US threatens to veto new Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council
CNN By Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield warned that if the Algerian…
Continue ReadingNews
Hungary’s government declines offer to meet US senators seeking approval for Sweden’s NATO bid
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators has made an official visit to Hungary’s…
Continue ReadingUS threatens to veto new Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council
By Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield warned that if the Algerian proposed…
Continue ReadingChina’s coast guard to ramp up patrols near Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago after 2 fishermen drown
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China is stepping up patrols in the waters off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, days…
Continue ReadingDozens rescued after being trapped on ice floe in Russia’s Far East
By Josh Pennington, Alex Stambaugh and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — At least 75 people have been rescued after being trapped on an ice floe that…
Continue ReadingShock and sadness replace Super Bowl euphoria in Kansas City, one week after the big game
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) — Outside the limestone exterior of the century-old Union Station at the southern edge of…
Continue ReadingDante scores 22 with late dunk, sends Oregon past Oregon State 60-58
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — N’Faly Dante scored 22 points and dunked the game-winner with one second left as Oregon held off a furious rally by…
Continue Reading
Backhoe stolen from Bend-area construction site found in Wash. state, possibly driven there, slowly — all 250 miles
A backhoe stolen from a construction site near Bend was found by authorities two days later and 250 miles to the north, near Mattawa, Washington. And…
Continue ReadingPepperdine earns 91-70 victory against Portland
By The Associated Press MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Michael Ajayi’s 26 points helped Pepperdine defeat Portland 91-70 on Saturday night. Ajayi had…
Continue ReadingSolemn monument to Japanese American WWII detainees lists more than 125,000 names
By AKIRA OLIVIA KUMAMOTO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samantha Sumiko Pinedo and her grandparents file into a dimly lit enclosure at the…
Continue Reading
Solemn monument to Japanese American WWII detainees lists more than 125,000 names
By AKIRA OLIVIA KUMAMOTO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samantha Sumiko Pinedo and her grandparents file into a dimly lit enclosure at the…
Continue ReadingA year after Jimmy Carter entered hospice care, advocates hope his endurance drives awareness
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Since Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in south Georgia one year ago, the former U.S.…
Continue ReadingTop UN court to hold hearings on legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands
By MIKE CORDER and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court opens historic hearings…
Continue ReadingHouston megachurch holds healing and thanksgiving service a week after deadly shooting
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch held a special service Sunday dedicated…
Continue ReadingSouthern Illinois home of Paul Powell, the ‘Shoebox Scandal’ politician, could soon be sold
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Paul Powell, the southern Illinois political powerhouse who died and left…
Continue ReadingCalifornia is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast?
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Two years after California launched an effort to keep organic waste out of landfills, the…
Continue Reading
Interfor closing Philomath sawmill indefinitely, laying off 100, citing high log costs, weak lumber market
BURNABY, British Columbia (KTVZ) — Interfor Corporation announced Thursday that it will indefinitely curtail its sawmill operations in Philomath,…
Continue Reading
OSP seizes alligator from Springfield home; owner had 13-year family pet, only to learn that’s illegal in Oregon
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State Police recently seized an alligator from a Springfield homeowner who had it as a family pet for about 13…
Continue ReadingThailand’s former leader Thaksin Shinawatra freed after six months in detention
By Kocha Olarn, Alex Stambaugh and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released from detention…
Continue Reading
Hwy. 26 near Warm Springs reopens after serious-injury crash; DCSO responds to 10 crash reports around county
A serious-injury crash closed U.S. Highway 26 in both directions near Warm Springs for a time late Saturday afternoon, officials said, on a day when…
Continue Reading