By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to California for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel, a key component of President Joe Biden’s agenda to slow climate change. Biden called clean hydrogen essential to his vision of net-zero greenhouse
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to California for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel, a key component of President Joe Biden’s agenda to slow climate change. Biden called clean hydrogen essential to his vision of net-zero greenhouse
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Allies of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny say Russian authorities have detained three of his lawyers after raiding their homes. Activists say the raids are an attempt to “completely isolate Navalny.” His spokeswoman told AP the opposition leader, who is serving a 19-year prison term, is
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — The 20th annual installment of Frieze — London’s biggest and most influential art fair — has officially begun. Recently dubbed “a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters” by one critic, Regent’s Park welcomed a mixture of flushed international art collectors, industry insiders and the city’s style set. And
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday announced the locations of seven regional hubs to manufacture hydrogen – a fuel cleaner than fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal – but one which can be derived from renewable energy, nuclear power or planet-warming methane gas. Biden made the announcement alongside Energy
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans have picked Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan as their new speaker nominee Friday, but more than 50 Republicans voted against supporting him on the House floor – leaving the party still in disarray as it has been unable to elect a speaker in the 10
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El ejército de Israel le advirtió a 1,1 millones de personas que viven en el norte de Gaza que deben evacuar sus hogares, en medio de indicios de que va a intensificar su ofensiva de represalia contra Hamas tras los ataques terroristas del grupo del 7 de octubre. “Civiles de
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft has completed its takeover of Activision Blizzard, the maker of “Call of Duty” and other hit video games, closing one of the biggest tech deals of all time. The company said in a filing Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Activision (ATVI)
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — An employee of the Israeli Embassy in Beijing has been attacked and was later hospitalized. That’s according to a statement from Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Friday. It wasn’t immediately clear what sparked the attack, though it comes after Israel had criticized China for its
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los comentarios incendiarios y sin arte del expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump sobre el horror de Hamas en Israel enfatizan la característica que define su actitud hacia la política exterior y toda su visión política del mundo: todo gira en torno a él. Trump criticó al primer ministro de
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders began voting in a general election Saturday, with opinion polls indicating they favor a conservative change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern. Ardern unexpectedly stepped down in January, saying she no longer had
Continue ReadingBy Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — You’d be forgiven for thinking the resurgence of airships and blimps was a load of hot air. This is, after all, the means of flight which plummeted in the public’s estimation in an inglorious blaze with the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. Ungainly, slow and prone to accidents, they were superseded
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing war, Some imams issued fiery calls of support for the Palestinians. Others bemoaned the loss of civilian lives on both sides and appealed for peace. IMAMS IN EUROPE
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This month’s Pay it Forward $500 award from NewsChannel 21, Mid Oregon Credit Union and Dutch Bros Coffee goes to Jo Ann Dewey, whose ‘Friend to Friend’ organization helps seniors with some of the unexpected expenses of aging.
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press Maui County officials released two hours of audio of 911 calls to The Associated Press that were recorded as frantic residents tried to escape the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century. The inferno that engulfed Lahaina killed at least 98 people and leveled more than 2,000 buildings,
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Caitlin Hu, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Akanksha Sharma, Nadeen Ebrahim and Sophie Tanno, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s military is telling 1.1 million people in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes immediately, as it appears to prepare to ramp up retaliation for Hamas’ October 7 terror attacks. Israeli warplanes continued on Friday
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a van packed with migrants crashed at a highway junction in southern Germany after the driver accelerated to avoid a police check, killing seven people and injuring 16. Police said a police patrol noticed the overloaded vehicle early Friday and tried to stop it. The driver didn’t react and accelerated
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Bola Gbadebo brings us some of the things worth checking out this weekend, from the 2023 Walk Like MADD Oregon Saturday morning at Alpenglow Park to the Sunriver Resort eclipse viewing party and the Historical Haunts of Downtown Bend. Plenty more at http://events.ktvz.com.
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Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is assuring Israel that “we have your back” as he and America’s top diplomat met with Israeli and Arab leaders. There is no indication the U.S. is trying to prevent an expected Israeli ground offensive in Gaza
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