Sentencing trial set to begin for Florida man who executed 5 women at a bank in 2019
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press A Florida man will soon learn whether he will be sentenced to death or life in prison for fatally shooting five…
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Central US eyes back-to-back days of powerful storms, tornadoes and hail
By Robert Shackelford, Elizabeth Wolfe, Dalia Faheid and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Unrelenting rounds of severe thunderstorms will keep a large…
Continue ReadingJake Gyllenhaal channels Boyz II Men in ‘SNL’ musical monologue
By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Jake Gyllenhaal was “honored” to be the host of the Season 49 finale episode of “Saturday Night Live” this…
Continue ReadingDisneyland character and parade performers in California vote to join labor union
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Disneyland performers who help bring Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and other beloved characters to life at the Southern…
Continue ReadingUS national security adviser, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince meet to discuss ‘semi-final’ security deal
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan has met with…
Continue ReadingAs killings surge, Haitians struggle to bury loved ones and find closure in violent capital
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Dressed in black and white, the crowd of angry teenagers squeezed into a narrow…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s floods smashed through barriers designed to keep them out, trapping water in for weeks — and exposing social woes
By Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Karine Pitana had just paid off the last installment on her new couch when floods tore through her hometown of…
Continue ReadingDominican Republic President Luis Abinader heads to reelection as competitors concede early
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA & MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican Republic President Luis…
Continue ReadingLod, Jeong rally Minnesota United to 2-1 victory over Timbers
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Robin Lod scored the equalizer in the second half and notched an assist Sang-Bin Jeong’s winner as Minnesota United…
Continue ReadingBiden tells Morehouse graduates that scenes in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war break his heart, too
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, MATT BROWN and BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition…
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Metolius Basin prescribed burn set to continue Monday on 313 acres east of Camp Sherman
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – If conditions remain favorable, firefighters on the Sisters Ranger District plan to continue prescribed burning in the…
Continue ReadingArab and Palestinian Americans frustrated, left without commitments to policy change after meeting with Blinken
By Kylie Atwood and Khalil Abdallah, CNN (CNN) — Arab and Palestinian Americans left a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday…
Continue ReadingElon Musk launches Starlink satellite internet service in Indonesia, world’s largest archipelago
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Elon Musk traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Usyk beats Fury to become undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion
By Reuters (CNN) — Oleksandr Usyk scored a razor-thin split decision over Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion…
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Krueger, Perkins take men’s, women’s crowns as the SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle returns to the High Desert for its 46th year
Central Oregonians went the distance Saturday for a Bend tradition — the 46th edition of the SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle, an iconic multi-sport race…
Continue ReadingGeorgian president vetoes ‘foreign agents’ bill after widespread opposition
By Michael Rios and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili has vetoed a controversial “foreign agents”…
Continue ReadingTsai Ing-wen: the leader who put Taiwan on the map and stood up to China
By Wayne Chang and Nectar Gan, CNN Taipei (CNN) — Tsai Ing-wen never set out to be a leader. Growing up shy, she aspired to become an…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s new president inherits a strong foreign policy position but political gridlock at home
By SIMINA MISTREANU and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — In a campaign ad for Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te,…
Continue ReadingDive team finds bodies of 2 men dead inside plane found upside down in Alaska lake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say dive teams found the two bodies of two men inside a plane found upside down in an Alaska lake.…
Continue ReadingMan suspected of shooting 6-month-old son in hostage standoff near Phoenix apparently killed himself
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — A man suspected of shooting his 6-month-old son multiple times after taking the boy and his mother hostage was found dead of…
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