By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians resoundingly rejected on Saturday a referendum proposal to create an advocacy committee to offer advice to Parliament on policies that affect Indigenous people — the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority. The government proposed the first constitutional change since 1977 as a step forward in Indigenous
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Desperate Palestinians scrambled for escape from northern Gaza on Saturday or huddled by the thousands at a hospital in the target zone in hopes it would be spared, as Israel intensified warnings of an imminent offensive by air, ground and sea
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Louisiana governor’s race, holding off a crowded field of candidates. The win is a major victory for the GOP as they reclaim the governor’s mansion for the first time in
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is holding an election Sunday that many view as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation’s democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has benefited from waiting to reveal where he stands as the swing vote in a chamber closely divided between Democrats and Republicans. He’s taken the same approach when it comes to the next phase of his political career: The moderate
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Volvo of Bend is partnering with Sleep in Heavenly Peace to provide beds for Central Oregon children who do not have one of their own. Volvo of Bend will donate $100 for every vehicle sold in October. And the dealership will be accepting donations of twin bed sheets to go with
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — After receiving death threats for openly opposing Venezuela’s socialist government, Víctor Macedo and his wife fled, staying for a time in Spain before coming to the U.S. For nearly two years, they have lived in Florida with the support of family and friends as they tried to
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA and IVÁN VALENCIA Associated Press CANCÚN, México (AP) — First came the darkening skies, then the crescent-shaped shadows on the ground, and finally an eruption of cheers by crowds that gathered Saturday along the narrow path of a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun. It was a spectacular show for
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA and IVÁN VALENCIA Associated Press CANCÚN, México (AP) — First came the darkening skies, then the crescent-shaped shadows on the ground, and finally an eruption of cheers by crowds that gathered Saturday along the narrow path of a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun. It was a spectacular show for
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ethical concerns are casting a shadow over President Joe Biden as he seeks reelection amid investigations into his son Hunter and an impeachment inquiry, with a poll showing that 35% of U.S. adults believe the president himself has done something illegal. An additional 33%
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Saturday’s ring of fire annular solar eclipse will alter weather conditions on the Earth’s surface as it plays out in the sky. Changes to temperature, wind speed and humidity occur as the moon crosses in front of the sun during a solar eclipse and casts a shadow on
Continue ReadingBy Sam Kiley, CNN (CNN) — It is with a weird retrospective guilt that I have to admit: Hamas once saved me from a kidnapping in Gaza. The militant group behind massacres and abductions, the slaughter of civilians, and the cynical endangerment of their own people, stopped an Islamist gang seconds before they were about
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More than two months after Prineville Police Chief Larry Seymour and Captain Rob Gray were placed on “paid non-disciplinary administrative leave” amid an internal investigation, the city is still silent on where things stand.
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Dakota and Duchess are sweet seniors, calm and “easy keepers,” says Lynne Ouchida of the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will raise the minimum wage for health care workers to $25 per hour over the next decade under a new law Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Friday. The new law is the second minimum wage increase Newsom has signed. Last month, he signed a law
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Through their Operation School Bell® program, Assistance League of Bend, a 21 Cares for Kids partner, is providing new clothing to over 2,000 kindergarten through grade 12 students this year.
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Stacker has assembled 25 haunted places across America—from hotels and theaters to murder scenes and cemeteries—based on reported ghost sightings and haunted histories.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Fiscalía General de la República de México (FGR) pidió a la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) que revise la sentencia que anuló la condena contra Mario Aburto por el asesinato del candidato presidencial Luis Donaldo Colosio y ordenó emitir una nueva. ¿Cuánto se sabe sobre el asesinato
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that county political maps in the home of Juneteenth discriminate against Black and Latino residents. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown on Friday order Galveston County to redraw the maps. The ruling adds to victories voting rights groups have
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — El público está envuelto en la niebla de la guerra. Mientras los ojos del mundo siguen fijos en la escalada del conflicto entre Israel y Hamas, los espectadores se encuentran abrumados por afirmaciones dudosas que saturan el discurso global. Al desafío de navegar entre océano de información fuertemente contaminada, se suma el
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