China says military company worker exposed as CIA spy
By Nectar Gan and Martha Zhou, CNN (CNN) — China’s civilian spy agency has exposed a Chinese national for allegedly providing sensitive…
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Bodies pile up without burials in Sudan’s capital, marooned by a relentless conflict
By JACK JEFFERY and ASHRAF IDRIS Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Nearly four months of violent street battles between the Sudanese Army and…
Continue Reading‘Nothing left’: Future unclear for Hawaii residents who lost it all in fire
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — The fire that tore across a coastal Maui town and caught many by surprise has already…
Continue ReadingLGBTQ+ people in Ethiopia blame attacks on their community on inciteful and lingering TikTok videos
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Members of Ethiopia’s LGBTQ+ community say they face a wave of online harassment and physical…
Continue ReadingTwo years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo, waiting for US visas
By RAHIM FAIEZ and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of…
Continue ReadingTwo years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visas
By RAHIM FAIEZ and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Shukria Sediqi knew her days in…
Continue ReadingKilling of Ecuador candidate deepens country’s sense of vulnerability to crime
By SARA ESPAÑA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The brazen assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio at a…
Continue ReadingFast-moving Hawaii fires will take a heavy toll on the state’s environment
By DOUG GLASS and JENNIFER MCDERMOTT Associated Press The fast-moving wildfires that raked Maui this week will take a heavy toll on the environment.…
Continue ReadingDeSantis is resetting his campaign again. Some Republicans worry his message is getting in the way
By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis largely dismissed his own decision to…
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Kids get to learn ‘living room fort’ building skills at Bend Library program
The Deschutes Public Library’s August theme is ‘Know Architecture’ — and that includes the living room “forts” many adults can remember all the fun…
Continue ReadingJudge warns of restraints to what evidence Trump can talk about, agrees to limited protective order
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, NOMAAN MERCHANT and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the election…
Continue ReadingMillions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and…
Continue ReadingEPA weighs formal review of vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in Ohio train derailment
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl…
Continue ReadingJudge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday when a judge…
Continue ReadingEcuador says six suspects arrested for presidential candidate assassination are Colombian
By Ana Canizares, Sahar Akbarzai, Anna Gorzowska and Helen Regan, CNN Quito, Ecuador (CNN) — Six suspects arrested in connection with the…
Continue ReadingEcuador holds 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate as violence weighs on nation
By GABRIELA MOLINA and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador will hold six Colombian men for at least a month as the…
Continue ReadingMississippi Supreme Court will not dismiss former NFL quarterback Brett Favre from welfare scheme civil lawsuit
By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The Mississippi Supreme Court said it will not dismiss former NFL quarterback Brett Favre from a civil lawsuit…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea throws huge K-Pop concert for Scouts after storm Khanun disrupted their Jamboree
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A day after a powerful tropical storm flooded dozens of homes and turned streets into…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina roller coaster reopens after a large crack launched a state investigation
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A towering North Carolina roller coaster that shut down in June due to a large crack in its support column reopened Thursday…
Continue ReadingJury awards family of New York man who died after being beaten by police $35 million in damages
ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The family of a Long Island, New York, man who died after being beaten by police during a 2008 traffic stop has been awarded $35…
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