Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking to broaden support outside Washington, D.C., for U.S. military aid to his country. Zelenskyy told the National Governors Association summer meeting in Salt Lake City on Friday that the world’s leaders should see for themselves the carnage wrought since Russia invaded his
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, dio macha atrás a una concesión israelí clave en las negociaciones de alto el fuego, exigiendo que se prohíba a los hombres armados regresar al norte de Gaza durante un eventual alto el fuego, según ha informado a CNN una fuente israelí familiarizada con
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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle Archdiocese, despite his assertion that the records are needed to learn whether the Catholic church used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle Archdiocese, despite his assertion that the records are needed to learn whether the Catholic church used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by
Continue ReadingBy Anissa Carby and Navya Shukla, CNN (CNN) — Vending machines selling ammunition will now be in grocery stores in Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma – a move that has generated mixed feelings from officials in those states. American Rounds, the distributor of the machines, uses AI technology to scan the customers’ identification as well as facial recognition
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. envoy says terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat” in Africa’s volatile Sahel region. And Leonardo Simão adds that those ills are spilling over to West Africa’s coastal countries. The U.N. special envoy for the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in northern Mexico say they’ll investigate after the body of a long-missing man was found after months lying unidentified in a state morgue. The man’s desperate mother, Virginia de la Cruz, had approached authorities eight months ago for help in looking for her missing son. Mexico has about 115,000 missing
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A Bend man was arrested this week in the west Bend Safeway parking lot, accused of harassing and stalking several women in Central Oregon and elsewhere this year, as well as a call threatening to commit a shooting at an area grocery store, police said Friday.
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There are 60 Central Oregon athletes competing in four different sports at the Special Olympics Oregon. Many of those are on the golf team. For golf, they compete in skills, which includes driving, chipping and putting, and the others do nine holes or 18.
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — American Airlines says a smoking laptop in a passenger’s bag prompted an evacuation on one of its flights headed to Miami from San Francisco International Airport. The airline said in a statement that one person sustained minor injuries while exiting the plane on Friday, which required transport to a hospital. Passengers
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Seguridad de Costa Rica confirmó a CNN este viernes que las autoridades detuvieron a Maickel Villegas Rodríguez, que contaba con una notificación internacional de búsqueda por su presunta participación en el secuestro y homicidio del exmilitar venezolano Ronald Ojeda en Chile en febrero pasado. El señalado, de
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Two co-hosts of the “Pod Save America” podcast on Friday fired back at Biden campaign staffers who have reportedly dismissed their calls for the president to consider stepping down from the Democratic ticket. In an episode released Friday, Dan Pfeiffer called it “infuriating” to think that he and
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Bears and bison aren’t the only potential hazards when visiting Yellowstone National Park. The area’s thermal features also provide a point of caution as tourists in one car found out this week. On Thursday, a car with five occupants inadvertently drove off a roadway and into the Semi-Centennial Geyser,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una de las maravillas de la saga de películas de ciencia ficción “Dune” es el traje de supervivencia que llevan los Fremen, habitantes del desierto, unos “destiltrajes” que reciclan todos los fluidos corporales para convertirlos en agua potable. Los científicos han presentado un prototipo de traje espacial que convierte la orina
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. In a 2-1 ruling on Friday, the majority opinion of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found, “There
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Voting rights attorneys say Mississippi should work quickly to redraw some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents. In papers filed Friday, the attorneys say it’s important to hold special elections in updated districts this November. Three federal judges on July 2 ordered Mississippi legislators to
Continue ReadingMAMMOTH, Wyo. (AP) — Five people were able to escape a hot, acidic pond in Yellowstone National Park after the sport utility vehicle they were riding in went off the road and into an inactive geyser, park officials said Friday. The passengers were able to get out of the 105 degree Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius)
Continue ReadingAssociated Press British singer-songwriter Griff’s career has been an undeniable whirlwind. Less than two years after releasing her first single — and finishing her A-level exams — she won the Brit Award for Rising Star. Then she opened for Dua Lipa. Then Ed Sheeran. Then Coldplay. Then Taylor Swift. In between those gigs, solo shows
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El caso de homicidio involuntario contra el actor Alec Baldwin fue desestimado de manera dramática el viernes después de que la jueza que supervisaba el caso dictaminara que los fiscales no entregaron adecuadamente las pruebas a la defensa. Los abogados de Baldwin habían presentado una moción para desestimar el caso,
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Ga.; former White House chief of staff Ron Klain. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Reps. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif. ___
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