By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s foreign ministry denied that a meeting was held between the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations and Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, Iranian state media reported Saturday. The New York Times reported the meeting took place earlier this week,
Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump promised Americans he’d bring down consumer prices, make health care more affordable and protect Social Security. Now he has to follow through. Concerns about inflation and the cost of living were central to Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. According to CNN exit polls, 68%
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Phil Mattingly, CNN Washington (CNN) — The incoming Trump administration’s plans to implement strict border measures, strike down Biden-era policies and kick off the detention and deportation of migrants at large scale are underway and starting to come into focus, according to four sources familiar with the plans. President-elect Donald Trump
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: crackdowns on overtourism in Florence and Pompeii, new developments in the world of long-haul and ultralong-haul flights, plus the California couple who moved to France, where things did not go as they hoped. Launch of the Airbus A321XLR It’s slim, it’s sleek, it has
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — La controvertida victoria por decisión de puntos de Katie Taylor sobre Amanda Serrano fue recibida con abucheos en el AT&T Stadium este viernes, cuando la boxeadora irlandesa retuvo su título indiscutido de campeona mundial de peso súper ligero. En el evento coestelar previo al combate entre Mike Tyson y Jake Paul,
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — Austrian utility OMV says supplies from Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped early Saturday after the company said it would stop payments for the gas following an arbitration award. The official cutoff of supplies came a day after Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer held a hastily called news conference to emphasize his
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — A bullet struck the body of a Southwest Airlines airplane preparing for departure from a Dallas airport, forcing the cancellation of the Friday evening flight, the airline said. No injuries were reported and law enforcement was contacted after the bullet struck the right side of the aircraft just under the flight deck.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon is holding a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than a year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation. Nearly 1 million people are expected to vote in the referendum. The draft constitution, which proposes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in the Polish parliament exulted at Donald Trump’s victory, standing and applauding while they chanted his name. The prospect of a second Trump term has excited people on the populist right across Central Europe who share his anti-immigrant views and contempt for international organizations. But many others
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Katie Taylor’s controversial points decision victory over Amanda Serrano was met with boos at the AT&T Stadium on Friday as the Irish boxer retained her undisputed world light-welterweight champion status. Fighting as the co-main event ahead of the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight, Taylor and Serrano provided another
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan, Nick Valencia, Amanda Musa, Devon M. Sayers and Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — About a half dozen people, including at least one of Laken Riley’s relatives, left an Athens, Georgia, courtroom to avoid seeing videos and images of the nursing student’s lifeless body. Emotions ran high among
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Japan’s foreign minister has arrived in Kyiv to discuss North Korea’s deepening military alliance with Russia, including the deployment of thousands of troops to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Takeshi Iwaya will meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, on Saturday to reaffirm Japan’s strong support for Ukraine and discuss
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Tomando una cerveza turbia en un pub tenuemente iluminado de Shanghái, Liang Xiao se encontró inmerso en una conferencia de sociología que lo dejó asombrado. Bajo una pantalla de proyector, un estudiante de doctorado chino de una universidad estadounidense de élite explicaba cómo se construyeron los estados modernos ante una multitud
Continue ReadingBy Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN (CNN) — Forty-six years after a double homicide case in western Massachusetts went cold, an unexpected tip has led to an arrest, officials announced Wednesday. Authorities charged 71-year-old Timothy Joley with two counts of murder on October 29 in connection to the 1978 deaths of Theresa Marcoux, 18, and Mark
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First, here’s last week’s winner: Summit’s Taylan Kinsella with the touchdown run! This week’s top plays: -Jettson Gillam (Mtn View) strip sack -Kaden Roskowski (Summit) splits defenders and scores -Clara McDonald (Bend) game winner in semifinals
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Our Athlete of the Week this week is freshman goalie for the Bend High girls soccer team, Brooklyn Mettler. Mettler and the Lava Bears play in the state championship Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hillsboro Stadium.
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The Mountain View Cougars are headed back to the semifinals for the second straight year. The Cougars remain undefeated after beating Lebanon 41-14 Friday night. They face West Albany in the semis next Friday. Elsewhere, Summit loses to Silverton 36-23 and the Culver Bulldogs’ undefeated season ends with a 43-8 loss against St. Paul.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has tried to reach out to prospective witnesses and influence public opinion from jail in a bid to affect potential jurors for his upcoming sex trafficking trial, prosecutors claimed in a court filing urging a judge to reject his latest bail request. The government accusations were
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Dallas police are investigating after a Southwest Airlines flight was struck by a bullet as it was preparing to depart from Dallas Love Field Airport in Texas Friday evening, authorities said. The bullet apparently struck the right side of the plane just under the flight deck as the plane
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks. The demonstration in Baku, Azerbaijan will be echoed at sites around the world in a global “day
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