Photos show black slick in water near Gulf oil rig after Ida
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and GERALD HERBERT Associated Press PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Aerial survey imagery released by the National Oceanic and…
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Photos show black slick in water near Gulf oil rig after Ida
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and GERALD HERBERT Associated Press PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Aerial survey imagery released by the National Oceanic and…
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Oregon AG Rosenblum disappointed in Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan, Sackler family shield
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum expressed strong disappointment Wednesday after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain indicated that he would…
Continue ReadingMan shot with slain off-duty New Orleans cop in Texas dies
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say the friend of an off-duty New Orleans police officer who was fatally shot during a holdup on the patio of a…
Continue ReadingAuto maker Stellantis will fill gap by buying a finance arm
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Stellantis, the car company that includes Chrysler and Fiat, is getting into the auto-finance business. Stellantis said…
Continue ReadingSouth Dakota governor sends AG crash investigation to House
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has renewed her efforts to force the state’s attorney…
Continue ReadingQAnon event in Las Vegas loses Caesars Entertainment site
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino giant Caesars Entertainment says a conference scheduled next month in Las Vegas by a group espousing the fringe QAnon…
Continue ReadingHusband of ‘Real Housewives’ star NeNe Leakes dies at 66
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gregg Leakes, the husband of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Deputy shoots, injures man who pointed rifle
SOUTH BEACH, Ore. (AP) — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says one of their deputies shot a man who pointed a rifle at deputies in the…
Continue ReadingA Texas school district closed all its schools after two teachers died from Covid-19
By David Williams, CNN A Texas school district is closing all of its schools until after the Labor Day holiday after two junior high teachers died of…
Continue ReadingOregon school district fires superintendent without reason, after he upheld state’s mask mandate
By Elizabeth Stuart, CNN An Oregon schools superintendent was fired during a Monday night school board meeting, after he enforced the state’s…
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‘Hardhat in Hand’: COCC partners with Facebook, Fortis Construction for training program
A new partnership between Central Oregon Community College, Facebook and Fortis Construction will provide hands-on paid training aimed at developing…
Continue ReadingPolice: Florida man killed Texas Instagram influencer
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say an Instagram influencer from Texas has been found dead in her apartment and the Florida man investigators believe…
Continue ReadingQAnon event in Las Vegas loses Caesars Entertainment site
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino giant Caesars Entertainment says a conference scheduled next month in Las Vegas by a group espousing the fringe QAnon…
Continue ReadingVrabel back inside Titans’ HQ, optimistic more joining soon
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel returned to work Wednesday after a 10-day quarantine…
Continue ReadingOregon denies oil terminal permit needed to fully operate
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon regulators say they will not renew a permit needed by a crude oil storage company to operate portions of its facility…
Continue ReadingMixed feelings in El Paso about looser Texas gun limits
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A new Texas law allows most people age 21 or older who haven’t been convicted of a felony to…
Continue ReadingAlabama sets new execution date for inmate for 1991 murder
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has rescheduled the execution of an Alabama inmate who had his lethal injection…
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Oregon reports 23 more COVID-19 related deaths, 2,827 new cases, 1,178 hospitalizations
There are 23 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,221, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingCoroner: Arkansas deputy shot teen fatally in neck, arm
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas coroner’s report says a teenager shot by a deputy in June died of gunshot wounds to his neck and arm. The…
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