Apparent arson on a train in Bangladesh kills 4 ahead of tense Sunday election
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An apparent arson fire aboard a passenger train in Bangladesh’s capital has killed four…
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Nepal bars citizens from going to Russia or Ukraine for work, saying they are recruited as fighters
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government has banned citizens from going to Russia and Ukraine for employment, saying many have been recruited…
Continue ReadingTesla recalls over 1.6 million EVs exported to China to fix automatic steering, door latch glitches
BEIJING (AP) — Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million Model S, X, 3 and Y electric vehicles exported to China for problems with their automatic…
Continue ReadingMississippi deputy fatally shot during traffic stop by suspect who was killed by police after chase
BEAUMONT, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi say a sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a suspect who was killed by…
Continue ReadingFarmers prevent Germany’s vice chancellor leaving a ferry in a protest that draws condemnation
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A group of farmers prevented Germany’s vice chancellor from disembarking a ferry hours after the…
Continue ReadingJapanese safety experts search for voice data as workers clear plane debris from runway collision
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Transport safety officials are searching for the voice recorder from a Japan Airlines airliner that caught fire…
Continue ReadingIran mourns those slain in Islamic State-claimed suicide blasts as death toll rises to 89
By AMIR VAHDAT, VAHID SALEMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KERMAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian officials tried Friday to link Israel and the U.S. to an…
Continue ReadingIndia’s foreign minister signs a deal to increase imports of electricity from Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — India’s foreign minister has concluded a two-day trip to Nepal during which he signed an agreement to increase the amount…
Continue ReadingIndian navy evacuated 21 crew members from a bulk carrier targeted by hijackers in the Arabian Sea
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian navy commandos have safely evacuated 21 crew members from a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier…
Continue ReadingDeath toll reaches 100 as survivors are found in homes smashed by western Japan earthquakes
By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — The death toll from a major quake in western Japan has reached…
Continue ReadingIowa school shooter is believed to have posted an ominous TikTok video before killing a 6th grader and wounding 7 people
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Raja Razek, Holly Yan and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Moments before a 17-year-old unleashed gunfire at Iowa’s Perry…
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Save the Date: First Friday Art Walk and more 2024 fun
The First Friday Art Walk in Bend’s Old Mill District kicks off the new year’s first weekend, and Isabella Warren has a couple other ideas to share.…
Continue ReadingOscar Pistorius released from South Africa prison after serving 9 years for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
By Sarah Dean and Sophie Tanno, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic…
Continue ReadingCluff scores 20 points, Washington State uses hot second half to defeat Oregon State 65-58
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Oscar Clubb scored 20 points off the bench, Andrej Jakimovski had all 15 of his points in the second half and Washington…
Continue ReadingWashington state lawmakers to take on fentanyl and housing in Inslee’s final legislative session
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Lawmakers in Washington state will return to Olympia on Monday to address housing, climate…
Continue ReadingRescuers pull quake survivors from rubble in Japan as 72-hour ‘golden period’ closes
By Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura, Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Wajima, Japan (CNN) — The elderly woman emerged slowly on a stretcher,…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after mixed Wall Street finish
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Friday, after a mixed finish on Wall Street, although export-related…
Continue ReadingCouisnard’s late layup lifts Oregon past Washington, 76-74
SEATTLE (AP) — Jermaine Couisnard scored a game-winning layup with 12 seconds left as Oregon earned a 76-74 win over Washington on Thursday night.…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles County has thousands of ‘unclaimed dead.’ These investigators retrace their lives
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arusyak Martirosyan struggles to open the door of a stranger’s one-bedroom apartment…
Continue ReadingOlympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius freed after serving nearly 9 years in prison for killing girlfriend
By GERALD IMRAY, NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, a…
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