At least 106 people were killed in Maui’s wildfires, officials say
By Nouran Salahieh and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The death toll in the Maui wildfires has risen to 106, Maui County officials said Tuesday, a…
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Modi says India’s economy will be among the top three in the world within five years
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India’s economy will be among the top three in the world…
Continue ReadingKishida marks 78th anniversary of World War II’s end without mentioning Japan’s wartime aggression
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has renewed a peace pledge as Japan observed the 78th…
Continue ReadingTwo years on from Taliban takeover, Afghan women are being ‘erased from everything’
By Jessie Yeung, Anna Coren and Jawad Temori, CNN (CNN) — When Zahra thinks back to her life before the summer of 2021, it seems like another…
Continue ReadingMassive explosion at a gas station in Russia’s Dagestan kills 35 and injures scores more
MOSCOW (AP) — A massive explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan killed 35 people and injured scores more, Russian…
Continue ReadingIsraeli West Bank raid kills 2 Palestinians and a court releases a settler charged in shooting death
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians,…
Continue ReadingHow the Georgia indictment against Donald Trump may be the biggest yet and other case takeaways
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MEG KINNARD Associated Press The fourth indictment of former President Donald Trump may be the most sweeping yet. The…
Continue ReadingAs a criminal case against a Tesla driver wraps up, legal and ethical questions on Autopilot endure
By STEFANIE DAZIO and TOM KRISHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A criminal prosecution against a Tesla driver in Los Angeles County whose car…
Continue Reading4 Australians and 2 Indonesians are rescued after being missing in waters off Indonesia for 2 days
By EDNA TARIGAN and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Four Australian tourists and two Indonesians were rescued after being…
Continue ReadingDeath toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 101, Hawaii governor says
By CLAIRE RUSH, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A mobile morgue unit arrived Tuesday to help…
Continue ReadingMother pleads guilty to felony child neglect after 6-year-old son used her gun to shoot teacher
By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia pleaded…
Continue ReadingWoman at center of deadly poisoning case says she bought mushrooms from grocer and supermarket
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The woman at the center of a suspected mushroom poisoning case that killed three people in Australia claims…
Continue ReadingThis country has finally scrapped the last of its Covid restrictions
By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand scrapped the last of its Covid restrictions Tuesday, bringing the final curtain down on one of the…
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NWS ‘excessive heat warning’ continues until Thursday night; cooling centers open around C.O.
The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued an excessive heat warning for much of Central Oregon and other areas of the state that began…
Continue ReadingStates that protect transgender health care now try to absorb demand
By JEFF McMILLAN and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press States that declared themselves refuges for transgender people have essentially issued an…
Continue ReadingWestern states will not lose as much Colorado River water in 2024, despite long-term challenges
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials said Tuesday they will ease water cuts for Western states reliant on the…
Continue ReadingGeorgia clerk says ‘mishap’ caused erroneous release of list of Trump charges
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The clerk of the Fulton County, Georgia, court system has acknowledged accidentally releasing what appeared…
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Gov. Kotek tells C. Oregon leaders she won’t support managed homeless camps outside urban growth boundaries
Gov. Tina Kotek has told three Central Oregon elected officials at a meeting on homelessness issues that she is not willing to support managed camps…
Continue ReadingWill a federal judge in Texas force Planned Parenthood to repay millions?
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas wants Planned Parenthood to return millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements and…
Continue ReadingNYC outdoor dining sheds were a celebrated pandemic-era innovation. Now, there’s a new set of rules
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Outdoor dining was a rare part of the pandemic that many people actually liked. Streetside dining…
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