Oregon saw mostly higher suicide rates in 2019, but youth rate declined
Oregon had the nation’s ninth-highest suicide rate across all ages in 2019 — a significant difference from the year before, when the state was…
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A newly proposed Tennessee bill would give immunity to drivers who unintentionally hit protesters blocking streets
A newly proposed bill in Tennessee would make it even more difficult to protest in the state — by making obstructing a highway a felony and…
Continue Reading‘Do not stay at home’: Tsunami warning for parts of New Zealand after 8.1-magnitude earthquake
New Zealand’s emergency agency told residents in some areas to head for higher ground after a powerful earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands…
Continue ReadingA Latina councilmember’s discussion on Zoom about racial disparities was interrupted by people laughing about her accent
The irony of it all is that the laughter came during a discussion about racial inequities. Nancy Navarro, a member of the Montgomery County Council…
Continue Reading76-yo drowns attempting to save daughter
Click here for updates on this story CAMERON, Oklahoma (KFSM) — Divers found the bodies of two drowning victims, a…
Continue ReadingGuard members compete to be to be named Pennsylvania’s ‘best warrior’
Click here for updates on this story FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Some of Pennsylvania’s National…
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Oregon AG settles with 4 hotels over price gouging amid wildfires
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced $105,600 in settlements Thursday with four hotels and motels due to price gouging during and in the…
Continue ReadingCity works to keep its neighborhoods litter free
Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — Dennis Goodman lost the use of his legs in a car…
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Grants Pass debt-collecting company to lay off dozens
One of the largest employers in Grants Pass is planning to lay off dozens of workers, starting in April.…
Continue ReadingCops recover family’s stolen belongings, including son’s ashes
Click here for updates on this story COVINGTON, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Law enforcement authorities have…
Continue ReadingCalifornia to reserve 40% of vaccine doses for underserved communities
California will set aside 40% of its vaccines for underserved communities in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus and hasten the reopening of…
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DEQ fines Eugene wood treatment facility $223K over hazardous waste, water violations
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued a $223,440 penalty Wednesday to J.H. Baxter & Co. for hazardous waste and water quality…
Continue ReadingSee Jupiter and Mercury align in the sky and an asteroid flyby this weekend
The solar system’s largest and smallest planets will be in alignment this Friday. In the morning, Mercury and Jupiter will be in conjunction…
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OSU says it’s planning for mostly in-person instruction this fall
Oregon State University President F. King Alexander announced Wednesday that planning for a more traditional fall term is underway within OSU,…
Continue ReadingWhen Maine’s seals are in trouble, she gets the call
Growing up in coastal Maine, Lynda Doughty spent a lot of time out on the ocean, where she regularly encountered seals, turtles and whales. She…
Continue ReadingAsian man recalls unprovoked attack at subway station
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — Police are investigating yet another unprovoked attack on a…
Continue ReadingItaly blocks export of Covid-19 vaccine doses to Australia, using EU powers for the first time
Italy invoked European Union powers to block the export of 250,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Australia on Thursday, in a dramatic escalation of a…
Continue ReadingWoman gets part-time job at nursing home so she can visit her dad during pandemic
Lisa Racine hasn’t been able to visit her dad in-person at the nursing home he lives at because of the coronavirus pandemic. So, she decided to…
Continue ReadingLawsuit says university did not act to stop a professor from sexually harassing student
Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — A former University of Nebraska-Lincoln…
Continue ReadingArrest made in murder of a Racine woman in the Rocky Mountains in 1982
Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — She was training a once-wild mustang. She…
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