Wyden, colleagues introduce bill to curb firearms trafficking to Mexican drug cartels
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday that he and Senate colleagues have introduced legislation that would prevent…
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The woman who torched Wyoming’s lone, full-service abortion clinic is about to be sentenced
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A woman who says anxiety and nightmares led her to set fire to Wyoming’s only full-service…
Continue Reading3 Baton Rouge police officers are on leave as investigations continue into ‘Brave Cave’ alleged police torture warehouse
By Kevin Conlon and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Three Baton Rouge Police Department officers have been placed on administrative leave as…
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ODFW seeks two new Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board members to represent sport anglers
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking two new members to represent sport anglers on the Oregon Hatchery…
Continue ReadingTaiwan launches the island’s first domestically made submarine for testing
By JOHNSON LAI and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president has launched the island’s first domestically made…
Continue ReadingAt US Antarctic base hit by harassment claims, workers are banned from buying alcohol at bars
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be…
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Wyden, colleagues introduce bill to close tobacco tax loopholes, establish new federal tax on e-cigarettes
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with Rep. Raja…
Continue ReadingAustralian man who faked his own kidnapping to meet mistress ordered to pay police
By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — An Australian man who faked his own kidnapping to spend time with his mistress on New Year’s Eve has been ordered…
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State fire marshal funding more than $1.6 million in C.O. Community Wildfire Risk Reduction grants
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon State Fire Marshal is excited to share that project work is underway for the Community Wildfire Risk Reduction…
Continue ReadingNY Attorney General Letitia James has a long history of fighting Trump and other powerful targets
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Letitia James fixated on Donald Trump as she campaigned for New York attorney general,…
Continue ReadingBiden offers dire warnings about Trump, accuses mainstream GOP of ‘deafening’ silence
By SEUNG MIN KIM, JONATHAN J. COOPER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — President Joe Biden issued one of his most dire…
Continue ReadingHouse Republicans make their case for Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing
By FARNOUSH AMIRI, LISA MASCARO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea amends constitution to bolster nuclear power status, calls US and allies ‘worst threat’
By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae and Larry Register, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea has amended its constitution to bolster and expand…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea has jailed a man for using AI to create sexual images of children in a first for country’s courts
By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to jail for using artificial intelligence…
Continue ReadingSri Lankan cricketer found not guilty of rape charges in Australian court case
SYDNEY (AP) — Sri Lankan cricket international Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of raping a woman he met on a dating site during the…
Continue ReadingSenators nix casual clothing as bipartisan resolution sets new dress code for Senate floor
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No shorts on the Senate floor. The Senate voted Wednesday evening to reverse an informal…
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Merkley’s cannabis banking bill clears committee hurdle, heads to Senate floor; Wyden, Oregon AG urge passage
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senator Jeff Merkley’s bipartisan Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act – legislation to ensure that…
Continue ReadingLong a city that embraced cars, Paris is seeing a new kind of road rage: Bike-lane traffic jams
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Ring, ring! It’s rush hour on Paris’ Sébastopol Boulevard, and the congestion is…
Continue ReadingGang violence in Haiti is escalating and spreading with a significant increase in killings, UN says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief says in a new report that gang violence in Haiti is escalating and…
Continue ReadingTeen testifies about boy’s death and firearms training at New Mexico compound
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors have presented detailed testimony about the final moments of a toddler…
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