PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters scrambled on Friday to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that’s spreading miles a day in windy conditions, one of numerous conflagrations across the U.S. West that are straining resources.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Amtrak stopped one of its passenger trains on a New Orleans to Chicago route and later terminated the route altogether in Mississippi, the rail service said.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers will hold a tradition-busting veto session as Republicans push to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ rejection of bills that would ban transgender girls from school sports and remove restrictions on concealed handguns.
NEW YORK (AP) — With the U.S. economy humming, corporate profits flowing and stock prices peaking, investors on Wall Street are beginning to pose an anxious question: Is it all downhill from here?
WASHINGTON — The White House says it’s in no hurry to lift COVID- 19 international travel restrictions, a day after President Joe Biden said he hoped to have an updated timeline for easing them.
Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.
Friday night, end of the school week and off-shift at the factory, teens across America piled into their cars to cruise downtowns big and small — from Stockton to Wilkes-Barre, Rapid City to Macon.
