By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have fallen in muted trading as markets close for Good Friday and other holidays. Benchmarks declined in Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai. Sydney and Hong Kong were among markets observing holidays. Shutdowns in major Chinese cities due to coronavirus outbreaks and the war in Ukraine
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer When Stars on Ice, uh, hits the ice Friday night in Estero, Florida, it will be for the first time in two years. Spicing up the tour: an Olympic gold medalist and two world champions. The 24-city tour was idled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it returns with Beijing
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer When Stars on Ice, uh, hits the ice Friday night in Estero, Florida, it will be for the first time in two years. Spicing up the tour: an Olympic gold medalist and two world champions. The 24-city tour was idled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it returns with Beijing
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — Colombia llora a uno de sus máximos ídolos, protagonista de la selección que devolvió al país a una Copa del Mundo después de casi tres décadas. El exfutbolista Freddy Rincón falleció en la noche del miércoles como consecuencia de las heridas que sufrió en el brutal accidente ocurrido días atrás, según
Continue ReadingBRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Police say four South Korean women died after their car collided with a truck only weeks after they arrived in Australia on a working vacation. Assistant Police Commissioner Mike Condon said Thursday one of the women had failed to give way to the truck at an intersection on the New England
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades is excited to share it was awarded $9,913 by the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation to help contribute to the success of the clinic and the health of our community. “It’s awards like this that allow VIM’s providers to deliver the high-level of
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Hayden Homes Amphitheater is looking for a few hundred good men and women to staff the largest beer festival in the state and a record-breaking number of concerts this summer. The Amphitheater is hosting job fairs Saturday, April 16 and Saturday, April 23 in the Old Mill District to staff the
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Crook County School District has announced a series of community forums to provide information about the upcoming school bond measure on the May ballot. The proposed bond, if passed, would address health and safety; repair and update schools; expand hands-on learning and student opportunities; and relieve crowded classrooms. Bond funds
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — After the Capitol riot, longtime Congressman Jim Langevin said he thought for a brief moment that the foolishness and recklessness of dividing the country would finally stop. The Rhode Island Democrat saw some of his Republican colleagues saying enough is enough. He thought more would do
Continue ReadingBy WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Agricultural workers in the east and Horn of Africa are preparing for their most severe drought in forty years, as authorities warn that higher temperatures and less than normal rainfall was recorded by weather agencies in March and April this year. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools has announced graduation details for the district’s six high schools, with all ceremonies to be in-person at each high school. “We’re very excited to celebrate the Class of 2022 and all of their accomplishments with in-person graduation ceremonies for students and their families,” said Superintendent Steven Cook. “Graduation
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, MICHAEL R. SISAK and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The suspect arrested in the Brooklyn subway shooting that left 10 people wounded by gunfire also left behind a trove of angry YouTube videos. Police were studying them Wednesday for a possible motive. Frank James seemed to vent about nearly
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wealthy Democratic donor has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for injecting two men with lethal doses of methamphetamine as part of a fetish that turned fatal. Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Ed Buck. The judge issued the sentence Thursday in
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal water managers think they have a plan to keep the Rio Grande flowing this summer, but they conceded Thursday it all depends on the weather. The Rio Grande is a major water source for millions of people and thousands of square miles of farmland
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal water managers think they have a plan to keep the Rio Grande flowing this summer, but they conceded Thursday it all depends on the weather. The Rio Grande is a major water source for millions of people and thousands of square miles of farmland
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press A wind-driven blaze killed a New Mexico couple and has burned over 200 homes. Authorities say firefighters have kept a wind-driven blaze from pushing further into a mountain community in the southern part of the state. The blaze in Ruidoso started Tuesday when New Mexico authorities
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras, Mark Morales, Shimon Prokupecz, Laura Ly, Kristina Sgueglia, Eric Levenson and Sonia Moghe, CNN The man arrested after a roughly 30-hour manhunt in the shooting of 10 people on a subway train in Brooklyn was denied bail at his initial court appearance Thursday. Frank James, 62, did not enter a plea on
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After two years on hold during the pandemic, a group hoping to make a Central Oregon Center for the Arts happen is having a feasibility study done, conducting a survey and holding three town halls in coming weeks. Here’s their recent news release: Town Hall Meeting Will Explore Center for the Arts; Public Input Sought
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had three goals and two assists, Nicolas Aube-Kubel scored twice in a dominant first period and the Colorado Avalanche set a franchise record with their 53rd win by routing the Los Angeles Kings 9-3. Valeri Nichushkin added two goals, Cale Makar had a goal and
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN One of the Russian Navy’s most important warships has sunk in the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling against Ukrainian resistance 50 days into Vladimir Putin’s invasion of his neighbor. Russian state news agency TASS reported Thursday evening that the guided-missile cruiser Moskva had sunk, citing a statement
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