Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Las brutales tormentas invernales trajeron hielo significativo, ráfagas de viento y fuertes nevadas en franjas de EE.UU. desde California hasta el noreste este jueves. Todo esto hace parte de un evento de varios días que ya ha cerrado carreteras y ha causado numerosos cortes de energía, incluso cuando el sureste del
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state television has offered an extended defense against an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84% purity. An official interviewed by state TV’s English-language arm Press TV called it part of a “conspiracy” against Tehran amid tensions over its
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press MARINKA, Ukraine (AP) — Although Friday marks the grim first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, fighting between Russian-backed forces and Ukrainian troops has raged in the country’s east since 2014. The town of Marinka is among those that have been reduced to rubble. It is in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national statistics office says that the country’s economy shrank by 0.4% in last year’s fourth quarter. That’s a sharp downward revision from its initial report that gross domestic product declined by 0.2%. The quarter-on-quarter contraction in the October-December period was the first since the first quarter of 2021. Consumer spending, which
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national statistics office says that the country’s economy shrank by 0.4% in last year’s fourth quarter. That’s a sharp downward revision from its initial report that gross domestic product declined by 0.2%. The quarter-on-quarter contraction in the October-December period was the first since the first quarter of 2021. Consumer spending, which
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese diplomat accused the U.S. consul general in Hong Kong of interfering in its affairs after he said the city’s freedoms were eroding and warned the American not to cross political “red lines.” Consul General Gregory May gave a video address last month in which
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden spoke via video call Wednesday with John Hao, a fan of Harden’s and one of the Michigan State University students wounded in a mass shooting on campus last week. A video shared with CNN by Harden’s management team shows the NBA star giving words of encouragement
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A former longtime Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy and detective pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he transferred intimate photos from a dead man’s phone to his own and later engaged in an offensive encounter with the man’s girlfriend.
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN After federal officials released an initial report concluding that this month’s toxic train wreck in Ohio was completely preventable, investigators will begin examining procedures, practices and design prior to the derailment that has sparked long-term concerns among hundreds of frustrated residents. The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, NTSB, FIRESTAR DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY, BUTECH BLISS By Aya Elamroussi and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN After federal officials released an initial report concluding that this month’s toxic train wreck in Ohio was completely preventable, investigators will begin examining procedures, practices and design prior to the derailment that has sparked long-term concerns among hundreds of frustrated
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Quantifying the toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine remains an elusive goal a year into the conflict. Estimates of the casualties, refugees and economic fallout from the war produce an incomplete picture of the deaths and suffering. Precise figures may never emerge for some of the categories
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Jason Hanna, CNN A man serving life sentences for three 2005 Las Vegas-area murders has now been charged in a 2004 killing there, authorities said Thursday. Investigators determined Norman Flowers, 48, is a suspect in the 2004 death of Keysha Brown after they asked for more forensic testing during a July
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is particularly poignant for women who gave birth and men who became fathers a year ago, on Feb. 24, 2022, as bombs began to fall. Bringing forth new life just as the Russian onslaught snatched other lives away entwined
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Registration is now open for the 2023 Oregon Women Veterans Conference, which will be held on May 20 and 21 at the Salem Convention Center. Hosted by the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs, this free, biennial event is the largest gathering of women veterans in the state.
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By Travis Caldwell, Ray Sanchez and Emma Tucker, CNN After two days on the stand, Alex Murdaugh completed testimony Friday in the murder trial over the killings of his wife and son. After about six hours of testimony Friday — which included a prosecutor grilling the former disgraced South Carolina attorney over lies, drug use
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Another cold reminder that inflation remains hotter than hoped sent Wall Street skidding Friday, and stocks closed out their worst week since early December. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% to cap its third straight weekly loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped as many as
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Another cold reminder that inflation remains hotter than hoped sent Wall Street sinking Friday, and stocks closed out their worst week since early December. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% to cap its third straight weekly loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped as many as
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press GIVAT HAREL, West Bank (AP) — One day in the fall of 1998, Shivi Drori, a young farmer fresh out of the Israeli army, brought three trailers to a rugged hilltop deep in the occupied West Bank and began to plant raspberries. It was an unauthorized settlement in the heart
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — One year into Russia’s war against Ukraine, China is offering a 12-point proposal to end the fighting. The proposal follows China’s recent announcement that it is trying to act as mediator in the war that has re-energized Western alliances viewed by Beijing and Moscow as rivals. China’s top diplomat indicated that
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Khalil Shabazz scored 30 points to help San Francisco hold off Portland 92-89 on Thursday night. Shabazz added seven rebounds for the Dons (18-12, 7-8 West Coast Conference). Tyrell Roberts finished with 19 points and six assists, while Marcus Williams hit five 3-pointers and scored 17. The Pilots (13-17, 5-10) were
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