Bay Area Rapid Transit Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the San Francisco Bay Area’s rapid transit system, which is referred to as Bay Area Rapid…
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Houses of Parliament (Great Britain) Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about Great Britain’s Houses of Parliament, located on the Thames River…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about Great Britain’s Houses of Parliament, located on the Thames River…
Continue ReadingSummer Olympics Competitions Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Summer Olympics, which is held every four years. The 2020 Olympic…
Continue ReadingTornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The fallout from a Pfizer factory being damaged by a tornado could put even more pressure on already-strained drug…
Continue ReadingHouse aims to ease air travel delays with more money for air traffic controllers
By KEVIN FREKING and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give the Federal…
Continue ReadingHugo Carvajal, exjefe de la Dirección de Inteligencia Militar de Venezuela, se declara inocente en una corte en EE.UU.
urielblanco (CNN Español) — Hugo Carvajal, exjefe de la Dirección de Inteligencia Militar de Venezuela, fue presentado y procesado este…
Continue ReadingKansas’ attorney general wants to keep trans people from intervening in his lawsuit over state IDs
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican attorney general in Kansas is working to keep transgender people from…
Continue ReadingIndiana police recover 2 DNA profiles from human remains found at property of long-dead businessman
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Indiana authorities have recovered two complete human DNA profiles from bones and bone fragments found on property once…
Continue ReadingExclusion of race in federal climate justice screening tool could worsen disparities, analysis says
By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer A screening tool the federal government is using to decide which neighborhoods have a disproportionate amount of…
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NW Bend homicide victim’s missing SUV has been found by member of the public in S. Oregon, police say
A Bend homicide victim’s missing SUV has been found unoccupied by a member of the public in Southern Oregon, police said Thursday, as detectives…
Continue ReadingUPS pilots vow to not cross strike picket lines
By Pete Muntean and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — The union representing pilots flying cargo planes for UPS say they will not cross picket…
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New wildfire south of Antelope stopped fast, contained at nearly 500 acres
An interagency air and ground attack made fairly quick work of stopping a wind-fanned wildfire that burned nearly 500 acres south of Antelope in…
Continue ReadingChiefs hope latest rookie class can produce the same way as last year’s bunch
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs probably would have not won the Super Bowl last season without some spectacular…
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DCSO K-9 teams catch two fleeing suspects who tried to hide in Deschutes, Little Deschutes rivers
TUMALO, Ore. (KTVZ) – Twice in two days this week, men fleeing Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies jumped in the Deschutes and Little Deschutes…
Continue ReadingAlabama death row inmate James Barber is executed following scrutiny over state’s lethal injection process
By Dakin Andone, Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Alabama death row inmate James Barber was executed early Friday morning after…
Continue ReadingAn unusual object has been releasing pulses of radio waves in space for decades. Astronomers just discovered it
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have discovered a new type of stellar object that could change their understanding of extreme…
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ODF’s C.O. District rises to ‘Extreme’ fire danger level ahead of more heat; new precautions added
As of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District has increased its fire danger level to “Extreme,” and new new…
Continue ReadingUkrainian air defenses in Odesa outgunned as Russia targets global grain supply
By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has…
Continue ReadingUkrainian air defenses in Odesa outgunned as Russia targets global grain supply
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine…
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