Biden tells GOP to ‘get out of the way’ on debt limit
By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging Republican senators to “get out of the way” and…
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Lawsuit alleges past culture of sexual abuse at University of North Carolina School of the Arts
By Madeline Holcombe and Lauren del Valle, CNN A new lawsuit alleges faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts perpetrated…
Continue ReadingMissouri man executed for killing 3 workers in ’94 robbery
By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience…
Continue ReadingForce expert: Rittenhouse decisions to shoot were reasonable
By MICHAEL TARM and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A use-of-force expert says an Illinois man who shot three people during a…
Continue ReadingBlack ex-Tesla worker who claimed racial abuse awarded $137M
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury in San Francisco says Tesla must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at…
Continue ReadingBlack ex-Tesla worker who claimed racial abuse awarded $137M
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury in San Francisco says Tesla must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at…
Continue ReadingHundreds of billions were spent by the US in Afghanistan. Here are 10 of the starkest examples of ‘waste, fraud and abuse’
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Half a billion dollars of aircraft that flew for about a year. A huge $85 million hotel that never opened, and sits in…
Continue ReadingTexas pardons board votes unanimously to recommend posthumous pardon for George Floyd
By Josh Campbell and Amir Vera, CNN The Texas State Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously Monday to recommend a full posthumous pardon of…
Continue ReadingSen. Ann Rivers stepping down from Legislature for city job
LA CENTER, Wash. (AP) — A Republican state senator announced Monday that she will resign from the Legislature for a job in southwestern Washington.…
Continue ReadingNew Australian state leader sticks to lockdown timetable
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The new government leader of Australia’s most populous state says he will stick with a…
Continue ReadingNew Australian state leader sticks to lockdown timetable
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The new government leader of Australia’s most populous state says he will stick with a…
Continue ReadingAnti-vaccine villagers in Guatemala hold coronavirus team
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Guatemala say anti-vaccine residents of a village seized and held a team of nurses who were trying to…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Kishida, Biden agree to cooperate on China, N Korea
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has held his first talks since taking office with…
Continue ReadingJapan counts on Asian market to help shift to green energy
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan is focusing on its neighbors in Asia as it hopes to take a leadership role in the growing…
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3 Redmond School District bus routes canceled after 7 drivers call out sick
The Redmond School District canceled three bus routes for students Monday morning due to seven bus drivers calling in sick, an unusually high number,…
Continue ReadingBali gradually reopening to tourists starting October 14
Reuters Indonesia will reopen its tourist island Bali for some international travelers, including those from China, New Zealand, and Japan, among…
Continue ReadingMale tiger kills female in breeding intro at Tacoma zoo
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Officials say a female Sumatran tiger from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma has died after another tiger attacked…
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Proposal to make Deschutes County commissioner seats non-partisan aims for May ballot
An initiative petition to ask voters whether Deschutes County commissioner seats should become non-partisan has been circulating since May, and it…
Continue Reading1 DEA agent killed, 2 officers injured in Amtrak train shooting in Tucson
CNN By Josh Campbell, Gregory Wallace and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A US Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed in a shooting on an…
Continue ReadingBritney Spears thanks #FreeBritney fans after dad’s removal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears is thanking fans who have called for years to #FreeBritney after major changes in the conservatorship that has…
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