Minneapolis mayor vetoes measure for minimum wage to Uber and Lyft drivers
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Minneapolis’ mayor on Tuesday vetoed minimum wages for Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing drivers, a move…
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Asylum-seekers are being set up for rejection at a New Mexico detention facility, rights groups say
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M (AP) — A coalition of human rights groups says migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are being set up…
Continue ReadingCanadian officials have eased wildfire evacuation orders in a scenic British Columbia region
By ROB GILLIES and JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian firefighters have begun easing evacuation orders in a…
Continue ReadingProsecutors say witness in Trump’s classified documents case retracted false testimony
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A witness in the criminal case against Donald Trump over the hoarding of classified documents…
Continue ReadingNewly released video shows police shooting into vehicle at a traffic stop in an encounter that contradicts initial police narrative
By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — An attorney representing the family of a 27-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Philadelphia police…
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Deschutes County meth, fentanyl trafficker sentenced to seven years in federal prison
A Deschutes County woman has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl to…
Continue ReadingBorrowing “Fear City” tactic from 1975, police union tells Yale students to avoid New Haven
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Yale University and New Haven officials are blasting the labor union for college police for handing out flyers with…
Continue ReadingA bus carrying Mexicans and Venezuelan migrants crashes, killing 15 people and injuring 36
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A bus carrying Mexicans and Venezuelan migrants has crashed into a freight truck in central Mexico, killing 16 people and…
Continue ReadingCourt battle begins over Missouri’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Court hearings are underway to determine whether a new Missouri law banning minors from…
Continue ReadingFederal judge orders utility to turn over customer information amid reports of improper water use
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Mississippi’s largest electric utility…
Continue ReadingIn session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The second day of Tennessee’s special legislative session has…
Continue ReadingRoyals unveil proposed ballpark and entertainment district plans for 2 locations
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals unveiled detailed plans for two dramatically different locations…
Continue ReadingBiden works to console and demonstrate action as he witnesses tragedy in Hawaii first-hand
By Kevin Liptak, CNN Lahaina, Hawaii (CNN) — Gliding over the ashen remains of Lahaina in Marine One on Monday, President Joe Biden had a question…
Continue ReadingUPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries
By HALELUYA HADERO and MATT OTT AP Business Writers The union representing 340,000 UPS workers said Tuesday that its members voted to approve the…
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Bend man killed in rollover crash of pickup on Cascade Lakes Highway
A 33-year-old Bend man was killed in the rollover crash of his pickup truck early Tuesday morning on the Cascade Lakes National Scenic Byway south of…
Continue ReadingSpain’s conservatives will get first shot at forming a government after inconclusive elections
MADRID (AP) — The leader of Spain’s conservatives will have the first chance to curry the parliamentary support necessary to form a new…
Continue ReadingTennessee judge orders a mental evaluation for a man charged with shooting at a Jewish school
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A lawyer says a Tennessee judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a man charged with…
Continue ReadingUK crime agency charges Nigeria’s former oil minister with bribery offenses
By Stephanie Busari and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offenses…
Continue ReadingAn Ohio school bus overturns after crash with minivan, leaving 1 child dead and 23 injured
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a school bus full of children overturned after a crash with a minivan in Ohio, killing one child and…
Continue ReadingUS to appeal Mexico’s refusal to investigate labor complaint at Mexican mine
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has announced it will file an appeal over Mexico’s refusal to…
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