Here’s how to keep cool and stay safe during a heat wave
By RIO YAMAT The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Scorching heat across the U.S. already has caused more than a dozen deaths in Texas alone and…
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Trailer loaded with tons of hay catches fire, sparks several spot fires along Tumalo Reservoir Road
A flatbed trailer loaded with about three tons of hay caught fire while traveling down Tumalo Reservoir Road Thursday afternoon, sparking several…
Continue ReadingCalifornia reparations report urges action on housing discrimination and overpolicing
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It was a report two years in the making — one that details how…
Continue ReadingImage captured by Mars rover shows a mysterious ‘doughnut’ on the planet’s surface
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — An image captured by the Mars rover Perseverance shows a mysterious doughnut-shaped rock on the red planet’s…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico regulators fine oil producer $40 million for burning off vast amounts of natural gas
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico oilfield and air quality regulators announced unprecedented fines against a…
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Public reminded that Forest Service Road 16 is temporarily closed for road reconstruction
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Sisters Ranger District and the Deschutes National Forest road crew are reconstructing the non-paved portion of Forest…
Continue ReadingBiden’s Iran envoy placed on unpaid leave pending a review of his handling of classified documents
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Biden administration’s special envoy for Iran has been placed on…
Continue ReadingEx-student sentenced to 16-plus years in prison for 2022 attack on Las Vegas high school teacher
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas high school student has been sentenced to 16-plus years in Nevada state prison for attacking a female teacher…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Alleged victims speak out as lawsuit claims West Virginia State Police recorded videos of females in academy showers and locker room
By Brynn Gingras and Linh Tran, CNN (CNN) — If Megan Talkington’s daughter told her mother she wanted to be in law enforcement, the veteran…
Continue ReadingDangerous heat and humidity is smothering much of the South and Midwest
By ADRIAN SAINZ, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and JIM SALTER Associated Press As dangerous heat and humidity smothered parts of the South and Midwest on…
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Bend man who showed off illegal fireworks stash online cited; police seize more than $1,000 worth in raid on home
A Bend man who showed off his stash of illegal fireworks online and frequently shoots them off in his neighborhood was cited Thursday and more than…
Continue ReadingUS judge temporarily blocks Mississippi law on state police permits for some protests
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Mississippi law that requires people…
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Oregon Dept. of Forestry’s Central Oregon District enters ‘High’ fire danger level on Saturday
Starting this Saturday at 12:01 a.m. on all lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District, the district’s fire…
Continue ReadingAnti-gang community defense activist Hipólito Mora slain in Mexico
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The leader of an armed civilian movement that once drove a drug cartel…
Continue ReadingPolice body camera ramp up started a decade ago. How well have they worked?
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Body cameras have proliferated in law enforcement agencies in the U.S. over the past…
Continue ReadingTennessee court rules man who received clemency in Virginia still can’t register to vote
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Supreme Court has ruled against a man who sought to register to vote in the…
Continue ReadingVirginia sheriff charged with handing out deputy badges for bribes, US attorney’s office says
By Samantha Beech (CNN) — A Virginia sheriff is facing federal fraud and conspiracy charges as the US Justice Department claims he handed out…
Continue ReadingAn observatory in Antarctica reveals ‘ghostly’ new portrait of the Milky Way
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, astronomers have assembled a glowing portrait of the Milky Way galaxy using cosmic…
Continue ReadingWhat the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action does and does not do
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Thursday to gut affirmative action has made it unlawful for…
Continue ReadingBiden’s Iran envoy placed on leave after security clearance suspended amid investigation into possible mishandling of classified material, sources say
By Kylie Atwood, Alex Marquardt, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Rob Malley, the US special envoy on Iran, has been placed on leave…
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