By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Migration activists in Tunisia are sounding the alarm about mass expulsions and arbitrary arrests. The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights says it has received numerous reports of deportations and expulsions to Libya and Algeria as well as mass arrests near Sfax, Tunisia’s second
Continue ReadingBy Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Israel is appearing before the International Court of Justice in a high stakes case that could change the course of the brutal war in Gaza. It is an unprecedented case. Experts say it is the first time that the Jewish state is being tried under the United Nations’ Genocide
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Election integrity activists argue Georgia’s voting system is vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that amount to an unconstitutional burden on citizens’ fundamental right to vote and to have their votes counted accurately. State election officials insist that they’ve taken appropriate protective measures and that the
Continue ReadingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Russian state news agency Tass says Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has put exiled Russian tycoon and opposition leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky on its wanted list. The ministry accuses him of spreading false information about the Russian army. The charge carries a sentence of up to five years in prison. A criminal case
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump listening intently in the courtroom, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The panel
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian air force official says Russia’s recent escalation of missile and drone attacks is stretching his country’s air defense resources. That has left Ukraine vulnerable in the 22-month war unless it can secure further weapon supplies. As soldiers on both sides fight from largely static
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican’s new doctrine chief is raising eyebrows over a book he wrote as a young priest describing orgasms in graphic terms. The out-of-print, Spanish-language book penned by now-Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez is entitled “The Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality.” It was taken up by two traditionalist
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — A promising youth team player for English soccer team Grimsby Town has died at the age of 16 after the car he was traveling in crashed into a canal, with the club describing his death as a “heartbreaking loss.” “Cameron Walsh was an integral part of the GTFC academy,”
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Will Johnson, Mike Sainristil and the Michigan defense forced college football’s most dynamic deep passing game to dink and dunk its way down the field with a performance that left coach Jim Harbaugh gushing. “That was a spectacular game by our defense,” Harbaugh said.
Continue ReadingCNN, KVVU By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man who was seen on video leaping over a court table and attacking a Nevada judge while in court last week has been charged with attempted murder, according to a criminal complaint. Deobra Redden, 30, also faces counts of battery on a protected person, battery
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Earth shattered global annual heat records last year and it’s flirting with the warming threshold that nations wanted to stay within to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. That’s according to Copernicus, the European climate agency, which reported Tuesday that 2023 was 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.66 degrees Fahrenheit)
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the world’s largest renewable energy developers will be getting hundreds of wind turbines from General Electric business GE Vernova as part of a record equipment order and long-term service deal. The manufacturer announced the agreement Tuesday and said it will deliver over 600
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The American oil industry is on high alert for an escalation of the violence in the Middle East that disrupts the flow of oil out of the region. Mike Sommers, CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, worries there is a growing chance the crisis will intensify and
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson is facing an extremely narrow majority in the House and tough vote math as Congress confronts upcoming battles over government funding, aid to Ukraine and Israel and border security. At the start of the new year, Republicans control just 220 seats while Democrats control 213,
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, Krystina Shveda and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — Global warming in 2023 hit 1.48 degrees Celsius, data published Tuesday shows, as the hottest year on record propelled the world just hundredths of a degree away from a critical climate threshold. Analyses last year had already confirmed 2023 to be the warmest on
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Revolutionary soccer player Franz Beckenbauer, one of the few men to win the World Cup as both as a player and a coach, has died at the age of 78, according to the German football federation (DFB). Nicknamed ‘Der Kaiser’ ‘(The Emperor’), Beckenbauer is regarded as one of soccer’s all-time greats.
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Gabriel Attal has been named as France’s youngest-ever prime minister as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from the far right. Attal, who’s 34, is France’s first openly gay prime minister. He rose to prominence as
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger and Dalal Mawad, CNN Paris (CNN) — Gabriel Attal, the 34-year-old French education minister, has been named the country’s new prime minister, a history-making appointment by President Emmanuel Macron as he looks to jumpstart his government’s flagging popularity. Attal will be France’s youngest-ever prime minister and the first openly gay man to
Continue ReadingThere will be significant snowfall in the mountains as a storm moves through the area. Blizzard conditions are defined as winds blowing over 35 mph for a period of over 3 hours in combination with falling snow or snow already on the ground creating reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less in some cases.
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Good Tuesday, Central Oregon. A significant winter storm will make its way through our area this morning through tomorrow. Expect active winds with a mix of rain and snow early, in the lower elevations, turning to snow by around 10 am. We may get several inches on the High Desert and the mountains will likely
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