Marlena Shaw, ‘California Soul’ singer, dead at 81
Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B vocalist whose “California Soul” was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s, has died. She was 81.…
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Egypt’s leader el-Sissi slams Ethiopia-Somaliland coastline deal and vows support for Somalia
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s leader says his country stands shoulder to shoulder with Somalia in its dispute with…
Continue ReadingFrench protesters ask Macron not to sign off on an immigration law with a far-right footprint
PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of cities across France on Sunday, calling on President Emmanuel Macron not to sign…
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OSP identifies La Pine woman, 77, killed in two-vehicle crash on Highway 97 at Hwy. 31 junction
Oregon State Police on Saturday identified a 77-year-old La Pine woman who was killed Friday on U.S. Highway 97 when the driver of an SUV turned…
Continue ReadingFreezing rain and ice chills commutes in central US while blast of warm air thaws the east
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Commuters in large swathes of the central US will face freezing rain and ice on…
Continue ReadingStrike kills Hezbollah fighter, civilian in Lebanon, amid seeming Israeli shift to targeted killings
By MOHAMMED ZAATARI and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in…
Continue ReadingInvestigators hope to identify human head and hands found in freezer at Colorado home
By Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — People cleaning the freezer of a recently sold home in western Colorado made a grisly discovery:…
Continue Reading‘Mean Girls’ fetches $11.7M in second weekend to stay No. 1 at box office
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, “Mean Girls” repeated atop the box office with $11.7 million…
Continue ReadingFour survive charter jet crash in Afghanistan but condition of two others unclear, Russia says
Story by Reuters (CNN) — Russia’s aviation watchdog said on Sunday four people survived the crash of a charter plane bound for Moscow in…
Continue ReadingParis Men’s Fashion Week draws to a close, matching subtle elegance with bursts of color
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Men’s Fashion Week has wrapped up with a showcase of a style dichotomy. Collections ranged…
Continue ReadingProtests against Germany’s far right draw hundreds of thousands — in Munich, too many for safety
BERLIN (AP) — German police say safety concerns caused a protest against the far right in the city of Munich Sunday afternoon to end early, after…
Continue ReadingDanish royals attend church service to mark King Frederik’s first visit outside the capital
AARHUS, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s royal family has participated in a special “celebratory church service” at Aarhus Cathedral. The new King…
Continue ReadingA pet cat thrown off a train died in cold weather. Now thousands want the conductor to lose her job
MOSCOW (AP) — More than 300,000 people have signed a petition calling for a train conductor in Russia to lose her job after she threw a pet cat off…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu again rejects Palestinian sovereignty amid fresh US push for two-state solution
By Abeer Salman, Mitchell McCluskey, Ibrahim Dahman, Sophie Tanno, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Continue ReadingMuch of US still gripped by arctic weather as Memphis deals with numerous broken water pipes
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Subfreezing conditions and treacherous roadways have contributed to dozens of deaths this…
Continue ReadingMuch of US still gripped by arctic weather as Memphis deals with numerous broken water pipes
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Subfreezing conditions and treacherous roadways have contributed to dozens of deaths this…
Continue ReadingTwo opposition leaders in Senegal are excluded from the final list of presidential candidates
BY BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s highest election authority has excluded two top opposition leaders from the…
Continue ReadingParty at a short-term rental near Houston turns deadly overnight
Three people were killed overnight Sunday after a gathering in a short-term rental turned deadly near Houston, Texas. Harris County Sheriff Ed…
Continue ReadingNikki Haley tries to draw New Hampshire’s independents without alienating voters who backed Trump
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Richard Anderson drove through a snowstorm last week to see his preferred candidate in New…
Continue ReadingStorm Isha’s rain and winds are expected to batter parts of the UK and Ireland and disrupt travel
LONDON (AP) — Britain and Ireland are bracing as Storm Isha unleashes rain and potentially deadly winds that are expected to batter a wide swath of…
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