By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Fragments of musical scores discovered at Auschwitz will be played for the first time next week after being painstakingly restored by a composer. Leo Geyer, 31, who is also a conductor, said he stumbled upon the collection of musical manuscripts by accident during a visit to Auschwitz in 2015.
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What a wonderful set of fine fish on display this Thanksgiving night! You keep sending ’em in from the Share tab, and we’ll keep showing them!
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Si quieres hacer una excursión de un día a Venecia el año que viene, tendrás que pagar. Las autoridades de la ciudad aprobaron ya las fechas y los precios de la tan discutida tasa de entrada a Venecia, destino turístico incluido en la lista de la UNESCO. Serán 29 los
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna says China’s cooperation is vital on an issue that has divided it and much of Europe: ending the war in Ukraine. She held meetings in Beijing on Friday that underscored an effort by both sides to continue a dialogue despite their growing
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NewsChannel 21’s Bola Gbadebo has a trio of holiday weekend options, including Santa’s arrival by helicopter in Bend’s Old Mill. You can find many more happenings to consider at http://events.ktvz.com.
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The top diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China are gathering in South Korea this weekend to discuss resuming their leaders’ summit, among other regional issues. Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Friday that the meeting will take place Sunday in the southeastern city of Busan. An
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los hospitales de Beijing y del norte de China están lidiando con una oleada de niños con enfermedades respiratorias cuando el país entra en su primer invierno desde que se relajaron los estrictos controles por el covid-19 hace casi un año. Los tiempos de espera para ver a los médicos
Continue ReadingBy ANNA FRANTS Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The shelves at Moscow supermarkets are full of fruit and vegetables, cheese and meat. But many of the shoppers look at the selection with dismay as inflation makes their wallets feel empty. Russia’s Central Bank has raised its key lending rate four times this year to try
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Redmond’s road and traffic report for the week of November 25-December 1. NW Quince, from NW 6th St open to East traffic only for access to Surf Through & Home Depot, 7am – 5pm, 11/27 – 11/31, North Redmond Fuel StationWickiup Ave., between Helmholtz Way & 47th St., 11/20 –
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Oregon state parks are again offering a ‘Green Friday’ alternative to Black Friday shopping, waiving day-use and parking fees on the day after Thanksgiving.
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A fire sparked by the failure of a charging lithium battery-powered skateboard caused $35,000 damage to a southwest Bend apartment Thursday afternoon, but was stopped from spreading by the apartment’s sprinkler system, an official said.
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hospitals in Beijing and northern China are grappling with a surge of children with respiratory illnesses as the country enters its first winter since relaxing stringent Covid-19 controls nearly one year ago. Wait times to see doctors stretch for hours, with hundreds of patients queuing
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A truce between Israel and Hamas that was scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. local time (12 a.m. ET) Friday is believed to be holding, with civilian hostages held captive by militants expected to be released in the coming hours as part of a breakthrough diplomatic
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, JOSEF FEDERMAN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas on Friday released 24 hostages it held captive in Gaza for weeks, and Israel freed 39 Palestinians from prison in the first stage of a swap under a four-day cease-fire that offered a small glimmer of relief to both
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — After the latest, horrifying killing of a college student allegedly by her resentful and jealous ex-boyfriend, students from Turin to Palermo have taken to pounding on classroom desks in unison to demand a stop to the slaying of women in Italy at the hands of men. Just
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal inspectors have twice found hundreds of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific was using at the world’s largest railyard in Nebraska, but none of those seem to explain why a shipping container filled with toxic acid exploded there this fall. The Sept.
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MARIA CHENG Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa, Colombia and other countries that lost out in the global race for coronavirus vaccines are taking a more combative approach towards drugmakers and pushing back on policies that deny cheap treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis and HIV.
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks drifted to a mixed finish Friday after a half-day trading session capped a holiday shortened week that left the major indexes with their fourth straight winning week. The S&P 500 inched up 0.1% after wavering between small gains and losses much of the day. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press When Daniel Skousen scrubs at the ash and soot covering his Maui home, he worries about the smell. What chemicals created the burning-trash-barrel scent that has lingered since a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina in August? Should he believe government agencies’ assessment of when the air, land and water will
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. How and when their impacts are felt remains unclear. Existing abortion-related lawsuits are moving again through the courts now that voters have decided
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