Seahorses, snakes and illegal pork from Vietnam seized by US Customs
By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to inspecting luggage, “there’s never a dull moment,” customs agents at Washington’s Dulles…
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Putin has dashed global hopes for reviving the Ukraine grain deal. This is why it matters
By ANDREW WILKS and ELISE MORTON Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with Vladimir Putin, hoping to…
Continue Reading Russians press Ukraine in the northeast to distract from more important battles in counteroffensive
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Concealed under pine branches in the forests of northeast Ukraine, the muzzle of a…
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More than 70,000 Burning Man festival attendees remain stuck in Nevada desert after rain
By Nouran Salahieh and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of people remain trapped at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy…
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Some Central Oregonians dress up as gnomes for the Little Woody Festival in Bend
People came early to stand in line Saturday for the second and final day of the 18th annual Little Woody Festival at the Deschutes Historical…
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Timbers rally from two goals down for 2-2 draw with Sounders
SEATTLE (AP) — Dairon Asprilla and Evander da Silva Ferreira scored three minutes apart in the second half after Seattle’s Léo Chú was sent…
Continue Reading Here’s what happens when a parking garage becomes a delivery room
By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — When Dr. Janelle Cooper, an OB/GYN, pulled into the parking garage of the hospital where she works in Annapolis,…
Continue Reading India’s moon rover completes its walk. Scientists analyzing data looking for signs of frozen water
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s moon rover has completed its walk on the lunar surface and been put into sleep mode…
Continue Reading Founding father Gen. Anthony Wayne’s legacy is getting a second look at Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Some 40 Native American tribes have ancestral ties to Wayne National Forest, a…
Continue Reading Ukrainian oligarch and Zelensky supporter Ihor Kolomoisky arrested in fraud investigation
By Olga Voitovych, Josh Pennington, Pauline Lockwood and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — One of Ukraine’s most powerful oligarchs has been arrested…
Continue Reading Aspiring Taiwan presidential candidate Terry Gou resigns from board of Apple supplier Foxconn
BEIJING (AP) — Aspiring Taiwanese independent presidential candidate Terry Gou has resigned from the board of Foxconn, the Apple supplier he…
Continue Reading AI project imagines adult faces of children who disappeared during Argentina’s military dictatorship
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — If a baby was taken from their parents four decades ago during…
Continue Reading Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America GRANITE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Golden prairies and winding rivers of a Minnesota state park also…
Continue Reading Students criticize the University of North Carolina’s response to an active shooter emergency
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — As sirens blared across the University of North Carolina at…
Continue Reading Berlin Wall relic gets a ‘second life’ on US-Mexico border as Biden adds barriers
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — As the U.S. government built its latest stretch of border wall, Mexico made a statement of…
Continue Reading Fatal police shooting of pregnant Ohio woman raises concerns over firing at moving vehicles
By CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press Body camera video of the fatal police shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant mother in a…
Continue Reading Still reeling from flooding, some in Vermont say something better must come out of losing everything
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Seven weeks after catastrophic flooding in Vermont destroyed their mobile home, Sara Morris and…
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Cloudy skies and a bit of rain expected this weekend
Happy weekend Central Oregon! How you doin’? Rainy days expected once again with a slight chance for us to see some lightning and hear some…
Continue Reading Pope gives ‘noble’ Chinese people a shoutout at Mass in Mongolia in bid to warm ties
By NICOLE WINFIELD and SARUUL ENKHBOLD Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pope Francis sent a special greeting to China’s “noble”…
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World Cup kiss scandal hasn’t damaged Spanish brand, prime minister says
By Chris Liakos, Duarte Mendonca and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has praised the country’s women’s…
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