The world’s best-performing airline has been revealed
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Among the clouds over 2022, we’re finding silver linings. Some popular countries for tourism are relaxing entry…
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This community was reeling from a mass shooting and several Covid-19 surges. Then a fire wiped out hundreds of homes
By Christina Maxouris, CNN When Gurjeet Gill Dhanoa’s family moved from Canada nearly 23 years ago, they planned to operate the Tandoori Grill…
Continue ReadingCold kills 22 stuck in cars in heavy snow at Pakistan resort
By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say at least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in…
Continue ReadingFormer anti-terror chief arrested over Kazakhstan protests
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The former head of Kazakhstan’s counterintelligence and anti-terror agency has been arrested on…
Continue ReadingStates are scrambling to keep up with an increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations and the demand for testing
By Travis Caldwell, CNN As a Covid-19 testing shortage compounds a burgeoning crisis of new hospitalizations, more states are racing to help…
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The Big Playback 1/7: Top Plays, Team of the Week, Trivia
A look at your top plays of the week, team of the week and some Big Playback…
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The Big Playback 1/7: Madras, Team Talk Timeout, Bend-Ridgeview, Other Scores
Madras boys look for a win against the Baker Bulldogs, plus a new segment, ‘Team Talk Timeout’ and a crosstown matchup between Bend and…
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The Big Playback 1/7: La Pine-Trinity Lutheran, Madras
La Pine visits Trinity Lutheran while the Madras girls host…
Continue ReadingThe words of Sidney Poitier that help explain his views on race
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Sidney Poitier refused to be defined by race from the start of his decades-long career, but his best-known performances…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Pakistan, Space telescope, Sidney Poitier, Arbery, Omicron
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The demand for Covid-19 tests is so high and supplies are so low that some desperate people are going online to buy them.…
Continue ReadingCourt documents show Djokovic had COVID-19 last month
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed…
Continue ReadingCourt documents show Djokovic had COVID-19 last month
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed…
Continue ReadingMaui Musings: Koepka’s peak more about attitude than form
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Brooks Koepka knows the running joke is he can’t bring the same focus he has at majors…
Continue ReadingBosnia’s Dodik: From moderate to genocide-denying autocrat
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Milorad Dodik was once described in Washington as an anti-nationalist…
Continue ReadingIndia restores foreign fund permit for Mother Teresa charity
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government has allowed Mother Teresa’s charity to receive foreign funds, weeks after blocking it saying the Catholic…
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Friday’s Oregon prep basketball scores
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Adrian 69, Long Creek 11 Adrian 69, Long Creek/Ukiah 11 Baker 72, Madras 68 Bandon 57, Waldport 36 Central Linn 64, Oakridge 34…
Continue ReadingLessons forgotten: Election rallies feed Indian virus surge
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Coronavirus cases fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant are rocketing through…
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Sisters spa owner plea hearing postponed
Friday’s scheduled plea entry by Michael Boyle, the Sisters spa owner accused of abuse and assault, was delayed until Feb. 17 so he can retain his…
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Pet Pals: Hello, Dolly, who’s quite the sweet puppy
Dolly is a mixed-breed puppy who no doubt will capture someone’s heart. She’s out of foster care and at the Humane Society of Central…
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Winds topple tree, trigger Bend power outage
Nearly 2,000 Pacific Power customers in Bend lost service on Friday when a large Ponderosa pine tree fell on lines in high winds, also knocking out…
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