California targets smash-and-grabs with $267 million program aimed at ‘brazen’ store thefts
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will spend $267 million to combat smash-and-grab robberies that have…
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Lawyers argue 3 former officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death should have separate trials
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Defense lawyers say three former Memphis police officers accused of fatally beating Tyre…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C.; Cindy McCain, executive director of the World…
Continue ReadingBig wins for organized labor and progressive causes as California lawmakers wrap for the year
By ADAM BEAM and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have finished their work for 2023. The Legislature…
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DCSO to hold last free community shred event, drug disposal of year Saturday at Terrebonne Elementary
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is hosting its last free community shred event and drug disposal of 2023, with the…
Continue ReadingLouisiana island town to repeal ordinance, let driver fly vulgar anti-Biden flag
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A resort island town on the Louisiana coast has agreed to repeal an anti-obscenity ordinance…
Continue ReadingMan convicted of bomb threat outside Library of Congress sentenced to probation after year in jail
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man whose bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol forced evacuations and sparked an hourslong…
Continue ReadingU.S. judge orders Argentina to pay $16 billion for expropriation of YPF oil company
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A U.S. judge ruled that Argentina must pay $16.1 billion to minority shareholders of state-controlled oil company…
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Bend-La Pine Schools to review sponsorship policies amid criticism of Nosler’s role at Mtn. View High
Bend-La Pine Schools officials said Friday they will review their policies regarding sponsorships and advertising on district property after some…
Continue ReadingKansas will no longer change trans people’s birth certificates to reflect their gender identities
By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will no longer change transgender people’s birth…
Continue ReadingClimate change could bring more storms like Hurricane Lee to New England
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Climate scientists say that storms like Hurricane Lee could become more common in the future as the…
Continue ReadingMichigan man cleared of killing 2 hunters to get $1 million for wrongful convictions
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.03 million to a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for…
Continue ReadingCourt sentences main suspects in Belgium’s deadliest peacetime attack to 20-year to life terms
BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian court has sentenced five men to sentences ranging from 20 years to life in prison on charges of terrorist murder linked…
Continue ReadingOutrage boils in Seattle and in India over death of a student and an officer’s callous remarks
By MANUEL VALDES and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Outrage grew Friday over a Seattle police officer’s remark that the life…
Continue ReadingA 5-year-old vanished from a New Jersey playground in 2019. A new age-progression photo could bring Dulce Maria Alavez home
By Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have released a new age-progression photo of Dulce Maria Alavez, who vanished from a New Jersey…
Continue ReadingProsecutors seek narrow gag order on Trump in federal election case after ‘inflammatory’ comments
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking an order that would prevent Donald Trump from making…
Continue ReadingOffshore wind projects need federal help to get built, six governors tell Biden
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Six Democratic governors are warning the Biden administration that offshore wind…
Continue Reading6 ‘Soldiers of Christ’ arrested for the abuse and murder of ‘malnourished’ South Korean woman
By Fabiana Chaparro and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Six people who identified themselves as members of a religious group called the…
Continue ReadingNorfolk Southern CEO promises to keep improving safety on the railroad based on consultant’s report
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO pledged to continue working to improve safety after the consultant…
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AirLink helicopter pilot, Powell Butte resident, speaks on recovery challenges since severe crash in Christmas Valley
“I do remember waking up, and the first thing I’m shouting is, ‘Are you guys okay? Tell me you guys are alive! Tell me you guys are alive!…
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