Judge: California ride-hailing law is unconstitutional
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has struck down California’s ballot measure that exempted Uber and other companies…
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University of Virginia disenrolls 238 students for not complying with university’s vaccine mandate
By Liam Reilly, CNN The University of Virginia has disenrolled 238 students for its fall semester on Friday for not complying with the…
Continue ReadingVaccine rule comes as WA state ferries face staffing crunch
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s announcement of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for state workers comes at a time when the state…
Continue ReadingOregon, Oregon State to require vaccination proof to attend
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon and Oregon State became the first Power Five schools to announce they will require proof of vaccination or a negative…
Continue ReadingOrlando residents asked to limit water usage to help Covid-19 patients
By Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is asking residents to conserve water because liquid oxygen, used to treat the…
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Earlier start times for Bend-La Pine elementary schools raise concerns for some parents
Elementary school students in the Bend-La Pine Schools again will be starting school earlier than middle and high schoolers this fall — and this…
Continue ReadingOfficial Taliban websites go offline, though reasons unknown
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the…
Continue ReadingOfficial Taliban websites go offline, though reasons unknown
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the…
Continue ReadingCountry singer Tom T. Hall dies; wrote ‘Harper Valley PTA’
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and…
Continue ReadingIowa woman who struck 2 children with her car sentenced to 25 years in prison for hate crimes
By Christina Carrega and Douglas S. Wood, CNN An Iowa woman was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Thursday for trying to kill two children…
Continue ReadingAs Taliban fighters swarmed Kabul, two friends looked for the fastest route out
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Zahra shelters in her Kabul apartment, anxiously peering through the window at Taliban fighters in the parking lot below. She…
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OSU, UO to require vaccination proof to attend athletic events, school activities
Oregon State University and the University of Oregon announced Friday that people attending designated university events and activities, including…
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‘You feel like you failed’: COVID-19 outbreaks traced to Bend child care facility
Ten days, at least, is how long children, teachers and families have to quarantine after a classroom is exposed to…
Continue ReadingFull FDA approval of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is ‘imminent’, senior federal official says
By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Full US Food and Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is…
Continue ReadingClaims against Elder: Will they harm him in Calif. recall?
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A day after facing allegations that he emotionally mistreated a former…
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SW Redmond man arrested on drug charges after neighborhood complaints
– Neighborhood complaints about suspicious activity at a southwest Redmond home led to the arrest of a 51-year-old resident on several drug and…
Continue ReadingEx-Miami congressman countersues over work with Venezuela
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman who was once roommates with Sen. Marco Rubio has countersued a…
Continue ReadingEx-Miami congressman countersues over work with Venezuela
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman who was once roommates with Sen. Marco Rubio has countersued a…
Continue ReadingPortland prepares for potentially violent weekend protests
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Demonstrations are expected between opposing groups in downtown Portland,…
Continue ReadingSha’Carri Richardson returns to competition at Prefontaine
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson is set to compete again after missing the Tokyo Olympics because of…
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