Afghan journalists are ‘absolutely petrified’ amid the Taliban takeover
CNN By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business As Taliban forces seize control in Afghanistan, global news outlets are struggling to stay safe and continue…
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Top US general says terror groups could reconstitute in Afghanistan sooner than expected
CNN By Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Melanie Zanona, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Sunday in a briefing…
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter the capital
CNN By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister, Angela Dewan and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after…
Continue ReadingBiden officials admit miscalculation as Afghanistan’s national forces and government rapidly fall
CNN By Kevin Liptak and Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden and his administration struggled Sunday to project order amid a race by American and…
Continue ReadingNew York district attorneys ask state attorney general to hold off on publicly releasing Cuomo investigation materials
CNN, POOL, WIVB, STATE OF NEW YORK, WABC, 12 NEWS LONG ISLAND, TWITTER, LTGOVHOCHULNY By Sonia Moghe and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Three New York…
Continue ReadingMultiracial population grew in almost every county in the US. It doesn’t mean racism is over
CNN By Nicole Chavez, CNN Bárbara Abadía-Rexach spent months appearing in webinars and radio shows talking to Puerto Ricans about why they should…
Continue ReadingThe infrastructure bill is more about maintaining train service than upgrading it
CNN By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Don’t expect any 200 mph trains that rival Europe and Asia’s best, or even cheaper fares.…
Continue ReadingUS completely pulling out of embassy in Afghanistan over the next 72 hours
CNN By Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States is pulling out all US personnel from its embassy in Kabul over the next 72 hours, including top officials,…
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Madras threshing bee gives glimpse of farming’s past
The Jefferson County Historical Society sponsored the annual Threshing Bee Saturday, giving people a chance to see how wheat farming was done back in…
Continue Reading‘If the Taliban find me, they will kill me and my family,’ says abandoned Afghan interpreter
CNN By Cyril Vanier and Jo Shelley, CNN It’s been years since Haji and his wife have had a good night’s sleep. “All night, my wife…
Continue ReadingWith debt limit, Biden tests GOP’s willingness to play with economic fire
CNN By John Harwood The Trumpist Republican Party has shown it will toy with democracy. Now President Joe Biden is testing its willingness to play…
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Hot and hazy
Happy Sunday, Central Oregon! We started this weekend off with all of us seeing very unhealthy and even hazardous air quality, as smoke clouded much…
Continue ReadingIn the largest Afghan enclave in the US, frustration, heartbreak and ‘a sense of mourning’
CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN Mizgon Darby was an 18-year-old college freshman when she started a journal 20 years ago giving voice to the growing numbers…
Continue ReadingIn the largest Afghan enclave in the US, frustration, heartbreak and ‘a sense of mourning’
CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN Mizgon Darby was an 18-year-old college freshman when she started a journal 20 years ago giving voice to the growing numbers…
Continue ReadingUS veterans are disappointed with how the war in Afghanistan is ending — and fearful for their Afghan allies
CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the…
Continue ReadingWhy minority business leaders are celebrating the infrastructure bill
CNN By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business The heads of some of the largest minority business advocacy groups on Capitol Hill are praising key elements of…
Continue Reading‘Still people are having fear.’ What life is like in some of the cities captured by the Taliban
CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Over the last week, the Taliban has made significant gains across Afghanistan and now control over half of the…
Continue ReadingHigh casualties feared as 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes near Haiti
CNN By AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN The US Geological Survey said it’s likely that casualties are “high” after a 7.2-magnitude…
Continue ReadingA coyote attacked a child in Massachusetts
CNN, WCVB By Alaa Elassar, CNN A coyote attacked a small child on a Massachusetts beach, prompting fears of a rabies infection, according to the…
Continue ReadingManchester United signs Raphaël Varane; thumps Leeds United as Bruno Fernandes scores hat-trick
CNN By John Sinnott, CNN Manchester United paraded new signing Raphaël Varane before its match against Leeds United at Old Trafford on Saturday and…
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