French serial killer ‘The Serpent’ freed from Nepal prison
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — French confessed serial killer Charles Sobhraj has been released from prison in…
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N. Korea fires ballistic missiles after US-S. Korea drills
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on…
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American Red Cross Cascades offers 15 ways to help stay safe during winter storms
Winter weather poses unique challenges to people faced with bitter cold, snow and ice. The American Red Cross has 15 steps you should take to stay…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe to have dark Christmas amid power cuts, high prices
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has loosened restrictions on travel and gatherings with the threat from COVID-19…
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FBI, partners issue national public safety alert on ‘horrific’ rise in sextortion schemes targeting boys
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The FBI, in partnership with Homeland Security Investigations and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,…
Continue Reading‘A very hard road ahead’ for China as COVID-19 cases spiral
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL, HUIZHONG WU and DAKE KANG Associated Press BAZHOU, China (AP) — Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the…
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Oregon to issue $71 million in emergency SNAP benefits in January
 Most Oregonians who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will receive emergency allotments in…
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Merkley bill expanding breastfeeding protections for workers set to become law
Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced Thursday that their bipartisan Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for…
Continue ReadingSave Rohingya from starvation at sea, UN refugee agency urges Asian countries
By Rhea Mogul, CNN The plight of nearly 200 Rohingya refugees adrift in the Indian Ocean for the past month is growing increasingly desperate, the…
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Planning now can make tax season less stressful next year
Does the thought of filing your taxes make you break out in a cold sweat? Do you dread tax season every year? Taking a few easy steps in the next…
Continue ReadingQAnon members in Japan sentenced for breaking into Covid vaccination centers
By Jessie Yeung and Tetsu Sukegawa, CNN Several members of a QAnon group in Japan were sentenced by a Tokyo court on Thursday for breaking into…
Continue ReadingSuicide bombing in Islamabad kills 2 suspects and policeman
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say a powerful car bomb has exploded near a residential area in Pakistan’s capital…
Continue ReadingGreece: EU’s external border is hardening, attitudes are too
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press LYKOFI, Greece (AP) — Accompanied by a cloud of mosquitos, Police Capt. Konstantinos Tsolakidis and three…
Continue ReadingIdentity is complex for Lebanon’s Christian Palestinian camp
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press DBAYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Tucked away in the hills north of Beirut below a Maronite monastery, Lebanon’s only…
Continue ReadingAsian shares higher in thin holiday trading
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose Monday in Asia in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, with markets in Hong…
Continue ReadingAsian shares higher in thin holiday trading
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose Monday in Asia in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, with markets in Hong…
Continue ReadingAustralian soccer club sanctioned after pitch invasion
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Melbourne Victory soccer club has been prevented from selling tickets to home games and fans cannot attend away…
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Oregon AG Rosenblum reports record $1.4 billion in 2022 public health-related settlements
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In a monumental year for public health-related legal settlements, including last week’s nearly $700 million settlement with…
Continue ReadingKey takeaways from the January 6 committee’s final report
By Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, laid out a damning case over 800-plus pages that…
Continue ReadingKey takeaways from the January 6 committee’s final report
CNN, ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION, POOL, JANUARY 6 HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE, TYLER BAGGINS, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, MICHAEL BEST &…
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