Betiana Fernández Martino (CNN Español) — El candidato de la Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei, fue la sorpresa de la jornada y superó todos los pronósticos en las elecciones primarias, abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias (PASO) de Argentina. Con más del 97% de las mesas escrutadas, el economista superaba el 30% de los votos. En el espacio
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar left more than 30 people missing, and a search and rescue operation was underway on Monday, a rescue official said. The incident occurred in Hpakant, a remote mountainous town in Kachin state about 950 kilometers (600 miles) north
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small newspaper and a police department in Kansas are at the center of a dispute over freedom of speech as the newspaper struggled Monday to publish its next edition, days after police raided its office and the home of its owner
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After two years in power, the Taliban are entrenched as rulers of Afghanistan, facing no significant opposition that could topple them. They have avoided an internal split by falling in line behind their ideologically unbending leader and have kept a struggling economy afloat, even as the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty on Monday to state charges for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. All six had recently admitted their guilt in a connected federal civil rights case. In the gruesome crimes committed by men tasked
Continue ReadingBy Berry Wang, CNN (CNN) — A controversial lesson on sexual harassment at a middle school in southern China has stirred online debate about victim-blaming, with many criticizing both the school and what they say is an inadequate response from officials. The school, located in Zhaoqing city in Guangdong province, had held a “mental health
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Belen Diaz was walking home from college one evening when a motorcycle carrying two men made a menacing U-turn. Terrified that she was about to be robbed for the eighth time in three years, the teaching student banged on a cab window until the driver
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls teams. Kansas, North Dakota and Wyoming had new laws in place restricting transgender athletes before classes resumed,
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — David McCormick had a clear explanation for why his fellow Republican, Dr. Mehmet Oz, lost a critical Pennsylvania Senate seat last year: Voters viewed the daytime television celebrity as an interloper from New Jersey with limited ties to the state he hoped to represent. “People want to
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Just one month after Donald Trump’s January 2021 phone call to suggest Georgia’s secretary of state could overturn his election loss, district attorney Fani Willis announced she was looking into possibly illegal “attempts to influence” the results. As she built her case, she called a parade of
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Irish singer-songwriter Hozier and Idina Menzel, the animated “The Monkey King” from Stephen Chow and Jennifer Lawrence’s R-rated comedy “No Hard Feelings.” The star-studded TV fundraiser for cancer research co-founded by Katie Couric called “Stand Up to Cancer” returns with Elizabeth Banks, Jessica
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — An endangered lioness was shot dead in South Korea on Monday, an hour after escaping a private farm, according to local officials. The lioness escaped its cage Monday morning in Goryeong county, in North Gyeongsang Province, about 300 kilometers (about 186 miles) south
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A brush fire that blackened three acres in northeast Redmond Sunday afternoon had a most unusual cause, as it turns out: a remote-controlled airplane that crashed and ignited nearby grass, officials said.
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign on Sunday evening quickly tried to walk back comments the Democratic presidential candidate had made earlier in the day in support of a nationwide abortion restriction after the first three months of pregnancy. “Mr. Kennedy’s position on abortion is that it is always the
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The Perseid meteor shower is always a special time for sky-watchers, as it was this weekend on the High Desert, as our friends’ photos and videos attest. Please share yours with us from the Share tab at KTVZ.COM
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy advocates have had part of their convictions overturned over their roles in one of the biggest pro-democracy protests in 2019. The judgment involves Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper; Martin Lee, the founding chairman of the
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A lioness escaped from a farm in South Korea, touching off an emergency search before she was killed by a hunter Monday, officials said. The owner of the farm in the southeastern county of Goryeong reported the escape after finding her cage empty. Authorities quickly
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY, PAT EATON-ROBB and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press Wildfires devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii last week, leaving a trail of destruction and devastation, decimating a historic town. While many still wait in agony for news on whether their friends and family are safe, more than 100 people have been pronounced dead. That
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un objeto cósmico con la forma de un signo de interrogación brillante se robó el protagonismo en una de las más recientes imágenes capturadas por el telescopio espacial James Webb de la NASA, y los científicos creen que saben lo que podría ser. La imagen original en el infrarrojo
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Sunday was the third and final day of Redmond’s Music and Arts Festival at the High Desert Music Hall. There was a chance to shop for jewelry, art and partake in an arts and crafts table, as well as listen to live classical and jazz music. As with many High Desert events, there were also food trucks to enjoy in the
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