Greek music great Mikis Theodorakis dies at 96
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Mikis Theodorakis, the beloved Greek composer whose rousing music and life of political…
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Australia’s Victoria state advances ban on swastika display
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Victoria state is drafting legislation that would make it the first in the…
Continue ReadingVintners despair after French wildfire ravaged grapevines
By DANIEL COLE Associated Press LE CANNET-DES-MAURES, France (AP) — Winemakers are taking stock of the damage after a wildfire blazed through a…
Continue ReadingVintners despair after French wildfire ravaged grapevines
By DANIEL COLE Associated Press LE CANNET-DES-MAURES, France (AP) — Winemakers are taking stock of the damage after a wildfire blazed through a…
Continue Reading4 soldiers killed in attack in Indonesia’s Papua region
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities say attackers believed to be West Papua rebels killed four soldiers and wounded two others at a military post…
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Bend councilors get earful from concerned neighbors, parents about proposed homeless camp
Bend city councilors recently agreed to move forward with two possible sites for managed homeless camps. One of the locations, off NE Ninth Street,…
Continue ReadingMerkel prepares to step down with legacy of tackling crises
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel will leave office as one of modern Germany’s longest-serving leaders and as a global…
Continue ReadingSorrentino’s ‘The Hand of God’ a tale of personal loss, hope
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VENICE (AP) — Italian director Paolo Sorrentino is turning the camera on his own personal tragedy.…
Continue ReadingChina orders ride-hailing firms to correct unfair tactics
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese regulators have ordered ride-hailing platforms to correct unfair market tactics amid a crackdown on the internet sector that…
Continue ReadingChina orders ride-hailing firms to correct unfair tactics
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese regulators have ordered ride-hailing platforms to correct unfair market tactics amid a crackdown on the internet sector that…
Continue ReadingAsian stock markets mixed after Wall St hits another record
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed as investors await U.S. jobs numbers some appear to hope will be…
Continue ReadingAsian stock markets mixed after Wall St hits another record
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed as investors await U.S. jobs numbers some appear to hope will be…
Continue ReadingMore than 45 dead after Ida’s remnants blindside Northeast
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, DAVID PORTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A stunned U.S. East Coast is facing a sobering death toll,…
Continue ReadingIndia locks down Kashmir after top separatist leader’s death
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities have restricted public movement and cut communications in disputed…
Continue ReadingThose left in Afghanistan complain of broken US promises
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In the final days of the chaotic American airlift from Afghanistan, Javed Habibi, a…
Continue ReadingWhat it was like to be stranded on subway stations and trains overnight during New York floods
CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN Camilla Akbari boarded a 7:43 p.m. New Jersey Transit train on Wednesday night from New York Penn Station hoping to get to…
Continue ReadingCivil rights museum honors Michelle Obama, grassroots group
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama and The Poor People’s Campaign have been chosen to receive Freedom Awards from the…
Continue Reading‘Lean In’ circles help women in construction navigate bias
By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The construction industry is fighting to recruit more women into a sector that faces chronic…
Continue ReadingFlights resume, some power restored in New Orleans after Ida
By REBECCA SANTANA, MELINDA DESLATTE and JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Commercial flights have resumed in New Orleans and…
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Bend City Council declares ‘Welcoming Week’ Sept. 10-19
The Bend City Council Wednesday night declared Welcoming Week, Sept.…
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