Biden seizes a chance to refocus on Asia as wars rage in Europe and the Mideast
By AAMER MADHANI, DIDI TANG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With wars raging in Europe and the Middle East, it can be hard…
Continue ReadingNews
Story of a devastating wildfire that reads ‘like a thriller’ wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A book about an inferno that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos…
Continue Reading‘Bring them home’: As the battle for Gaza rages, hostage families wait with trepidation
By DANICA KIRKA and SAM McNEIL Associated Press Abbey Onn lost her aunt and a young cousin when Hamas attackers rampaged through Kibbutz Nir Oz on…
Continue ReadingKarol G wins best album at Latin Grammys, with Bizarrap and Shakira also taking home awards
SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Karol G, Bizzarap, Shakira and Natalia Lafourcade, won big at the Latin Grammy Awards held Thursday. Karol G’s “Mañana…
Continue ReadingGang attack on Haitian hospital leads to a call for help and an unlikely triumph for police
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The bullets began piercing the windows of the hospital as women…
Continue ReadingArgentina’s Peronist machine is in high gear to shore up shaky votes before the presidential runoff
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press CIUDAD EVITA, Argentina (AP) — As Argentina heads for a presidential runoff election on Sunday, the decades-old…
Continue ReadingBiden and López Obrador have talked fentanyl and US-Mexico migration. They pledged solidarity
By COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador…
Continue ReadingTurkish and German leaders air deep differences on the Israel-Hamas war
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have aired deep differences…
Continue Reading
USDA unveils updated plant hardiness map, a tool for gardeners and growers, based on OSU climate data
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the national standard by which…
Continue ReadingDeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy get personal and friendly during ‘family discussion’ in Iowa
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republicans battling to be their party’s alternative to former President…
Continue Reading‘The Hunger Games’ starts fresh, without Katniss, in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Eight years after the Katniss Everdeen saga closed, a new Hunger Games prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds &…
Continue ReadingMissouri’s voter ID law is back in court. Here’s a look at what it does
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit has challenged the constitutionality of Missouri’s new law requiring voters…
Continue ReadingA Texas woman convicted of killing pro cyclist ‘Mo’ Wilson is sentenced to 90 years in prison
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death…
Continue ReadingNearly 450 patients at a Massachusetts hospital were potentially exposed to hepatitis and HIV in the past 2 years
By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 450 patients at a hospital in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV due to improper…
Continue Reading
‘Green Friday’: Free parking offered at Oregon state parks the day after Thanksgiving
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon Parks and Recreation Department invites Oregonians to head outside the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, Nov. 24.…
Continue ReadingThousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The wreckage goes on for block after devastated block. The smell…
Continue ReadingNew drill bores deeper into tunnel rubble in India to create an escape pipe for 40 trapped workers
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India…
Continue ReadingJudge rules against tribes in fight over Nevada lithium mine they say is near sacred massacre site
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge in Nevada has dealt another legal setback to Native American tribes trying to…
Continue Reading
Redmond business giving away boxes of Thanksgiving meals
Rizk Transportation on SW Deerhound Avenue in Redmond is giving away boxes of all the ingredients of a great Thanksgiving meal, from a turkey to…
Continue Reading
Adoptable animals abound at Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Rescue Ranch
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Rescue Ranch is a modest 23 acres in southeast Bend. Its primary use is to keep and…
Continue Reading