By DANICA KIRKA and SAM McNEIL Associated Press Abbey Onn lost her aunt and a young cousin when Hamas attackers rampaged through Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7. Now Onn is worried about what will happen to three other family members taken hostage that day as Israel pounds Gaza City in a bid to end
Continue ReadingSEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Karol G, Bizzarap, Shakira and Natalia Lafourcade, won big at the Latin Grammy Awards held Thursday. Karol G’s “Mañana será bonito” was crowned best album of the year and best urban music album. Argentine producer Bizarrap took home the awards for song of the year and best pop song for “Shakira:
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services will be hosting a public hearing on prescription drug prices on Thursday, Dec. 7, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. via Zoom. The public is invited to participate, and here are some ways you can: Share your stories. DCBS is asking for the public’s
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The bullets began piercing the windows of the hospital as women cradling young children ran from room to room searching for a safe place to hide while the heavily armed gang drew closer. The louder the gunfire grew, the more the women screamed
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI Associated Press CIUDAD EVITA, Argentina (AP) — As Argentina heads for a presidential runoff election on Sunday, the decades-old populist movement known as Peronism is on shaky ground, its candidate having lost some traction even among longtime loyalists living in a suburb of the capital that is its literal and figurative embodiment.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Cerca de 450 pacientes de un hospital de Massachusetts podrían haber estado expuestos a la hepatitis y el VIH debido a la administración incorrecta de medicación intravenosa en los últimos dos años, según las autoridades del hospital. La posible exposición en el Hospital de Salem afectó a pacientes que solicitaban
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged Friday to work side-by-side to confront illicit fentanyl trafficking into the U.S. and to manage the growing number of migrants traveling north to the border between their nation. “Nothing is beyond our
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have aired deep differences over the war between Israel and Hamas as the Turkish leader makes a brief and tensely anticipated visit to Berlin. Erdogan was invited to visit Germany months ago after his reelection, but recent
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the national standard by which gardeners can determine which plants are most likely to survive the coldest winter temperatures at a certain location. The USDA describes the latest map, jointly developed by Oregon State University’s PRISM Climate Group
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republicans battling to be their party’s alternative to former President Donald Trump came together Friday for a different kind of cattle call, bringing personal and at times emotional stories to what an influential Iowa Christian organization billed as a friendly conversation. Three candidates —
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Eight years after the Katniss Everdeen saga closed, a new Hunger Games prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” arrives in theaters nationwide Friday at another transitional moment in Hollywood. Producer Nina Jacobson and director Francis Lawrence returned for the story, set 64 years before the first film, centered
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit has challenged the constitutionality of Missouri’s new law requiring voters to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot. The trial in the case is expected to begin Friday. Voting rights advocates suing to overturn the law say getting the records needed to obtain
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in a case that sent investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer. Jurors deliberated for just over
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. were unanimously named the Most Valuable Players by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Thursday night, after both earned all 30 first-place votes for their respective leagues. Ohtani becomes the first player ever to be
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 450 patients at a hospital in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV due to improper administration of IV medication within the past two years, according to hospital officials. The possible exposure at Salem Hospital affected patients who were seeking an endoscopy, a type of procedure
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon Parks and Recreation Department invites Oregonians to head outside the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, Nov. 24. Popularly known as “Green Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving has become a tradition for many families. State parks will once again waive day-use parking fees in the 24 parks that are open and charge for parking on
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Dex Carvey, el hijo del comediante Dana Carvey, murió de una sobredosis de drogas, anunciaron sus padres este jueves en un comunicado conjunto publicado en las redes sociales de su padre. Tenía 32 años. “Anoche sufrimos una terrible tragedia. Nuestro querido hijo, Dex, murió de una sobredosis accidental de drogas”,
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The wreckage goes on for block after devastated block. The smell is sickening. Every day, hundreds of people claw through tons of rubble with shovels and iron bars and their bare hands. They are looking for the bodies of their children.
Continue ReadingBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India on Friday to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom. Drilling with a new machine started on Thursday and has covered a
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Rizk Transportation on SW Deerhound Avenue in Redmond is giving away boxes of all the ingredients of a great Thanksgiving meal, from a turkey to stuffing and a pumpkin pie, on Friday between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Kids can also enjoy seeing the big trucks and motorcycles parked in the company lot.
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