DALIAN, China (AP) — China’s Football Association says it has banned 43 people for life over allegations of match-fixing and other forms of corruption. The official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday that Zhang Xiaopeng, a top police official, gave out details of a “two-year investigation that uncovered a series of online gambling, match-fixing and bribery
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Norway embassy is closing this week. The move comes months after the Taliban said they no longer recognize diplomatic missions set up by the former, Western-backed government, including the one in Norway. In a statement late on Monday, the embassy said the closure will take place on Thursday. The U.K. government
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — “Lo siento, mamá”. Esas fueron las palabras que Colt Gray le envió a su madre por mensaje de texto la mañana de este miércoles, antes de que ocurriera el tiroteo escolar más mortal en Estados Unidos en lo que va del año, en la escuela secundaria Apalachee en Winder, Georgia. Ese
Continue ReadingOver 140 Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian regions overnight, including Moscow and surrounding areas, killing at least one person and injuring eight, officials said Tuesday, in one of the biggest drone attacks on Russian soil in the 2 1/2-year war. A woman died in the town of Ramenskoye, just outside Moscow, where drones hit two
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Housing and Community Services is accepting final applications for the Homeowner Assistance Fund program, which has limited funds remaining. HAF offers federal temporary COVID-19 emergency mortgage relief, designed to help homeowners who have experienced severe financial hardship due to the pandemic. Homeowners are eligible if they are facing foreclosure, involved in a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Olympic sponsor Panasonic is terminating its contract with the IOC at the end of the year. Panasonic is one of 15 companies that are so-called TOP sponsors for the International Olympic Committee. The company made the announcement Tuesday. It’s not known the value of the Panasonic sponsorship but sponsors contribute
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) Oregon State Police and the Mobile, Alabama Police Department are seeking the public’s help to locate Adam Renk, 39 who is wanted in both states for sex crimes against child victims. On June 21, OSP detectives responded to a sexual abuse disclosure made by a minor. The minor disclosed Renk as the perpetrator,
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — La alegre campaña de Kamala Harris se verá golpeada este martes por la fuerza contundente de la realidad: un debate con Donald Trump, el enemigo político más amenazante de los tiempos modernos. La vicepresidenta transformó las elecciones de 2024 después de que el abyecto debate que mostró el presidente Joe Biden
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — American and Chinese military commanders spoke in a long-anticipated call Tuesday as the two powers seek to manage their intensifying rivalry in a contentious Asia-Pacific region – and repair lines of military communication severed more than two years ago. US Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Samuel Paparo and Gen.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Francine became a hurricane Tuesday evening as it barreled toward south Louisiana, strengthening over extremely warm Gulf waters as those in possible harm’s way rushed to complete storm preparations, filling sandbags, buying gas and stocking up on necessities for an expected landfall in the coming day. Residents, especially
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — La última misión de SpaceX, un arriesgado y audaz viaje a los cinturones de radiación Van Allen de la Tierra con una tripulación de cuatro civiles que también intentarán realizar el primer paseo espacial comercial, acaba de despegar. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel La misión, bautizada como Polaris Dawn, despegó del
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The 35th annual High Desert Rendezvous—one of Central Oregon’s longest-running charitable events—set a new fundraising record this year, grossing more than $630,000 to support the programs and exhibitions of the High Desert Museum. The record was set with help from the 2024 High Desert Rendezvous Honoree, The Bend Foundation. Founded in 1947
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Mary Gilbert, Robert Shackelford and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Francine has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and is forecast to keep strengthening – possibly to a Category 2 storm – ahead of landfall along the Louisiana coast Wednesday. Francine was about 245 miles from Morgan City, Louisiana,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — An English hospital where a neonatal nurse was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven others is facing an inquiry into how she was able to harm so many children. The examination into the deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital begins Tuesday. Supporters are pushing for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that an abortion-rights measure will be on the state’s November ballot. The ruling on Tuesday ensures voters will have a chance to weigh in on whether to restore abortion rights to the state. A group of Republican state lawmakers and other abortion
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — As bourbon fans flocked to the Wild Turkey visitors’ center, sitting near the entrance was no ordinary greeter. Jimmy Russell, who has lived through so much of the distillery’s rich history, was at his post as a goodwill ambassador, signing whiskey bottles, posing for photos and chatting up tourists
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Sept. 11 is the 23rd anniversary of the Terrorist attacks on our nation in New York City, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania, Almost 3,000 Americans were killed on that day, named as Patriot Day. The attack led to the 2 decades long Global War on Terror (GWOT)in Afghanistan and Iraq where almost
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — High Desert Chamber Music is pleased to announce that it has received a matching challenge from the Starseed Foundation for the eighth consecutive year. The foundation will match the first $5,000 of funds raised during the challenge. The Starseed Foundation seeks to provide opportunities and exposure to the arts and environment,
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – An overdue, missing 7-year-old La Pine boy prompted a Deschutes Alert to a large number of area residents before he was found unhurt and reunited with family members, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. The sheriff’s office received a call around 5 p.m. regarding the overdue and missing boy, Sergeant Jason
Continue ReadingHONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports grew for a fifth consecutive month. It’s a sign of growing demand abroad even as imports fell amid a slowing Chinese economy. Data released by China’s customs office Tuesday showed exports in August expanded by 8.7% to $308.65 billion compared to the same period last year, beating economists’ estimates.
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