On Christmas, pope prays for pandemic’s end, peace dialogues
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has used his Christmas Day address to pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.…
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Greece: Death toll from capsized migrant boat rises to 16
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says at least 16 people died after a migrant boat capsized in…
Continue ReadingRussia blocks website of group that tracks political arrests
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian organization that tracks political arrests and provides legal aid to detainees says…
Continue ReadingCOVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care
By DANIEL COLE Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The staff is tired, the omicron variant is bearing down and the intensive care unit beds…
Continue ReadingDaily Covid-19 case rates have now surpassed Delta’s surge. Hospitalizations so far have yet to match
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread across the US this holiday season,…
Continue ReadingDaily Covid-19 case rates have now surpassed Delta’s surge. Hospitalizations so far have yet to match
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread across the US this holiday season, the rate of daily…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth pays tribute to Prince Philip in Christmas broadcast
By Ivana Kottasová, Katharina Krebs, Arnaud Siad, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has paid tribute to the…
Continue ReadingSudanese rally in new anti-coup protests amid tight security
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese protesters have again taken to the streets in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere across the…
Continue Reading2 of the world’s wealthiest countries shoot to the top of ‘very high’ risk travel list
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN As Omicron grips the world, the only person enjoying frictionless global travel this Christmas is Santa, thanks to his…
Continue Reading2 of the world’s wealthiest countries shoot to the top of ‘very high’ risk travel list
CNN, POOL, ABC NEWS, MERCK By Maureen O’Hare, CNN As Omicron grips the world, the only person enjoying frictionless global travel this…
Continue ReadingReport: Truck crashes into bus in Iran, killing 10 people
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media are reporting that a road accident in the country’s southwest has killed at least 10 people. The official…
Continue ReadingAs Gorbachev resigned, AP photographer snapped historic shot
Associated Press Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation 30 years ago was a momentous event that ended an era by drawing a line under the…
Continue ReadingGorbachev’s resignation 30 years ago marked the end of USSR
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — People strolling across Moscow’s snowy Red Square on the evening of Dec. 25, 1991 witnessed…
Continue ReadingBusiness owners leave big tip for Albuquerque servers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two servers at an Albuquerque restaurant got a big surprise when a group of business owners left a $5,555 tip. It was the…
Continue ReadingBusiness owners leave big tip for Albuquerque servers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two servers at an Albuquerque restaurant got a big surprise when a group of business owners left a $5,555 tip. It was the…
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Pacific Power: Holiday forecast for heavy, wet snow in NW makes preparation top priority
While a White Christmas may be great for the memory book, the current forecasts calling for heavy wet snow and windy conditions over the holiday…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 makes Biden’s 1st White House Christmas less merry
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The holiday scene at the White House has been a little less merry under under…
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Holiday lights: This NW Redmond home’s display has its own radio soundtrack
Tonight’s featured home is in the 2300 block of NW Greenwood Avenue in Redmond and offers music as well, broadcast over your car’s radio. Submit your…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka cop fatally shoots 4 officers in former war zone
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A policeman has opened fire on a group of fellow officers in Sri Lanka, killing…
Continue ReadingJanuary 6 committee ramps up efforts to uncover funding behind Capitol riot
By Katelyn Polantz and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN A new court challenge is revealing how the January 6 House select committee is demanding bank records,…
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