Tower Rock is normally only accessible by boat. Here’s what it looks like now
By Eric Zerkel and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A rock formation in the Mississippi River normally only reachable by boat is accessible by foot…
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Taiwan factory fire leaves at least 5 dead, more than 100 injured
BEIJING (AP) — A fire and subsequent explosions at a golf ball factory in southern Taiwan have killed at least five people and injured more than…
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Deschutes County SO Search and Rescue helps hiker lost, disoriented by several inches of early snowfall
Early-season snowfall can catch many people off-guard in the woods, as it did a hiker lost on the Tam McArthur Trail west of Bend, who sought…
Continue ReadingSouthern East Coast hit by flooding as Ophelia weakens to tropical depression and moves north
By BRIAN WITTE and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia experienced…
Continue ReadingPoker player lied about having cancer and received thousands in donations to play in a World Series of Poker tournament
By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — A California man has admitted to lying about having terminal cancer after receiving thousands of dollars in…
Continue ReadingA Venezuelan man and his pet squirrel made it to the US border. Now he’s preparing to say goodbye
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — A 23-year-old Venezuela man is preparing to say goodbye to a pet squirrel he says he…
Continue ReadingWith temporary status for Venezuelans, the Biden administration turns to a familiar tool
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Biden administration’s grant of temporary legal status to…
Continue ReadingLeague of Legends, other esports join Asian Games in competition for the first time
By DAVID RISING Associated Press HANGZHOU, China (AP) — The world of online gaming takes its place this year at the Asian Games as an official…
Continue ReadingUkrainian forces have broken through in Verbove, top general says
By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge, Konstyantyn Gak and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN (CNN) — The general leading Ukraine’s…
Continue ReadingUkrainian 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…
Continue ReadingIsrael 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…
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