San Francisco mayor announces the city will receive pandas from China
BEIJING (AP) — San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed…
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Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the…
Continue ReadingStaff and shoppers return to ‘somber’ Sydney shopping mall 6 days after mass stabbings
By MARK BAKER and KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Shoppers and workers returned to a “really quiet” Sydney mall Friday, where six…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The worst week for big technology stocks since the COVID crash in 2020 dragged Wall Street on…
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Chavez-DeRemer backs slate of bills to hold Iran, terror groups accountable for attacks on Israel
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – This week, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) supported 15 proposals to hold Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable. The…
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Firefighters douse three-alarm attic fire at historic Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, featured in movie ‘The Shining’
A three-alarm fire broke out Thursday night in the attic of the historic Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, prompting its evacuation, and firefighters…
Continue ReadingPlutón adquirió un “corazón” tras colisionar con un cuerpo planetario
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una enorme forma de corazón en la superficie de Plutón ha intrigado a los astrónomos desde que la nave…
Continue ReadingApple deletes WhatsApp, Threads from China app store on orders from Beijing
By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Apple has removed WhatAapp and Threads from its app store in China, following an order from the…
Continue ReadingLaborers and street vendors in Mali find no respite as deadly heat wave surges through West Africa
By BABA AHMED and CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Street vendors in Mali’s capital of Bamako peddle water sachets,…
Continue Reading3 dead amid heavy flooding caused by record rain in the UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Officials say three people have died in the United Arab Emirates as a result of heavy flooding caused by…
Continue Reading¿Qué es la meningitis? Causas, riesgos, síntomas y tratamiento
urielblanco (CNN Español) — La meningitis es una infección que, pese a que se puede prevenir con la vacunación, cada año afecta a millones…
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Out and About: The fine sights you share every week don’t disappoint
From the eyes of wildlife to unusual cloud formations, your cameras caught more wonderful sights around the High Desert – thanks for using the Share…
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Big Ol’ Fish: Whatever your age, congrats on the fine catches
Whatever your age, those Big Ol’ Fish catches are ones we’d love to see – just use the Share tab at…
Continue Reading4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana’s high holiday
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20…
Continue Reading5 Japanese workers in Pakistan escape suicide blast targeting their van. A Pakistani bystander dies
By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a van carrying Japanese nationals in Pakistan’s port city…
Continue ReadingOil prices get short-lived boost from attack on Iran
By Laura He and Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Hong Kong/London (CNN) — Oil prices jumped overnight after explosions were reported near the Iranian…
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National Park Service approves transfer of Crater Lake National Park concessions contract
CRATER LAKE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The National Park Service has approved the transfer of the Crater Lake National Park concessions contract formerly held…
Continue ReadingBNSF Railway says it didn’t know about asbestos that’s killed hundreds in Montana town
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury Friday that the railroad…
Continue ReadingRussia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance
By The Associated Press Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as…
Continue ReadingWould you like a cicada salad? The monstrous little noisemakers descend on a New Orleans menu
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — They may look like little monsters. And their seemingly endless racket may be a nuisance. But…
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