By GENE JOHNSON and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The white sedan cruised past the gray, three-story rental home on a dead-end street in Moscow, Idaho. Then again. And again. It was unusual behavior in the residential, hillside neighborhood in the quiet hours before dawn. And according to a police affidavit released
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, CNN Weeks after Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in decades, neighboring volcano Kilauea is showing activity again after a brief pause, according to officials. Kilauea — which had stopped erupting last month for the first time since September 2021 amid Mauna Loa’s own lava eruption and subsequent slowdown —
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It was a tragically high price to pay for catching a suspected car thief: two innocent teenagers dead and a police officer jailed, facing serious charges for a car crash that resulted from the pursuit. Maggie Dunn, 17, and Caroline Gill, 16, who were cheerleaders for
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Oregon ended 2022 as second in the nation for share of new vehicles sold that are electric — about 1,000 per month — and is poised for more EV success in 2023, the Oregon Department of Transportation reported Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions that boiled over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern. “My father always told
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is trying to keep his bid for speaker alive, after he failed to gain enough votes for the post over three days. In his California hometown of Bakersfield, voters are mixed over whether he should get the job or
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday while practising tow-in surfing on the giant waves in Nazaré on the central coast of Portugal, the local maritime authority said. Support staff on jet-skis managed to get the 47-year-old to the beach, but all attempts to revive him failed. Freire was one of
Continue ReadingBy FARES AKRAM and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Khaled Shurrab had been waiting more than half his life to get out of Gaza. The 27-year-old had never left the coastal enclave, which has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt since 2007. He couldn’t find a job — the territory’s youth unemployment rate
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rest easy, America … we got this. What others see as dysfunction and chaos, many of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s opponents see as democracy at work. Some of the roughly 20 Republicans declining to vote for McCarthy as the next House speaker are reveling in the moment, depicting
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Nearly two-thirds of Oregon’s hospitals lost money in the third quarter of 2022, again posting an average negative margin worse than the lockdown phase of 2020, according to a new analysis released by Apprise Health Insights, the Oregon Association of Hospital and Health Systems said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA MORGA, JAMES BROOKS and CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tech companies are showing off their latest products this week at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show. The show officially opened with crowds of investors, media and tech workers streaming into cavernous Las Vegas venues. They’re there to see
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA MORGA, JAMES BROOKS and CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tech companies are showing off their latest products this week at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show. The show officially opened Thursday, with crowds of investors, media and tech workers streaming into cavernous Las Vegas venues to see the
Continue ReadingMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people were wounded in a shooting after an altercation outside a restaurant in south Florida, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were hit by gunfire Thursday night, but the Miami Herald cited a law enforcement source saying as many as 10 people were wounded in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Chernova, Sebastian Shukla, Yulia Kesaieva and Tara John, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defense minister to implement a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine for 36 hours this week to allow Orthodox Christians to attend Christmas services, according to a Kremlin statement Thursday. But the proposal was swiftly dismissed as “hypocrisy”
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January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. At:project and partners are using this opportunity to remind the community that exploitation and human trafficking happen in our community, and there is local help!
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month’s Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. The Transportation Ministry on Friday called on travelers to reduce trips and gatherings, particularly if they involve elderly people, pregnant women, small children
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month’s Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. The Transportation Ministry on Friday called on travelers to reduce trips and gatherings, particularly if they involve elderly people, pregnant women, small children
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Branden Carlson finished with 27 points and 11 rebounds, Marco Anthony added a double-double and Utah never trailed in a 79-60 victory over Oregon State on Thursday night. Carlson made 10 of 19 shots with two 3-pointers for the Utes (12-4, 5-0 Pac-12 Conference). Anthony finished with 14 points and
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Folk music from around the world filled the air at the downtown Bend Library Thursday afternoon in a free concert by Steve Thorp and Kimberly Rogers, who make up a duo called Da Chara.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Callum McRae scored 27 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Sacramento State to an 85-83 overtime victory over Idaho on Thursday night. Zach Chappell’s layup with 48 seconds left in OT gave the Hornet’s an 84-83 lead and McRae added a free throw to seal it.
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