Analysis: Why F-16 jets can’t come soon enough for Ukraine
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Dnipro, Ukraine (CNN) — The depth and frequency of craters across the frontline city of Orikhiv are a blunt example of…
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Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, PATRICK ORSAGOS and RENATA BRITO Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Aissata Sall was scrolling through WhatsApp in May when she…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Kishida to visit Fukushima plant before deciding date to start controversial water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will visit the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear…
Continue ReadingHundreds of Mexican cultural artifacts were detained and returned to Mexico by US CBP
By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — More than 200 Mexican artifacts seized by US customs agents, some dating to 900 BC, have been repatriated to the…
Continue ReadingRail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Hours before a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio and erupted in fire in February, a judge…
Continue ReadingChinese military launches drills around Taiwan as a ‘warning’ after a top island official went to US
BEIJING (AP) — China’s defense ministry says its military has launched drills around Taiwan as a “stern warning” over what it calls collusion…
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Deschutes County road construction update: Week of August 20-26
Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of August…
Continue ReadingLocal governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
By DAVID A. LIEB and KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press Joplin officials say they have big plans for $13.8 million of pandemic relief funds the…
Continue ReadingTrump looms large over Iowa State Fair, but many GOP voters still mulling their caucus choices
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The loop Donald Trump’s private jet made above the Iowa…
Continue ReadingFamily of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate accuse state of ‘murder by willful omission’
By Florence Trucco and Ana María Cañizares (CNNE) — The family of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has…
Continue ReadingJapan vows to strengthen ‘strategic collaboration’ with US and South Korea at historic meeting
By Shirin Faqiri and Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to strengthen “trilateral strategic…
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ODOT closes 15-mile stretch of state Hwy. 242, the McKenzie Highway, west of Sisters due to Lookout Fire
ODOT closed a 15-mile stretch of Highway 242, the McKenzie Pass Highway, west of Sisters late Friday afternoon due to fire activity and conditions…
Continue ReadingSchool board votes to fire teacher who read book on gender identity to Georgia fifth-graders
CNN By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A suburban Atlanta school board has voted to terminate the contract of a teacher who read a book about gender…
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Oregon DEQ issues air quality advisory for Deschutes, Crook counties; Noah Kahan cancels Saturday Bend concert
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Friday for Jackson, southern…
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Clear the Shelters: Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center sees summer uptick in strays, seeks adopters
This week in our month-long Clear the Shelters campaign, partnering with NBC to encourage adoptions (with a 50 percent fee discount, as well as…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Bolsonaro accused by ex-aide’s lawyer of ordering sale of jewelry given as official gift
By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Then Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ordered an aide to sell undeclared luxury jewelry…
Continue ReadingChina launches military drills around Taiwan as US wraps up landmark summit with South Korea and Japan
By Irene Nasser and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — China’s military launched joint air and sea patrols around Taiwan this weekend as leaders…
Continue ReadingThousands under evacuation orders and some homes burn as wildfires race through Washington state
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Fast-moving wildfires raced through Washington state on Friday, burning some homes and prompting evacuation orders for…
Continue ReadingGuatemala court permanently blocks suspension of Seed Movement party ahead of Sunday’s election
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Supreme Court of Justice has granted a permanent injunction to the party of…
Continue ReadingECOWAS sets ‘D-Day’ for possible military intervention in Niger
By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — The West African regional bloc ECOWAS says it has chosen an undisclosed “D-Day” for a possible military…
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