Witnesses describe life inside R. Kelly’s ‘Chocolate Factory’
By Sonia Moghe, CNN About 25 miles outside of Chicago in the village of Olympia Fields sits a mansion that R. Kelly once lived and worked in. The…
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Two die in Japan days after receiving Moderna shots suspended over contamination risk
CNN, WHITE HOUSE, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, MODERNA By Emiko Jozuka and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Two people have died in Japan…
Continue ReadingTwo die in Japan days after receiving Moderna shots suspended over contamination risk
By Emiko Jozuka and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Two people have died in Japan days after receiving doses from a batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines whose use…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Jacob Blake speaks out a year later. ‘I have not survived until something has changed’
By Omar Jimenez, CNN During the Fourth of July weekend, Jacob Blake says he called 911 over what he later realized was an anxiety attack. The…
Continue ReadingSpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot to space station
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm is on its way to…
Continue ReadingAfghans arrive for Paralympics; to be mostly out of sight
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli have arrived in Tokyo, via what’s been…
Continue ReadingHundreds of Gazans protest blockade along Israeli frontier
By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians have ended a protest along Gaza’s separation fence with Israel.…
Continue ReadingCroatia thrilled at summer season success despite COVID-19
By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Summer tourism has exceeded even the most optimistic expectations in Croatia this year.…
Continue ReadingCroatia thrilled at summer season success despite COVID-19
By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Summer tourism has exceeded even the most optimistic expectations in Croatia this year.…
Continue Reading‘Dune’ and A-listers all set to launch from Venice film fest
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Dune” is just one of the high-profile premieres coming to 78th Venice International Film Festival, which begins…
Continue ReadingIda slams Louisiana hospitals brimming with virus patients
REBECCA SANTANA and MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Southern Louisiana’s hospitals are packed with patients from the latest…
Continue ReadingHurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power
By REBECCA SANTANA, KEVIN McGILL and JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff’s office has reported the first…
Continue ReadingWhite House: US has capacity to evacuate remaining Americans
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Biden administration officials say the United States has the capacity to evacuate the…
Continue ReadingArizona to end peremptory challenges to potential jurors
By PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s top court is eliminating the longstanding practice of allowing lawyers in…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Nora hugs Mexico’s coast; 1 dead, 7 missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Nora has weakened to a tropical storm as it causes floods and landslides along Mexico’s Pacific coast. At midday…
Continue ReadingUS airlifts aid to Haiti to reach areas hardest hit by quake
By BEN FOX Associated Press JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) — U.S. military aircraft are ferrying food, tarps and other material into southern Haiti amid a…
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Battle Buddies of Central Oregon hosts sixth annual fundraiser and BBQ
Veteran Christopher Linck says his new service dog, Bentley, has given him his life back. Battle Buddies of Central Oregon is actively searching for…
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NE Bend salon broken into overnight; equipment and tools stolen
Beyond Esthetix, a salon on Division Street in NE Bend, was broken into around 3 a.m. Saturday, its owner says. Police are currently investigating…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 30: Ida, Afghanistan, Covid-19, North Korea, California
CNN, KCBS By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits expire this coming weekend in the 26 states still offering them. But that probably…
Continue ReadingMexican troops disrupt migrants heading north from border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Several hundred migrants, including many children, have been blocked by Mexican security forces as they tried to head north from…
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