The City of Bend said Thursday it’s designing a variety of safer and more accessible bike and pedestrian routes throughout the city, including newly unveiled plans for along Bear Creek Road and SE 27th Street.
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Female soccer fans in Iran have claimed a small win in their long campaign to be allowed into stadiums to watch men’s games after decades of exclusion. A photograph was posted on social media by the campaign group Open Stadiums of three female fans inside the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti Esta cobertura en vivo finalizó. Sigue las noticias más recientes aquí. Filas de automóviles conduciendo cerca de un área de estacionamiento cerca de la frontera con Gaza el 14 de diciembre de 2023 en el sur de Israel. Crédito: Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Gautam Dongre’s two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze’s son in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disorder that turns blood cells into instruments of pain. New gene therapies promise a cure for sickle cell disease, and Dongre says he’s “praying the treatment should come to us.” But experts
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court has again upheld a gag order that bars Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel in his civil fraud trial. A four-judge panel in the state’s mid-level appellate court ruled Thursday that the former president’s lawyers used the wrong legal
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Raja the elephant has been one of the biggest attractions — literally and figuratively — at the St. Louis Zoo for decades. Now, he’s moving away. The zoo announced Thursday that the male Asian elephant born at the zoo nearly 31 years ago will be relocated
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers President Daryl Morey is the executive producer of a basketball-themed musical called “Small Ball.” Morey grew up considering a career in musical theater. He came up with an idea about a small team with big basketball dreams set on the fictional Lilliput island out
Continue ReadingCNN, WCBS By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Amid growing concerns about antisemitism on elite college campuses, some Jewish families are removing top-tier institutions from their lists and prioritizing safety. Universities have scrambled to address issues related to freedom of speech, hate speech and political debate as the Israel and Hamas war enters its third
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland says a top Justice Department official who spearheaded its legal work on access to abortion as part of a broad set of responsibilities will leave her post in February. Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta is the third-highest ranking official at the department. Garland
Continue ReadingBy Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — Actress Sienna Miller has spoken out about the “judgment” she’s faced becoming a mother again at the age of 41, and the “misogynistic” narrative around her 14-year age gap with her partner. The star of “American Woman,” who is expecting a baby girl with 27-year-old actor Oli Green, condemned
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and LJ Spaet, CNN (CNN) — The mayor of Oakland, California, is demanding a hate crime investigation after a large public menorah was vandalized and destroyed – with pieces of it thrown into Lake Merritt as Jewish communities around the world celebrate Hanukkah. Images and video from the Jewish Community Relations Council
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Raja the elephant has been one of the biggest attractions — literally and figuratively — at the St. Louis Zoo for decades. Now, he’s moving away. The zoo announced Thursday that the male Asian elephant born at the zoo nearly 31 years ago will be relocated
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — A powerful activist investor is escalating his battle over the future of Disney in a long-simmering feud with CEO Bob Iger and the company’s management, trying to gain two seats on Disney’s board. Trian Fund Management will nominate Nelson Peltz, its founder, and Jay Rasulo, a former
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Top Polish leaders have joined members of the Jewish community for a Hanukkah celebration in parliament. The ceremony on Thursday comes two days after a far-right lawmaker used a fire extinguisher to put out burning candles on a menorah in the halls of parliament. The attendance
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jurors will continue deliberating Friday to decide how much Rudy Giuliani must pay two former Georgia election workers for spreading lies about them that led to a barrage of racist threats and upended their lives. Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman,
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate dropped below 7% to its lowest level since early August, another boost for prospective homebuyers who have largely been held back by sharply higher borrowing costs and heightened competition for relatively few homes for sale. The average rate on
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A top official says a Turkish opposition lawmaker has died days after he suffered a heart attack and collapsed just after delivering a speech critical of Israel and of the ruling party’s relationship with the country. Turkey’s health minister said 53-year-old Hasan Bitmez died in a hospital on Thursday. The member
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El asesor adjunto de Seguridad Nacional para la Economía Internacional de EE.UU., Mike Pyle, visitó Buenos Aires y se reunió con el jefe de Gabinete, Nicolás Posse, el ministro de Economía de Argentina, Luis Caputo, y el presidente del Banco Central, Santiago Bausili, entre otros funcionarios, para analizar
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A third North Carolina Democratic member of Congress isn’t seeking reelection this year due to redistricting that’s likely to shift North Carolina’s delegation to the right. U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel of Cary confirmed his decision Thursday. But he also said he would now look at
Continue ReadingCNN By John King, CNN Kellerton, Iowa (CNN) — Shanen Ebersole calls the rolling hills of southwest Iowa her happy place, where time with the grazing cows is her way to relax and reset. “I’ll just sit here with my cows and take a breath, and everything goes back to the way it should be.”
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