Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang explained the reason behind the new county policy allowing removal of belongings at specific homeless camps on county-owned property that have been shown to be a public safety or health risk.
Continue ReadingBy TRISNADI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has begun the trial of five men charged with criminal negligence over the crowd surge at a soccer match that caused the deaths of 135 people. The deadly crowd surge Oct. 1 in East Java’s Malang city was among the world’s
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — A 10-year-old Australian boy who was critically injured two weeks ago when two helicopters collided, killing four people, has woken from a coma. Nicholas Tadros remained in a Brisbane hospital where medical staff described his condition on Monday as “critical but stable.” His mother Vanessa Tadros was killed in the crash Jan.
Continue ReadingCNN, WBRC By Andy Rose and Jillian Sykes, CNN University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shooting near the campus Sunday which left a 23-year-old woman dead, Tuscaloosa law enforcement announced. “We were made aware of the recent charge against student-athlete Darius Miles, and
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN An American wrongfully detained in Iran is calling on President Joe Biden to take notice of US detainees there, launching a hunger strike Monday to mark seven years since he was left behind in a prisoner swap that brought other Americans home. In a letter to Biden, Siamak
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN In what could be the first of many major pieces of hardware for him this award season, Brendan Fraser picked up best actor for his role in film festival darling “The Whale” at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards. Fraser had some mighty competition for the award, including Golden Globe winners Austin Butler,
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov was the star of one of President Vladimir Putin’s favorite films — about a Soviet unit making a last-ditch stand against Afghan insurgents. Now he is classified as a “foreign agent” and faces criminal investigation. Smolyaninov was the hero of “Devyataya Rota” (The 9th
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Monday ahead of China’s release of economic growth figures and a policy update this week from Japan’s central bank. Oil prices declined. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% higher to 15,101.73 and the CAC40 in Paris was nearly unchanged
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Monday ahead of China’s release of economic growth figures and a policy update this week from Japan’s central bank. Oil prices declined. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% higher to 15,101.73 and the CAC40 in Paris was nearly unchanged
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A report says companies from at least 13 countries have helped Myanmar build up its capacity to produce weapons that are being used to commit atrocities. The report by the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar details how the country has stepped up arms production since the
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A report says companies from at least 13 countries have helped Myanmar build up its capacity to produce weapons that are being used to commit atrocities. The report by the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar details how the country has stepped up arms production since the
Continue ReadingBy ANISH BHATTARAI, KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — Search teams retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice recorders Monday of a passenger plane that plummeted into a gorge on approach to a new airport in the foothills of the Himalayas, officials said, as investigators looked for the cause of
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 40 points and the Trail Blazers beat the Dallas Mavericks 140-123 on Sunday night, giving Portland consecutive wins for the first time since mid-December. It was the second game of a back-to-back between the teams. Portland snapped a five-game losing streak
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Sam Hubbard returned Tyler Huntley’s fumble 98 yards for a tiebreaking touchdown in the fourth quarter, helping Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens 24-17 in an AFC wild-card game. Facing third-and-goal at the 1 with about 12 minutes left, Huntley tried to
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN The first grand slam of the new tennis season gets underway on January 16 in Melbourne and the 2023 Australian Open is set to provide no end of intriguing storylines. Chief among them is the return of Novak Djokovic one year from his deportation debacle, as the Serb looks to match
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — No pierdas la oportunidad de conseguir una camiseta autografiada de Kobe Bryant. Sotheby’s sacará a subasta una camiseta de la temporada MVP de Bryant en Los Angeles Lakers, donde se espera que alcance los US$ 7 millones. El cinco veces campeón de la NBA vistió la camiseta firmada más de 25 veces
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By Tim Lister, Fred Pleitgen and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN In Dnipro, there is grief, exhaustion and anger. Early on Saturday afternoon, as families relaxed at home in the central Ukrainian city, a Russian cruise missile struck a nine-story apartment building overlooking a park near the river, killing at least 40 people and injuring another 75,
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A massive explosion at a chemical plant in northeastern China has killed at least five people and left eight missing. More than 30 other people were injured in the explosion Sunday on the outskirts of the city of Panjin in Liaoning province east of the capital, Beijing. News releases from the local
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La lucha libre profesional es conocida por sus extravagantes y dramáticas historias que han cautivado a generaciones. Es como una novela atlética basada en el drama emocional, con luchadores que a veces calculan en segundo plano durante meses para hacer su movimiento en el momento oportuno, provocando reacciones enloquecidas en estadios repletos
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN The Critics’ Choice Awards returned to its usual January time slot after 2022’s ceremony was delayed for over two months amid a surge of Covid-19 cases. And all eyes were on the red carpet as stars arrived at LA’s Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel on Sunday evening. On
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