English speakers, here’s how to pronounce ‘Qatar’
By AJ Willingham, CNN The beginning of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will also kick off another intense international sport: Pronouncing…
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Bentz attacks FERC’s ‘disappointing and outrageous’ decision to remove 4 Klamath River dams
Reps. Cliff Bentz (OR-02) Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released a statement Friday sharply critical of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s decision…
Continue ReadingVP Harris meets with China’s Xi in bid to ‘keep lines open’
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken briefly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in another…
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One Class at a Time: Bend HS DECA students revive ‘Java Bear’ coffee shop after pandemic
Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools and businesses in Central Oregon, the Java Bear coffee shop at Bend High School has reopened,…
Continue ReadingAsia-Pacific leaders condemn war, renew calls for open trade
By KRUTIKA PATHI, CHISATO TANAKA AND CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Leaders from around the Asia-Pacific called for an…
Continue ReadingIsraeli airstrikes on Syria kill 4 soldiers, injure 1
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian military says Israeli airstrikes have hit central and coastal regions of Syria, killing four soldiers and wounding one.…
Continue ReadingIn Pelosi, women admire a leader with calm, cool confidence
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As they watched House Speaker Nancy Pelosi step forward to wrangle an unruly Congress over…
Continue ReadingUniversity of Virginia running back wounded in Sunday’s bus shooting was trying to warn others when he was shot, his mother says
By Jennifer Henderson, Nouran Salahieh and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The mother of University of Virginia running back Mike Hollins, who was hospitalized…
Continue ReadingHouse GOP pushes Hunter Biden probe despite thin majority
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new…
Continue ReadingSwimming with bull sharks: Cuba’s underwater tourism bet
CNN By Patrick Oppmann, CNN The shark turns and swims directly at me. There is only open water between us, no cage to protect against the approaching…
Continue ReadingSwimming with bull sharks: Cuba’s underwater tourism bet
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN The shark turns and swims directly at me. There is only open water between us, no cage to protect against the approaching…
Continue ReadingChina’s COVID-19 restrictions hit historic Beijing theater
BEIJING (AP) — Performances have been suspended at one of Beijing’s oldest and most renowned theaters as part of a new wave of shop and…
Continue ReadingLos lÃderes mundiales se reunieron durante toda la semana para abordar problemas globales. Putin parece no tener ya un asiento en la mesa
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Las tres principales cumbres de lÃderes mundiales que tuvieron lugar en Asia la semana pasada dejaron una…
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Pet Pals: These 3 cats from Texas just flew in and need loving homes
These three boys flew in Thursday from a crowded shelter in Fort Worth, Texas, as the Humane Society of Central Oregon partnered with Wings of…
Continue ReadingThe FBI has opened an investigation after a 25-year-old North Carolina woman was found dead while on vacation in Mexico
By Hannah Sarisohn and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The family of a North Carolina woman found dead last month in a vacation rental property in Cabo San Lucas,…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea unveils Kim’s daughter at missile launch site
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has unveiled the little-known daughter of its leader Kim Jong Un at a…
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COCC’s 23rd annual Turkey Trot, Toddler Trot now set for Nov. 26
Delayed a week due to possibly icy conditions, COCC’s 23rd annual Turkey Trot, a 5K run (after the Toddler Trot) are now set for Saturday, Nov. 26 at…
Continue ReadingBelo scores 23, Montana St. beats Warner Pacific 106-64
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Led by Jubrile Belo’s 23 points, the Montana State Bobcats defeated the Warner Pacific Knights 106-64. The Bobcats improved…
Continue ReadingAlabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time
By KIM CHANDLER and JAY REEVES Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s string of troubled lethal injections, which worsened late…
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