative Session with an effective date of 91 days…
Continue ReadingMexico pledges to set up checkpoints to ‘dissuade’ migrants from hopping freight trains to US border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials have pledged to set up checkpoints to “dissuade” migrants from hopping freight trains to the U.S. border.…
Continue ReadingNews channel says Iranian official attacked its journalist in New York
By Sahar Akbarzai, Shirin Faqiri, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — A journalist was attacked on Wednesday evening in New York…
Continue ReadingSeattle police officer put on leave after newspaper reports alleged off-duty racist comments
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police officer has been placed on administrative leave after Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz said Friday he listened to…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu says Israel nears normalization deal with Saudi Arabia but refuses to outline concessions to Palestinians
CNN By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it is “likely” Israel will reach a normalization agreement…
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Pedestrian struck at NW Bend intersection has died of his injuries; driver cited
An elderly man who was struck by a vehicle in an unmarked crosswalk in northwest Bend has died of his injuries, police said…
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Motorcyclist, 74, killed in crash at Knott and China Hat roads; Bend PD says he ran stop sign, hit side of Tesla
A 74-year-old motorcyclist was killed Friday morning when he ran a stop sign and hit the side of a car at the intersection of Knott and China Hat…
Continue Reading2 men were arrested in the drive-by killing of 11-year-old boy, a case that helped prompt New Mexico’s controversial gun ban
By Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — Two men have been charged in the drive-by shooting of an 11-year-old boy in New Mexico – one of several recent…
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