By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve been paying attention to health news recently, you may have noticed a subtle but real shift in the way society discusses body weight. It started about 10 years ago with the body positivity movement, the idea that we should love our bodies at any size. But
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The two best players in the NBA over the last three years went head-to-head in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, and it was the reigning MVP, Joel Embiid, who came out on top. Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers got the better of Nikola Jokić – NBA MVP in 2021
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court has acquitted several protesters who had occupied Bangkok airports in 2008 on rebellion and terrorism charges related to the demonstration. The protests disrupted travel in and out of the country for more than a week. The court fined some of the defendants for violating
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Namibia produced a historic upset to beat Tunisia 1-0 on Tuesday and record its first ever Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) victory. Appearing in its fourth AFCON, Namibia had failed to win any of its previous nine finals matches, losing seven and drawing two. However, the southern African nation,
Continue ReadingRelatively new snow in the area resorts from our last round of winter weather. The mountains will likely see a wintry mix, but in the lower elevations of the high desert, we will likely experience rain although it is still possible to see some snow and freezing rain mixed in depending on temperatures. There may
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update: Bend LaPine School and Jefferson school Districts are closed for the day. Sisters Redmond and Crook County Districts are on a 2 hour delay. Happy Wednesday, Central Oregon. Today will be the first above freezing day we’ve had for a while as a warm front makes its way into southwest Oregon. The mountains will
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is making an election-year pitch that the current state of the economy “vindicates” Democrats’ decision to pass a $1.9 trillion coronavirus pandemic response package back in 2021. In remarks at a Wednesday conference of U.S. mayors in Washington, Yellen defended the size of
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Costco is testing out a system that requires members to scan their membership cards at the store entrance — instead of just flashing the card to employees. This comes as the retail giant aims to decrease the number of non-members who are sneaking in with membership cards that don’t
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Costco is testing out a system that requires members to scan their membership cards at the store entrance — instead of just flashing the card to employees. This comes as the retail giant aims to decrease the number of non-members who are sneaking in with membership cards that
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say Russia fired two missiles at Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine during the night, hitting apartment buildings and a medical center and injuring 17 people. It was among Moscow’s latest strikes on civilian areas in the nearly 2-year-old war. Regional officials say the S-300 missiles landed
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Customs seized 116 tons of cocaine in the port of Antwerp in 2023, setting a record for the second year in a row, Belgian authorities said on Wednesday. Demand for cocaine is growing rapidly across the EU, and governments blame the drug trade for outbreaks of violence
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — UK inflation accelerated in December for the first time since February last year, official data showed Wednesday. Consumer prices rose 4% last month compared with a year ago, up from a rate of 3.9% in November, the Office for National Statistics said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez and Patrick Snell, CNN (CNN) — Fans of Spanish football will be accustomed to seeing Real Madrid and a certain Catalan club battle it out at the top of La Liga – only this season that team from northeastern Spain isn’t Barcelona. It is Girona, playing in only its fourth top-flight season
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Emergency services in Kansas City rendered aid to 69 people, many for “hypothermia symptoms,” during the Chiefs’ Super Wild Card playoff win over the Miami Dolphins on Saturday, a fire department chief told CNN. Conditions at Arrowhead Stadium during the Chiefs’ 26-7 win were tough for
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti Esta cobetura en vivo finalizó. Para ver las actualizaciones más recientes haz clic aquí. Esta fotografía tomada desde Rafah muestra el humo que se eleva sobre Khan Yunis, en el sur de la Franja de Gaza, durante el bombardeo israelí el 16 de enero de 2024, en medio de las batallas en curso
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand killed about 20 people on Wednesday, according to provincial officials, though the devastation at the scene has made the death toll uncertain. The information office of the Suphan Buri provincial government initially announced that 23 people had been
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET and CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal announced by the White House, the latest effort by the Biden administration to combat fees it says pose an unnecessary burden on American consumers, particularly those
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Anne Gorsuch, a former chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, cut a flamboyant, defiant figure in early 1980s Washington as she slashed air and water quality regulations. She fought with environmentalists, was held in contempt by Congress and eventually resigned under pressure from the Ronald Reagan White House that had championed her. Her memoir was,
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday said it is proposing a rule that would curb excessive overdraft fees charged to customers of large banks and credit unions, potentially saving consumers as much as $3.5 billion a year. The rule would only apply to banks and credit
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A top NATO military officer says the war in Ukraine could “determine the fate of the world.” NATO Military Committee Chair Admiral Rob Bauer says Western armies and political leaders must drastically change the way they help Kyiv fend off invading Russian forces. He told NATO top
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