By CNN staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, took part in a Fox News town hall Tuesday in Iowa, less than six weeks out from the state’s GOP caucuses. The event, held in front of a crowd in Davenport, was a pre-taped, hourlong interview hosted by
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at a critical United Nations climate conference Wednesday are finishing up their first week in a more familiar place for them: the murky middle where momentum and roadblocks intertwine. Proponents
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Projects to reduce waste tackle disposable dishware, agricultural packaging, visitor recycling and more BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This year, The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Project offered three opportunities to apply for the Community Innovation Fund (CIF). CIF is a funding program that supports individuals, businesses, and community organizations throughout Deschutes County advance projects that reduce,
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Andy Hoang eagerly began her first nursing job this year in New Hampshire, with a desire to specialize in cardiac care. She was excited about attending a November practice session on how to respond to someone in cardiac arrest. But as things were getting under way
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — From dissent within the Kennedy family to the unexpected wisdom of Barbie, Yale’s 2023 list of notable quotations have something for just about everyone. This year’s list is topped by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s siblings, who condemned his presidential bid. “Bobby might share the same name
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Just how hard did some Republican members of Congress work to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss? A court case is providing a few tantalizing clues. Snippets and short summaries of texts and emails sent by Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania,
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a decade ago that Capitol Hill was consumed by an urgency to overhaul the nation’s immigration system, fueled in no small part by Republicans who felt a political imperative to make inroads with minority voters by embracing more generous policies. But
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Four Republican presidential candidates were given several opportunities Wednesday to criticize former President Donald Trump, who was absent from the debate again. But they mostly targeted each other, with former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley taking the brunt of the attacks as
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, CNN Cedar Rapids, Iowa (CNN) — Sally Hofmann has been thinking and praying about the Republican presidential race. “I pray for the candidates,” said Hofmann, a conservative Christian who for months has been watching the GOP contenders with an open mind. “I think it’s just so important who gets in office and
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College’s 16th annual Season of Nonviolence — held mid-January through early April — will feature an engaging lineup of free events, with notable activists and New York Times-bestselling authors. Events include a talk by activist Jodie Patterson (Jan. 23), a keynote event by author Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts (Feb. 20), a virtual
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KPOV 88.9 FM, High Desert Community Radio, recently announced that a grant has been awarded to help build a new production and studio facility.
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in a one-day lightning tour intended to raise Russia’s profile as a Middle East power broker, even as his war Ukraine grinds on. Putin landed in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly told his supporters he will serve as their “retribution” if he is elected again in 2024. But pressed by Fox host Sean Hannity in a Fox News town hall Tuesday about whether he would abuse his power or seek retribution against his political
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — Sunriver Resort announced Tuesday its inaugural Charity Classic Pickleball Tournament to benefit La Pine and Sunriver Habitat for Humanity will be taking place at the new Sunriver Resort Pickleball Complex this Friday and Saturday. The tournament will feature men, women and mixed events (all doubles), with all proceeds going to Habitat
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — When Dain Yoon started painting on her own skin to create surreal self-portraits, people in South Korea looked at her like a “dokkaebi,” a kind of Korean goblin, she said. A viral photograph which featured her face in miniature painted onto fingernails and adorned with her own flowing black hair,
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Four more members of the K-pop supergroup BTS are to begin their mandatory South Korean military duties soon, their management agency said. Big Hit Music said in a statement Tuesday that the enlistments are “upcoming” but didn’t disclose the starting dates. South Korean media reported that all four members will
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN) — Las 25 páginas más vistas de Wikipedia en 2023, reveladas este martes, reflejan el interés del mundo por la innovación en inteligencia artificial, las personas que murieron durante el año y el seguimiento a celebridades y deportistas, así como el creciente poder de los usuarios indios para influir en
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department unsealed additional charges Tuesday against Manuel Rocha, the former US ambassador to Bolivia accused of acting as a secret foreign agent of Cuba. A new indictment unsealed Tuesday charges Rocha with 15 counts, including new charges for wire fraud and making false statements to investigators. Prosecutors allege that the 73-year-old
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associatedc Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government hopes to rush legislation through Parliament that could place behind bars some of the migrants who have been freed since the High Court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional. The Senate on Tuesday passed draft legislation that would create so-called community safety orders.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El Departamento de Justicia reveló cargos adicionales este martes contra Manuel Rocha, exembajador de Estados Unidos en Bolivia, acusado de actuar como agente extranjero secreto de Cuba. La nueva acusación formal señala a Rocha de 15 cargos, incluidos varios por fraude electrónico y declaraciones falsas a los investigadores. Los fiscales aseguran que
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