Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are people in costume
By Heather Chen, Wayne Chang, Mengchen Zhang and CNN (CNN) — A zoo in eastern China has denied suggestions that some of its bears were people…
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Floods around Chinese capital kill at least 20, leave 27 missing as thousands evacuated
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say days of unusually heavy rains around China’s capital, Beijing, have flooded houses, torn apart roads and…
Continue ReadingAid efforts for Haitians suffer new blow with kidnapping of American nurse and daughter
By EVENS SANON and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Aid efforts for Haitians enduring the gang violence ravaging their…
Continue ReadingSinger Coco Lee mourned by fans and family at Hong Kong funeral
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Singer and songwriter Coco Lee is being mourned by family and friends at a private ceremony a day…
Continue ReadingUS Border Patrol agent indicted on bribery and smuggling charges for allegedly offering migrant immigration ‘papers’ for $5,000
By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A US Border Patrol agent working at a processing center in El Paso, Texas, was indicted last…
Continue ReadingTexas judicial candidate gets her day in court, one of almost 2 dozen cases contesting elections
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Republican judicial candidate who lost a district court election in Harris County, Texas, is…
Continue ReadingHawaii could see a big hurricane season, but most homes aren’t ready
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda hired a contractor to fasten the roof of their 1960s-era home to…
Continue Reading‘Nowhere to hide’: The question troubling Ukrainian troops amid a grinding counteroffensive
By Nick Paton Walsh, Florence Davey-Attlee, Kostyantin Gak and Brice Lâiné, CNN Neskuchne, Ukraine (CNN) — The four roads of Staromaiorske…
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CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Florence Davey-Attlee, Kostyantin Gak and Brice Lâiné, CNN Neskuchne, Ukraine (CNN) — The four roads of…
Continue ReadingMissouri man executed for 2002 abduction, killing of 6-year-old girl lured to abandoned factory
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who abducted and beat a 6-year-old girl to death at an abandoned factory…
Continue ReadingMar-a-Lago property manager is the latest in a line of Trump staffers ensnared in his legal turmoil
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago staffer who spent years fetching luxury cars for club members is the latest…
Continue ReadingMar-a-Lago property manager is the latest in a line of Trump staffers ensnared in his legal turmoil
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago staffer who spent years fetching luxury cars for wealthy club members is the…
Continue ReadingAustralia welcomes lifting of UNESCO threat to list Great Barrier Reef as World Heritage in danger
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has welcomed a draft UNESCO decision to a lift a threat of…
Continue Reading16 workers killed in the collapse of a crane being used to build a bridge in India
NEW DELHI (AP) — A huge crane collapsed at a highway construction site in western India, killing at least 16 workers, the country’s National…
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OSU-Cascades’ energy systems engineering program leads to ‘green’ jobs for graduates
NewsChannel 21’s Bola Gbadebo talks with graduates of OSU-Cascades’ energy systems engineering degree program, one of just six in the country, about…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Mystery travel lets you focus on the fun, not the details
By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Mystery travel involves setting off on a trip where you only know the destination once you board the plane. These trips…
Continue ReadingIn her next book ‘Prequel,’ Rachel Maddow will explore a WWII-era plot to overthrow US government
NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Maddow’s next book will be an exploration into right-wing extremism in the U.S., including a plot to overthrow the…
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Historic Bend church undergoing special renovation by the same family that built it over a century ago
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Renovations have begun on the inner chamber of the Historic St. Francis of Assisi Church in downtown Bend. The chance discovery…
Continue ReadingThe $3.9 billion UN humanitarian appeal for Ukraine is only 30% funded, UN aid official says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The $3.9 billion humanitarian appeal for war-torn Ukraine is less than 30% funded as the…
Continue ReadingNew wildfire near Spokane, Washington, prompts mandatory evacuations
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire that ignited near Spokane Monday is prompting mandatory evacuations, Washington state officials said.…
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