Heat waves are getting longer and more brutal. Here’s why your AC can’t save you anymore
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — When Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana with catastrophic flooding and powerful winds in August 2021, more than 1…
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Britain’s top players at Wimbledon stick to tennis on UK election day
AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Some of Britain’s top tennis players are avoiding election talk like double-faults at Wimbledon. Polls opened…
Continue ReadingIranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An Iranian-born Norwegian man has been found guilty of terrorism in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival…
Continue ReadingPro-Palestinian protesters breach security at Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters have breached security at Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners…
Continue ReadingA third Japanese climber has died on a mountain in northern Pakistan in less than a month
Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Japanese climber has died while descending one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan, the…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Japan’s Nikkei 225 hits new record close, leading Asian shares higher
AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged Thursday to a record close of 40,913.65, leading markets in most of Asia…
Continue ReadingJapan court orders government to pay damages for forced sterilizations under now-defunct eugenics law
By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay damages to…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Nikkei 225 index hits a record high close of 40,913.65
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index has closed at a fresh record high of 40,913.65, pushing past its most recent record close set in…
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Pacific Power prepares for summer heat, urges customers to conserve energy during peak usage periods
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As Oregon heads into the first heat wave of the season this week, Pacific Power is encouraging customers to prepare for…
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Think Wild: Get cozy in the Beaver Den to discuss all things beavers
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Each month, Think Wild, a Bend nonprofit whose mission is to rescue and rehabilitate injured, orphaned wildlife, hosts a…
Continue ReadingLeaders of Russia, China attend summit of regional security grouping
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are attending the summit of a security grouping created by Moscow and Beijing to…
Continue ReadingDespite hardships brought by war, flowers fill Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — On his way to the Kyiv train station to greet his wife and daughter returning from Poland to Ukraine,…
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Forest Service across NW prepares for ‘dramatic increase in wildfire conditions’ over very hot 4th of July weekend
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Temperatures spiking into the 100s? Check. Rapidly drying grasslands and forests? Check. Possible humidity of less than 20…
Continue ReadingFires have become the most visible sign of the conflict heating up on the Lebanon-Israel border
Associated Press CHEBAA, Lebanon (AP) — With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border,…
Continue ReadingRussian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull’s-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and elections
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Cybersecurity experts and French officials say Russian disinformation campaigns against France are zeroing in on…
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Redmond woman arrested in traffic stop on fentanyl possession charge; apartment raid finds drugs, cash, scale
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A multi-agency investigation over the past several months led to the arrest early Wednesday morning of a Redmond woman on…
Continue ReadingThese oldest inhabited termite mounds have been active for 34,000 years
Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Scientists in South Africa have been stunned to discover that termite mounds that are still…
Continue ReadingIndia is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves
Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this…
Continue ReadingMasoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon who rose to power in parliament, runs to be Iran’s next president
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wrote that it was…
Continue ReadingAhead of Iran’s presidential runoff, a floated rise in gasoline prices may spark new protests
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Iran’s runoff presidential election nears, comments by an official in the campaign of…
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