By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — The atelier — the workshop of hands — took the Dior center stage on Monday to produce a refined show on the first day of Paris couture shows, which aim to elevate the house’s savoir-faire expertise of its seamstresses. The stars came out in droves to
Continue ReadingBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Spanish Vuelta will return to Barcelona in 2023 after an 11-year absence. The city will host the official start of the race with a time trial. The second stage will also finish in Barcelona. The last time La Vuelta stopped in Barcelona was in 2012, when the ninth stage went
Continue ReadingBy CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Anyone who’s bought food, paid rent or looked for a used car recently has come up against the billowing inflation that has engulfed the U.S. economy. And, with surging oil prices keeping gasoline high, so has anyone who’s filled up a car. Energy costs have
Continue ReadingBy Charly Edsitty Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County Sheriff’s Office sergeant has died after he was hit by a driver. It happened just before 1 a.m. Monday on the East Beltway feeder road near Tidwell Road in northeast Harris County. According to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez,
Continue ReadingBy Duarte Mendonca and Lauren Kent, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an inquiry into allegations made by Nusrat Ghani, a Muslim lawmaker, that her faith was raised as a reason for her losing her job. Who is Nusrat Ghani? Ghani is the Conservative MP for Wealden, in southeast England. She was first
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This month, the Rotary Club of Bend celebrated its 75th anniversary as a chartered chapter of the global service organization. The Rotary Club of Bend is the longest-standing Rotary club in Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Kohl’s stock surged nearly 35% in midday trading Monday following reports that at least two different buyers are looking to take the retailer private. On Friday, Kohl’s received an unsolicited $9 billion bid to go private from a consortium backed by activist investor Starboard Value LP, according to published sources.
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The Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries is offering grants for qualified historic cemeteries.
Continue ReadingBy Leanne Suter Click here for updates on this story INGLEWOOD, California (KABC) — A woman celebrating her birthday and her sister were among the four victims of a deadly “targeted ambush” early Sunday morning at a house party in Inglewood, witnesses say. The shooting occurred about 1:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of North
Continue ReadingBy JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and David Ortiz appear to be the only players with a chance at Hall of Fame enshrinement when results are unveiled Tuesday, with Ortiz most likely to get in on his first try. Bonds and Clemens are each in their 10th and final turns under
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Forget about all the boardroom intrigue on “Succession” and “Billions.” Real-life companies are facing a lot more drama than anyone on those popular shows. Struggling companies have one more reason to watch their backs. Several of them now have to contend with pesky activist shareholders — the so-called
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Comoros’ progress to the Africa Cup of Nations knockout stages has been the feel-good storyline of the tournament so far. The tiny island nation, Africa’s fourth smallest country and ranked 132nd in FIFA’s world rankings, stunned heavyweight Ghana 3-2 in the final group stage game to book its place in the
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Aproximadamente 8.500 soldados en Estados Unidos están en alerta elevada de preparación para órdenes de despliegue, mientras las tropas rusas se concentran en la frontera con Ucrania, dijo el portavoz del Pentágono, John Kirby, este lunes. El secretario de Defensa de EE.UU., Lloyd Austin, emitió las órdenes de preparación para el despliegue,
Continue ReadingCNN By Sonia Moghe, CNN A Manhattan restaurant is looking into its enforcement of vaccine requirements for indoor dining, after Sarah Palin allegedly dined there indoors while unvaccinated. Palin is in New York City for her defamation trial against the New York Times, which was delayed Monday morning after she tested positive for Covid-19. “She
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Betsy Klein, CNN Just as free Covid-19 tests are landing in the mailboxes of people who ordered them, the first free N95 masks for the public have started to arrive at US pharmacies, with more on the way in the coming days. The Biden administration seeks to ramp up access to
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business Facebook has long bet that artificial intelligence can help it with the difficult task of moderating posts from its billions of users. Now its parent company is taking a step that could move it closer to that elusive goal: building its first supercomputer. Meta on Monday announced its new AI
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Heavyweight boxing’s landscape should become a lot clearer this week when the promoters of Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte conclude drawn-out negotiations over a world title fight that could bring Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk into the conversation. The Fury and Whyte camps have been unable to come to
Continue ReadingWHSV, PAGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CNN By Paradise Afshar, CNN Seven Virginia school boards are challenging the new GOP governor’s executive order banning mask mandates while schools in a major Catholic diocese have been directed to follow it, setting up parents, schools and public officials yet again along a key pandemic-rights fault line. The school
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer War Eagle is flying high over men’s college basketball for the first time in history. A barely ranked afterthought to begin the season, Auburn climbed past Gonzaga to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll released Monday. The Tigers beat Kentucky over the weekend for their 15th consecutive
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo has tightened COVID-19 measures for people coming into the country amid a surge in coronavirus infections. The Health Ministry said Monday that if people coming into Kosovo want to avoid quarantining for a week they should have three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, or two doses plus a negative PCR
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