By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — The little village of Ghajar has been a sore point between Israel and Lebanon for years, split in two by the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. But after a long period of calm, the dispute has begun to heat up again. Israel
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a sunlit art studio in Kyiv filled with easels and canvases, Iryna Farion puts the finishing touches on an oil painting with a predominantly dark color palette in shades of blue and brown. The artwork depicts two intertwined trees held together by their roots, as
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis, Rosario Dawson and other top movie and TV actors have joined picket lines alongside screenwriters. It happened Friday on the first full day of a walkout that has become Hollywood’s biggest labor fight in decades. A day after the dispute
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The highest-ranking U.S. military officer is praising Japan’s moves to double its defense spending over the next five years, citing rising threats from North Korea and China. Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, mentioned Japan’s need for cruise missile defense, early warning
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — India aspira a convertirse en el cuarto país en realizar un aterrizaje controlado en la Luna con el lanzamiento de su misión Chandrayaan-3 este viernes. Chandrayaan, que significa “vehículo lunar” en sánscrito, despegó del Centro Espacial Satish Dhawan de Sriharikota, en el estado meridional de Andhra Pradesh, poco después de
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Fran Drescher, presidenta del sindicato SAG-AFTRA, respondió el jueves a las críticas por haber viajado a Italia para asistir a las fiestas de Alta Moda de Dolce & Gabbana el pasado fin de semana, cuando su sindicato de actores, formado por 160.000 miembros, se enfrentaba a la fecha límite para
Continue ReadingBy AIJAZ RAHI and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press SRIHARIKOTA, India (AP) — An Indian spacecraft blazed its way to the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface, the country’s space agency said. Chandrayaan-3, the word
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Robert Bowers killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue and he’s facing a possible death sentence at his ongoing trial. Patrick Crusius killed 23 people at a Texas Walmart, but the Justice Department took the death penalty off the table and he received a life
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The Oregon Department of Transportation continues to expand its road usage charge program, OReGO, by offering customers a new commercial account manager option, Ferrovial’s NextMove by Cintra.
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy was signed into law Friday, forcing clinics to scramble to arrange out-of-state care for many women whose access immediately ended as a judge considered whether to temporarily put a hold
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Las muy anticipadas y controvertidas bombas o municiones de racimo de fabricación estadounidense que Washington acordó suministrar a Kyiv ya están en Ucrania, según un general ucraniano y el Pentágono. “Acabamos de recibirlas, aún no las hemos utilizado, pero pueden cambiar radicalmente (el campo de batalla)”, dijo el general de
Continue ReadingBy TY O’NEIL Associated Press DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — As uninviting as it sounds, Death Valley National Park beckons. Even as the already extreme temperatures are forecast to climb even higher, potentially topping records amid a major U.S. heat wave, tourists are arriving at this infamous desert landscape on the California-Nevada border.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday that Oregon is joining other states and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in suing a company called Prehired for deceptive marketing and debt collection practices.
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two former officers of a federal women’s prison in California have pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual abuse. The pleas on Thursday are the latest developments in cases following an AP investigation revealing rampant abuse of inmates and resulting in prison sentences for the former warden and chaplain. A former
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China says its coast guard issued a warning to a Japanese fishing boat operating in waters surrounding uninhabited East China Sea islands controlled by Japan but claimed by China. State media ran a statement quoting coast guard spokesperson Gan Yu saying a Chinese vessel issued a “warning to depart” to the Japanese
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s U.N. ambassador has defended his country’s recent long-range missile launch in a rare appearance at the U.N. Security Council. Kim Song told the council the test-flight of the Hwasong-18 was a legitimate exercise of self-defense. He also accused the United States of driving
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Nearly one year since the nationwide launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, an analysis by the Oregon Health Authority shows Oregon’s crisis call centers answered more than 53,000 calls, texts and chats between July 16, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Like a lot of things in Hollywood, “The Blacklist” didn’t know when to quit, hanging on for two listless seasons beyond the exit of Megan Boone as Liz Keen in 2021. Yet the show at least knew to provide viewers with a pretty definitive ending, as it did with
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A major river overflowing near India’s capital has reached the highest level on record, authorities said, prompting mass evacuations and causing havoc with water supplies as northern states report rising deaths from heavy flooding. A tributary of the mighty Ganges River, the Yamuna River
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A major river overflowing near India’s capital has reached the highest level on record, authorities said, prompting mass evacuations and causing havoc with water supplies as northern states report rising deaths from heavy flooding. A tributary of the mighty Ganges River, the Yamuna River
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