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State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance giant State Farm says it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer. The announcement this week comes nine months after the Illinois-based company said it would not issue new home policies in the state. California’s largest insurer is citing soaring costs, the increasing risk
Continue ReadingNearly 5 million animals dead in Mongolia’s harshest winter in half a century, aid agencies say
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Mongolia is freezing through its harshest winter in half a century with extreme conditions killing more than 4.7 million animals and threatening the livelihoods and food supply of thousands of people, the International Federation of the Red Cross has warned. The severe conditions, known as dzud, are characterized by
Continue ReadingCarnage on the streets of Port-au-Prince as world stalls on a promised intervention for Haiti
CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Harold Isaac and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — A woman hustles her young child into a waiting car, half-dragging him as she shields his eyes. Other family members follow with heavy suitcases, averting their eyes too. They’re leaving the city, even though the drive through gang-controlled roads
Continue ReadingInside Tokyo’s oldest onigiri restaurant
By Maggie Hiufu Wong and Hazel Pfeifer, CNN (CNN) — A short walk from Sensoji, the oldest temple in Tokyo, sits another aging classic – Onigiri Asakusa Yadoroku. Founded in 1954, it’s believed to be the city’s oldest onigiri (Japanese rice ball) restaurant. “The reason why my family started this business is simple,” says Yosuke
Continue ReadingInside Tokyo’s oldest onigiri restaurant
CNN By Maggie Hiufu Wong and Hazel Pfeifer, CNN (CNN) — A short walk from Sensoji, the oldest temple in Tokyo, sits another aging classic – Onigiri Asakusa Yadoroku. Founded in 1954, it’s believed to be the city’s oldest onigiri (Japanese rice ball) restaurant. “The reason why my family started this business is simple,” says
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Children’s Forest of Central Oregon receives $15,000 donation from the BottleDrop Fund
CLACKAMAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative, which operates the BottleDrop network, announced Thursday that it has donated $15,000 through its BottleDrop Fund to the Children’s Forest of Central Oregon. This donation will further critical support for the group’s NatureHoods program, a free outdoor program for Kindergarten – 2nd grade students in Central Oregon. The BottleDrop Fund,
Continue ReadingThird man charged with murder in Kansas City Chiefs rally shooting
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A third man has been charged with murder in connection to the mass shooting after a Kansas City Chiefs championship rally last month that left one woman dead and more than two dozen people injured, prosecutors announced Thursday. Terry J. Young, 20, is charged with second-degree murder, unlawful use of
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Oregon AG joins other states, USDOJ in lawsuit accusing Apple of monopolizing smartphone markets
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Thursday joined the US Department of Justice and a coalition of 15 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia in filing a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of monopolization or attempted monopolization of smartphone markets in violation of Section 2 of the
Continue Reading$3 billion deal with the UK gets Australia closer to having a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines
By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia is set to provide $3 billion to British industry to support the construction of nuclear-powered submarines and ensure its new fleet arrives on time. The announcement at an annual gathering Friday comes a day after the two countries signed a defense and security pact to better
Continue ReadingCarnage on the streets of Port-au-Prince as world stalls on a promised intervention for Haiti
CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Harold Isaac and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — A woman hustles her young child into a waiting car, half-dragging him as she shields his eyes. Other family members follow with heavy suitcases, averting their eyes too. They’re leaving the city, even though the drive through gang-controlled roads
Continue ReadingCarnage on the streets of Port-au-Prince as world stalls on a promised intervention for Haiti
By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Harold Isaac and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — A woman hustles her young child into a waiting car, half-dragging him as she shields his eyes. Other family members follow with heavy suitcases, averting their eyes too. They’re leaving the city, even though the drive through gang-controlled roads is
Continue ReadingLack of buses keeps Los Angeles jail inmates from court appearances and contributes to overcrowding
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage of functioning buses. County supervisors this week advanced a proposal to try and fix the problem. Officials say the LA County Sheriff’s Department currently has only 23 operable buses
Continue ReadingNo charges in death of non-binary teen Nex Benedict, Tulsa County DA says
By Jamiel Lynch and Leah Thomeer, CNN (CNN) — No charges will be filed the death of Nex Benedict, a non-binary Oklahoma 10th grader who died last month by suicide following a fight at school the day before, according to a news release from the Tulsa County District Attorney Stephen Kunzweiler. The district attorney’s office reviewed reports
Continue ReadingDetienen a Robinho en Brasil luego de una apelación que no prosperó
Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) –– El exfutbolista brasileño Robson de Souza, también conocido como Robinho, fue arrestado en la ciudad de Santos, en el estado de Sao Paulo, por la Policía Federal este jueves, dijo su abogado a CNN Brasil, afiliada de CNN, mientras se veían autos de policía saliendo de su residencia en Santos.
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Bend Heroes Foundation notes celebration of National Medal of Honor Day
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — National Medal of Honor Day will be celebrated next Monday, March 25, the Bend Heroes Foundation noted. It was established by Congress to “foster public appreciation and recognition of Medal of Honor Recipients.” March 25th was chosen because it was on that date in 1863 that the first Medals of Honor
Continue ReadingNew resort at protected natural wonder stirs fierce debate on conservation in the Philippines
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Nestled among the lush rolling terrain of the Philippines’ famed Chocolate Hills, the Captain’s Peak Garden and Resort offered travelers scenery that few hotels could compete with. But now the resort has been temporarily shuttered after public outcry over what one legislator has called a “blatant abuse of our natural resources,”
Continue ReadingLorrie Moore wins National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, Judy Blume also honored
NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle. Moore, best known as a short-story writer, won the fiction prize for her novel, “I
Continue ReadingPaul Rudd isn’t just a dad taking his daughter to Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour.’ He’s an actual Swiftie
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Paul Rudd has described himself in a new interview as somebody who lives his life “like someone’s grandfather,” but he does find ways to keep things young and fresh, including listening to the music of pop superstar Taylor Swift. In an interview with MTV posted to YouTube on Thursday,
Continue ReadingArrestan a uno de los hijos de la vicepresidenta de Ecuador
Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Francisco Sebastián Barreiro Abad, hijo de la vicepresidenta de Ecuador, Verónica Abad, fue detenido por autoridades ecuatorianas este jueves y acusado de tráfico de influencias, informó la Fiscalía de ese país. El parentesco del detenido con la vicepresidenta fue confirmado a CNN por una fuente de la Fiscalía. Barreiro
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