Deaths of 13 children in Mexico may be linked to IV bag contamination, authorities say
By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexican authorities are investigating the deaths of 13 children suspected to be linked to contaminated bags of…
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Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and…
Continue ReadingColorado man gets 22 years in prison for kidnapping a woman from Michael Bloomberg’s ranch
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge sentenced a man to 22 years in federal prison for kidnapping a woman from Michael Bloomberg’s Colorado ranch.…
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Bend Police, CERT make arrest in SW Bend shots-fired incident; raid turns up guns, ammo
Update: adding name, charge; video from broadcast) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Three months after a trespassing dispute led to two gunshots in the Romaine…
Continue ReadingA 40-year-old Christian commune faces an uncertain future
Religion News Service HARDWICK, Mass. (RNS) — As fall shifts into winter in Hardwick, Massachusetts, temperatures are unseasonably high for…
Continue ReadingTikTok is one step closer to being banned in the US
CNN By Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN New York (CNN) — TikTok has lost its bid to strike down a law that could result in the platform being…
Continue ReadingUS job growth surged in November, adding 227,000 jobs
By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Job growth surged in November, an expected rebound after hurricanes and striking workers heavily distorted the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court will decide if Palestinian authorities can be sued in US over attacks in Middle East
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to settle a years-long legal dispute over whether Palestinian authorities can be…
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Bill offering wildfire survivors relief from taxes and fees passes Congress
After more than five years of waiting in some cases, wildfire survivors across the West will be relieved of paying federal income taxes on their…
Continue Reading6 people killed in wrong-way crash on Mississippi highway
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say six people died after a pickup truck traveling the wrong way on a Mississippi highway collided with a car.…
Continue ReadingKenya police boss denies reports officers in Haiti peacekeeping mission haven’t been paid in months
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s top police official has denied reports that officers serving in the United Nations-backed…
Continue ReadingIndianapolis police officers are acquitted in the 2022 death of a man at his parents’ home
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two Indianapolis police officers have been found not guilty of manslaughter and other charges in the 2022 death of a man who…
Continue ReadingAuthorities identify knife-wielding Greyhound bus passenger who was fatally shot by Atlanta police
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities have identified the Florida-bound Greyhound bus passenger who was shot and killed by Atlanta police.…
Continue ReadingState Sen. Jenifer Branning wins a Mississippi Supreme Court seat
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — State Sen. Jenifer Branning has won a seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court, defeating Justice Jim Kitchens.…
Continue ReadingMexico study’s surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly
AP Science Writer A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest by…
Continue ReadingProsecutors seek February trial for 5 remaining defendants indicted with rapper Young Thug
ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is seeking to hold a trial early next year for the last five defendants who were…
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Bend police find gun used in carjacking attempt; Klamath Falls man also accused of trying to break into SW Bend home
The handgun a Klamath Falls man allegedly used in last week’s attempted armed carjacking of a Bend woman has been recovered by police near a…
Continue ReadingVance tells residents in hurricane-stricken North Carolina that they haven’t been forgotten
Associated Press FAIRVIEW, N.C. (AP) — Vice President-elect JD Vance on Friday assured residents of western North Carolina still cleaning up from…
Continue ReadingClosely-watched international climate case in the Hague wraps up its first week of testimony
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A closely-watched international climate case that could yield guidance for governments around the…
Continue ReadingCrews recover the body of a woman from a Pennsylvania sinkhole after a 4-day search
Associated Press The remains of a woman who fell into a sinkhole were recovered Friday, four days after she went missing while searching for her cat,…
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