By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Major roads in New Delhi are teeming with giant posters and billboards announcing India’s presidency of this week’s summit of the Group of 20 nations. And one leader’s picture — smiling benignly from every traffic circle — stands out from the rest: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lawyers for residents and business owners of the Hawaiian town devastated by last month’s fires on Maui told a court that cable TV and telephone companies share responsibility for the disaster. The attorneys made the statements Tuesday, saying the companies allegedly
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. Junior defense minister, Pramitha Tennakoon, told Parliament Wednesday that the Cabinet has
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has taken mixed positions on its policies involving Haiti – with one federal agency warning that the Caribbean country is too dangerous for US citizens, while another agency deports Haitians back to the violence-torn country. Violence in Haiti during the second quarter of
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled recently that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the voting power of Black residents. But those cases are just two of about a dozen that could carry big consequences as Republicans campaign to
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press China’s Great Wall has been pierced by Genghis Khan, the Manchus, and now, allegedly, a couple of construction workers named Zheng and Wang who wanted a shortcut. Authorities in China arrested two people for smashing a path through a section of the ancient wall, a cultural icon and United Nations protected
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Moscow’s forces have started covering some of their attack aircraft with car tires, in what experts say could be a makeshift attempt to protect them from Ukrainian drone strikes that have had increased recent success in targeting Russian military airports. Satellite imagery from Maxar of Engels
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH DELLINGER and MATT BARNUM of Chalkbeat and COLLIN BINKLEY of The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Davion Williams wants to go to college. A counselor at his Detroit charter school last year helped him visualize that goal, but he knows he’ll need more help to navigate the application process. So he was discouraged
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone — better known as smog — despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health. The decision by EPA Administrator Michael Regan means that
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to about $2 trillion for fiscal year 2023, roughly double what it was in the previous fiscal year, according to a government watchdog group. The surge stems largely from a sharp decline in tax revenues, coupled with an increase in mandatory
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Most major car brands admit they may be selling your personal data — though they are vague on the buyers, and half say they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order. What’s more, nearly all the 25 brands whose privacy
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — The Rolling Stones lanzarán su primer álbum de estudio desde 2005. La banda recientemente adelantó la nueva música en el periódico británico Hackney Gazette. El anuncio incluÃa un sitio web y un número de teléfono, que revelaba una grabación que decÃa: “Bienvenido a Hackney Diamonds, especialistas en reparación de cristales. No
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Cyclebar Bend is launching a fall fitness challenge. The Old Mill District gym is challenging participants to complete 30 classes in 45 days. In addition to classic rides, this challenge will include a new class format – cycleHIIT – which consists of a 30-minute ride, followed by 30 minutes of weights
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Widgi Creek Pickleball Club is hosting a tournament this week, raising money for those affected by the Maui wildfires. The club is hosting a “paddle battle,” a team elimination-style tournament. The event has a 20-team and 40-person limit, with each team trying to move up to the winning court. Prizes
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A creative-flavored “ice cream for odd ducks” — Grey Duck – is a mobile ice cream cart hitting the streets of Bend, for now, but the owners hope to have a store to visit by year’s end.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Prosecutors have indicted a man on attempted murder and other charges over an explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April. Kishida was unhurt when a man threw a pipe bomb at him while he was campaigning for elections. Two people received minor injuries. A court
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The humanitarian situation in conflict-wracked eastern Congo has deteriorated alarmingly in the past 18 months with 8 million people in urgent need of assistance and women and girls subjected to sexual violence on a massive scale — just in three provinces, a senior U.N. official
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The Game Day compiled a ranking of the 10 most lopsided season openers in NFL history using data from Pro Football Reference.
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Thistle compiled a list of plant-based fermented foods that are a rich source of probiotics.
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Chair design and America’s history: neither are exactly comfortable. Using books and news articles, Living Spaces explored five chairs that reflect our history.
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