By Kathleen Magramo, Larry Register and CNN’s Beijing Bureau (CNN) — Manila accused Chinese ships of firing water cannons and making “dangerous maneuvers” toward Philippine vessels resupplying a remote military outpost on Friday, in the latest of a string of incidents between the two countries in the disputed South China Sea. Philippine authorities said a
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia is offering the island nation of Tuvalu a lifeline to help residents escape the rising seas and increased storms that climate change is bringing. At a meeting of Pacific leaders Friday in the Cook Islands, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a plan that
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Si visita a sus seres queridos en esta temporada navideña, un nuevo estudio sugiere que lo convierta en un hábito de forma regular, si aún no lo ha hecho. Aquellos que no socializan con amigos o familiares pueden ver aumentar su riesgo de morir prematuramente en un 39%. Muchos estudios anteriores
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – High school students across Oregon are encouraged to let their video or graphic design skills flourish by engaging in a competition involving cash prizes and a noble cause: increasing awareness about workplace safety and health for young workers. The 2024 media contest, organized by the Oregon Young Employee Safety Coalition (O[yes]), calls
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls London (CNN) — A British doctor who escaped Gaza with his family has been sent back to the war zone after Egyptian officials told him his name wasn’t on the list of evacuees, according to a British Member of Parliament. Dr. Ahmed Sabra was in Gaza when Israel declared war on Hamas
Continue ReadingGIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press LAÚNDOS, Portugal (AP) — Guilherme Peixoto, a village priest in northern Portugal, has been busy this month celebrating Masses at his two parishes, presiding over remembrances for the dead — and preparing the electronic music set for his next international DJ gig. What started nearly two decades ago as a novel
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose sharply Friday, keeping November on track to be one of its best months of the year, as companies continued to turn in better profits for the summer than expected. The S&P 500 leaped 1.6% amid a widespread rally. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The top diplomats and defense chiefs from India and the United States have met in New Delhi to discuss security issues in the Indo-Pacific, China and the Israel-Hamas war. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. and India are continuing to deepen their partnership
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A man who authorities said shot and killed two Dallas hospital employees while he was visiting the facility for the birth of his child last year was found guilty Thursday of capital murder, prosecutors said. A jury convicted Nestor Hernandez, 31, in the October 2022 deaths
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters (CNN) — Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains more than 60 years after it was last recorded. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, named after British naturalist David Attenborough, was photographed
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos dijo este jueves que aprobó la primera vacuna para prevenir la enfermedad causada por el virus chikungunya. La vacuna de dosis única, Ixchiq , fabricada por Valneva Austria GmbH, está aprobada para adultos que tienen un mayor riesgo de exposición al virus.
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Saturday brings Bend’s annual Veterans Day Parade, and Blake Mayfield shares some other fun events to partake in. Find plenty more or submit your own at http://events.ktvz.com .
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House Office of Management and Budget on Thursday began its initial communications to agencies on how to prepare for a possible government shutdown, a source familiar with the plans said, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill have yet to settle on a plan to avoid
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happily-ever-after. The film and television industry could rightly celebrate the conclusion this week of a bruising, protracted work stoppage that began in
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — A judge on Thursday placed a temporary hold on the enforcement of Portland’s daytime ban on homeless camps that was slated to start next week, KGW reported. Homeless Portlanders, represented by the Oregon Law Center, filed a class action lawsuit against the city at the end of September, arguing that Portland’s camping ordinance
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Jorell Saterfield scored 14 points as Portland State beat UCSB 82-76 on Thursday. Saterfield also had three steals for the Vikings. Isaiah Johnson scored 12 points while shooting 5 of 8 from the field, and added eight rebounds. The Gauchos were led by Cole Anderson, who
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press YANKEETOWN, Fla. (AP) — A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf Coast town. Pelicans divebomb nearby into the cool waters of Florida’s Withlacoochee Bay and the
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Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El Gobierno de Biden ha recibido duras advertencias de diplomáticos estadounidenses en el mundo árabe de que su firme apoyo a la destructiva y mortífera campaña militar de Israel en Gaza les “está haciendo perder a la opinión pública árabe de una generación”, según un cable diplomático obtenido por CNN.
Continue ReadingBy Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — “Every year at school in Israel we used to get a lecture from a Holocaust survivor,” said Tomer Peretz. “I was always getting bored listening to him like, ‘OK, OK, we got it, OK. So, they killed you guys. Let’s move on … “‘It’s one of those
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