Biden: Netanyahu ‘hurting Israel’ by not preventing more civilian deaths in Gaza
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that he believes Israeli Prime Minister…
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9 people dead and 78 others hospitalized after eating sea turtle meat on Zanzibar’s Pemba Island
By ALI SULTAN Associated Press ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — Authorities in Zanzibar say eight children and an adult have died from eating sea turtle…
Continue ReadingStratolaunch conducts first powered flight of new hypersonic vehicle off California coast
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. aerospace company Stratolaunch has conducted the first powered test flight of a new…
Continue ReadingKatie Britt used decades-old example of rapes in Mexico as Republican attack on Biden border policy
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press The Republican senator who gave the party’s response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address…
Continue ReadingEvander’s late goal sends Portland past NYCFC 2-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Evander found the top right corner of the goal from distance in the final moments of stoppage time and the Portland Timbers spoiled…
Continue ReadingVanity Fair and Saint Laurent toast ‘Oppenheimer’ at a historic home before Oscars
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — On the Friday before the Oscars, the center of Hollywood seemed to be at a private home in Los…
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Washington state’s presidential primaries
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — If former President Donald Trump clinches the Republican nomination on Tuesday for a second term…
Continue ReadingColorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades
By Emma Tucker and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — A now-former forensic scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation manipulated or omitted…
Continue ReadingRupert Murdoch, 92, plans to marry for 5th time
By The Associated Press Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who turns 93 next week, has been married four times — and is engaged again, his…
Continue ReadingReport and letter signed by ‘Opie’ attract auction interest ahead of Oscars
By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Interest in the late scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer has extended beyond the Oscars this…
Continue ReadingKosovo OKs referendums in 4 Serb-majority municipalities on whether to oust ethnic Albanian mayors
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s Central Electoral Commission has decided to hold a vote on April 21 to oust four ethnic Albanian mayors whose…
Continue ReadingPope Francis: Ukraine should have the courage of the ‘white flag,’ negotiate end of war with Russia
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with…
Continue Reading2 women drove a man’s body to a bank to withdraw his money, Ohio police say
ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio women have been accused of driving the body of a deceased 80-year-old man to a bank to withdraw money from his…
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‘I really enjoy the books’: Seven Peaks School in Bend hosts area’s Battle of the Books reading competition
Young readers were tested on their reading comprehension skills Saturday morning at Seven Peaks School. Ninety bookworms from the Bend-La Pine area…
Continue ReadingDOJ opens criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines 737 plane blowout, report says
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout…
Continue ReadingUnited Airlines plane diverted to L.A. in air carrier’s 4th emergency in a week
By Rebekah Riess and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Mexico City was diverted to Los Angeles Friday…
Continue ReadingGold sculptures worth more than $1.3 million stolen from Italian art exhibition
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 gold pieces of art created by Italian sculptor Umberto Mastroianni were stolen from an exhibition…
Continue ReadingAnother top donor says it will resume funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians said Saturday that it…
Continue ReadingSpain’s prime minister says he will propose that parliament recognizes a Palestinian state
BILBAO, Spain (AP) — Spain’s prime minister says he will propose that parliament recognizes a Palestinian state. Prime Minister Pedro…
Continue ReadingA family run workshop keeps the legacy of the Mexican fireworks alive despite the danger
By FERNANDA PESCE and ALEXIS TRIBOULARD Associated Press TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Every year, in the first week of March, hundreds of giant…
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