CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Lucas Papademos, economist and former prime minister of Greece. Personal Birth date: October 11, 1947 Birth place: Athens, Greece Birth name: Lucas Demetrios Papademos Marriage: Shanna (Ingram) Papademos Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. in Physics, 1970; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. in
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police say that one person has been killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing incident in central Rotterdam. Police spokesman Wessel Stolle says that a suspect who was detained was also injured. The suspect was taken to a hospital for treatment. Officers are investigating the stabbing near the landmark
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela, de mayoría oficialista, aprobó este jueves un acuerdo que repudia la resolución del Parlamento Europeo que, horas antes, reconoció al líder opositor Edmundo González Urrutia como presidente electo de Venezuela. El documento aprobado califica la decisión como una “grosera intromisión en los asuntos internos de
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorneys for a road construction inspector who survived the Baltimore bridge collapse in March are planning to file a claim against the owner and manager of the ship that lost power and crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. They announced the impending lawsuit at a news conference Thursday. Road
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The character of Deadpool is known to always push the envelope, but there was one element that was so over the line in “Deadpool & Wolverine,” it got cut from the movie. At this week’s Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York, per Deadline, “Deadpool” actor, producer and cowriter
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — About 130 U.S. soldiers are returning to their bases after being deployed to a remote Alaska island amid a spike in Russian military activity off the western reaches of the U.S. The deployment of the 11th Airborne Division and two task forces included mobile rocket launchers and lasted about
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has vowed to remain in his race despite a CNN media report about inflammatory comments it says he made online. Robinson is the sitting lieutenant governor. He decisively won his GOP gubernatorial primary in March. He’s been trailing in several recent polls
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man was arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop on Highway 97 near Terrebonne late Tuesday night, accused of transporting fentanyl from the Portland area to distribute in Central Oregon. A search of the car turned up fentanyl powder and related items under the passenger seat. The Central
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un asesor de alto rango del primer ministro de Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, presentó al Gobierno de Joe Biden una nueva propuesta de cese del fuego y acuerdo de rehenes con Hamas, según dijo un funcionario israelí a CNN. La propuesta de Gal Hirsh, un aliado cercano de Netanyahu que
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– En medio de procesos de paz con grupos armados ilegales, ceses del fuego bilaterales y anuncios de conversaciones, incluso con bandas criminales al servicio del narcotráfico como el llamado Clan del Golfo, la violencia en Colombia parece no tener contención ni dar tregua. El hecho más reciente fue el atentado
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Since the #MeToo movement took off, a multitude of male celebrities have been accused of sexual misconduct, but only a handful of those in the music and film industries who have actually faced criminal charges. Sean “Diddy” Combs has now joined that short list of prosecuted stars. Here is a list of some
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks on the latest iPhone coming out Friday. The free update was made available Thursday to an audience that has signed up to test
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state that handed former President Donald Trump one of his narrowest losses four years ago is immersed in election controversies even before the first ballots of this year’s presidential race are cast. Georgia Republicans say they are just trying to ensure the accuracy of the vote this November. Democrats
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York! It’s 50 seasons later for “SNL.” The landmark NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” premiered Oct. 11, 1975, with drop-dead dark humor and pratfalls, George Carlin as host and not one but two musical guests: Billy Preston and Janis Ian. On Saturday nights,
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Compare Home Health Care Agencies compiled a list of counties with the most assisted living facilities in Oregon using data from Department of Homeland Security’s Geospatial Management Office.
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Mark Robinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, made a series of inflammatory comments on a pornography website’s message board more than a decade ago, in which he referred to himself as a “black NAZI!” and expressed support for reinstating slavery, a CNN
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer who recently died from wounds he suffered when he was shot during a traffic stop earlier this year was eulogized as a dedicated public servant. Jaime Roman was shot June 22 in the city’s Kensington section and remained hospitalized until he died Sept. 10, Services for the 31-year-old
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is celebrating the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates by saying it shows that inflation has eased. He told the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., on Thursday that he wasn’t declaring victory, but the country had entered a new phase of its recovery from the pandemic.
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The weather pattern will be on the quiet side for the next several days with mostly sunny days and clear and crisp nights. The normal high temperature for this time of year is around 75 in Central Oregon and we will likely be around that number through the weekend. We close out the summer season
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Honduras say that an attempted prison break left two inmates dead and three injured. Officials said 72 prisoners took part in the attempted escape on Thursday from the men’s prison in the town of Tamara, near the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. They did not clarify how the casualties occurred.
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