Behind China’s Olympics, the saga of a chained woman unfolds
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As the world watches the Beijing Olympics, the story of a chained woman who appeared in a…
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Behind China’s Olympics, the saga of a chained woman unfolds
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As the world watches the Beijing Olympics, the story of a chained woman who appeared in a…
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Jamaica competes in four-man bobsled at Winter Olympics
The Jamaicans won’t be in medal contention, but there’s no more popular four-man bobsled team at the 2022 Winter…
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Men’s 50km freestyle mass start shortened to 30km for athlete safety
The men’s 50km freestyle mass start was shortened to 30km for athlete safety due to extreme conditions including strong winds and negative…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why half of Guantanamo’s prisoners could get out
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has been quietly laying the groundwork to release prisoners from the…
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Stanford tops Oregon St, claims Pac-12 regular-season title
By GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Lexie Hull scored 21 points and No. 2 Stanford broke the game open with an 14-0 run in the…
Continue ReadingHarris on Ukraine: World at ‘a decisive moment in history’
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says the world has arrived at “a decisive moment in history” as…
Continue ReadingStanford tops Oregon St, claims Pac-12 regular-season title
By GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Lexie Hull scored 21 points and No. 2 Stanford broke the game open with an 14-0 run in the…
Continue ReadingPellington leads No. 8 Arizona women past Washington 51-42
By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Shaina Pellington scored 10 points, Sam Thomas hit a game-clinching 3-pointer with a minute to go…
Continue ReadingNational Archives: Trump took classified items to Mar-a-Lago
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Classified information has been found in the 15 boxes of White House records that were stored…
Continue ReadingVirginia’s AG withdraws state from legal effort to have Equal Rights Amendment recognized
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Virginia’s new Republican attorney general on Friday withdrew his state from a legal effort to have the Equal…
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New steakhouse to take Johnny Carino’s spot; other changes coming at Cascade Village
A new steakhouse plans to open in the vacant former Johnny Carino’s spot at Cascade Village Shopping Center on Bend’s north end, and other changes…
Continue ReadingHarris says US ‘stands with Ukraine’ while warning Russia of ‘swift, severe and united’ consequences
By Kate Sullivan, Allie Malloy and Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday vowed there would be a “swift, severe and…
Continue ReadingA week of legal setbacks for Trump in Washington, New York
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faced one legal setback after another this week. The National…
Continue ReadingRussell scores 23 as Maryland rolls past Nebraska 90-74
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Fatts Russell scored 23 points, leading six in double figures, and Maryland rolled through the second half to defeat Nebraska…
Continue ReadingMexican army sends anti-mine squads to cartel turf war zone
NARANJO DE CHILA, Mexico (AP) — Special squads of Mexican army troops equipped with metal detectors and bomb suits have been deployed to the…
Continue ReadingMississippi State beats travel-weary Missouri 68-49
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Tolu Smith scored 16 points, Iverson Molinar added 13 points and Mississippi State beat Missouri 68-49 in a game delayed 2…
Continue ReadingChina charges blogger with insulting Korean War dead
BEIJING (AP) — A popular figure on Chinese social media has been arrested on charges he made an insulting pun about Chinese soldiers who froze to…
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Del Duca leads U.S. four-man sled to 14th after two runs
The U.S. four-man sled of Frank Del Duca, Carlo Valdes, James Reed, and Hakeem Abdul-Saboor put up a time of 1:58.82 after two…
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Church pilots USA to 13th after first two four-man runs
Hunter Church’s four-man bobsled team clocked a 58.91-second Run 1 and a 59.70-second Run 2 to place 13th after the first two runs at the 2022 Winter…
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