Telegram app back on in Brazil after judge lifts … RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Internet providers and wireless carriers in Brazil stopped blocking Telegram on Saturday after a federal judge partially revised a ruling suspending the social media app over its failure to surrender data on neo-Nazi activity. However, the judge kept in place a daily fine of $1 million reais (about $200,000) […]
‘Keep Portland Weird’ originator says the city is … “Our downtown was one of the best, [most] unique downtowns of any major city in the United States and we can’t say that right now,” he said.
Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe … CORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) — Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago in what was the isolated frontier of the Spanish empire, tiny mountain communities like Cordova relied on their own resources to keep the faith going. Thousands of miles from religious and lay seats of power, everything from priests […]
Queen Elizabeth’s coronation lifted Britain’s post-war … LONDON (AP) — In 1953, London was still recovering from World War II. The city was pockmarked with bomb damage, food supplies were tight and life was dull for children who had never eaten anything so exotic as a banana. But the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II helped lift the gloom. Central London buzzed with […]
Five reasons Democrats are worried about Biden When President Biden announced his reelection bid this week, some Democrats privately expressed worry that some of the president’s flaws could haunt him throughout the campaign. While they acknowledge Biden has had a successful couple of years — particularly on the legislative front — they also have some trepidation about whether Biden can ultimately pull […]
PPB: Man left with leg injury after NW Portland shooting A man was shot in NW Portland’s Old Town neighborhood Friday morning, police said.
Schumer opens door to detente with Musk Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) met for more than an hour in his Capitol Hill office with tech magnate Elon Musk this week to discuss the future of artificial intelligence (AI), a sign of a possible thaw in relations between Democrats and one of the nation’s most powerful CEOs. Relations between Musk and […]
Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine kills … UMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 23 people, almost all of them when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in a terrifying nighttime attack, officials said. Three children were among the dead. The missile attacks included the first one […]
A NJ pastor-politician is gunned down, and a community … SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Nicole Teliano used to play games on her phone in the mayor’s office while her mother worked down the hall several evenings a month, tending to the tedious, often acrimonious task of serving in local government. The 11-year-old girl didn’t mind sharing her mother, Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, with the nearly […]
2023 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix preview Round four of the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship takes place this weekend in Baku, home of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The weekend will mark the first running of a revised Sprint race, which has been made a standalone event rather than the qualifier for the main race, as was previously the case. It still […]