By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Vinfast, a car company based in Vietnam, unveiled a pair of electric SUVs Wednesday that it plans to begin selling in the United States next year. A subsidiary of Vietnam’s enormous VinGroup conglomerate — which owns companies in technology, healthcare, amusement parks and even a university — Vinfast unveiled its
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Vinfast, a car company based in Vietnam, unveiled a pair of electric SUVs Wednesday that it plans to begin selling in the United States next year. A subsidiary of Vietnam’s enormous VinGroup conglomerate — which owns companies in technology, healthcare, amusement parks and even a university — Vinfast
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dairon Asprilla has had the best season of his career for the Portland Timbers. The forward credits the struggles he went through last season, first an injury and then the death of his father. Arcadio Asprialla never saw his son play for the Timbers
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dairon Asprilla has had the best season of his career for the Portland Timbers. The forward credits the struggles he went through last season, first an injury and then the death of his father. Arcadio Asprialla never saw his son play for the Timbers
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon’s largest city have approved of an additional $5.2 million in police spending, including hiring more officers and buying body-worn cameras. A year ago, Portland’s police department underwent significant budget cuts amid demands to defund the police. The about- face Wednesday comes
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon’s largest city have approved of an additional $5.2 million in police spending, including hiring more officers and buying body-worn cameras. A year ago, Portland’s police department underwent significant budget cuts amid demands to defund the police. The about- face Wednesday comes
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon’s largest city have approved of an additional $5.2 million in police spending, including hiring more officers and buying body-worn cameras. A year ago, Portland’s police department underwent significant budget cuts amid demands to defund the police. The about- face Wednesday comes
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent review has concluded that the Defense Department and its top leaders acted appropriately before and during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Some local and congressional leaders have asserted that the military did not respond quick enough as protesters breached the building.
Continue ReadingBy FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The massive infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed this week includes billions of dollars to address long-standing issues with water and sanitation on tribal land. The Indian Health Service says it will consult with tribes on how best to use the $3.5 billion. The amount
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A licensed cannabis grower, a vineyard owner and a sheriff were among witnesses who testified this week before a committee of the Oregon Legislature, in an effort to seek help in stemming the proliferation of illegal grow sites in southern Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN On Wednesday Adele shared a video in which she sang her heart out while simultaneously wrecking ours. She posted the video of herself singing her song “To Be Loved” on Instagram and all of the feels isn’t even deep enough to explain the experience. “To be loved and love at
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN On Wednesday Adele shared a video in which she sang her heart out while simultaneously wrecking ours. She posted the video of herself singing her song “To Be Loved” on Instagram and all of the feels isn’t even deep enough to explain the experience. “To be loved and love
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN On Wednesday Adele shared a video in which she sang her heart out while simultaneously wrecking ours. She posted the video of herself singing her song “To Be Loved” on Instagram and all of the feels isn’t even deep enough to explain the experience. “To be loved and love
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Battery-powered vehicles will get top billing at the Los Angeles Auto Show opening this week after a year’s hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Subaru will unveil its first all-electric vehicle, a smallish SUV named the Solterra. VinFast is a Vietnamese automaker that plans to start selling in the U.S. next
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A West Linn man was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Wednesday for posing as a successful Bend real estate developer, hemp seed cultivator and owner of a precious metals mining venture to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars from individual investors and lenders.
Continue ReadingCNN, KCCI By David Williams, CNN Dale and Julie Marks and their neighbors go all out with their Christmas decorations every year and people come from all over the Des Moines, Iowa, area to see their homes covered in festive lights and holiday displays. The couple weren’t sure how they would be able participate this
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said he voted for Major League Baseball’s proposal to lower the luxury tax threshold, a plan opposed by the players’ union with the sport on the brink of its first work stoppage on 26 years. The luxury tax, formally known
Continue ReadingBy BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Toronto left-hander Robbie Ray bounced back from a dismal season to win the AL Cy Young Award and Milwaukee righty Corbin Burnes returned from a bout of COVID-19 to win the NL’s top pitching prize. In the Year of the Pitcher, Burnes led the majors with a 2.43 ERA
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — La familia de Axel Acosta Avila, una de las 10 personas que murieron en una oleada mortal durante el Festival Astroworld en Houston este mes, se encuentra entre los 125 denunciantes que presentaron una demanda el martes contra los organizadores del evento y otros. La demanda busca daños y perjuicios
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The status of the Seattle Seahawks’ Chris Carson remains uncertain, with coach Pete Carroll saying the bruising back has not made the “positive progress” the team was hoping. Carson returned to practice last week in a limited capacity after missing the previous four games with
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