By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba says it will receive deportation flights from the United States that had been stalled in the pandemic — and said it was open to continuing dialogue with Washington. The development follows a series of talks ih Havana on migration with the Biden administration, The agreement comes
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The new U.N. special envoy for Libya is warning that further delaying elections could lead the troubled north African nation to even greater instability and put it “at risk of partition.” Abdoulaye Bathily told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that an October 2020 cease-fire continues
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois voters have approved an amendment to their state constitution that guarantees the right to bargain collectively. The fate of the ballot measure was closely watched in Illinois and beyond. Unions groups said its approval could signal a new chapter in the struggle over workers’
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM, ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday it was “unlikely” that a missile that killed two in NATO-ally Poland was fired from Russia, but he pledged support for Poland’s investigation into what it had called a “Russian-made” missile. Biden spoke after
Continue ReadingHanna Pham, CNN The cozy cleanliness of Scandinavian interiors and the minimalist beauty of traditional Japanese decor have made them both staples of modern home design. Now, there’s a growing trend combining the two: “Japandi.” Google searches for the term jumped dramatically in the winter of 2020, as people around the world redesigned their homes
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El sur de California enfrenta los primeros vientos fuertes de Santa Ana de esta temporada, que podrían causar condiciones propicias para incendios y su rápida propagación. Las alertas por vientos fuertes se han emitido para gran parte de la zona, afectando a casi 15 millones de personas. Se han emitido alertas
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Officials say South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol asked China to play a more active, constructive role in curbing the nuclear threat from North Korea when he met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia. They say Xi told Yoon
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Santa Clauses” doesn’t bother trying to reinvent the sleigh, but it does splash a new coat of paint on it, in mostly agreeable and mildly clever ways. After three movies over a 12-year span beginning in 1994, Tim Allen is back in a Disney+ series that, at six half-hour
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The Oregon Health Authority now offers free telehealth visits statewide for those at increased risk for severe COVID-19 illness. This provides easier access to potentially life-saving treatment.
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A Redmond man was killed Monday evening when he crossed the center line of U.S. Highway 20 in Linn County and collided with a Lebanon Fire Department pumper truck, Oregon State Police said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Channing Tatum is hoping the third time’s a charm with the upcoming “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” which debuted its steamy first trailer on Tuesday. The trilogy-completing entry in the “Magic Mike” franchise, coming a little over a decade after 2012’s first film of the same name, revisits Tatum’s stripper-with-a-heart-of-gold Mike Lane,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Se cumplen los primeros 100 del gobierno del presidente Gustavo Petro en medio de altibajos que lo han puesto en el centro de algunas polémicas en el arranque de su gobierno. Desde propuestas divisivas, como una reforma tributaria que siempre causa malestar en el país, pasando por el precio
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Sophia Saifi, CNN Pakistan’s government has blocked the nationwide release of “Joyland,” the first Pakistani movie shown at the Cannes Film Festival, just one week before it was due to hit theaters in the South Asian country. “Joyland” tells a love story between the youngest son of “a happily patriarchal joint
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s anti-money laundering agency says it has found evidence of corruption on the part of the country’s former attorney general. Former Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam has been jailed since August on charges of abuses in the investigation of 43 students who disappeared in 2014. Now Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit says
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET and THALIA BEATY The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Just days after cryptocurrency’s third-largest exchange collapsed, the public is starting to get a feel of how messy FTX’s bankruptcy case could be. Users remain frustratingly in the dark about when they might get their funds back, if at all. They’re directing
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un torrente de desolación envuelve a la Universidad de Virginia (UVA), donde cancelaron las clases por segundo día después de que tres jugadores de fútbol americano murieran a tiros en el campus y surgen nuevos detalles sobre el compañero acusado de matarlos. Una vigilia atrajo este lunes a cientos de personas
Continue ReadingBy NARDOS HAILE The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Beyoncé has been crowned the most Grammy-nominated person in history — tying her husband and rapper Jay-Z with 88 nominations apiece. But plenty of other artists nominated expressed their surprise and joy after the nominations were announced Tuesday. Lizzo, who is nominated for six Grammys
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Friday, Bend-La Pine Schools students and staff will take part in College and Career Day, a longstanding tradition in the district to draw students’ attention to available pathways after graduation. Schools celebrate the day with a variety of fun, engaging activities including dressing up as a career professional (construction worker,
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Después de que se reportara que un misil impactó en una granja en Polonia —miembro de la Organización del Tratado de Atlántico Norte, OTAN—, cerca de la frontera con Ucrania, las autoridades polacas convocaron a una reunión de emergencia con funcionarios de seguridad nacional. El mundo, en tanto, espera con atención
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