Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Leaders of Pacific Rim countries including the U.S. and China have gathered in Peru for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, the first major global summit since U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory. The annual gathering brings together countries and members that jointly account for almost two-thirds of global GDP
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Think you know your chili? Join in Think Wild’s inaugural ‘Get Wild Chili Cook-Off’ Saturday from 4-8 p.m. at Aspen Hall and you can taste more than 30 creations and vote for your favorites, while helping Central Oregon’s wildlife rehabilitation facility. Our own John Carroll will serve as master of ceremonies.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday, providing a strong mandate for his program for economic revival. Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won 159 of the 225 seats, according to the Elections
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By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to serve as his next secretary of the Department of the Interior. Trump revealed his pick during a gala at his Mar-a-Lago resort Thursday evening, seemingly changing his mind in real time on when to make the announcement as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Activists are planting trees in an effort to protect disappearing forests in Mali, but residents are cutting and selling firewood from them to survive. One woman says people in rural areas have no other choice for cooking. The loss of forests has become a pressing issue across Africa as
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Winter weather may be here, but Central Oregon is still showing us some beautiful fall sunsets. You can’t forget about the beautiful stargazing in our backyard either. If you have any pictures you’d like to share, join in by using the Share tab.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says the government plans to merge dozens of pension funds with the aim of unlocking tens of billions of pounds for investment and boosting the U.K.’s sub-par economic growth. Reeves said in a speech late Thursday that the creation of so-called “megafunds” will represent the
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SmartAsset examined the latest IRS data to better understand where transplants to Texas are coming from and which states are attracting the most Texans.
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The 19th shares details of a groundbreaking new study that spotlights the effects of Roe v. Wade’s overturn on relationships, family planning, and the mental health of queer women and nonbinary people across the U.S.
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Vivian Health shares seven tips to keep spirits up for nurses working through the holiday season.
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Next City reports on a white couple’s decision to donate their land to Black farmers in rural Virginia as an act of reparations amidst a long history of land loss for the latter.
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Truck Parking Club mapped Geological Survey data to see which U.S. counties have the most land area at risk of landslides and detailed their impact.
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Edmunds shares tips to avoid buying a flood-damaged car, telltale signs to look for, and what to do if you already bought one.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, se reunió este jueves en la Florida con el presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, informó la Oficina del mandatario argentino en su cuenta de X, donde difundió una fotografía del encuentro. En la imagen también aparecen el empresario Elon Musk —que en
Continue ReadingBy Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — More than 260 peaks over 3,000 meters (9,800 feet), hiking trails blazed by Indigenous people thousands of years ago, remarkable national parks and forests, and epic surf churned up by waves that roll unimpeded across the entire Pacific. That may sound like Chile, New Zealand or even California. But
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Dave Sims is replacing John Sterling as Suzyn Waldman’s play-by-play partner on New York Yankees radio broadcasts. WFAN made the announcement Thursday. “It’s great to be home,” said Sims, a former reporter for the New York Daily News. Sterling, 86, retired in April, a few weeks into his 36th season, but
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. military watchdog says Navy officials lacked sufficient understanding of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage tanks on top of a drinking water well at Pearl Harbor where spilled jet fuel poisoned more than 6,000 people. The Defense Department’s inspector general says this inadequate awareness came even though
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Este fin de semana se estrena la película “Gladiator 2”, la secuela dirigida por Ridley Scott y protagonizada por Paul Mescal. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Además de Mescal, también actúan Joseph Quinn, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal y Denzel Washington, según IMDB. Veinticuatro años después de la original, protagonizada por
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– Este jueves se lleva a cabo la edición número 25 de los Premios Latin Grammy en Miami, Florida. Al evento asisten personalidades destacadas del mundo de la música y el espectáculo. The Latin Recording Academy, que cada año organiza este evento, se define como una organización internacional sin fines de
Continue ReadingLEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if an Idaho white supremacist gang member is convicted of killing a man while he was on the run after shooting officers in a plot to help a fellow gang member escape from prison. Nez Perce County Prosecutor Justin Coleman announced Thursday that the
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