CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Experts in Oregon, the nation's No. 1 supplier of Christmas trees, say prices for a holiday evergreen will remain higher this year due to a tight supply.
Chad Landgren, with Oregon State University's College of Forestry, says there are 400 fewer Oregon growers than there were 15 years ago and land once used for Christmas trees...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Chinese-owned video app TikTok says it has unblocked a U.S. teenager and restored her viral video condemning China's treatment of its Muslim minority.
The video was removed for 50 minutes Wednesday due to a "human moderation error," according to a statement from Eric Han, an American who heads TikTok's U.S. content-moderation team. The site's guidelines don't...
MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A liberal activist group is launching a digital ad campaign targeting the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization that has championed judges appointed by President Donald Trump, such as Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.
The ads, to appear on LinkedIn and Facebook, assail major law firms that sponsored the Federalist Society's...
KINGSTON, Ontario (AP) — Police in the Canadian city of Kingston say seven people have died after a small plane crashed in the area Wednesday evening.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has sent a team of four investigators to the scene of the crash, where they're examining and documenting the wreckage.
They've said the plane left Markham, Ontario, and was...
SAMYA KULLAB and MURTADA FARAJ
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Security forces shot dead 40 anti-government protesters during 24 hours of bloodshed amid spiraling violence in the capital and Iraq's south, security and medical officials said Thursday, one day after an Iranian consulate was torched.
Iran condemned the burning of its consulate in the holy city of Najaf as violence continued...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Heavy precipitation sweeping through Riverside County Thursday caused flooding and other hazards on freeways and roads countywide.
Shortly after 6 a.m., a truck hauling fertilizer on De Luz Road just west of Temecula overturned on the rain-slicked two-lane corridor, spilling its load.
The driver was not injured.
The Riverside County Department of Transportation closed De Luz between Carancho Road...
JILL COLVIN
Associated Press
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said he believes the Taliban wants a ceasefire.
In his first trip to the site of America's longest war, Trump arrived at Bagram Air Field shortly...
One person died after the vehicle they were riding in slammed into the back of an ambulance that was already at the scene of a crash on Interstate 15 near Fallbrook Thanksgiving morning.Dispatchers first received word at 10:10 a.m. of a southbound Ford Mustang that had spun out into the center divide of I-15 just south of Mission Road,...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE
AP Business Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal bankruptcy court judge on Wednesday rejected Pacific Gas & Electric's latest attempt to change a California law requiring utilities to pay for the devastation from wildfires ignited by their electrical equipment.
The decision issued by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali preserves a long-standing principle known as "inverse condemnation."
The century-old law...
Davis' 41 points lead Lakers past Pelicans, 114-110
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anthony Davis shrugged off a constant cascade of boos and reminded a packed crowd exactly what it lost when the six-time All-Star's trade request was finally fulfilled.
Davis capped a 41-point performance in his return to New Orleans by intercepting Jrue Holiday's inbounds pass with 5 seconds left and...