US can continue using Seattle airport for deportation flights, appeals court says
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can continue using a Seattle airport for chartered deportation flights, a…
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Namibia will have its first female leader after VP wins presidential election for the ruling party
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday of…
Continue ReadingLawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Reproductive rights advocates are trying to dismantle a 15-week abortion ban in Arizona that conflicts with newly…
Continue ReadingSearch extends into the night for Pennsylvania woman who may have fallen into sinkhole
Associated Press A grandmother looking for her lost cat apparently fell into a sinkhole that had recently opened above an abandoned western…
Continue ReadingWhat happened to Hannah Kobayashi? Police say the Hawaii woman voluntarily disappeared
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii who was reported missing in Los Angeles three weeks ago voluntarily traveled to…
Continue ReadingTrial begins in the killing of an Ole Miss student who was known in the local LGBTQ+ community
Associated Press A trial has begun for a man charged in the killing of a University of Mississippi student who was well-known in the local LGBTQ+…
Continue ReadingTransgender powerlifter asks Minnesota Supreme Court to let her compete in women’s events
Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for a transgender athlete have urged the Minnesota Supreme Court to allow her to compete in the…
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Oregon cities lay out legislative priorities: Infrastructure, transportation, shelter funding
The League of Oregon Cities’ Board of Directors has unanimously adopted nine legislative priorities for cities for the 2025 and 2026 sessions. …
Continue ReadingCalifornia man charged with shipping weapons to North Korea
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man has been charged with illegally shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea. Federal…
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Gov. Kotek makes final plea to Biden to make Owyhee Canyonlands a national monument
By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Tina Kotek just made one last plea to President Joe Biden to protect a…
Continue Reading‘The Brutalist’ tops New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Carol Kane, Adrien Brody win acting prizes
NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Corbet’s 3 1/2-hour postwar epic “The Brutalist” won best film from the New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday, while…
Continue ReadingGlobal warming fills New England’s rich waters with death traps for endangered sea turtles
Associated Press QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles, the number…
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Bend Park and Rec District opens winter recreation registration Dec. 9-11
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The new year is ahead and there are plenty of recreation offerings to welcome in 2025. The Bend Park and Recreation District is…
Continue ReadingEx-New Orleans priest pleads guilty to rape and kidnapping in sexual abuse case ahead of trial
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about martial law and the impeachment vote threatening South Korea’s president
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Is South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the verge of being forced out of office for declaring martial law nearly a…
Continue ReadingUS closes investigation into E. coli outbreak linked to onions in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
Associated Press Writers The federal government has closed its investigation into an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers…
Continue ReadingJury deliberations begin in veteran Daniel Penny’s trial over using chokehold on Jordan Neely
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors have started deliberating in the trial of a military veteran charged with using a fatal chokehold to subdue…
Continue ReadingJury deliberates for third day in NYC subway chokehold trial
By Lauren del Valle, Gloria Pazmino, Celina Tebor and Eric Levenson, CNN New York (CNN) — A Manhattan jury deliberated for a third day Thursday…
Continue ReadingNew women’s baseball league names 97-year-old AAGPBL alum honorary chair on advisory board
AP Sports Writer Former baseball pitcher Maybelle Blair will be an honorary chair on the advisory board of the Women’s Professional Baseball…
Continue ReadingAn Israeli strike kills a person in Lebanon, further shaking the tenuous ceasefire
Associated Press NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several drone and…
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