MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian court has recorded the first conviction under the nation’s foreign interference laws with a jury finding a Vietnamese refugee guilty of covertly working for the Chinese Communist Party. A Victoria State County Court jury convicted Melbourne businessman and local community leader Di Sanh Duong on Tuesday on a charge
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is linking ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership by Turkey’s parliament to U.S. approval of Turkey’s request to purchase F-16 fighter jets. He also calls on Canada to lift an arms embargo on Turkey. Erdogan spoke while returning from a visit to Hungary, the only other country
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s ruling populists are insisting that weekend snap elections were free and fair, but international observers have noted multiple irregularities. Early results show victory for President Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party in the parliamentary and local elections. But its main opponents, the Serbia Against Violence alliance,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La oficina del médico forense confirmó que la esposa del hijo de un agente de Hollywood murió. Esta confirmación llega más de un mes después de que el hijo del agente fuera acusado del deceso de su esposa y de las muertes de sus padres. La fecha de la muerte
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Daniel Strauss, David Wright and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Time is running out for the Republican presidential contenders vying to supplant Donald Trump as the party’s 2024 standard-bearer. A new poll released Sunday showed Nikki Haley gaining serious ground on the former president in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation-primary next month. But that night
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, Daniel Strauss, David Wright and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is returning to Iowa on Tuesday, jumping back into a state where the other leading Republican presidential contenders are already barnstorming less than four weeks from the January 15 caucuses. But with time running out on their
Continue ReadingCHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet In preparation for 2024, you can shore up your finances by creating some financial New Year’s resolutions for yourself. Some ways you might do this include getting a bank account with a higher interest rate; focusing on student loan repayment by investigating ways to reduce your payment amount; building your financial
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — For NBA fans, the sight of a championship banner being hoisted in December, two months into the regular season, is certainly an unusual and, probably, unique experience. However, the Los Angeles Lakers celebrated their NBA In-Season Tournament (IST) triumph by hanging a banner in the rafters at Crypto.com Arena,
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are stepping up their strikes on ships in the Red Sea, which they say are revenge against Israel for its military campaign in Gaza. In a significant escalation, the United States and United Kingdom launched strikes against multiple Houthi targets in Yemen, after the Biden administration
Continue ReadingCurrently a warm front is being pushed across the region, bringing some winter weather to the Washington Cascades as well as rain to our area. This warm front has brought snow levels up to around 3500-4500 feet over central and northeast Oregon, and as a result, we don’t expect to see much, if any, wintery
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has shared a humorous and positive update on his health after undergoing hip replacement surgery. “You may have heard that Humpty Kareem had a great fall. It’s true,” the basketball Hall of Fame center wrote in his Substack on Monday. “I was at The Manhattan Transfer’s final public
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Happy Tuesday friends! Early this morning there may be some pockets of mist as well as slick conditions on elevated roadways before sunrise. Today will bring some wind and continued light showers that will come and go throughout the day. We do expect above average high temperatures today, as well. Currently a warm front
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, Scott Glover, Randi Kaye and Nelli Black, CNN (CNN) — As Ron DeSantis seeks to cut into Donald Trump’s double-digit lead in the Republican presidential race, the Florida governor has criticized the former president for failing to deliver on one of his signature promises. “He didn’t clean up the swamp,” DeSantis said
Continue ReadingCNN, KSNV, WKMG, WGN, KTUU By Steve Contorno, Scott Glover, Randi Kaye and Nelli Black, CNN (CNN) — As Ron DeSantis seeks to cut into Donald Trump’s double-digit lead in the Republican presidential race, the Florida governor has criticized the former president for failing to deliver on one of his signature promises. “He didn’t clean
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — US Steel was once the pride and joy of the United States and the most valuable company in the entire world. The 122-year-old company has agreed to be bought by Japanese firm Nippon Steel in a $14.1 billion dea. But this isn’t the first instance of an international company
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Processing times for US passport applications and renewals are back to normal after years plagued by delays and backlogs. Routine services will now take six to eight weeks, the State Department said Monday — a significant improvement from wait times of up to 18 weeks during the pandemic. Here’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A laser communications experiment flying aboard NASA’s Psyche mission has beamed back a video to Earth from nearly 19 million miles (31 million kilometers) away — and the short clip stars a cat named Taters. It’s the first time NASA has streamed a video from deep space using
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Processing times for US passport applications and renewals are back to normal after years plagued by delays and backlogs. Routine services will now take six to eight weeks, the State Department said Monday — a significant improvement from wait times of up to 18 weeks during the pandemic.
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is taking a new step to address its overworked and chronically understaffed air traffic controller corps, CNN has learned. The agency is expected to announce this week that it is convening a special panel to review the impact and safety risks of on-the-job fatigue facing
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the coronavirus subvariant JN.1 is now causing about 20% of new Covid-19 infections in this country, and it’s the fastest-growing strain of the virus. It’s already dominant in the Northeast, where it is estimated to cause about a third
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