Pearl Jam gives details of new album ‘Dark Matter,’ drops first single, announces world tour
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pearl Jam ‘s forthcoming album is called “Dark Matter,” its first single of the same title has been released, and the…
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5 things to know for Feb. 14: Impeachment, Valentine’s Day strike, Severe weather, Gaza hostages, Covid-19
CNN By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Roses are red, violets are blue. If you think you’re well-traveled, show us what you can do. Test your…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s former premier Sharif and allies agree to form a coalition
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and its allies announced late…
Continue ReadingPolish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been released
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says a Polish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been freed and is unharmed. Private Polish broadcaster…
Continue ReadingDisneyland’s Mickey Mouse and Cinderella performers may unionize
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press A group of Disneyland performers in California are considering joining a union. While most workers at Disney’s…
Continue ReadingWhich houseplants make great Valentine’s gifts? Let’s start with heart-shaped ones
By VERDA SUBZWARI Associated Press Looking for a last-minute gift for Valentine’s Day? One that’s sustainable, beautiful and meaningful?…
Continue ReadingAP Player of the Week: Nebraska’s Jaz Shelley leads team to comeback win over Iowa
By The Associated Press The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 14 of the season: JAZ SHELLEY, NEBRASKA…
Continue ReadingPresident’s intervention keeps Paris’ riverside bookstalls in place for the Olympics
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has canceled plans to move Paris’ famed second-hand…
Continue ReadingButtigieg visits interstate highway bridge in Pacific Northwest slated for seismic replacement
By CLAIRE RUSH and JENNIFER KANE Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday toured the…
Continue Reading3 dead in bombing attack on Congo displacement camp as violence in the east escalates
By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A group of rebels bombed a displacement camp in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province killing…
Continue ReadingVideo shows deputies fired dozens of shots at armed 81-year-old man in South Carolina
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Body camera recordings released by a sheriff’s office in South Carolina show deputies…
Continue ReadingIn this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’
By KWIYEON HA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press OLNEY, England (AP) — For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the…
Continue ReadingHumanity’s earliest recorded kiss adds new twist to the history of locking lips
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — “The meeting of lips is the most perfect, the most divine sensation given to human beings, the supreme limit…
Continue ReadingJon Stewart’s return to ‘The Daily Show’ felt familiar to those who missed him while he was away
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No, Jon Stewart really wasn’t sitting at his desk at Comedy Central for the last nine years,…
Continue ReadingFamily of Palestinian-American detained by Israel seeks her release. ‘I want my mother back’
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of a Palestinian-American woman arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank…
Continue ReadingFake Michigan Certificate of Votes mailed to U.S. Senate after 2020 presidential vote, official says
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press An official says a fake Certificate of Votes was submitted to the U.S. Senate following Michigan’s 2020…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to embezzling millions meant to fund Guatemala forestry projects
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who managed two forestry projects in Guatemala for a New Hampshire-based investment company has pleaded guilty in…
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City of Madras, Jefferson County Fire & EMS hire new code enforcement officer
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Over the last 24 months, the City of Madras has been challenged with code enforcement. In July of 2023, the City and the…
Continue ReadingIsrael releases video purportedly showing Hamas leader Sinwar in tunnel under Khan Younis
By Lauren Izso, Vasco Cotovio, Jessie Gretener and Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military released a video that purportedly shows the…
Continue ReadingFormer Indonesian general linked to human rights abuses claims victory in presidential election
By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A former general linked to past human rights abuses has claimed…
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