By Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — Russia is campaigning for a return to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council – after being suspended just last year for invading Ukraine. Will the rest of the world vote on Tuesday to reinstate it? Russia’s war in Ukraine war is still grinding on, and several UN human rights
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump signed a document 30 years ago that gave the true size of his New York penthouse which was listed as far larger on later financial statements, according to evidence Tuesday at the former president’s civil business fraud trial. The evidence
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors seeking a conviction of two Colorado police officers in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain have implored a jury during closing arguments to remember that he was just trying to walk home on the night of the fatal encounter. McClain was put in
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than three weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat beside President Joe Biden and marveled that a “historic peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia” seemed within reach — a diplomatic advance that he predicted could lead to lasting peace between the Israelis
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arizona-based nonprofit that rocketed to prominence by latching on to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has raised roughly a quarter-billion dollars but has struggled to help Republicans win general elections. Much of the money raised by Turning Point has been spent cultivating conservative influencers and hosting glitzy
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arizona-based nonprofit that rocketed to prominence by latching on to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has raised roughly a quarter-billion dollars but has struggled to help Republicans win general elections. Much of the money raised by Turning Point has been spent cultivating conservative influencers and hosting glitzy
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‘Fruit is literally not going to get harvested, because there is no one cutting the fruit.’ BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — When two-dozen Central Oregon food and beverage small business owners sat down for a roundtable Monday with Sen. Ron Wyden, the Oregon Democrat heard a no-doubt familiar refrain about their biggest concern: high housing prices
Continue ReadingBy Christal Hayes and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A person who crashed a vehicle into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco Monday was shot and killed after being confronted by police in the lobby, authorities said. The person was driving around 3:09 p.m. PT and crashed into the lobby area of the Consulate General
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Hughes “Uncle Redd” Van Ellis, one of the last three known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died, according a family statement. He was 102. Ellis died Monday night in Denver, Colorado, according to a family statement shared by Oklahoma Rep. Regina Goodwin. “He
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El portavoz del Gobierno de República Dominicana, Homero Figueroa, informó este lunes las nuevas medidas adoptadas por el Consejo Nacional de Seguridad, que incluyen habilitar Corredores Comerciales Provisionales (CCP) en la frontera dominicano-haitiana tras el cierre total desde el 15 de septiembre. Según indicó Figueroa, estos CCP se abrirán bajo
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Redmond Ore. (KTVZ) — Booths representing 25 different Central Oregon businesses set up Monday at Central Oregon Community College’s Redmond campus for the fall JobFest. Open to both students and the public, the positions available varied from law enforcement to health careers. COCC will be hosting three more JobFest events this month on its Madras,
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Bend’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater has landed another big name in the world of country music – Jordan Davis – for a concert next June 20th, the third big act already booked for next summer. Ticket details here: https://www.bendconcerts.com/event/jordan-davis
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum ahead of an expected decision by the Biden administration to declare his overthrow a coup d’etat. The State Department says Blinken called Bazoum to stress that restoration of a democratically elected government remains the
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On Monday’s Indigenous Peoples Day, now a federal holiday, Central Oregon Community College hosted a special event in honor of the nation’s Indigenous people. The instructor-led discussion was titled: ‘Celebrating the Strength and Resilience of Native People.’
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Honoree Fleming, una decana jubilada, fue hallada sin vida tras recibir un disparo en la cabeza en una ruta de senderismo cercana al campus de Castleton de la Universidad Estatal de Vermont, donde había trabajado. Ahora las autoridades buscan pistas que les ayuden a encontrar al asesino de la querida maestra.
Continue ReadingCNN By Hadas Gold, Tara John, Helen Regan, Christian Edwards, Heather Law and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Israel is hammering Gaza with airstrikes, hitting hundreds of targets and reducing neighborhoods to rubble, as new atrocities are uncovered in its territory after a devastating surprise attack by Hamas militants. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Esther Solomon, the editor-in-chief of Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, was trying to observe the Jewish Sabbath on Saturday in Tel Aviv when her daughter, a member of the Israeli Air Force, brought some alarming news to her attention: Israel was under serious attack from Hamas. Solomon quickly realized
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration and congressional Democrats are weighing tying legislation for additional military support for Israel with military assistance for Ukraine, setting up a showdown with congressional Republicans opposed to helping Ukraine amid the tumult in the speaker-less chamber. The looming fight over tying
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s U.N. ambassador is alleging that “neo-Nazis” and military-age men were at the wake for a Ukrainian soldier in a village café where a missile last week killed 52 people. Vassily Nebenzia told a U.N. Security Council meeting the soldier was “a high-ranking Ukrainian nationalist,”
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials say a car rammed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, coming to a stop in the lobby and creating a chaotic scene that ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at the hospital. San Francisco police said they didn’t know why the unidentified driver on Monday smashed
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