Out and About: Look up, down, all around – then capture it
Another fine collection and selection of photos worth seeing, from all over our wonderful High Desert. Thanks to all! Join in the fun from our Share…
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Takeaways from AP’s story on the role of the West in widespread fraud with South Korean adoptions
Associated Press Western governments eagerly approved and even pushed for the adoption of South Korean children for decades, despite evidence that…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP’s story on the role of the West in widespread fraud with South Korean adoptions
Associated Press Western governments eagerly approved and even pushed for the adoption of South Korean children for decades, despite evidence that…
Continue ReadingAt a star-studded online rally with Oprah Winfrey, Harris discusses abortion rights, immigration and gun ownership
By Ebony Davis and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris sought to capitalize on the star power of Oprah Winfrey and a…
Continue ReadingWestern nations were desperate for Korean babies. Now many adoptees believe they were stolen
Associated Press Yooree Kim marched into a police station in Paris and told an officer she wanted to report a crime. Forty years ago, she said, she…
Continue ReadingWestern nations were desperate for Korean babies. Now many adoptees believe they were stolen
Associated Press Yooree Kim marched into a police station in Paris and told an officer she wanted to report a crime. Forty years ago, she said, she…
Continue ReadingRare G.K. Chesterton essay on mystery writing is itself a mystery
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When he wasn’t working on mystery stories, and he completed hundreds, G.K. Chesterton liked to think of new…
Continue ReadingBrazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher
Associated Press CACONDE, Brazil (AP) — Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street closes its record-setting week mixed as FedEx slumps and Nike jumps
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A record-setting week for Wall Street closed on a quieter note Friday, as U.S. stocks drifted around the highs…
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Big Ol’ Fish: Hit the water and you might just get lucky
Travel near or far, hit the ocean, creek, river, lake or reservoir – anywhere the fish are biting. When they do, send us the photographic proof, from…
Continue ReadingThe night when 43 students disappeared in Mexico: A timeline of key events
Associated Press IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — On Sept. 26, 2014, dozens of students from a teachers college in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero…
Continue ReadingProtests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee…
Continue ReadingIn NYC and elsewhere, climate protesters say pace of change isn’t fast enough
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish…
Continue ReadingVoters split on whether Harris or Trump would do a better job on the economy: AP-NORC poll
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Going into November’s election, neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has a decisive edge with the public…
Continue ReadingIn-person voting begins for the US presidential contest, kicking off the sprint to Election Day
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In-person voting for this year’s presidential election began Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week…
Continue ReadingThe politics of immigration play differently along the US-Mexico border
Associated Press SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from communities on the Southwest border that are voting in…
Continue ReadingThe politics of immigration play differently along the US-Mexico border
Associated Press SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from communities on the Southwest border that are voting in…
Continue ReadingPassenger on a previous Titan sub dive says his mission was aborted due to apparent malfunction
Associated Press A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S. Coast…
Continue ReadingIt’s been a decade since 43 students disappeared in Mexico. Their parents still fight for answers
Associated Press TIXTLA, México (AP) — Clemente Rodríguez has been documenting the long search for his missing son with tattoos. First, it was an…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade.…
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