SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation has released its inaugural student loan report, shedding light on the intricacies of the state’s student loan landscape and the role of the newly established student loan ombuds. This report is a direct result of the Oregon Legislature’s innovative decision to establish the student loan ombuds position
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — One of China’s biggest property developers says it has burned through up to $7.6 billion in the first half of the year, compounding the crisis coursing through the country’s embattled real estate sector. Country Garden warned investors in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing Thursday that it
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks after its international launch, Worldcoin is drawing the attention of privacy regulators around the world, with the Kenya’s government going so far as to shut down the service indefinitely. The international ID startup, backed by big names in Silicon Valley, is now
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A choppy day of trading on Wall Street ended Friday with an uneven finish for the major stock indexes, as mixed economic data stoked worries that the Federal Reserve’s work on bringing inflation to heel isn’t done. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% after wavering between small gains and losses
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — With people dancing on the streets and setting off firecrackers, the jubilant scenes wouldn’t have been out of place in an Indian movie. In fact, they were the real-life celebrations of thousands of cinema fans in South India as they welcomed the latest film release by
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH, TY O’NEIL and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A new fire burning on the Hawaii island of Maui on Friday night triggered the evacuation of a community to the northeast of the area that burned earlier this week, police said. The fire prompted the evacuation of people in
Continue Reading SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation continues to fight for consumers and investors with the passage of House Bill 2274, which bolsters the division’s enforcement tools in dealing with securities fraud. Oregon securities law currently employs three core mechanisms to shield investors from potential harm: Mandatory registration: A security must be registered
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on the sale or possession of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally. In a 4-3 decision Friday, the high court found that the Protect Our Communities Act does not violate
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Martha Zhou, CNN (CNN) — China’s civilian spy agency has exposed a Chinese national for allegedly providing sensitive military information to the CIA, the latest in a string of highly public espionage accusations between Washington and Beijing. In a statement Friday, China’s Ministry of State Security said the suspect, identified by
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY and ASHRAF IDRIS Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Nearly four months of violent street battles between the Sudanese Army and a powerful paramilitary group have made funerals a near impossibility, particularly in Sudan’s capital of Khartoum. Residents and local medical groups say corpses lie rotting in the capital’s streets, marooned by
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — The fire that tore across a coastal Maui town and caught many by surprise has already claimed dozens of lives and burned more than 1,000 buildings. It has turned a centuries-old hamlet beloved by travelers and locals alike into a charred, desolate landscape. The devastation has
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — España y Suecia clasificaron a las semifinales del Mundial de fútbol femenino tras vencer a Países Bajos y Japón, respectivamente, y se enfrentarán el próximo martes. España se convirtió en la primera selección clasificada para la siguiente fase de la competencia tras su triunfo por 2 a 1 en Wellington. Más
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Members of Ethiopia’s LGBTQ+ community say they face a wave of online harassment and physical attacks and blame much of it on the social media platform TikTok, which they say is failing to take down posts calling for homosexual and transgender people to be whipped, stabbed
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of thousands of Afghans to safety. But two years later, tens of thousands of others are still waiting to be resettled. They are Afghans who helped the war effort by working with
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Shukria Sediqi knew her days in safety were numbered. As a journalist who advocated for women’s rights, she’d visited shelters and safe houses to talk to women who had fled abusive husbands. She went with them to
Continue ReadingBy SARA ESPAÑA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The brazen assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio at a crowded political rally Wednesday night deepened the country’s sense of vulnerability to the crime that’s spread across the country in recent years. After multiple threats for his stance against drug trafficking and corruption, Villavicencio was
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Tras cumplirse el plazo de 48 horas destinadas a la búsqueda marítima por parte de instituciones federales y del estado de Oaxaca, el Instituto Nacional de Migración de México informó este jueves que no hay rastro del presunto naufragio de una embarcación con 26 ciudadanos de Senegal a bordo.
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN Sydney (CNN) — One of England’s key players will miss the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup – and the semifinals if they advance – a tough blow as the Lionesses hope to make a run for the trophy. FIFA on Thursday banned Lauren James for two international games after she
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Sydney (CNN) — One of England’s key players will miss the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup – and the semifinals if they advance – a tough blow as the Lionesses hope to make a run for the trophy. FIFA on Thursday banned Lauren James for two international games after
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A Bend artist, ‘contemporary realist’ David Kreitzer, is inviting people to his home this weekend to view his paintings.
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