By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Sharon Stone is opening up about her dating life – and 2024 could be a good year for it. “I’d be absolutely ecstatic to have a relationship… It’s just that I spend so much of my time painting, the guy’s probably gonna (have to) pop out of the woodwork.
Continue ReadingBy BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s junta has terminated a crucial agreement with local rebels that helped maintain a fragile peace in the country’s north, raising concerns about a possible escalation in violence. Government spokesperson Col. Abdoulaye Maiga said on state television Thursday night that the 2015 peace deal with Tuareg
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La detección temprana del cáncer es un factor crucial para salvar vidas y reducir los costos del tratamiento de esa enfermedad, según las autoridades en salud. Conocer cómo se logra esa detección se vuelve fundamental ahora que la incidencia del cáncer ha pasado cada vez más a ocurrir a edades
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s weather agency says abnormally high temperatures for the season are set to continue in many parts of the country over the weekend. The hot spell has led to an almost summer-like feel in many coastal areas as people take to the beaches to sunbathe or have
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The UN’s top court ordered Israel to prevent genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for Israel to suspend its military campaign in the war-torn enclave, as South Africa had requested. In a hearing in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Friday, the International Court of Justice
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has called off post-Brexit trade talks with Canada after discussions broke down over disagreements related to the import and export of beef and cheese. The two countries have been negotiating a new trade deal for the past two years since Britain fully left the
Continue ReadingLEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Bundesliga soccer club Leipzig says it has released two players from its under-19 team after they made racist comments about other players. The club says the players behaved “in an unsporting and unacceptable manner” and that the club released them as soon as the matter came to light. Leipzig didn’t name
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Nate Battle said he had avoided doctor’s visits for most of his life until 2014, when his insurance company began incentivizing preventive health screenings. Battle, who is Black and was 49 at the time, said he made an appointment, thinking it would be routine and harmless. But the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Protesting farmers have shut down stretches of major French highways again, using their tractors to block and slow traffic to press their demands that growing and rearing food should be made easier and more lucrative. Their movement for better renumeration, less red tape and lower costs, and
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities in Denmark are working against the clock to stop a slow-moving landslide of contaminated soil from reaching a nearby water source. Meanwhile, public officials and the company that operated the site are arguing over who should pay for the massive cleanup. The 75-meter (250-foot)
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “The Underdoggs” comes with a mischievous warning that there will be ample profanity uttered in front of and by young children, which, like everything else in this direct-to-Amazon comedy, serves as part of its crude charm while becoming a tad repetitive. Mostly, this variant of “The Bad News
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Shares in Tesla plunged as much as 12% on Thursday, wiping $80 billion off the company’s market value hours after it warned of slowing growth in electric car sales. In the face of intensifying competition from global rivals, Tesla also recently lost the lead in global EV sales to
Continue ReadingTesla is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the backup camera may not function while the car is in reverse. The recall covers certain Models Y, S and X from the 2023 model year. All are equipped with “Full Self-Driving” computer 4.0 and run software version 2023.44.30 through 2023.44.30.6 or 2023.44.100. The company
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is upbeat about Sweden’s chances of being ready to join the military organization by March. Stoltenberg said Friday that he’d received positive signals this week from holdouts Hungary and Turkey. Sweden set aside decades of military nonalignment after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 to seek protection under
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL and TARA COPP Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile Friday at a United States warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden, forcing it to shoot down the projectile, and struck a British vessel as their aggressive attacks on maritime traffic continue. The attack on the U.S. warship, the
Continue ReadingStone Creek Park in southeast Bend features a small bike pump track, a skate spot, a picnic shelter, picnic tables, open turf and natural play areas with custom natural play features and more. Make some time to go explore it!
Continue ReadingDue to a warm front bringing some widespread rain to the coast warm air mixing into our area will cause snow levels to rise quickly to around 8500 feet along the OR Cascades. As a result not much snow, if any is expected in this current bout of precipitation. Snow levels don’t appear to begin
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A fine Friday to you, Central Oregon! Snow may develop before sunrise, with freezing rain also possible during your morning commute, which could create an icy glaze over roads, sidewalks, and vehicles early, before warmer temperatures and expected rain arrive by later today. On and off rain is expected to be with us through the
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the U.N. Human Rights Office have expressed regret over the first execution of a man with nitrogen gas in the U.S. state of Alabama. The EU called the method “particularly cruel.” It and the Geneva-based U.N. rights office say the death penalty violates the right to life and
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over this week’s crash of a Russian military transport plane, one thing is clear: families’ fears that future prisoner exchanges may be in danger and loved ones could stay imprisoned. Even the basic facts are being debated. Russian officials accused
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