WA state prison guard is suspected violent biker gang leader
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — A corrections officer at a Washington state prison accused of being a violent motorcycle gang leader has been arrested on…
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How major US stock indexes fared Friday
The Associated Press Stocks ended an up-and-down day lower on Wall Street Friday, giving the S&P 500 its fifth consecutive loss and its first…
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Gov. Brown orders public flags lowered to half-staff in remembrance of Sept. 11, 2001
Gov. Kate Brown ordered flags at all public institutions throughout Oregon to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Sept. 11,…
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Senators Wyden, Merkley open application process to fill U.S. attorney vacancy
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Friday they are opening an application process for candidates interested in…
Continue ReadingTake-Two, Apellis fall; Dave & Buster’s, Endo rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Take-Two, Apellis fall; Dave & Buster’s, Endo…
Continue ReadingBiden’s vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are blasting President Joe Biden, threatening lawsuits and going as far as to call…
Continue ReadingJudge: Hastert’s sexual abuse accuser to be named at trial
YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A man who accused Dennis Hastert of child sexual abuse then sued the former U.S. House speaker for refusing to pay $1.8m in…
Continue ReadingEXCERPT: On 9/11, reporting from Taliban-controlled Kabul
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press In the late afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, Associated Press correspondent Kathy Gannon, on assignment in Afghanistan,…
Continue ReadingCalifornia may impose toughest rules on recycling labels
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have approved what advocacy groups say are the nation’s strongest…
Continue ReadingCalifornia may impose toughest rules on recycling labels
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have approved what advocacy groups say are the nation’s strongest…
Continue ReadingBen Affleck, Jennifer Lopez make romance official in Venice
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After weeks of smooching on yachts and holding hands on intimate walks, Jennifer Lopez and…
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Advisory panel to discuss proposed changes to Oregon state park rules
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has formed a committee to begin the process of amending the Oregon Administrative Rules that govern state…
Continue ReadingSearch for 1887 time capsule under Robert E. Lee monument a lost cause, official says
By David Williams, CNN Officials in Richmond, Virginia, have called off the search for a nearly 134-year-old time capsule that was believed to be…
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Oregon-Washington BLM sets National Public Lands Day events
On Saturday, Sept. 25,, the Bureau of Land Management is hosting numerous National Public Lands Day events across Oregon and…
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Gov. Brown calls Sept. 20 special session of Legislature to adopt redistricting maps
Gov. Kate Brown on Friday called the Oregon Legislature into a special legislative session in order to adopt new congressional and legislative…
Continue ReadingUS gives 1st public look inside base housing Afghans
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is giving the first public look inside a…
Continue ReadingFederal judge acquits Tennessee professor with ties to China
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press A federal judge has thrown out all charges against a University of Tennessee professor accused of hiding his…
Continue ReadingMemoir by Philip Roth biographer to be reissued next week
NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir by Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey will be reissued this fall after publisher W.W. Norton and Company dropped it amid…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia, 20 years after 9/11: ‘A country in the making’
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — All but four of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudi citizens and the Saudi…
Continue ReadingFDA official hopeful younger kids can get shots this year
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief is pledging to rapidly evaluate COVID-19 vaccines for…
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