By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The room was packed with Native American leaders from across the United States, all invited to Washington to hear from federal officials about President Joe Biden’s accomplishments and new policy directives aimed at improving relationships and protecting sacred sites. Arlan Melendez was not among them. The
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The room was packed with Native American leaders from across the United States, all invited to Washington to hear from federal officials about President Joe Biden’s accomplishments and new policy directives aimed at improving relationships and protecting sacred sites. Arlan Melendez was not among them. The
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Colliva, CNN Paris (CNN) — The spire of Notre Dame, crowned by a brand new golden rooster, regained its place in the Paris skyline last week. As tourists and Parisians gathered outside the UNESCO-listed cathedral to admire the return of one of its most emblematic features — for now, still encased in scaffolding
Continue ReadingBy Will Ripley, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Abeer Salman, CNN Bethlehem, West Bank (CNN) — Church bells echo through the labyrinth-like streets of Bethlehem. With Christmas approaching, the city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank should be teeming with visitors. But this year, it is almost deserted. Local leaders made the decision last month to scale back festivities in solidarity with the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — A woman who was left incapacitated for decades after being poisoned as a college student in a high-profile cold case in China has died at the age of 50. Zhu Ling died in Beijing on Friday, her alma mater Tsinghua University announced in a post on
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Detroit Pistons have tied the NBA record for the longest losing streak in a single season after marking their 26th consecutive defeat on Saturday night in Brooklyn, New York. With the 126-115 loss to the Nets Saturday, Detroit is now tied with the 2010-2011 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2014-2015 Philadelphia
Continue ReadingBy ERIC HE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 28 points, Stephen Curry had 27 and the Golden State Warriors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 126-106 on Saturday for their fifth straight victory. The Splash Brothers combined for 22 points in the third quarter to pace the Warriors to a 12-point advantage
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Un buque cisterna cargado de productos químicos que operaba en el océano Índico fue atacado el sábado por un dron de ataque iraní, dijo un funcionario del Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos. Se trata del séptimo ataque iraní contra transporte marítimo comercial desde 2021. “El buque a motor CHEM PLUTO,
Continue ReadingBy Ross Levitt, Philip Wang, Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A chemical tanker operating in the Indian Ocean was struck by an Iranian attack drone Saturday, a US Department of Defense official said, the seventh Iranian attack on commercial shipping since 2021. “The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned, and Netherlands-operated
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Holiday journeys get underway despite extreme weather and strike action; a Croatian man has turned his home into a winter theme park; plus what it’s like to live on Christmas Island. Destination inspiration It’s Christmas every day on Christmas Island, the 52-square-mile jungle paradise
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It’s been over two months since the Israel-Hamas war broke out. More than 20,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the Nova festival massacre on October 7th. More than a dozen people, part of the group Central Oregon for Free Palestine, gathered at Peace Corner in downtown Bend Saturday. It was a call for a
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Friday, we told you about the girlfriend of downtown Bend murder suspect, Caleb Cegers, who was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months probation. On Saturday, NewsChannel 21 spoke with Taylor Wyss’s sister about the family’s reaction to the sentencing. Cegers girlfriend admitted to repeatedly punching a bartender at Duda’s Billiards Bar. She later
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — Un tanque estéril con paredes de concreto y rocas artificiales, ubicado en los pisos inferiores de un mega centro comercial de Corea del Sur, ha sido el hogar de una ballena beluga hembra durante casi una década. Se cree que la ballena tenía alrededor de dos
Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu and Heather Chen, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — French authorities grounded a passenger plane carrying 303 Indian citizens, including 11 non-accompanied minors, at the airport of Vatry, on suspicion of human trafficking, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office told CNN on Saturday. The plane, belonging to Legend Airlines, a company based in Romania, was
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A barren tank with concrete walls and artificial rocks, housed on the lower floors of a South Korean mega mall, has been home to a female beluga whale for close to a decade. The whale was believed to be around two years old
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A new audit shows the Seattle Police Department has a low rate of compliance with a law requiring it to provide young people with access to a lawyer before they are interviewed. The city Office of Inspector General’s audit, dated Friday, found officers complied with the law 4% of the time, based
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Human remains discovered in a Virginia city’s woods last year have been identified as belonging to 5-year-old boy who went missing more than 20 years ago, authorities said. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office discovered the remains in Galax, Virginia, in September 2022, and determined they had been there
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Police in Cologne, Germany, say indications of a possible attack have led them to search the country’s landmark cathedral with sniffer dogs. They add that worshippers attending Christmas Eve Mass on Sunday in the Cologne landmark will undergo security screening before being allowed in. Meanwhile, police in Vienna, Austria, also said
Continue ReadingBEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — Officials say an inmate at a West Virginia jail scrutinized in lawsuits citing inmate deaths and alleging poor living conditions has been pronounced dead. Authorities say correctional officers at Southern Regional Jail found a 24-year-old man unresponsive in his cell and attempted life-saving measures. He was then taken to a local
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — La Policía de Florida emitió una orden de arresto contra Albert J. Shell Jr., a quien buscan en relación con el tiroteo este sábado dentro de un centro comercial de Ocala que cobró la vida una persona e hirió a otra en uno de los días de compras más concurridos
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