Head-on crash at La Pine intersection injures 3, 1 seriously
Three people were injured, one seriously, in a head-on crash Wednesday at a La Pine intersection, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies…
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California school district at center of earlier controversy is sued over critical race theory ban
By Taylor Romine and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California school board at odds with state officials and local residents this…
Continue ReadingIndian court allows survey of a 17th-century mosque to see if it was built over a Hindu temple
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — An Indian court says officials can conduct a scientific survey of a 17th-century…
Continue ReadingInternational pressure mounts on coup leaders in Niger while hundreds rally in support of junta
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — International pressure is mounting on leaders of the coup in Niger. The American secretary of…
Continue ReadingIsraeli protesters are calling for democracy. But what about the occupation of Palestinians?
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is being rocked by a wave of mass protests calling for the country’s democracy to be…
Continue ReadingBank of England hints that UK borrowing rates will stay high after its new hike
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has raised its main interest rate to a fresh 15-year high as it tries to bring down…
Continue ReadingFormer Maryland college town mayor pleads guilty to 140 child pornography charges
By Aya Elamroussi and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — The former mayor of a Maryland college town pleaded guilty Wednesday to 140 charges stemming…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian stocks mixed after Wall St sinks for 3rd day following British rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street sank for a third day following a British…
Continue ReadingHuman remains found in search for Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea with 4 crew aboard
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea killing four people…
Continue ReadingHurricane Dora intenstifies far from Mexico’s Pacific coast, poses no threat to land, officials say
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. National Hurricane Center says that Dora has become a Category 3 hurricane far off Mexico’s western Pacific Coast —…
Continue ReadingTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s securities fraud trial to wait until end of impeachment trial
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s years-delayed trial on securities fraud…
Continue ReadingCleric arrested for blasphemy after allowing women to preach in world’s largest Muslim-majority country
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A Muslim cleric has been arrested on charges of blasphemy and hate speech in Indonesia after his decision to allow…
Continue ReadingThe Parkland school massacre will be reenacted, with gunfire, in lawsuit against sheriff’s deputy
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Ballistics experts will fire up to 139 shots at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on…
Continue ReadingBoth expelled members of ‘Tennessee Three’ win back their state House seats
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, who became Democratic heroes as…
Continue ReadingSingapore executes third prisoner in 2 weeks for drug trafficking
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore has executed a third prisoner in two weeks for drug trafficking, despite…
Continue ReadingThe US wants Kenya to lead a force in Haiti with 1,000 police. Watchdogs say they’ll export abuse
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is praising Kenya’s interest in leading a multinational force in Haiti.…
Continue ReadingMan accused of firing a gun outside a Jewish school in Memphis faces multiple charges
By Nouran Salahieh and Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of firing shots outside a Memphis, Tennessee, Jewish school he was allegedly…
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Sheriff’s office: Fla. woman selling meth from her Redmond motel room thought M. 110 made them legal
– A Florida woman arrested in a raid on charges of selling large amounts of methamphetamine out of her downtown Redmond hotel room told Deschutes…
Continue ReadingChina proposes to limit children’s smartphone time to a maximum of 2 hours a day
BEIJING (AP) — China’s internet watchdog has laid out regulations to curb the amount of time children spend on their smartphones, in the latest…
Continue ReadingTyphoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already caused damage and injuries
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other southern Japanese islands…
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