There have been no arrests or any suspects publicly identified in the shooting death of a real estate investor and developer in the driveway of his home east of Bend earlier this month. But there has been an unusual twist that will result in an out-of-county judge overseeing any future criminal cases.
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Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people, according to
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean computer chipmaker SK Hynix says it might be forced to sell its manufacturing operations in China if a U.S. crackdown on exports of semiconductor technology and manufacturing equipment to China intensifies. SK Hynix’s chief marketing officer raised those concerns during a conference call
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean computer chipmaker SK Hynix says it might be forced to sell its manufacturing operations in China if a U.S. crackdown on exports of semiconductor technology and manufacturing equipment to China intensifies. SK Hynix’s chief marketing officer raised those concerns during a conference call
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN South Korean authorities have launched an investigation after the decomposing remains of a North Korean defector were found in the capital Seoul last Wednesday. The defector was a woman in her 40s who escaped to South Korea in 2002, according to police and South Korea’s Unification Ministry. The
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government has agreed on a compromise to allow a Chinese shipping group to take a smaller stake in the operator of the country’s biggest container terminal. The Germany Ministry for Economic Affairs said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ Cabinet agreed on Wednesday to allow COSCO Shipping to only acquire a stake below
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government has agreed on a compromise to allow a Chinese shipping group to take a reduced stake in the operator of a container terminal at the Hamburg port. The economy ministry said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ Cabinet agreed on Wednesday to allow COSCO Shipping to only
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Matthew Perry se sincera en su nuevo libro sobre su llamativa relación con Julia Roberts a mediados de la década de 1990 y la razón por la que llegó a su fin. El actor recuerda en el libro autobiográfico “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing”, según un extracto publicado por el
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday ahead of an update on the U.S. economy and a European Central Bank meeting that is expected to raise its key interest rate to a 13-year high. Shanghai and Tokyo declined while Hong Kong and Seoul advanced. Wall Street fell
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday ahead of an update on the U.S. economy and a European Central Bank meeting that is expected to raise its key interest rate to a 13-year high. Shanghai and Tokyo declined while Hong Kong and Seoul advanced. Wall Street fell
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A Pacific Crest Trail hiker who tried but failed to beat an incoming rain and snowstorm was rescued by Douglas County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue early Saturday in the Diamond Peak Wilderness on the Deschutes National Forest, deputies said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A new report has found that the United Nations has procured tens of millions of dollars in contracts with companies linked to Syrian government-backed individuals sanctioned for human rights abuses. Syria’s uprising turned civil war that started in 2011 has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced half
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and SAM McNEIL Associated Press UMM AL FAHM, Israel (AP) — The voices of Israel’s Palestinian citizens are often drowned out or delegitimized in the country’s noisy politics. Yet in the upcoming parliament election, they could hold the key to breaking an entrenched political deadlock. Israelis vote Tuesday for the fifth time
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe says it is on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history, thanks in large part to efforts to overcome food supply problems caused by the war in Ukraine. But bush fires and impending rains are threatening crops yet to be harvested. Like other
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe says it is on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history, thanks in large part to efforts to overcome food supply problems caused by the war in Ukraine. But bush fires and impending rains are threatening crops yet to be harvested. Like other
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Rebekah Riess, CNN When family members of 19-year-old Orlando Harris grew concerned about his mental health, they seemed to do everything right, the St. Louis police commissioner said. “They contacted us, said that he had a firearm,” Commissioner Michael Sack said Wednesday. “The mother at the time wanted it
Continue ReadingCNN, KMOV, KSDK By Nouran Salahieh, CNN As a 19-year-old gunman walked through the St. Louis high school’s hallways with an AR-15-style rifle and over 600 rounds of ammunition, frightened students and teachers locked classroom doors and huddled in corners. Some heard gunshots — and someone trying to open the doors, they recalled. People jumped
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The most precarious lead in the NFL these days might be a double-digit one over Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Mahomes engineered his 12th comeback from a deficit of at least 10 points in the past four seasons on Sunday when
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The mobilized reservists that Russian President Vladimir Putin visited last week at a firing range southeast of Moscow looked picture-perfect. Kremlin video of the young men headed for the war in Ukraine showed them in mint-condition uniforms, equipped with all the gear needed for combat: helmets, bulletproof vests and sleeping bags.
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