By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian police officers returned Saturday, along with TV and radio services, to the southern city of Kherson following the withdrawal of Russian troops, part of fast but cautious efforts to make the only regional capital captured by Russia livable after months of occupation. Yet one official
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — It’s half-way time at the U.N. climate talks in Egypt, with negotiators still working on draft agreements before ministers arrive next week to push for a substantial deal to fight climate change. The two-week meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh started with strong appeals from world leaders
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in travel: Europe’s most underrated destinations, the world’s spiciest foods and the airlines introducing double beds and high walls in business and first class. The high life American Airlines is dropping first-class seats on international flights in favor of new-and-improved business class suites, and high-altitude, business-class fanciness is also
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business A gym membership in the United States typically costs around $50 a month. Boutique gyms and high-intensity classes run double and triple that. Planet Fitness, however, has offered $10 monthly memberships for 30 years. The no-frills gym chain hasn’t raised the price, making it one of the few things that
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin and Ivana Kottasová, CNN When Alice Grusová was a baby, her parents left her on a train station bench, with no idea of what would become of her. It was June 1942 and this was the last desperate act by Marta and Alexandr Knapp to save their daughter as their attempt to
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter has been a bit of a mess since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company’s workforce in half, upending the platform’s verification system, sparring with users over jokes and acknowledging that “ dumb things ” might happen as he reshapes one of the world’s
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Deebo Samuel spends plenty of time going back to his hometown for a purpose. The All-Pro wide receiver grew up in a tough environment in South Carolina. Football became his path to success. Samuel played at Chapman High School in Inman, then was a star at the University
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer DeVonta Smith is more concerned with wins than catches. The 2020 Heisman Trophy winner was expected to be an elite wide receiver. And he did have an outstanding rookie season with the Philadelphia Eagles. This year he is on pace for 85 catches, 939 yards and four TDs
Continue ReadingAUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Replacement winger Ayesha Leti-I’iga scored her second try in the 72nd minute as defending champion New Zealand rallied to beat top-ranked England 34-31 in a breathtaking final to the Women’s Rugby World Cup. Hooker Amy Cokayne earlier had scored three tries at the heart of England’s trademark rolling maul as
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter has been a bit of a mess since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company’s workforce in half, upending the platform’s verification system, sparring with users over jokes and acknowledging that “ dumb things ” might happen as he reshapes one of the world’s
Continue ReadingCNN, WKMG, WPLG By Nouran Salahieh, CNN After wreaking havoc in Florida, Nicole weakened into a post-tropical cyclone, bringing severe thunderstorms to the Carolinas and Virginia Friday before striking the Northeast. Nicole — the first hurricane to hit the US in the month of November in nearly 40 years — walloped coastal homes in Florida’s
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN After wreaking havoc in Florida, Nicole weakened into a post-tropical cyclone, bringing severe thunderstorms to the Carolinas and Virginia Friday before striking the Northeast. Nicole — the first hurricane to hit the US in the month of November in nearly 40 years — walloped coastal homes in Florida’s Daytona area early
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Bring out the candles — 115 of them. Bessie Hendricks, the oldest living person in the United States, has celebrated yet another turn around the sun. The Iowa supercentenarian turned 115 on November 7, according to CNN affiliate KCCI. Hendricks was born in 1907. Her lifetime has seen 21 presidents, two
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Vote for your favorite play from this week, and your favorite top play for the whole season.
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Summit XC won state and Bend volleyball finished second in the state for 5A.
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Both teams won by 20 plus points and could meet in state finals.
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caleb Williams rushed for two touchdowns and passed for 268 yards and three more scores, and No. 8 Southern California overcame an apparently serious injury to top running back Travis Dye in a 55-17 victory over Colorado. Williams accounted for five total touchdowns in his
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and CARA ANNA Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. body devoted to promoting broader and better access to the internet is about to hold its annual gathering in Ethiopia. The Internet Governance Forum had scheduled this year’s meeting in Ethiopia well before the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spearheaded a
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and CARA ANNA Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. body devoted to promoting broader and better access to the internet is about to hold its annual gathering in Ethiopia. The Internet Governance Forum had scheduled this year’s meeting in Ethiopia well before the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spearheaded a
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Jake Haener passed for 313 yards and three touchdowns — including two long ones to Jalen Moreno-Cropper — and Fresno State held off UNLV 37-30. The Bulldogs grabbed a 17-16 lead on their first drive of the third quarter when freshman Dylan Lynch capped a 12-play, 67-yard drive with a 26-yard
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