What Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and key Trump Cabinet picks: AP-NORC poll
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his administration face…
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Why the ‘world has failed’ in the fight against hunger
By Ana DeOliva, CNN Doha, Qatar (CNN) — Nine years ago, the UN established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which included ending…
Continue ReadingMissing US man found in Syria says he was kept in prison after entering country as a pilgrim
By Clarissa Ward, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A missing US man has been found in Syria, where he says he was kept…
Continue ReadingAmerican pilgrim imprisoned in Assad’s Syria calls his release from prison a ‘blessing’
Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious…
Continue ReadingTrump is named Time’s Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized by Time…
Continue ReadingSerbia sentences man to 20 years in prison for one of 2 mass shootings that shook nation last May
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Serbian court has convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison a man who gunned down nine people and wounded 12 in a…
Continue ReadingAt Syria’s border with Lebanon, refugees return home while others flee fearing the worst
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Masnaa, Lebanon’s border with Syria (CNN) — Nadia’s eyes were full of tears as she crossed the border from Syria…
Continue ReadingUK gay veterans win compensation as government calls their treatment a ‘moral stain’ on nation
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British military veterans who were discharged or suffered other forms of discrimination because of their sexual…
Continue ReadingRussian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in intense fighting, officials say
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s top military commander says fighting around a key eastern Ukraine city is “extremely intense”…
Continue Reading2 Vietnamese police officials sexually attacked young women on visit to New Zealand, authorities say
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand officials say they have “no doubt” that two Vietnamese officials visiting the…
Continue ReadingBiden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history
By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39…
Continue ReadingBiden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed…
Continue ReadingA look at the whirlwind events that led to the impeachment of South Korea’s president
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament on Saturday voted to impeach embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol over his…
Continue ReadingHong Kong court convicts 7 men, including ex-lawmaker, of rioting during 2019 protests
Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong judge on Thursday convicted seven people, including a pro-democracy former lawmaker, of rioting…
Continue ReadingEU lets Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union ministers has agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe’s ID-check-free…
Continue ReadingOne Tech Tip: How to protect your communications through encryption
AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — After a sprawling hacking campaign exposed the communications of an unknown number of Americans, U.S.…
Continue ReadingHardest-hit Nigeria is latest African country to provide malaria vaccine to young children
Associated Press BAYELSA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is the latest African country to give a new malaria vaccine to young childen. The country began…
Continue ReadingECB cuts rates a quarter point amid concerns of tepid growth, impact of Trump trade policies
AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is cutting interest rates by a quarter percentage point amid signs of…
Continue ReadingThousands attend the funeral of a Taliban minister killed by an Islamic State suicide bomber
Associated Press GARDA SERAI, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands of people have attended the funeral of a Taliban government minister killed in an…
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Jefferson County Fire & EMS under fire over allegations including misuse of agency funds; Fire Chief Blake responds
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Jefferson County Fire & EMS agency is facing allegations, including misuse of agency funds, potential layoffs, a…
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