Pandas could be gone from America’s zoos by the end of next year
By ASHRAF KHALIL and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Wearing an “I Love Pandas” T-shirt and clutching a panda-covered diary,…
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Bangladesh’s worst ever dengue outbreak has now killed more than 1,000 people
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,000 people have died from dengue in Bangladesh’s worst outbreak on record, official data shows, with…
Continue ReadingHong Kong stocks have worst day in three months on worries about rates and real estate
By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Stocks in Hong Kong suffered their worst day in three months on Tuesday on growing concern about China’s…
Continue ReadingChinese toy company Pop Mart opens Beijing theme park
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — With its launch in 2010, Chinese toymaker Pop Mart set off a collectible craze with its anime-style…
Continue ReadingCourt reviews gun-carry restrictions under health order in New Mexico, as states explore options
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Restrictions on carrying guns in public that are tied to an emergency public health order…
Continue ReadingColumbia Journalism Review editor leaving to encourage news outlets to devote more time to climate
NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of the Columbia Journalism Review says he’s leaving that job to work at an organization that encourages news…
Continue ReadingFederal appeals court approves injunction to block grant for Black women entrepreneurs
By Jaide Timm-Garcia and Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — A U.S. federal appeals court has granted a conservative group’s request to temporarily…
Continue ReadingChina Evergrande soars after property developer’s stocks resume trading
By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Shares of debt-laden property developer China Evergrande Group soared Tuesday after they resumed…
Continue ReadingJury selection begins in trial of fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday in the fraud trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried after a…
Continue ReadingUS and Philippines launch military drills with partners as China tensions mount
By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The United States military kicked off two weeks of multilateral exercises with its Philippine allies and multiple…
Continue ReadingDeSantis said he would support a 15-week abortion ban, after avoiding a direct answer for months
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press When Ron DeSantis said during last week’s Republican presidential debate that he would support a federal ban on…
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‘Hard choices’: Christine Drazan holds roundtable on affordable housing challenges in Central Oregon
Central Oregon’s challenging affordable housing issues were the focus of a lively 90-minute roundtable discussion in Bend on Monday, held by former…
Continue ReadingMan who killed 2 women he met a day apart in north Florida bars in 1996 is put to death
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man who killed two women he met a day apart at north Florida bars in 1996 has been…
Continue ReadingJury hears Manuel Ellis’ last words at trial of Washington officers accused in the Black man’s death
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Jurors heard the last words of Manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who was punched,…
Continue ReadingJury hears Manuel Ellis’ last words at trial of Washington officers accused in the Black man’s death
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Jurors heard the last words of Manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who was punched,…
Continue ReadingLate-night shows return with plenty of snarky fodder post-writers’ strike
Megan Thomas (CNN) — Network late-night talks shows returned to air on Monday, five months after production came to a halt due to the…
Continue ReadingLate-night shows return with plenty of snarky fodder post-writers’ strike
CNN Megan Thomas (CNN) — Network late-night talks shows returned to air on Monday, five months after production came to a halt due to the…
Continue ReadingWhich students get into advanced math? Texas is using test scores to limit bias
By TALIA RICHMAN of The Dallas Morning News DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math…
Continue ReadingHunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun charges filed after his plea deal collapsed
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, CLAUDIA LAUER and RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three…
Continue ReadingFuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump’s presidency
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A day before the federal government executed a Texas man for the killing of an Iowa couple…
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