By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won the first round of Finland’s presidential election Sunday and will face runner-up ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in a runoff next month. The vote largely centered on the Nordic nation’s new role as a NATO front-line country with Russia, and the security
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Redmond City Council has unanimously approved implementing a 12.5% rental car tax that’s due to take effect March 1, to help fill a funding gap on needed transportation projects, beginning with the Eastside Arterial Project. The city’s recent five-year Transportation Capital Improvement Program identifies $64 million worth of projects, and
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Una serie de comentarios de funcionarios y portavoces militares ucranianos este sábado proporcionaron una evaluación de la posición actual de Ucrania en el campo de batalla, describiendo las operaciones ofensivas rusas a lo largo de gran parte de la línea del frente. Los combates son intensos en el noreste a lo
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, Homero De la Fuente and Hannah Brewitt, CNN (CNN) — Super Bowl LVIII will feature a new dynasty facing off with an old one as the Kansas City Chiefs meet the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas on February 11 after each was victorious in Sunday’s NFL conference championship games. The Chiefs,
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran says it has successfully launched three satellites into space, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles. The state-run IRNA news agency reported Sunday that the launch also saw the successful use of Iran’s Simorgh rocket, which has had multiple failures
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said “significant gaps” remain after cease-fire talks Sunday with the United States, Qatar and Egypt but called them constructive and said they would continue in the week ahead, a tentative sign of progress on a potential agreement that could
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 24-year-old driver who sped down Bend’s Northeast Third Street the wrong way and onto the sidewalk Friday morning was arrested on DUII charges after crashing and rolling his Tesla several times, coming to rest at a bank retaining wall, police said. Officers were called shortly before 8 a.m. to the
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Desde el comienzo de la invasión de Ucrania por Vladimir Putin , Hungría ha sido el eslabón más débil en la respuesta de Occidente. El primer ministro Viktor Orban ha retrasado las negociaciones de membresía de Kiev con la UE, retrasó los acuerdos de ayuda y puso en duda la capacidad
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a man in his 80s shot and killed his wife and two adult children before killing himself at a Los Angeles home. Los Angeles police say a witness at the residence reported a shooting around 7 p.m. Saturday in the Granada Hills area. Officials say responding officers forced their
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un satélite diseñado para estudiar Venus de arriba a abajo y un trío de naves espaciales que navegan por ondas gravitacionales son dos de las últimas misiones que adoptó la Agencia Espacial Europea. La agencia había seleccionado previamente las misiones, pero el proceso de adopción oficial significa que se elegirán contratistas
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The 2002 killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay has stood for years as one of the hip-hop world’s most infamous and elusive crimes. Now the case is going to trial. Opening statements are set for Monday in a Brooklyn federal court. Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Car factories have idled in Belgium and Germany. Spring fashion lines are delayed at a popular British department store. A Maryland company that makes hospital supplies doesn’t know when to expect parts from Asia. Attacks on ships in the Red Sea are delivering
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Black man who was detained by police during an early morning walk in a quiet community northwest of Detroit says the white officer who threw him against a squad car, cuffed him and accused him of planning to break into a car also told a significant
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Black man who was detained by police during an early morning walk in a quiet community northwest of Detroit says the white officer who threw him against a squad car, cuffed him and accused him of planning to break into a car also told a significant
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A 50-plus year tradition for Cub Scouts, the Redmond and Sisters packs held their annual Pinewood Derby Saturday at the St. Thomas Catholic Church gym. It’s estimated that over 50 million kids have built Pinewood Derby cars throughout the world. Rules for Pinewood Derby are outlined here: https://www.scoutshop.org/pwd-rules. Redmond and Sisters Cub Scouts have been working on designing and building
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — As Israel battles Hamas in Gaza, European authorities have been tightening the net on the militants, with high-profile raids, financial curbs and a crackdown of its online activities. But no country has gone further in targeting an already-banned group and its supporters than Germany. In Berlin,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ndewedo Newbury had 22 points in San Francisco’s 76-64 victory against Portland on Saturday night. Newbury also contributed nine rebounds, three steals, and three blocks for the Dons (16-6, 5-2 West Coast Conference). Malik Thomas shot 6 for 14 (3 for 7 from 3-point range) and 2
Continue ReadingSAN ANTONIO (AP) — A bat descended on the court and delayed play after Victor Wembanyama made a 3-pointer two minutes into the San Antonio Spurs’ 113-112 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night. Dressed in a Batman costume, the Spurs’ mascot, The Coyote, captured the bat with a net after numerous failed attempts,
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages who were captured in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey, Maria Kostenko and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukrainian officials have warned that Russia is conducting offensive operations along much of the frontline, with Ukraine’s military trying to hold its positions as its ammunition begins to run low and United States funding remains stalled in Congress. Fighting is intense in the
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