By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new album from pop princess Ariana Grande, a docuseries on National Geographic that follows female leaders of the animal kingdom and the Emma Stone-led “Poor Things” landing on Hulu, just in time for the Academy Awards. Also, Theo James stars in Guy Ritchie’s
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government began steps Monday to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors, days after they missed a government-set deadline to end their joint walkouts, which have severely impacted hospital operations. Nearly 9,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Desde Ambien y Dramamine en millones de botiquines de baño, hasta el sustituto del azúcar que endulza los refrescos dietéticos y la primera píldora anticonceptiva, algunos de los medicamentos y suplementos más comunes en Estados Unidos son autoría de la compañía farmacéutica G.D. Searle. Ahora, más de un siglo después de
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Ivanka Trump were among the high-profile international figures who jetted to India for billionaire heir Anant Ambani’s extravagant pre-wedding party, which wrapped up Sunday. Featuring performances from pop superstar Rihanna and magician David Blaine, the three-day celebration welcomed around 1,200 guests from Silicon Valley, Bollywood
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts headed to the International Space Station on Sunday where they will oversee the arrivals of two new rocketships during their half-year stint. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Russia’s
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Effective, Monday beginning at 4PM, a Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect, through Tuesday, ending at 4AM. Sunday evening, expect increasing cloudy skies and cool temperatures. Temperatures will drop just below freezing, in the 20’s and 30’s. Those cumulus clouds are moving southwest and will continue making its way across the High Desert… A
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SheJumps, a national nonprofit organization, encourages the participation of women and girls in outdoor activities. The organization offers hundreds of programs every year, one of them being “Get the Girls Out,” which locally encouraged women and girls to come out and ski at Mt. Bachelor on Sunday, which was International Women’s Day. Boots were strapped
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly higher Monday ahead of China’s top annual political gathering, while Japan’s benchmark surpassed the 40,000 level for the first time. U.S. futures fell and oil prices were mixed. Japan’s Nikkei 225 share index rose to 40,314.64 but fell back slightly. It was
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Assistance League of Bend has announced their Dream Trip Raffle fundraiser to help support the Operation School Bell® program. Raffle tickets are $25 each and will be on sale March 1-April 15. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold and can be purchased online at AssistanceLeagueBend.org. One lucky winner will choose the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A recent spay/neuter clinic organized by Street Dog Hero in Kanasìn, Mexico, in partnership with Beach Dog Rescue and Ester y Liza, resulted in the spaying/neutering of 895 dogs and cats, a new record for the Bend-based organization. How many animals does that mean were prevented from being born on the
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says he had no choice but to defend his country’s territory in the South China Sea against what he called Chinese aggression and illegal actions in pursuit of Beijing’s own territorial claims. Marcos is attending a summit of the Association of
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Han pasado 10 años desde que Ellen Degeneres rompió X (por entonces todavía Twitter) al publicar una selfie repleta de actores y actrices durante la transmisión de los Oscar de 2014. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Degeneres logró incluir en el encuadre a Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto,
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An increasingly assertive China and a humanitarian crisis in Myanmar are likely to be high on the agenda when Southeast Asian leaders meet in Australia for a rare summit this week. The ASEAN-Australia Special Summit that starts in Melbourne on Monday marks 50 years since Australia
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia, notching her first victory of the 2024 campaign. Her victory Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is likely to pick up
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia’s head of LGBT affairs and her husband were arrested by a state trooper Saturday, in what the mayor is calling a “very concerning,” interaction, according to a video circulating on social media, which was confirmed by police. Celena Morrison, executive director of the City’s Office
Continue ReadingCNN By Danny Freeman and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia’s head of LGBT affairs and her husband were arrested by a state trooper Saturday, in what the mayor is calling a “very concerning,” interaction, according to a video circulating on social media, which was confirmed by police. Celena Morrison, executive director of the City’s
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won the Republican presidential primary in Washington, DC, after three days of voting in the party’s only capital polling location – a downtown hotel. Haley’s victory – her first of the primary – comes on the eve of what is expected to be a decisive
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management are upping their offer to acquire Macy’s in a deal now valued at $6.6 billion. The investment firms announced Sunday that they had submitted an all-cash proposal of $24 for each of the remaining shares in Macy’s they don’t already own — up from a
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the United States began large annual military exercises Monday to bolster their readiness against North Korean nuclear threats after the North raised animosities with an extension of missile tests and belligerent rhetoric earlier this year. The South Korean and U.S. forces began
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un tribunal federal de apelaciones concedió una suspensión temporal de la decisión de un tribunal inferior de bloquear la aplicación de una controvertida ley de inmigración de Texas, allanando el camino para que entre en vigor esta semana si la Corte Suprema no interviene. La semana pasada, un juez
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