By Edward Szekeres and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Communities across the Australian state of Queensland are bracing for more rain after record-breaking floods cut off roads and inundated vast areas of the region’s outback. Several areas in western Queensland have recorded their worst flooding in 50 years after days of heavy rainfall engorged rivers
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans are racing to finalize plans to move a budget blueprint that would finally unlock their ability to move ahead with Trump’s agenda in one massive policy bill. Passing a budget framework would allow them to then write a tax, immigration and defense bill that can pass with
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk was speaking to Tesla staff in Austin, Texas, last Thursday when he admitted: “I’m stretched pretty thin. I have like 17 jobs.” The meeting seemed hastily arranged. Employees were notified shortly before the event, which was scheduled for 9:30 pm, Business Insider reported. Never before
Continue ReadingBy Kara Fox, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — On a bright Sunday afternoon outside of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, a group of teenage girls was creating chaos. “Bibi, Bibi, we love Bibi,” they yelled, using a popular nickname for the Israeli leader, as one spat into a “Bring Home the Hostages” hat
Continue ReadingKRGV By Karina Tsui, Mary Gilbert and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Friday after over half year’s worth of rain – approaching a full year’s worth in some places – caused at least four deaths and forced dozens of water rescues near
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Summit Track and Field is back, and Head Coach Dave Turnbull has his sights set on another title. With 21 state championships already under their belt, the Storm are ready to chase even more success this season. “You know, it’s always one of those things you don’t want to be boastful,
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s decision to invoke the rarely used state secrets privilege in a bid to avoid giving a federal judge details on two deportation flights has opened a complicated new front in the government’s ongoing resistance to turning over the information. The department’s invocation of
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley, who is leaving the prestigious Ivy League university for Toronto as the Trump administration’s battle with higher education in the US continues, said mid-phone interview with CNN while walking the campus, “Hold on one second.” A group of worried students approached the scholar as
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SEATTLE (KTVZ) — The Seattle Mariners kicked off their season with a 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics at T-Mobile Park Thursday night. Jorge Polanco delivered the game-winning moment with a two-run homer in the eighth inning, breaking a 2-2 tie. Logan Gilbert had a strong start, striking out eight over seven innings while allowing
Continue ReadingBy John Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping held court with dozens of the world’s top executives on Friday, as he sought to bolster foreign investment during an escalating trade war with the United States. The meeting, in which Xi reassured global investors about the country’s economic prospects to arrest a
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, Mary Gilbert and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Friday after over half year’s worth of rain – approaching a full year’s worth in some places – caused at least four deaths and forced dozens of water rescues near the
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — At 64 and 60 years old, Antoinette and Brucie-Baby are thin and bony. Their skin hangs looser than it did in their youth, but their eyes still gleam with energy. But these aren’t just any sexagenarians we’re talking about; these are geckos, believed to be the world’s oldest on
Continue ReadingPor Edward Szekeres, CNN Un potente sismo de 7,7 grados sacudió el centro de Myanmar este viernes, cerca de Mandalay, la segunda ciudad más importante del país y hogar de alrededor de un millón de personas, con históricos complejos de templos. Los temblores sacudieron edificios en lugares tan lejanos como Bangkok, la capital tailandesa. Un
Continue ReadingPor Emma Tucker, CNN La Universidad de Michigan finalizará de inmediato su programa de diversidad, equidad e inclusión tras meses de debate sobre posibles retrocesos en las iniciativas, que motivaron a cientos de estudiantes, personal y profesorado a protestar el año pasado. La universidad cerrará sus oficinas de diversidad, equidad e inclusión y de equidad
Continue ReadingBy Ross Adkin, Alex Stambaugh and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the heart of war-ravaged Myanmar of Friday, killing scores of people and prompting the country’s military junta to make a rare plea for international assistance. The earthquake cut through a vast and varied corner of Southeast Asia, sending
Continue ReadingPor Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak y Betsy Klein, CNN El vicepresidente de EE.UU., J. D. Vance, presentó este viernes el caso destacado hasta la fecha para el control estadounidense de Groenlandia durante una controvertida visita a la isla semiautónoma, que sus residentes habían resistido y cuyos líderes dijeron que no era bienvenida. “Queremos tener buenas
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India has emerged as a growing player in the illicit fentanyl trade, a new US intelligence report says, a designation likely to raise alarm in New Delhi as President Donald Trump wields tariffs on countries he accuses of not doing enough to stop the deadly drug from flowing into
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– If you’re looking to buy a home in Bend, but think it’s out of reach, Thistle and Nest wants to help. This Friday, March 28th, it’s hosting an open house at Woodhaven Estates in Southeast Bend from 12 to 4. You can walk through a fully furnished two bedroom model home, chat
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump took his most consequential action against federal employee unions yet late Thursday, signing an executive order aimed at ending collective bargaining for government employees whose work include national security aspects. The expansive order applies to workers across many federal agencies, including the departments
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — It’s time to do your taxes, so you sit down at the computer to knock them out, but then you have to text your partner to get details about your mortgage interest. That text turns into a quick check of your email, a few scrolls through social media, and
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