By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Marcus Williams had 16 points in San Francisco’s 72-51 victory against Portland on Saturday night in the West Coast Conference Tournament. No. 3 seed San Francisco plays second-seeded and No. 19 Gonzaga, which swept the regular season series with the Dons, in the semifinals on Monday. Williams
Continue ReadingBy SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of Tibetans in exile have held a protest march in New Delhi to commemorate the 65th Tibetan National Uprising Day against China. Over 300 protesters gathered near India’s Parliament House and marched chanting slogans such as “Tibet was never a part of China” and ”China
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a motorcycle packed with explosives has detonated in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing two people and severely injuring another. Police say the motorcycle carried between 9 to 11 pounds of explosives when it went off in the Board Bazaar area of Peshawar on Sunday morning. The explosives
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL and BARBARA SURK Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands has opened a National Holocaust Museum in a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king and Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, whose presence triggered protests by pro-Palestinian groups. The museum in Amsterdam tells the stories of some of the 102,000 Jews who were
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment to build a temporary pier in Gaza was heading to the Mediterranean on Sunday, after U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to increase aid deliveries by sea to the besieged enclave where hundreds of thousands
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Bali, Indonesia is one of the world’s most popular vacation destinations. The streets tingle with the whizz of motorbikes and the happy buzz of music pouring out of local cafes. But one day a year, the entire island falls silent. This is Nyepi, Balinese New Year. Unlike many other
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrea Kane, CNN Season 9 of the podcast “Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta” explores the intersection between body weight and health. We delve into a wide range of topics including the evolutionary reasons behind why losing weight is so hard and new weight loss drugs and how to talk to kids about weight. You
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Kane, CNN Season 9 of the podcast “Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta” explores the intersection between body weight and health. We delve into a wide range of topics including the evolutionary reasons behind why losing weight is so hard and new weight loss drugs and how to talk to kids about weight. You can
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El príncipe Harry y su esposa Meghan, Duquesa de Sussex, visitaron Uvalde, Texas, este sábado y se reunieron con la familia de Irma García, una querida maestra asesinada en el tiroteo de la Escuela Primaria Robb. García, quien había trabajado como maestra durante 23 años, fue una de las 21 personas,
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The night before the Oscars isn’t a time to rest in Hollywood. For quite a few nominees, including “Barbie” star Margot Robbie, it meant a stop at the historic Beverly Hills Hotel for the 15th annual Chanel and Charles Finch pre-Oscar dinner. Robbie was
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PORTLAND, Ore., (KTVZ) – New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that about 18% of all traffic deaths between 2017 and 2021 involved a drowsy driver, with nearly 30,000 nationwide. This is 10 times higher than the total in traditional crash data. In 2021 alone, about 6,725 lives were claimed by drowsy
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-dominated state Legislature has concluded a session marked by budget disputes and controversial social issue bills that advanced but ultimately didn’t go anywhere. Lawmakers came to an agreement Saturday on measures including a budget just under $5 billion, bills that would cut unemployment benefits,
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya says police have detained 33 people suspected of ties to the Islamic State group who were allegedly preparing attacks ahead of the country’s local elections. The suspects were “preparing and searching for action before the upcoming local elections,” he posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday. Nationwide
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Rusia comenzó a utilizar una poderosa bomba aérea que puede diezmar las defensas ucranianas y ha inclinado la balanza en las líneas del frente. Lo hizo convirtiendo un vieja y simple arma de la era soviética en una bomba planeadora que puede causar un cráter de quince metros de ancho. La
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi oil giant Aramco on Sunday reported it made $121 billion in profit last year, down from its 2022 record due to lower energy prices. The results still marked the company’s second highest ever result, Aramco said, as members of the OPEC+ alliance continue
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) announced high school students across Oregon’s 5th Congressional District are invited to submit their artwork for the 2024 Congressional Art Competition. This competition is conducted by members of the U.S. House of Representatives to encourage students from across the country to express their artistic talents. One winner will receive
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The eight Summit Storm seniors have accomplished a goal that they have been dreaming of since they were young, a state championship. They went undefeated in league and won another IMC title. They were the No. 1 seed and made it back to the state title game for the third straight year. And finally, at
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Scientists led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher are closing in on a new tool for tackling the global problem of weedkiller-tainted groundwater. Kyriakos Stylianou of the OSU College of Science led an international team that identified a material known as a metal-organic framework, or MOF, that showed an ability
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — A husband-and-wife duo whose fortune has ties to AI investments and cryptocurrency trading are quietly emerging as some of the largest backers of the main dark-money group boosting President Joe Biden. The second-largest donation in 2022 to the non-profit arm of Future Forward, the primary Super PAC supporting Biden,
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Indonesia’s transport ministry will launch an investigation after two Batik Air pilots fell asleep during a recent flight, according to state news agency Antara, citing the ministry’s civil aviation director-general M Kristi Endah Murni. According to a preliminary report released Saturday by the National Transportation Safety
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