By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China is stepping up patrols in the waters off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, days after two of its fishermen drowned being chased by the Taiwanese coast guard, which accused the boat of trespassing. The Chinese coast guard’s Fujian division will regularly monitor the waters off
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — They’d always dreamed of living by the ocean, but when they first visited the Bahamas back in 1985, Norvell and Mark Slezycki never imagined that they’d have their very own oceanfront home in the island country. The couple, who were living in New York City at the time, “stumbled
Continue ReadingBy Josh Pennington, Alex Stambaugh and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — At least 75 people have been rescued after being trapped on an ice floe that broke away from the shore of Sakhalin island in the Russian Far East on Sunday. Sakhalin, Russia’s largest island, is a 1,000-kilometer strip of land (621 miles) that lies off
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) — Outside the limestone exterior of the century-old Union Station at the southern edge of downtown, a light snowfall washed away the dried blood from the pavement. The euphoria that swept this city after back-to-back Super Bowl wins by its beloved Chiefs now seemed a distant memory,
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — N’Faly Dante scored 22 points and dunked the game-winner with one second left as Oregon held off a furious rally by Oregon State to post a 60-58 victory on Saturday night. Dante made 9 of 13 shots for the Ducks (17-8, 9-5 Pac-12 Conference), who beat the Beavers (11-15, 3-12) for
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Las alertas de inundaciones se extienden a lo largo de gran parte de la costa de California y se han ordenado algunas advertencias de evacuación a medida que otra ronda de fuertes lluvias llega al estado ya empapado y crece la amenaza de inundaciones y deslizamientos de tierra. El Servicio Meteorológico
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Al menos 75 personas han sido rescatadas después de quedar atrapadas en un témpano de hielo que se desprendió de la costa de la isla Sakhalin en el Lejano Oriente ruso este domingo. Sajalín , la isla más grande de Rusia, es una franja de tierra de 1.000 kilómetros (621
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A backhoe stolen from a construction site near Bend was found by authorities two days later and 250 miles to the north, near Mattawa, Washington. And its GPS tracker showed it made the journey at about 25 mph – meaning it may have been driven on the road for that whole 10-hour trip.
Continue ReadingCNN By Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN Waterford Township, Michigan (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump returned to the Wolverine State on Saturday with both the Republican presidential race and this crucial 2024 battleground altered considerably since his last visit some five months ago. Then, Trump swooped in for a rally centered
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, Elliana Hebert and Sara Tonks, CNN (CNN) — Flood watches stretch along much of the California coast and some evacuation warnings have been ordered as another round of heavy rain rolls into the already soaked state and the threat of floods and landslides grows. The National Weather Service issued a flood
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Michael Ajayi’s 26 points helped Pepperdine defeat Portland 91-70 on Saturday night. Ajayi had eight rebounds for the Waves (11-17, 4-9 West Coast Conference). Jevon Porter scored 18 points while shooting 9 of 12 from the field, and added three blocks. Malik Moore shot 6 for 11,
Continue ReadingBy AKIRA OLIVIA KUMAMOTO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samantha Sumiko Pinedo and her grandparents file into a dimly lit enclosure at the Japanese American National Museum and approach a massive book splayed open to reveal columns of names. Pinedo is hoping the list includes her great-grandparents, who were detained in Japanese American incarceration
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By AKIRA OLIVIA KUMAMOTO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samantha Sumiko Pinedo and her grandparents file into a dimly lit enclosure at the Japanese American National Museum and approach a massive book splayed open to reveal columns of names. Pinedo is hoping the list includes her great-grandparents, who were detained in Japanese American incarceration
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un puma fue sacrificado este sábado tras un ataque a un grupo de cinco ciclistas en el estado de Washington, según un comunicado de prensa de Washington State Fish and Wildlife. A las 12:48 p.m. la policía recibió un informe de un incidente entre humanos y pumas en un sendero al
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Since Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in south Georgia one year ago, the former U.S. president has celebrated his 99th birthday, enjoyed tributes to his legacy and lost his wife of 77 years. Rosalynn Carter, who died in November, about six months after the
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state, plunging the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Six days of hearings are
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch held a special service Sunday dedicated to healing and thanksgiving a week after a woman opened fire in one of its hallways before being gunned down by security officers. Osteen’s Lakewood Church has not had services since the Feb. 11
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Paul Powell, the southern Illinois political powerhouse who died and left behind $800,000 in cash in the notorious “Shoebox Scandal,” used to say, “The only thing worse than a defeated politician is a broke one.” For more than half a century, a Powell-established $250,000 trust
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Two years after California launched an effort to keep organic waste out of landfills, the state is so far behind on getting food recycling programs up and running that it’s widely accepted next year’s ambitious waste-reduction targets won’t be met. Over time, food scraps and
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Alexey Navalny alguna vez representó un futuro alternativo para Rusia: un lugar optimista, con visión de futuro, libre del gobierno unipersonal del presidente ruso Vladimir Putin. Con la muerte del líder de la oposición en una prisión al norte del Círculo Polar Ártico, el sombrío panorama político de Rusia es ahora
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