By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a political standoff when the House resumes this week. McCarthy needs to steer the House to fund the government and avoid a government shutdown. But the California congressman also is trying to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In the arid land outside the Ugandan town of Yumbe, where almost 200,000 refugees have settled in a community known as Bidi Bidi, architects are building the first performance and arts space of its kind. Over the past seven years, Bidi Bidi has transformed from a rapidly growing camp
Continue ReadingCNN By Emiko Jozuka, Daniel Campisi and Francesca Annio, CNN Mount Fuji, Japan (CNN) — They are scenes few would associate with Japan’s highest peak: human traffic jams, foothills littered with garbage and inappropriately attired hikers – some attempting the ascent in sandals. But these sights are all too familiar for Miho Sakurai, a veteran
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Passengers on an Air China flight were evacuated upon landing in Singapore after one of the aircraft’s engines caught fire, leading to a three-hour closure of Changi Airport on Sunday. Videos on social media showed passengers evacuating the aircraft using the emergency exit slide while dark smoke billowed from
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La presidencia de Paraguay compartió este domingo en su cuenta de X, anteriormente Twitter, un comunicado conjunto en nombre de los gobiernos de Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay en el que lamentan las medidas impuestas por Argentina en la navegación en la Hidrovía Paraguay-Paraná. Según el boletín, Argentina
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Se espera que Apple presente su línea iPhone 15 el martes en el evento principal anual de la compañía, y podría introducir el mayor cambio en el diseño del teléfono en 11 años. El evento de prensa, que Apple adelantó con el eslogan “wonderlust”, se llevará a cabo en
Continue ReadingBy Emiko Jozuka, Daniel Campisi and Francesca Annio, CNN Mount Fuji, Japan (CNN) — They are scenes few would associate with Japan’s highest peak: human traffic jams, foothills littered with garbage and inappropriately attired hikers – some attempting the ascent in sandals. But these sights are all too familiar for Miho Sakurai, a veteran ranger
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — The alert level on Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, was downgraded Monday with no infrastructure threatened and no threat of significant ash emission into the atmosphere outside a limited area within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The downgrade came one day after the volcano began erupting again, according
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Nine passengers have been injured after an engine fire sent smoke into the cabin of an Air China jetliner landing in Singapore, prompting an evacuation of the aircraft. The Airbus A-320 had 146 passengers and nine crew on board when it made an emergency landing about 4:15 p.m. Sunday. Changi Airport says
Continue ReadingBy YUCHENG TANG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Xinyu Wen traveled to Thailand in June, planning a two-week vacation around Bangkok’s Pride parade. Instead, the 28-year-old stayed a month and a half, as her experience at the parade gave rise to discussions and discoveries in the Thai capital’s thriving LBGTQ+ community. LGBTQ+ people from China,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) At the Athletic Club of Bend, Sunday brought the fourth annual Heroes on the Run event, to benefit the Bend nonprofit Street Dog Hero. It included a 5K fundraiser and a kid’s mini-run. About 200 people tied up their shoelaces for the run — and of course, many people brought their four-legged friends
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Zeena Saifi, Mark Esplin and Sam Kiley, CNN Moulay Brahim, Morocco (CNN) — Moulay Brahim was once a happy place for Sami Sensis. The village is located high in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains, and its scenery, the fresh air, the friendly people drew his parents there nearly every summer. Now they are
Continue ReadingCNN By Taylor Ward and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee was starting to send dangerous surf and rip currents to parts of the southeast US coast late Sunday – and more of the East Coast is expected to see hazardous beach conditions in the coming days as the storm moves up the Atlantic,
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El tenista No. 2 del mundo, Novak Djokovic, se consolida aún más como uno de los mejores tenistas de todos los tiempos después de lograr el domingo el título número 24 de Grand Slam de su carrera, igualando el récord de Margaret Court. En una revancha de la final
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have closed portions of Custer Gallatin National Forest just outside of Big Sky, Montana, after a person was attacked by a grizzly bear while hunting. The US Forest Service announced the emergency closure in a Friday news release. The agency didn’t specify how long the
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Happy Sunday Central Oregon! As our Air Quality remains in the “green” for “good” expect much sunshine and nice temperatures for the next few days. Evening temperatures will dip down between 40 and 50 degrees, while daytime temperatures will hover from the upper 70’s to low 80’s. Hurricane Lee is still expected to be a
Continue ReadingCNN By Issy Ronald, Homero De la Fuente, Patrick Sung and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Luis Rubiales on Sunday resigned from his position as president of the Spanish soccer federation following weeks of fierce criticism over his unwanted kiss with Women’s World Cup winner Jennifer Hermoso. “Today, I notified the interim president at 930
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BEND, Ore (KTVZ) — Fans looking for tickets to the previously sold-out Lumineers show Sunday night at the Hayden Homes Amphitheater are in luck. Approximately 200 additional tickets to this evening’s concert, including pit and reserved seats, are now available, the venue announced Sunday afternoon. The Lumineers, who played to a full-capacity crowd at the
Continue ReadingCNN By Amarachi Orie and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers are searching through rubble and trying to reach isolated communities after a devastating earthquake struck Morocco, killing thousands and leaving more injured or unaccounted for. The quake is the strongest to hit the nation’s center in more than a century, and its epicenter was
Continue ReadingSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Charlie Robison, the Texas singer-songwriter whose rootsy anthems made the country charts until he was forced to retire after a medical procedure left him unable to sing, has died. A family representative says Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 59. His 2001 album
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