By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Workers at more than 150 Starbucks locations across the country are planning to go on strike as the coffee chain and a union representing baristas clash over displays supporting LBGTQ+ causes in stores during Pride month. Starbucks Workers United said in a tweet Friday that 3,500 workers will be
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — On display at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum are nine empty boxes that should be holding medals. They belong to members of the U.S. figure skating team that finished second in Beijing last year but have not received their medals while a doping
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Leigh-Hewitson and Woojin Lee, CNN (CNN) — Humans are causing alarming changes to the planet. Collectively, we are destroying ecosystems, polluting the ocean and altering our climate. As individuals, we can all play a role in making things better. On November 8, 2023, we’re holding the third annual Call to Earth Day. Celebrating
Continue ReadingBATAVIA, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury has indicted an Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons on murder charges — charges he could face the death penalty for. Chad Doerman, 32, was indicted Thursday on charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping and assault for the June 15 deaths of his sons, according
Continue ReadingBy Mallika Kallingal, Jay Croft and Rob Frehse CNN (CNN) — The damaged portion of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, which collapsed 12 days ago, has been repaired and has reopened ahead of schedule, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced. “We demolished a roadway, we rebuilt I-95 in just 12 days. Through that process we showed the
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Twitter needs to do more work to fall in line with the European Union’s tough new digital rulebook, a top EU official said after overseeing a “stress test” of the company’s systems in Silicon Valley. European Commissioner Thierry Breton said late Thursday that he noted the “strong commitment of
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, Hira Humayun, Sophia Saifi, Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, Mostafa Salem and Sofia Cox, CNN (CNN) — Tributes from grief-stricken relatives and friends have been pouring in after a “catastrophic implosion” killed all five passengers on board a Titanic-bound submersible at the bottom of the ocean. A dayslong international search effort concluded Thursday after debris
Continue ReadingCNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The search for the Titan submersible that captivated the world came to an abrupt and grim end this week after fragments of the vessel were detected on the ocean floor near the Titanic. The discovery led the US Coast Guard to announce the ship likely imploded, killing all
Continue ReadingBy GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A convoy carrying U.N. aid has entered Syria’s last rebel-held enclave from government-held territory, the first such shipment to cross battle lines since February’s deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. The United Nations says the convoy with humanitarian supplies crossed from
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — You might believe cortisol is the culprit sabotaging your fitness and weight loss efforts if you’re getting your guidance from social media. And if you could just get your cortisol levels to where they need to be, everything else will fall into place — right? Like most things that
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “No Hard Feelings” is the kind of hard-to-characterize movie that isn’t served by a splashy ad campaign, in mostly good ways. Part French sex comedy, part “American Pie”-like coming-of-age story, this raunchy vehicle for Jennifer Lawrence also possesses darker and deeper streaks that elevate it above its “Pretty.
Continue ReadingBy Adrian Ghobrial, Correspondent, CTV National News Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — You could be a multi-millionaire and not even know it. Yes, you read that sentence correctly. A winning $70-million Lotto Max ticket has been missing and gone unclaimed for nearly a year. On June 28, the golden
Continue ReadingBy Sissi De Flaviis Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — The number of refugees worldwide reached a record high earlier this week, according to the UN Refugee Agency’s statistics. By the end of last year, there were 108.4 million people living under forced displacement around the world as a result
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Happy Friday! Central Oregon is waking up to partly cloudy skies but Friday will be mostly sunny with temperatures in the low 70s to low 80s. Winds are light and coming out of the northwest Friday through Sunday the region has a slight chance to see a chance of showers, with the greatest chance being
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — A solid candidate for weirdest series of the year, “I’m a Virgo” represents an outlandish concept from writer-director Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You”), contemplating how the world would respond to a 13-foot-tall young Black man. As metaphorically intriguing as that sounds – and indeed, is at the
Continue ReadingCNN By Nadia Leigh-Hewitson and Woojin Lee, CNN (CNN) — Humans are causing alarming changes to the planet. Collectively, we are destroying ecosystems, polluting the ocean and altering our climate. As individuals, we can all play a role in making things better. On November 8, 2023, we’re holding the third annual Call to Earth Day.
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Kevin Flower, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors on Thursday charged “Rust” film armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed with tampering with evidence in relation to the shooting death of the movie’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, an amended complaint filed Thursday shows. The charge is in addition to two counts of involuntary manslaughter filed against Gutierrez
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “Titanic” director James Cameron says the search operation for a deep-sea tourist sub turned into a “nightmarish charade” that prolonged the agony of the families of the passengers. Cameron told the BBC that he felt “in my bones” that the Titan submersible had been lost soon after
Continue ReadingWADESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a worker is dead after an explosion at a North Carolina plant. Anson County Emergency Services Chief Rodney Diggs says firefighters were called to the Darling Ingredients rendering plant in the Wadesboro area around 9 p.m. Thursday and found a plume of smoke coming from the building. After air
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court on Friday extended by 30 days the house arrest of Andrew Tate, the divisive social media personality and former professional kickboxer who was charged this week with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal’s decision comes days after prosecutors from
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