Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A career woman from the big city gets stranded in a quaint town just before Christmas but somehow finds love on the holiday with a prince in disguise … or a high school crush … or a widowed father. Sounds like a plot line from a Hallmark Channel holiday movie?
Continue ReadingAP Golf Writer Americans will be getting paid to play in the Ryder Cup for the first time. The PGA of America is announcing a new plan that gives each of the 12 players a $200,000 stipend. They also are awarded $300,000 to give to a charity of their choice. The $500,000 allocation is up
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s departure from the country was unplanned, according to a statement posted Monday on the Syrian Presidency Telegram account, purporting to be from Assad. The statement claims Assad moved to Russia’s airbase in Syria’s Hmeimim on the morning of Sunday, December 8,
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed fresh sanctions on dozens of officials linked to Russia’s war on Ukraine. Two top North Korean defense officials, a military unit blamed for an attack on a Kyiv children’s hospital and the heads of companies in the energy sector have been targeted. Measures have also been imposed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz faced a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday that he was expected to lose, paving the way for the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy to hold an early election in February. Scholz’s unpopular and notoriously rancorous three-party government collapsed on Nov. 6
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kane Brown’s fourth studio album, “The High Road,” is his favorite to date, the country superstar tells The Associated Press in an exclusive interview. It features more genre-detouring and more collaborations, including songs with EDM DJ Marshmello, Khalid, Jelly Roll, Brad Paisley. It also has two new duets
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Christmas is approaching nearly as fast as Santa’s sleigh, but almost anyone in the United States fantasizing about a movie-worthy white Christmas might need to keep dreaming. Early forecasts indicate temperatures could max out around 10 to 15 degrees above normal for much of the country on Christmas
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say that 17 alleged members and associates of an armed criminal gang involved in producing and distributing counterfeit alcoholic drinks have been arrested following raids across Athens. Police said Monday that the operation uncovered an abandoned building and apartments used for storage. Officers seized more than 2,000 liters or
Continue ReadingPor Jessie Yeung Un joven, de 16 años, fue acusado de matar a cuatro miembros de su familia en un cuádruple homicidio en Nuevo México, dijo la Policía estatal el domingo. Las autoridades del condado de Valencia recibieron una llamada al 911 en la madrugada del sábado cuando, según la Policía estatal, el sospechoso adolescente
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again, drifting through the Southern Ocean after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said. Spanning an area of 3,672 square kilometers (1,418-square-miles) when measured in August – slightly bigger than Rhode Island
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HUSSEINIYEH, Syria (AP) — A rebel force has deployed to a village in southeastern Damascus to stop looters who swarmed a residential complex in the area and set some apartments on fire. The raid by the rebel force comes a week after the fighters marched on the Syrian capital in their lightening offensive
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, Maria Kostenko and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Two Russian tankers carrying thousands of tons of fuel were badly damaged in stormy weather near the Black Sea over the weekend, leading to an oil spill, according to Russian state media. The Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 vessels were in the Kerch Strait
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Continue ReadingBy Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — What do you buy for the team that has everything? That is the question that the Los Angeles Dodgers have been wrestling with this winter. The answer, it appears, is Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old star who has torn it up in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and is now making
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — What should have been one of the most joyous times of Dr. Naseem Khorram’s life turned into one of the most terrifying. The Los Angeles-based nephrologist was getting routine bloodwork during her second pregnancy, standard testing to screen for any chromosome abnormalities in the fetus, such as Down syndrome.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Holiday shipping deadlines are quickly approaching if you want gifts to reach your loved ones on time. To avoid potential backlogs and delays, the USPS recommends that ground packages should be sent by this Wednesday for a December 25 delivery. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military intelligence agency and the Pentagon said Monday that some North Korean troops have been killed during combat against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region. These are the first reported casualties since the U.S. and Ukraine announced that North Korea had sent 10,000 to 12,000 troops to
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A Winter Storm Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Cascades and the majority of Central Oregon, specifically the higher elevations. Areas like Sisters, Sunriver, and La Pine are expected to see 3-6 inches of snow by Tuesday morning and the Cascades could see upwards of about a foot. Areas north
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has approved the sale of Royal Mail’s parent company to a Czech billionaire, paving the way for the postal service to pass into foreign ownership for the first time in its 500-year history. Authorities confirmed Monday that the 3.6 billion-pound ($4.6 billion) takeover of Royal Mail’s owner, International Distribution Services,
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Salter, CNN (CNN) — A huge and teeming Mediterranean port with a gritty reputation, Marseille isn’t typically seen as one France’s classic destinations, yet the country’s second biggest city by population has recently found itself in the spotlight. First it was couture house Chanel putting Marseille on the fashion map when it brought
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