Portland restaurants offering customers prizes with … Portlanders are getting an extra incentive to support Old Town and downtown restaurants for a chance to win prizes through Ticket to Dine.
Paul Newman’s camp for sick kids rises from the ashes ASHFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amarey Brookshire was devastated when she heard about the fire at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children — her camp. The February 2021 blaze destroyed much of the retreat in the woods of eastern Connecticut, which was founded by the late actor Paul Newman in 1988 […]
Cyprus court: Briton freely confessed to wife’s killing PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus criminal court on Tuesday rejected a defense argument that a British man’s confession to killing his ailing wife was unlawfully obtained, because he was in no frame of mind to speak to police without a lawyer present. David Hunter, 75, made the statements to law enforcement officials and medical […]
At Ukraine’s front, police try to evacuate holdout … AVDIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Pale and grimy from living in a dank, dark basement for nearly a year, the teenager and his weeping mother emerged to the sound of pounding artillery and headed to a waiting armored police van that would whisk them to safety. Russian forces were not far from their battered front-line town […]
US aid worker and French journalist freed in West … NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An American aid worker and a French journalist kidnapped and held by Islamist extremists were freed and flown to Niger’s capital Monday, four days after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the country. U.S. officials said no ransom was paid for aid worker Jeffery Woodke, who was held for more […]
Top Israeli minister: ‘No such thing’ as Palestinian … TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A firebrand Israeli minister claimed there’s “no such thing” as a Palestinian people as Israel’s new coalition government, its most hard-line ever, plowed ahead on Monday with a part of its plan to overhaul the judiciary. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition said it was pushing a key part of the […]
Ridin’ to new home? Restore Oregon searches for owner … After 11 years out to pasture, including being housed and restored in a North Portland warehouse, it’s time for a new home to be found for the historic and beloved Jantzen Beach horses.
Ukraine: Volunteer specialist doctors run clinics … KHRESTYSHCHE, Ukraine (AP) — In a cramped municipal building in this former front-line village, its front window boarded up with plywood, a team of volunteer specialist doctors have set up a mobile clinic. For the residents, it’s a lifeline. Even before Russia’s war, access to specialist medical help was available only to those who could […]
Russia’s Putin makes surprise trip to occupied Mariupol KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September and a show of defiance after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on war crimes charges. Putin arrived in Mariupol late Saturday after visiting […]
Israel, Palestinians aim to curb violence as holiday … CAIRO (AP) — Israel and the Palestinians pledged Sunday at a meeting in Egypt to take steps to lower tensions ahead of a sensitive holiday season — including a partial freeze on Israeli settlement activity and an agreement to work together to “curb and counter violence.” But a Palestinian shooting attack that wounded two Israelis […]
