Good Monday to you, Central Oregon. This morning brings areas of dense fog and patchy freezing fog before 10am. Later this morning, rain and possible wintry mix below 4500 feet is possible (maybe even freezing rain in some areas); any snowfall will most likely occur in the mountains and be relatively light. The snow
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin says his country and China will soon implement visa-free entry for each other’s citizens. Srettha said Tuesday that Chinese nationals will be granted visa-free entry on a permanent basis beginning March 1. Chinese visitors have been allowed visa-free entry since September last year, but the privilege was
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN Waukee, Iowa (CNN) — With TVs inside a packed central Iowa sports bar tuned to the Citrus Bowl, the phrase “dumpster fire” could be heard over the pub’s speakers midway through the second quarter. But the criticism wasn’t directed at the Iowa Hawkeyes’ lackluster performance in the New
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Much of Donald Trump’s legal strategy in his federal 2020 election interference case has, so far, centered around trying to delay the start of his March trial until after the November presidential election. But in recent court filings, and according to sources familiar with the Trump team’s approach, other
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The curtain will close on the Pac-12’s final season as a Power Five football conference on the biggest stage in the sport. Washington, one of 10 schools leaving the conference this coming summer, beat Texas 37-31 in the Sugar Bowl to earn a
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti Este cubrimiento ha terminado. Para más noticias sobre la guerra de Israel contra Hamas visita CNNEE.com Los palestinos esperan para recoger alimentos en un punto de donación en un campo de refugiados en Rafah, en el sur de Gaza, el 23 de diciembre de 2023. (Saher Alghorra/AFP/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images) The-CNN-Wire™ & ©
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have detained 33 people suspected of spying for Israel, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported on Tuesday. Authorities were still searching for 13 others believed to have links to Israel’s Mossad security service, the Anadolu Agency reported. The suspects were detained in raids in Istanbul and seven other provinces for
Continue ReadingBy Gabriela Andújar, CNN (CNN) — Wander Franco, shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, was arrested on Monday in Puerto Plata, in the north of the Dominican Republic, after he presented himself before officials to answer accusations from the Public Ministry about allegations of having had a relationship with a minor. Franco, who is a
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Welcome to the first business day of 2024. You may be wondering what this new year has in store for your career — your pay, your benefits, your schedule and your job prospects. To find out, we consulted with a number of workplace experts and consultants to
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Mohamed Salah had a rollercoaster send off in his final game before heading to join up with his Egypt team for the Africa Cup of Nations as he played a starring role in Liverpool’s 4-2 Premier League win over Newcastle on Monday. Salah, 31, had a first-half penalty saved
Continue ReadingCNN By Mayumi Maruyama and Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — A Japan Airlines plane carrying hundreds of passengers burst into flames on landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday after it collided with an aircraft involved in earthquake relief efforts. All crew members and passengers, including eight children under the age of two, on board
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 campaign year for President Joe Biden’s inner circle will largely be about carefully ratcheting up the intensity against Donald Trump, wary of voters becoming dulled to what they expect to be the former president’s ever wilder rhetoric and promises about what he would do if back in
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Members of the smallest party in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular coalition have voted in a low-profile ballot to stay in the troubled government, but the result underlines the three-party alliance’s difficulties. The pro-business Free Democrats, who in recent decades have leaned to the right, joined a coalition with Scholz’s Social Democrats
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE, TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An apparent Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut killed Hamas’ No. 2 political leader Tuesday, marking a potentially significant escalation of Israel’s war against the militant group and heightening the risk of a wider Middle East conflict. Saleh Arouri, who
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER KLUG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing five people aboard the coast guard plane, officials said. All 379 people on Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out
Continue ReadingWHAM, COURTESY: HARLEM KOYVAL, COURTESY: LORNE M., CNN By Sabrina Souza, Nouran Salahieh, Brynn Gingras and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Authorities found no evidence of a connection to domestic terrorism in a deadly car crash outside a New Year’s concert in Rochester, New York, which killed two people and injured nine, officials said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Mayumi Maruyama, Teele Rebane, Tamara Hardingham-Gill and Emiko Jozuka, CNN (CNN) — Five people were killed when a Japan Airlines plane carrying hundreds of passengers collided with an earthquake relief aircraft and burst into flames on landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday. All 379 people on JAL flight 516, including eight children under
Continue ReadingBy Laura He and Chris Isidore, CNN Hong Kong/New York (CNN) — BYD overtook Tesla to become the world’s biggest electric car company in the final quarter of 2023. The Chinese company sold a record number of cars last year, including 525,409 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the three-month period to December 31, according to
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Asian shares dropped Wednesday after Wall Street started 2024 with a slump, giving back some of its powerful gains from last year. U.S. futures were lower and oil prices were little changed. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 1.1% to 16,603.00, influenced by a 2% drop in technology shares, and the Shanghai
Continue ReadingCNN By Jay Croft, Sarah Engel and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Utah police say they found a teenage Chinese exchange student alone and cold in a tent after he was a victim of what they’re calling a “cyber-kidnapping.” The Riverdale Police Department said Kai Zhuang, 17, was reported missing Thursday by his high school.
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