Kroger agrees to pay up to $1.4 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The Kroger Co. has agreed to pay up to $1.4 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids. The supermarket…
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2 Kentucky men exonerated in 1990s killing awarded more than $20 million
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lawyers for two Kentucky men exonerated for a decades-old killing have settled with the city…
Continue ReadingPolice officer who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry faces murder, other charges
CNN By Danny Freeman, Kelly McCleary, Ray Sanchez, Samantha Beech and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — The police officer who fatally shot Eddie…
Continue ReadingJudge orders Louisiana to remove incarcerated youths from the state’s maximum-security adult prison
By SARA CLINE and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that incarcerated youths be removed from a…
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Oregon State, Washington State sue Pac-12 to protect assets, for possible ‘rebuilding’ of the conference
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University and Washington State University, the two remaining members of the Pac-12 Conference, initiated…
Continue ReadingTwo new 9/11 victims identified, the first identifications in two years
By Kristina Sgueglia and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — New York City officials have identified two more victims of the September 11 terror attacks…
Continue ReadingIndianapolis officer gets 1 year in prison for kicking a handcuffed man in the face during an arrest
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to kicking a handcuffed man in the face during a 2021 arrest has been…
Continue ReadingHayao Miyazaki invites moviegoers to dream with him one last time
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — The loudest applause on opening night at the Toronto International Film Festival was for Totoro. When…
Continue ReadingDr. Richard Moriarty, who helped create ‘Mr. Yuk’ poison warning for kids, dies at 83
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A retired pediatrician from Pittsburgh who helped create the ‘Mr. Yuk’ poison warning for kids has died. Dr. Richard W.…
Continue ReadingMarc Bohan, former Dior creative director and friend to the stars, dies at age 97
By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press Luxury fashion house Dior has confirmed that longtime former artistic director Marc Bohan has died at 97. The…
Continue ReadingWisconsin sawmill agrees to pay $191K to federal regulators after 16-year-old boy killed on the job
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin sawmill has agreed to pay about $191,000 and submit to multiple sanctions after…
Continue ReadingThe FAA is considering mandating technology to warn pilots before they land on the wrong runway
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Federal Aviation Administration indicated Friday that it is moving toward requiring that planes be equipped…
Continue ReadingWorld isn’t moving fast enough to cut pollution and keep warming below 2 degrees Celsius, UN scorecard says
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — In the eight years since the landmark Paris Climate Agreement, the world’s nations have not done enough to cut…
Continue ReadingZelensky dismisses compromise with Putin, pointing to Prigozhin’s death
By Andrew Carey and Amarachi Orie, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the…
Continue ReadingPanama to increase deportations in face of record migration through the Darien Gap
By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama says it will increase deportations and infrastructure in the area of the Darien…
Continue ReadingArtists want complete control over their public exhibitions. Governments say it’s not that simple
By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Collaboration between art and government sometimes breeds conflict. The postponement of a Mesa,…
Continue ReadingChild victims are the forgotten voices of Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship from 1973 to 1990
By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — When Augusto Pinochet installed himself as Chile’s dictator in 1973, the age of…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Abortion access has expanded but remains difficult in Mexico. How does it work now?
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court ending federal criminal penalties for abortion was…
Continue ReadingCity of Bend road and traffic report: Week of Sept. 11-17
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of Sept. 11-17. NE 27th Street between NE Rosemary Drive…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to charges stemming from human remains trade tied to Harvard Medical School
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the theft and sale of human body parts taken from…
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