By NICOLAS GARRIGA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Confessed serial killer Charles Sobhraj has arrived in France after being released from a life sentence in a Nepal prison. Sobhraj is a 78-year-old French citizen. He had been serving time for the deaths of American and Canadian backpackers in the 1970s. He has
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China has blasted an annual U.S. defense spending bill for hyping up the “China threat” while Taiwan welcomed the legislation, saying it shows U.S. support for the self-governing island that China says must come under its rule. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement Saturday that “China deplores and firmly opposes
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Rasmus Andersson scored 2:24 into overtime and the Calgary Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. Michael Stone and Brett Ritchie also scored, and Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves as the Flames wrapped up a successful four-game California road trip. Mason McTavish and Jakob Silfverberg had power-play
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets held off the Los Angeles Lakers 134-130 for only their second victory in 11 games. Gordon Hayward got the tiebreaking layup on a goaltending call against LeBron James with 6.3 seconds to play. James scored 18 of his 34 points while leading
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A frigid winter storm killed at least 18 people as it swept across the country, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses and leaving millions of people on edge about the possibility of Christmas Eve blackouts. The storm unleashed
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A frigid winter storm killed at least 18 people as it swept across the country, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses and leaving millions of people on edge about the possibility of Christmas Eve blackouts. The storm unleashed
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A frigid winter storm killed at least 18 people as it swept across the country, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses and leaving millions of people on edge about the possibility of Christmas Eve blackouts. The storm unleashed
Continue ReadingBy JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr. had 24 points and 11 rebounds, Desmond Bane scored 17 points in his return and the Memphis Grizzlies took advantage of Phoenix star Devin Booker’s absence to rout the Suns 125-100 on Friday night. Phoenix played without Booker because of groin soreness for the
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone scored the winner in a shootout to cap a strong game for the Vegas Golden Knights’ top line in a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues The Knights improved to 7-1 in overtime and 3-0 in shootouts. Stone and fellow top-liner Chandler
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN Photos by Toby Hancock, CNN Last year, Nataliia Doroshko, a 35-year-old lawyer, celebrated St. Nicholas Day with friends and family in her home city of Cherkasy, on the snowy banks of the Dnipro River, downstream from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. During the party, one of the men snuck away and returned
Continue ReadingCNN, KHERSON REGION MILITARY ADMINISTRATION, POOL, TELEGRAM, TWITTER , @PODOLYAK_M, TWITTER / @PODOLYAK_M By Christian Edwards, CNN Photos by Toby Hancock, CNN Last year, Nataliia Doroshko, a 35-year-old lawyer, celebrated St. Nicholas Day with friends and family in her home city of Cherkasy, on the snowy banks of the Dnipro River, downstream from the Ukrainian
Continue ReadingBy CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Kuzma scored 32 points and the Washington Wizards beat the Sacramento Kings 125-111 on Friday night to end a six-game trip. The Wizards had lost 10 of their last 11. They snapped a 10-game losing streak with a victory at Phoenix on Tuesday night, then
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Brookdale Senior Living on NE Watt Way in Bend has quite a nice display of holiday lights for all to enjoy.
Continue ReadingTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Karel Vejmelka had 26 saves and stopped all three shots in a shootout in the Arizona Coyotes’ 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night. Arizona’s Nick Schmaltz scored on a power play in the first period. Alex Iafallo evened it on the man advantage in the second, leaving
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Lazarus, CNN One day in July 2021, my then 15-year-old daughter Poppy stumbled and fell while walking down some stairs, grazing her knee. It wasn’t a serious wound, but over the weeks it didn’t heal. Around the same time, her wrists and knees became sore; her ankles started rolling when she walked; her
Continue ReadingCNN By Sarah Lazarus, CNN One day in July 2021, my then 15-year-old daughter Poppy stumbled and fell while walking down some stairs, grazing her knee. It wasn’t a serious wound, but over the weeks it didn’t heal. Around the same time, her wrists and knees became sore; her ankles started rolling when she walked;
Continue ReadingBy ABBIE PARR and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A teenager was killed during a shooting at the Mall of America on Friday that sent frightened customers at the nation’s largest shopping center racing into a lockdown just before the holiday weekend, police said. Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said the victim
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Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election in Georgia appears to be wrapping up its work, but many questions remain. The investigation is one of several that could result in criminal charges
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