By GRANT PECK and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — In sentencing Myanmar’s iconic democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison, the country’s generals have effectively exiled her from electoral politics. But that doesn’t mean the Southeast Asian nation is back to square one in its stop-start efforts to move toward democracy. In
Continue ReadingBy AJ Etherington Click here for updates on this story BILLINGS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — A Billings’ man has been charged Monday with deliberate homicide after his mother was found stabbed to death in her home in the Heights early Saturday morning. Jonah Dean Bergman, 29, was charged in Yellowstone County District Court after a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Los estadounidenses que están lidiando con niveles históricos de inflación finalmente verán algo de alivio donde más lo necesitan: en los precios de la energía que estaban al alza, la gasolina y el gas natural. Después de una incesante subida, los precios en las gasolineras están disminuyendo. El
Continue ReadingCNN, HLN By Chloe Melas, CNN Something pleasant lies ahead. A new trailer for the “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” special, which will debut on HBO Max on Jan. 1, has released. (CNN and HBO are both part of WarnerMedia.) The new look features Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the long-running
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — La pandemia de coronavirus ha agravado la enorme desigualdad financiera entre ricos y pobres en todo el mundo, según un nuevo informe. El año pasado, los multimillonarios de todo el mundo experimentaron el mayor aumento de su porcentaje de riqueza desde que el World Inequality Lab comenzó a
Continue ReadingBy Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — As COVID-19 cases increase in mid-Michigan, visitor restrictions will be implemented at MyMichigan Medical Center in Gratiot and Mt. Pleasant. The revised policy will be in place until further notice to protect patients, employees and health care providers. “We are indeed in
Continue ReadingBy Trevor Sochocki, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — Another mid-Michigan student has been arrested for making threats against Hamady High School in Flint. In a letter to the community, the Westwood Heights School District said no weapon was found and no students were in danger. This is
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN The Omicron coronavirus variant partly escapes the protection offered by the Pfizer vaccine, but people who have been previously infected and then vaccinated are likely to be well protected, researchers working in South Africa reported Tuesday. Boosters are also likely to protect people, Alex Sigal of the Africa Health Research Institute
Continue ReadingCNN By Maggie Fox, CNN The Omicron coronavirus variant partly escapes the protection offered by the Pfizer vaccine, but people who have been previously infected and then vaccinated are likely to be well protected, researchers working in South Africa reported Tuesday. Boosters are also likely to protect people, Alex Sigal of the Africa Health Research
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Happy Tuesday, Central Oregon! The next system will begin to push in on Wednesday night. Partly cloudy skies in the evening will become mostly cloudy overnight. Lows will be in the upper 20s to upper 30s. Southerly breezes will pick up to 5-10 mph. Those thickening clouds will deliver a chance of scattered showers Wednesday,
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman and Annie Grayer, CNN The National Defense Authorization Act, the annual must-pass legislation that sets the policy agenda and authorizes almost $770 billion in funding for the Department of Defense, passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it will likely be voted
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There are 31 newly reported COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 5,299, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Carolyn said she was just 14 years old when she began to go to Jeffrey Epstein’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, two or three times per week in the early 2000s. On one visit, Carolyn was setting up a massage room for Epstein when his longtime companion
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN A sweeping $1.9 trillion spending plan, known as the Build Back Better bill, is making its way through Congress and could make a key part of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda a reality. A majority of the funding is focused on transforming the nation’s social safety net by
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed changes to its biofuels program Tuesday to spur more biofuel use and crack down on waivers issued to refineries by the Trump administration, notching a win for the biofuels industry and farmers and a blow to oil refineries. EPA is proposing to deny petitions that
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Pearl Harbor attack survivors gathered at the site of the bombing to remember more than 2,300 U.S. troops killed 80 years ago. About 30 survivors and 100 other veterans of the war participated in a ceremony at a pier overlooking the USS Arizona Memorial. They
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN As more young children are getting their second doses of Covid-19 vaccine, another question is popping up: When will kids and younger teens need a booster shot? Dr. Sean O’Leary, a professor of pediatric infectious disease at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who works with Children’s Hospital Colorado, said
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) — More than $100,000 worth of jewelry was stolen when robbers held three people at gunpoint at a hotel in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday morning. It happened at the Intercontinental Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard at around 1:30 a.m. According to police,
Continue ReadingBy Josh Haskell Click here for updates on this story PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A frightening armed robbery shut down a holiday party in Pacific Palisades Friday night. Surveillance video obtained by Eyewitness News shows two suspects entering a side gate that was open and walking through another gate into the home. “Two
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary Cohen, Jamie Gangel, Katelyn Polantz and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot has formally subpoenaed the phone records of more than 100 people, a substantial number that includes former Trump officials and associates of the ex-President such as his one-time chief of staff Mark Meadows, according
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