By PETER SMITH Associated Press KILDARE, Ireland (AP) — St. Patrick has long received the attention and the big parades, but another patron saint of Ireland is making a 21st century comeback. St. Brigid of Kildare, a younger contemporary of St. Patrick, is quietly and steadily gaining a following, in Ireland and abroad. Devotees see
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By George Ramsay, CNN Chelsea set a British transfer record with the signing of Argentina’s World Cup winner Enzo Fernández from Benfica for £107 million ($132 million), the Portuguese club announced on Tuesday. Fernández’s fee eclipses the reported £100 million ($123 million) Manchester City paid for Jack Grealish and concludes a high-spending transfer window for
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Up to half a million workers are on strike across the U.K. in what’s shaping up to be the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade. Thousands of schools closed some or all of their classrooms, train services are paralyzed and
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Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, dijo este martes que tiene la intención de prohibir que las universidades estatales gasten dinero en iniciativas de diversidad, equidad e inclusión con la esperanza de que se “marchiten” sin financiamiento. “Realmente sirve como un filtro ideológico, un filtro político”, dijo el republicano mientras hablaba en
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By Blake Mayfield Click here for updates on this story BEND, Oregon (KTVZ) — A new dog day care service will pick your pooch up and take them to a 20-acre ranch for off-leash hikes, using a bright yellow school bus as their mode of travel. Lucky Dog Adventures is located in Tumalo, serving primarily
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Europe’s inflation rate has dipped at the start of the year, giving some relief to consumers but still leaving them facing higher prices. The European Union statistics agency said Wednesday that the consumer price index for the 20 countries that use the euro currency reached 8.5% in
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A top European Union official has told Elon Musk that Twitter needs to make progress in preparing for new digital regulations aimed at curbing hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content. EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and Musk held a video call Tuesday to assess Twitter’s readiness for the bloc’s new rules that
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Central Bank has set a new exchange rate that effectively devalues the country’s currency by 90% but did little to bridge the gap with the soaring black market rate. Wednesday’s dramatic measure is meant to stabilize the free-falling Lebanese pound and eliminate the multiple exchange rates
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN The Federal Reserve unanimously approved a quarter-point interest rate hike Wednesday, slowing the pace of its increases in a clear sign that the central bank is seeing progress in its fierce battle with inflation. The decision, at the conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee’s first meeting of 2023, comes after
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By Kelsey McGee Click here for updates on this story BEND, Oregon (KTVZ) — The bond between a pet and its owner led to a Guinness World Record for a Bend teen and her pet guinea pig. Grace Hoiness and her little star, Abby, flew right into the Guinness Book of World Records for highest
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN The CDC is urging people to stop using a certain brand of eyedrops while it investigates at least 50 infections across 11 states. A formal recall hasn’t been issued, but officials are looking into how the artificial tears led to instances of permanent vision loss, hospitalizations and one death. Here’s what
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By Bola Gbadebo Click here for updates on this story BEND, Oregon (KTVZ) — “It’s been 13-plus years, and for me to remember how to walk again — it’s kind of been a journey,” Sisters resident Erik Himbert said Tuesday. The music teacher has undergone another life-changing experience — this one dramatically for the better.
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau, Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The emperor tamarin monkeys that disappeared from the Dallas Zoo earlier this week but were recovered by police in an abandoned home on Tuesday are healthy and uninjured, the zoo said. “Emperor tamarin monkeys, Bella and Finn, were so happy to snuggle into their nest sack
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Ozzy Osbourne announced the cancellation of his upcoming shows, and said his touring career is over because he “is not physically capable (of it).” In a statement released on Wednesday, the 74-year-old said he had a major accident four years ago in which he damaged his spine and that he can
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia is mustering its military might in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, local officials said Wednesday, in what Kyiv suspects is preparation for an offensive in the eastern area in coming weeks as the anniversary of Moscow’s invasion approaches. The Kremlin’s forces are expelling local residents
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Nearly half of adults in the United States — including 2 out of 5 women of childbearing age — are unsure whether medication abortion is legal in their state, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The survey was conducted in mid-January, more than six months after
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Nearly half of adults in the United States — including 2 out of 5 women of childbearing age — are unsure whether medication abortion is legal in their state, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The survey was conducted in mid-January, more than six months after
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By Lauren Fox, Alayna Treene and Jeremy Herb, CNN Congressional Democrats are betting that a coordinated offense is their best defense against the coming Republican investigative onslaught. Democrats on Capitol Hill, at the White House, in agencies and in outside political groups are gearing up to do battle with the Republican committee chairs probing all
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy aren’t friends. Biden’s advisers describe the relationship in bland but respectful terms like “cordial” and “professional.” The president on Tuesday called McCarthy a “decent man” and the speaker said after a November meeting between Biden and congressional leaders he “can
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