With its new pact with North Korea, Russia raises the stakes with the West over Ukraine
By The Associated Press Behind the smiles, the balloons and the red-carpet pageantry of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea last…
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Illinois may soon return land the US stole from a Prairie Band Potawatomi chief 175 years ago
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Some 175 years after the U.S. government stole land from the chief of the…
Continue ReadingCan Keir Starmer give Britain the change it desperately wants?
By Luke McGee, CNN London (CNN) — Four-and-a-half years ago, Britain’s Labour Party suffered its worst election defeat since 1935. The…
Continue ReadingBitter political fight in Bolivia is paralyzing the government as unrest boils over economic crisis
By CARLOS VALDEZ and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Protesters streamed into Bolivia’s capital, throats hoarse from…
Continue ReadingIt’s not as world-famous as ramen or sushi. But the humble onigiri is soul food in Japan
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The word “onigiri” became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble…
Continue ReadingAfter devastating moment 3 years ago, swimmer Ryan Held is heading back to the Olympics
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ryan Held missed the last Olympics on a technicality. It was a devastating moment, but it…
Continue ReadingA simple recipe for onigiri, or Japanese rice balls, with salted plums
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Onigiri is a ball of rice with something inside, similar to how two slices of bread with something…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia police officer shot by fleeing suspect is in critical condition
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Officials in Philadelphia say a police officer has been shot in the neck and is in critical condition. Police Commissioner…
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Fire traced to unattended smoker BBQ destroys Tollgate home; family escapes unhurt, but firefighter injured
A fire traced to an unattended Traeger smoker barbecue on the front porch destroyed a home in the Tollgate subdivision northwest of Sisters Friday…
Continue ReadingSha’Carri Richardson earns a spot in the Paris Olympics after winning the 100-meter final at the U.S. track trials
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson earns a spot in the Paris Olympics after winning the 100-meter final at the U.S. track…
Continue ReadingNew mom who delighted in her daughter is among the dead in Arkansas grocery store shooting
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press Callie Weems was reveling in her new role as a mom in the months before a gunman in Arkansas fatally shot her at…
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Friends of the Luau welcomes the community at Bend’s Rockridge Park for a feast and music
The fifth annual Friends of the Luau event took place Saturday at Rockridge Park in Bend. The event benefited Partners in Care and Hospice of…
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Bacon, Gibson emerge from dramatic women’s springboard final at U.S. Olympic Diving Trials
It took all 10 rounds of dives to separate Sarah Bacon, Alison Gibson and Krysta Palmer in a dramatic 3m springboard final at the 2024 U.S. Olympic…
Continue Reading2 people were taken to a hospital after lightning struck a tree near a PGA Tour event in Connecticut
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Two people have been taken to the hospital after lightning struck a tree near a PGA Tour event in Connecticut. The strike…
Continue ReadingJury awards more than $13 million to ultramarathon athlete injured in fall on a Seattle sidewalk
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A jury awarded $13.1 million to an ultramarathon athlete who was severely injured when she fell on a Seattle…
Continue Reading‘They saved their whole lives for this’: American woman’s heartbreak as parents die on Hajj
By Pauline Lockwood and Maija-Liisa Ehlinger, CNN (CNN) — Saida Wurie said it was her parents’ lifelong dream to participate in Hajj, the…
Continue ReadingThousands gather in Tel Aviv to mark Naama Levy’s 20th birthday while in Hamas captivity in Gaza
By Lauren Izso and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of people gathered in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday to commemorate the…
Continue ReadingA woman is accused of attempting to drown a 3-year-old Muslim child in possible hate crime incident
By Alaa Elassar, Camila Bernal and Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — A woman in Texas has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a…
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Hot today, warm next week
Summer officially started this week and it feels like it! Areas across the region have been well above normal this last week and we are expected to…
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