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Month: March 2025

Ride-along, Part 2: Deschutes County sheriff’s sergeant says enforcement goal is to prevent crashes, tragedies

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As part of a 3-day Multiagency Traffic Enforcement Detail earlier this week, enforcement from six agencies including the Oregon State Police, Bend and Redmond police departments, as well as the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, were focused on speed, intoxicated and distracted driving, as well as unsafe driving behaviors like illegal passing

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Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC

By Salma Abdelaziz, CNN (CNN) — Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. “For God’s sake, what do you really want?” she cried. One of the fighters looked directly at the girl and responded: “I want you.” After stealing the family’s valuables, each of the armed men raped Darkuna and her

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Corte Interamericana de DD.HH. declaró responsable al Estado ecuatoriano por violar derechos de pueblos indígenas

Por Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos —con sede en Costa Rica— hizo pública este jueves su sentencia en la que responsabiliza al Estado ecuatoriano por la violación de distintos derechos de los pueblos indígenas tagaeri y taromenane en aislamiento voluntario. Estos derechos, según la Corte IDH, tienen que

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China hits out at ‘threats of force’ on Iran as Trump pushes for new nuclear deal

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China, Iran and Russia called for diplomacy over “pressure and threats” and an end to “all illegal unilateral sanctions” following talks on Tehran’s nuclear program Friday in Beijing, Chinese state media said. The meeting, attended by the three countries’ deputy foreign ministers, comes as Beijing aims to

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Second federal judge orders temporary reinstatement of thousands of probationary employees fired by the Trump administration

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A second federal judge ruled Thursday that thousands of probationary employees laid off en masse by the Trump administration must be temporarily reinstated to their jobs. The new temporary restraining order from Senior Judge James Bredar, an Obama-appointee, covers 18 agencies and will last two weeks, as a challenge

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