By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Connor McDavid won his third Hart Trophy – awarded to the NHL’s most valuable player – on Monday after a near unanimous vote. The Edmonton Oilers center earned 195 of 196 first place votes, with the only other first place vote going to the Boston Bruins’ David Pastrňák. McDavid
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Tuesday a decision to reinstate South Korea as a preferred nation with fast-track trade status from July 21, virtually ending a four-year economic row that was strained during their bitter historic disputes. Japan and South Korea have been rapidly mending their ties as they deepen
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say police and prosecutors have searching Catholic Church properties in connection with a probe of the archbishop of Cologne over perjury allegations. Investigators on Tuesday also searched the premises of an IT company that provides email services to the archdiocese headed by Cardinal Rainer Maria
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Jurors concluded their second day of deliberations Tuesday evening in the trial of the former school resource officer who stayed outside during the 2018 mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school – the culmination of a rare prosecution of a law enforcement officer
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Thailand has dismissed claims of American interference in recent elections as a “disservice” to the Thai people. Ambassador Robert Godec said on Tuesday that Washington does not support any individual candidate or political party. Claims of the U.S. meddling in the May 14
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Canadá registró oficialmente la peor temporada de incendios forestales de su historia. El humo de las llamas cruzó el océano Atlántico y llegó este lunes al oeste de Europa. Canadá tuvo un comienzo dramático de la temporada de incendios forestales, con al menos 7.563.044 hectáreas carbonizadas en todo el país. La
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday despite a rally on Wall Street driven by optimism over reports suggesting the American economy is in better shape than feared. Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.1% to 7,195.70 after the government reported that the consumer price index rose 5.6%
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN (CNN) — Lordstown Motors filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, put itself up for sale, and announced a lawsuit against Foxconn, accusing its biggest shareholder and former partner of setting out to “destroy” its business. The electric vehicle maker, which specializes in pick-up trucks, made a Chapter 11 filing in a Delaware
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Happy Gilmore is heading to college. But nope, there’s no prequel film on the way – this is for real. Born Landon Gilmore, a 17-year-old Indiana golfer has effectively gone by the name “Happy” since, just over a decade ago, he won a long-drive competition – like his namesake
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — A university janitor who turned off a freezer after hearing multiple “annoying alarms,” ruined more than 20 years of research, according to a lawsuit filed against his employer by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York. The janitor, who is not being sued in the lawsuit, was a contractor
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German court found ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler guilty of fraud in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal Tuesday, making him the highest-ranking executive convicted over cars that cheated on emissions tests with the help of illegal software. The Munich regional court handed Stadler a suspended prison sentence of 21 months
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, escaped prosecution for his abortive armed rebellion against the Kremlin and arrived Tuesday in Belarus. The exile of the 62-year-old owner of the Wagner Group
Continue ReadingBy ACHMAD IBRAHIM and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s anti-graft court has opened a trial for a former communication and information technology minister who was charged with corruption over the construction of mobile phone transmission towers in remote parts of the country. Prosecutors allege that Johnny G. Plate changed the terms
Continue ReadingBy Isaac Yee, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has been criticized for bringing a backup plane on his visit to China this week, with opposition leaders pointing to excess planet-warming emissions created in the middle of the climate crisis. The use of a second aircraft was due to frequent
Continue ReadingBy Isaac Yee, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has been criticized for bringing a backup plane on his visit to China this week, with opposition leaders pointing to excess planet-warming emissions created in the middle of the climate crisis. The use of a second aircraft was due to frequent
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Candice Zhu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Liang Shi, 56, has by many measures led a successful life. He worked in various industries, eventually opened his own business, got married and had a son. But there’s one goal he hasn’t yet achieved, though not for lack of trying: getting a good
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fashion designers from several parts of Africa have come together for a show in eastern Congo, hoping to inspire peace and creativity in a region long affected by conflict. The 9th edition of the Liputa fashion show was held in Goma on Saturday featuring designers, models
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Farmers markets gave people something they desperately sought during the pandemic: A place to shop outdoors, and at the same time support smaller, often local businesses. The markets are now building on that goodwill as the customers that became regulars and the vendors who set
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Two escaped inmates in northwestern Tennessee have been captured after they broke out of jail through a skylight, law enforcement said. One of the inmates, Ronnie Sharp, was taken into custody after “a brief foot chase” in Union City Tennessee, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office said
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The No-Bake Cookie Company, founded in 2012 by the Healy Family of Bend, has recently been acquired for an undisclosed amount by Village Family Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Originating from Carol Healy’s creations that became a favorite at Bend’s Expressway Market, a business owned by Tom
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