‘Fast Car’ remake helps Tracy Chapman make country music history
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Tracy Chapman is pretty reclusive, but she is commenting on a bit of history she made this week. “I never…
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The US economy can’t function smoothly without UPS. That’s why a strike will hurt
By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — UPS isn’t just another large shipping company. It carries 6% of America’s gross domestic product in…
Continue ReadingWhy Portugal’s underrated lake country is worth exploring
By Jeanine Barone, CNN (CNN) — In the sun-baked Alentejo region due southeast of Lisbon, the star is a body of water that has radically…
Continue ReadingPoland starts observances of WWII massacres by Ukrainians that have marred neighborly ties
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister and Catholic church leaders have begun observances to honor victims of World War II massacres.…
Continue ReadingUN report calls on Saudi Arabia to release 2 women jailed over tweets, alleging rights abuses
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.N. human rights experts are calling for the release of two Saudi Arabian women they say were arbitrarily…
Continue ReadingEl mercado laboral de Estados Unidos se enfrÃa en junio: agregó solo 209.000 nuevos empleos
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El mercado de trabajo de EE.UU. finalmente se enfrió en junio de 2023, añadiendo solo 209.000 puestos de…
Continue ReadingNATO leaders set to offer Ukraine major support package but membership is off the table for now
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts will…
Continue ReadingMan who served 13 years for murder is acquitted at a retrial in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — A man who spent 13 years in prison in Germany for the death of an elderly woman has been acquitted in a retrial by a court that…
Continue ReadingFrench actor Alain Delon’s children accuse his companion of bullying, dog cruelty
PARIS (AP) — The children of French actor Alain Delon have accused a woman who lived with the 87-year-old movie star of bullying him and of…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s lower house finds compromise in a major reform of the country’s ‘dysfunctional’ tax system
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house of Congress has approved a major reform of the nation’s…
Continue Reading‘We were spinning pretty quick’: Ruby Princess cruise ship crashes into San Francisco pier
By Conor Powell and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A Princess Cruises ship crashed into a pier in San Francisco as it was preparing to dock after a…
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Slight chance for thunderstorms heading into Saturday and staying warm
Happy Friday! Central Oregon is staying hot as we head into the weekend. Friday temperatures will be in the mid-80s to mid-90s. Overnight, the region…
Continue ReadingRescuers free dozens trapped on one of world’s highest cable car systems
CNN By Gerardo Lemos, CNNE (CNN) — Dozens of people trapped in gondolas on one of the world’s highest cable car systems in Ecuador have been…
Continue ReadingGlobal shipping industry climate pledge slammed as a ‘wishy washy’ compromise
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The shipping industry has agreed a climate pledge to reduce its planet-heating pollution to net zero “by or…
Continue ReadingMario Vargas Llosa recibe el alta tras ser hospitalizado por covid-19
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El escritor peruano y Premio Nobel de Literatura Mario Vargas Llosa, de 87 años, recibió el alta…
Continue ReadingUN nuclear agency seeks more access to the plant that Kyiv and Moscow say is under threat
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of the UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, says he’s pushing for access to the rooftops of…
Continue ReadingDutch premier resigns because of deadlock on thorny issue of migration, paving way for new elections
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government collapsed Friday because of irreconcilable differences within…
Continue ReadingKentucky couple ‘furious’ state abortion laws meant they couldn’t hold their daughter to say goodbye
By Elizabeth Cohen, Carma Hassan and Amanda Musa, CNN Stanton, Kentucky (CNN) — All Heather and Nick Maberry wanted to do was hold their dead…
Continue ReadingCountries agree to slash shipping emissions but not enough to stay within warming limits
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press Maritime nations agreed Friday to slash emissions from the shipping industry to net zero by about 2050 in a deal that…
Continue Reading‘The masses are suffering,’ Nigerians lament high cost of living as fuel price hikes bite
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — At the once-bustling Utako Motor Park — an interstate motor hub connecting Nigeria’s capital…
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