Couple’s $86M award in Monsanto pesticide case stands
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s highest court rejected on Wednesday a challenge by Monsanto Co. to $86.2 million in damages to…
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Wife of US hostage in Africa reveals captors’ ransom demand
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of an American humanitarian worker who was kidnapped in Niger five years ago says her…
Continue ReadingLaRavia scores 24, leads Wake Forest to 95-59 win
SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Jake LaRavia scored 15 of his 24 points in the first half and Wake Forest took control early in beating Charleston Southern…
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Two K-9s help Bend police find car theft suspect who ordered passenger out of parked car
A pair of K-9 teams helped police find and arrest a woman who allegedly ordered a passenger out of a car parked at a northeast Bend business and…
Continue ReadingChina coast guard uses water cannon against Philippine boats
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says Chinese coast guard ships have blocked and sprayed a powerful stream…
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Oregon reports 19 more COVID-19 related deaths, 996 new cases; 70% of Oregonians now vaccinated
There are 19 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including two in Deschutes County, raising the state’s death toll to 4,873, the Oregon Health…
Continue ReadingJason Mott, Tiya Miles win National Book Awards
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The winner of this year’s National Book Award for fiction is Jason Mott’s “Hell of a…
Continue ReadingLa OPS dice que circulan en Nicaragua cuatro variantes del covid-19
Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) informó este miércoles que en Nicaragua circulan las…
Continue ReadingSpaceX’s Musk: 1st Starship test flight to orbit in January
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is aiming to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit in…
Continue ReadingSpaceX’s Musk: 1st Starship test flight to orbit in January
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is aiming to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit in…
Continue ReadingEPA sets timeline to weigh next steps related to Pebble Mine
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is extending through May a timeline to decide how or whether to proceed with…
Continue ReadingEl rapero Young Dolph muere en un tiroteo a los 36 años, y la policía insta a la población en Memphis a no salir mientras investigan
Ángela Reyes (CNN)– Young Dolph, el rapero detrás de álbumes como “Rich Slave”, perdió la vida a los 36 años en un letal…
Continue ReadingFor the GOP now, all roads lead to Donald Trump
CNN By Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political Analyst Sometimes, during a busy week in Washington, a recap is in order. So let’s take stock of the…
Continue ReadingUN envoy: Afghanistan on brink of `humanitarian catastrophe’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s special representative for Afghanistan is warning that the country is “on…
Continue ReadingDirector fired after improper law certificate given to donor
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A report says the director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and…
Continue ReadingSearch warrants unsealed in probe of billionaire Sanford
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Search warrants have been unsealed in the investigation into South Dakota billionaire…
Continue ReadingHe ordered a letterman jacket in high school but couldn’t afford to pick it up. His brother just found it at a thrift shop 28 years later
CNN, KNXV, WBAL, JED MOTTLEY, JOSH MOTTLEY, HARDFORD CO By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Jed Mottley played varsity football 28 years ago at Chaparral High…
Continue ReadingPhoenix to pay $5M in lawsuit over man’s death during arrest
BY JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix officials agreed Wednesday to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit over the January 2017…
Continue ReadingTestimony in Charlottesville Unite the Right civil trial wraps up
By Mark Morales and Steve Almasy, CNN The final witnesses testified Wednesday in the civil case involving White nationalists who organized a two-day…
Continue ReadingAuthorities: Missing Missouri woman was killed, dismembered
BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say remains found at a southwest Missouri home were those of a missing woman who was photographed partially nude…
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