Camels evolved from a cold-weather ancestor. We could learn from their remarkable transformation
By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — Since I became a climate reporter — and then a new dad — bedtime stories are…
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Pakistan and Saudi Arabia call for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying efforts so far are insufficient
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have called for an immediate cease-fire and uninterrupted delivery of…
Continue ReadingBiden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden has made a nostalgic return to the house where he grew up in…
Continue ReadingArtist and curators refuse to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale until cease-fire, hostage deal
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale announced on…
Continue ReadingABBA, Blondie, and the Notorious B.I.G. enter the National Recording Registry
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABBA, Biggie, Blondie and Rudolph are entering America’s audio canon. New…
Continue ReadingGerman chancellor presses China on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
BEIJING (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens global security in an…
Continue ReadingStorm dumps heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation of UAE, flooding roads and Dubai’s airport
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping the…
Continue Reading9 bodies found adrift in a boat off Brazil were likely migrants from Mauritania and Mali, police say
By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian police investigating the discovery of a boat with several dead bodies say they…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian benchmarks trade mixed amid expectations for US rates to stay high
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Wednesday, as expectations resurfaced that U.S. interest rates may…
Continue ReadingFire destroys Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings Tuesday, destroying about…
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Next Bend U.S. Highway 97 change moves northbound traffic onto new on-ramp north of Cooley Road
On Thursday, northbound traffic on U.S. Highway 97 at Bend’s north end will be temporarily moved to the newly built parkway on-ramp at Cooley Road,…
Continue ReadingNissan says it will make next-generation EV batteries by early 2029
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Nissan says it expects to mass produce electric vehicles powered by advanced…
Continue ReadingPro-Palestinian protesters disrupt traffic at Golden Gate Bridge, O’Hare airport and other sites across US
By Joe Sutton and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — More than 250 people were arrested or taken into custody across the US Monday as pro-Palestinian…
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USDA awards 20 renewable energy grants in rural Oregon, including solar array for Madras agriculture cooperative
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Monday the U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending a total of $4,46…
Continue ReadingTensions rise in Australia after a bishop and priest are wounded in a knife attack in a church
By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A teenager has been accused of wounding a Christian bishop and priest during a church…
Continue ReadingRescuers search for 3 missing after boat capsizes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 6
By MUKHTAR KHAN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Six people are dead after a boat carrying a group of people capsized in a river in…
Continue ReadingPhilippines’ Marcos says ‘not one person died’ as police make huge drug bust, in dig at predecessor
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says police have seized the largest haul of methamphetamine in the country in…
Continue ReadingDespite weather glitch, the Paris Olympics flame is lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris…
Continue ReadingMaui Fire Department report on deadly wildfire details need for more equipment and mutual aid plans
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, REBECCA BOONE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — When wildfires broke out across the Hawaiian island of…
Continue ReadingFigures and Dobson win nominations for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama voters decided primary runoffs on Tuesday for the state’s newly redrawn 2nd…
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