Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court says a man who stabbed the country’s opposition leader in the neck earlier this year has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The man attacked Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung in January after approaching him asking for his autograph at an event in
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s team is telegraphing a strategy to put the president forth for more casual, unscripted events and an accelerated public schedule as he seeks to shift the narrative away from his poor debate performance. Biden’s reelection campaign on Friday announced an “aggressive travel schedule” this month that
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The Bend Pet Parade has been happening on the Fourth for a century now, and it’s become as much a fun, favorite tradition as any holiday event you can think of.
Continue ReadingFRISCO, Texas (AP) — Petar Musa and defender Nkosi Tafari scored in the second half and FC Dallas turned a late own goal by Portland midfielder Cristhian Paredes into a 3-2 victory, snapping the Timbers’ seven-match unbeaten run in a Fourth of July thriller on Thursday night. Antony Alves Santos took a pass from Evander
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s housing minister says the country will drastically ease restrictions on land use in a bid to “flood the market” with land for homes and override the powers of local councils to curb development. Chris Bishop said the new measures would require local councils to make enough
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Each Thursday this summer, we’ll be showing photos of Central Oregonians’ pretty flower and vegetable gardens. Each participant is entered to win $150 gift cards from Ace Hardware and WT Equipment. You can enter and see many more photos under the Contests tab at https://ktvz.com/marketplace/contests-rules/2024/06/28/show-us-your-garden-2024/#/rounds/1/gallery
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Sí, el debate presidencial fue un total desastre para Joe Biden. Dos días más tarde Stephen A. Smith se preguntaba, perplejo y airado, en su podcast con millones de seguidores: “Partido Demócrata: ¿cómo es posible que hayan puesto a uno de sus colegas, a uno de sus contemporáneos en esa
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Thimpu, Bhutan (CNN) — Located between China and India, the world’s two most populous countries, high in the Himalayas, sits Bhutan. Known as the Land of the Thunder Dragon, it’s a Buddhist monarchy of 700,000 residents that has only had regular television broadcasts since 1999. Most foreigners who have heard of
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, photos by Noemi Cassanelli and curation by Jennifer Arnow, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — There are a lot of princesses at Hong Kong Disneyland, but not the ones you think. Instead of your Cinderellas, Elsas and Annas in their royal best, it’s a fuzzy pink fox that’s inspiring the princess-esque outfits of
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes, Susannah Cullinane and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Several people were bitten by sharks in separate attacks at Texas and Florida beaches on the Fourth of July, authorities said. A 26-year-old man was bitten by a shark off New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Friday, the second shark bite reported on the Florida
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo elects a new governor this weekend, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree never seen before, with nearly nude women in suggestive poses, pets, an AI character and a man practicing his golf swing. It’s impossible to ignore. With internet campaigning still relatively
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Enterrado en lo profundo de una cueva australiana, los arqueólogos descubrieron evidencia de que un ritual aborigen puede haber sido transmitido de generación en generación y haber sobrevivido 12.000 años, lo que lo convierte en la práctica cultural continua más antigua conocida en el mundo, según un nuevo estudio. Mientras investigaban
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s second largest party withdrew from the government Thursday to join its longtime rival in a new coalition, as pressure builds on the prime minister to resign. The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) announced it was withdrawing support for Dahal and all their ministers resigned. Leaders of the Communist
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Vast swathes of Indonesia’s old-growth forests are left undeveloped for years after they’re felled. And when the land is finally put to use, it’s most often for new palm oil plantations. That’s according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. But some experts —
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Vintage cars, floats, horses – and the chance for a fist-bump with Uncle Sam, all were part of Redmond’s traditional Fourth of July Parade on Thursday.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La Policía Federal de Brasil acusó al expresidente Jair Bolsonaro y a otras 11 personas por la presunta venta indebida de joyas que Arabia Saudita regaló al Gobierno brasileño durante la administración del exmandatario, informaron este jueves la estatal Agencia Brasil y CNN Brasil, afiliada de CNN. La corporación policial
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Redmond firefighters’ busy Fourth of July continued early Thursday evening, when a Ring doorbell camera caught a motorist pulling over and firing an illegal firework mortar, sparking a one-acre grass fire below a Bonneville Power Administration transmission line and a police hunt for the culprit.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — La victoria prevista del Partido Laborista en las elecciones generales del Reino Unido marca un momento histórico en la política británica moderna y un enorme triunfo personal para Keir Starmer, el líder laborista que se convertirá en el próximo primer ministro del país. La encuesta de salida realizada por la
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Al menos 89 inmigrantes murieron cuando su barco naufragó frente a las costas de Mauritania el lunes, informó este jueves la agencia de noticias estatal mauritana. Los guardacostas mauritanos recuperaron los cuerpos de los migrantes que se encontraban a bordo de un gran barco pesquero tradicional cuando volcó, según informó la
Continue ReadingBRUSH, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say an all-terrain vehicle crashed into a pickup truck on a rural road on Colorado’s plains, killing two toddlers and two adults. The Colorado State Patrol says the crash happened Wednesday afternoon after the driver of a Polaris RZR all-terrain vehicle went through a stop sign and hit a Ram
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