Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s president has opened the second day of a meeting of the world’s 20 major economies by calling for more action to slow global warming, saying developed nations must speed up their initiatives to reduce harmful emissions. The two-day meeting in Rio de Janeiro resumed for a second
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Peyton Scott scored 17 points and No. 23 Oregon used a fast start to earn a 70-54 victory over Grand Canyon on Monday night, the Ducks’ fifth straight homecourt win. Oregon now has started the season with five straight wins five times in coach Kelly Graves 11 seasons. Trinity San Antonio’s
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado, Michelle Watson, Maria Aguilar Prieto and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — It’s been more than a week since Hannah Kobayashi missed a flight connection in Los Angeles. After a series of suspicious texts from her phone, the 30-year-old Hawaii woman has gone silent – and her family now fears she may have
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Pioneering travel guidebook writer Arthur Frommer has died at the age of 95, according to a statement from the media brand he founded. His daughter, Pauline Frommer, confirmed that her father died on November 18, “at his home, surrounded by loved ones.” Born in Virginia in 1929, Arthur Frommer
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Poet-novelist Anne Michaels has won the Giller Prize for her novel “Held,” a multi-generational examination of war and trauma. The 100,000 Canadian dollar ($71,000) Giller prize honors the best in Canadian fiction. Past winners have included Margaret Atwood, Mordecai Richler and Alice Munro. Michaels appealed for “unity” among “all the arts” during
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Paraguay, Santiago Peña, fue ingresado la noche de este lunes en el Hospital Samaritano Botafogo, en Río de Janeiro, para realizarse exámenes médicos, debido a un malestar que presentó durante la tarde mientras participaba de la cumbre del G20, informó el centro médico en un comunicado. Agregó
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SmartAsset ranked states by the percent of millennial households earning at least $200,000, the IRS definition of a high-earning household.
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NEXT shares 41 tips to support and nurture every type of local business in a community.
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TruckInfo.net uses data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to share notable trends for Thanksgiving travelers.
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LegalZoom gives entrepreneurs tips on creating the most effective business name.
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Experian explains details around the rising average length of a car loan in the U.S., including tips to choose the right auto loan term for you.
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Prosper shares actionable steps and tips to achieve financial solvency and security.
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — A House Republican is pushing to ban transgender women from women’s restrooms at the US Capitol, two weeks after history was made with the election of America’s first out transgender person to Congress. South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace on Monday introduced a resolution to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — As tens of thousands crowded the streets in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, on Tuesday, the throng of people, flags aloft, had the air of a festival or a parade rather than a protest. They were marching to oppose a law that would reshape the county’s founding treaty between
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A high wind warning as well as a wintry mix of snow and rain this week. A High Wind Warning remains in effect from Tuesday at 4PM through Wednesday, ending at 10AM. Winds could gust upwards of 40 mph, even higher in the mountains at 60 mph. Damaging winds could blow down trees and power
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A 52-year-old Bend man was struck and killed by a freight train while lying on the tracks near Southeast Wilson Avenue Monday evening, police said. No foul play is suspected.
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Ohio officials have denounced a small contingent of neo-Nazis who paraded Saturday afternoon through a Columbus neighborhood – waving flags featuring swastikas and shouting a racist slur – in the latest public demonstration by White nationalists in recent years across the United States. Around a dozen people in black
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– El escurridizo pez remo de aguas profundas, considerado un presagio de malas noticias, fue avistado una vez más en las costas de Encinitas, California. Fue el tercer avistamiento de la especie en el estado en los últimos tres meses, y solo el vigésimo segundo en el último siglo. Ahora puedes seguirnos
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The final counts by counties are about over and a Democratic incumbent on North Carolina’s Supreme Court has an ever-slight lead over a Republican challenger. Associate Justice Allison Riggs had trailed on election night by roughly 10,000 votes to Jefferson Griffin. But that margin dwindled last week as provisional
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese state media say numerous children were injured by a vehicle outside an elementary school in central China’s Hunan province. Students were arriving for classes on Tuesday morning at Yongan Elementary School in the city of Changde when the incident occurred. No details were immediately available, and it wasn’t
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