Month: October 2019

New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen has described the England team’s controversial response to the All Blacks’ Haka ahead of their Rugby World Cup semifinal as “fantastic.” While most teams stand in a line while facing the Haka, English players adopted a V-formation with a number of players standing over the halfway line. England have

“We got awarded a penalty … and I heard shouts: ‘You black b******,’” Linford Harris recalls. High-profile incidents of racist abuse at Euro 2020 qualifiers and Premier League matches have garnered huge global attention, but it’s a disease that runs deep into the pyramid of English football, even when television cameras are not there to

It’s a short ride from Kyoto to Osaka. And like all our other rail journeys throughout Japan, we accessorized the experience with snacks from 7-Eleven. My rugby friends Nathan and Josh were partial to “sushi triangles.” It’s actually called onigiri (or omusubi), and it’s really nothing fancy. Just thick clumps of rice and fish molded

In their ongoing battle to break records — and outdo each other — Lionel Messi went one up on Cristiano Ronaldo. Or make that two up, actually. When Messi scored twice in Barcelona’s 5-1 thrashing of mid-table Valladolid in La Liga Tuesday, the Argentine moved past his longtime Portuguese rival on club goals with 608

Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has announced he is stepping down after nearly two weeks of protests that ground the nation to a halt. Now, Lebanon looks to pull itself back from the brink of economic collapse. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can

A government funding deadline is on a collision course with the Democratic impeachment inquiry, leaving lawmakers scrambling to find a way out of what could become a bitter and politically charged impasse. Democratic and Republican members acknowledge a shutdown is far from desired. They are working to hammer out agreements on full-year spending bills and

After a request from the state’s leader, California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) on Tuesday said it will credit customers for a power shutoff earlier this month. “We understand that power shutoffs are more than an inconvenience for our customers and we did not live up to their expectations when it came to communicating

The Chinese government is trying to dampen demand for local tech stocks after President Xi Jinping personally endorsed blockchain technology, sending their value soaring. Stocks of almost 200 companies that invest in blockchain technology jumped around 8% on Monday, according to an index compiled by East Money Information, with some very quickly hitting their daily

Authorities in Japan searching for man who appeared to fall in the middle of a live-streamed ascent of Mount Fuji have found a body, they said Wednesday. The video — taken from the hiker’s point of view — shows what appears to be a scene near the top of the Japan’s iconic mountain, above the

It’s a boy! That’s the special announcement Ricky Martin and his husband of two years, Jwan Yosef, shared on Instagram Tuesday. “Renn Martin-Yosef, our baby boy is here,” the couple posted, welcoming their son to the family. The sweet surprise closely follows another post that melted all of our hearts: In August, the singer posted

Multimedia journalist, weather anchor, NewsChannel 21 Hello, Central Oregon, my name is Jordan Williams, and I am your new reporter at NewsChannel 21. I am excited and grateful for the opportunity to work here in Bend and deliver the news. I was born and raised in sunny Los Angeles; to be more specific, the San

Photojournalist, NewsChannel 21 I am very excited to begin my career here at NewsChannel 21! I was born and raised in the Phoenix, Arizona area. I went to school at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, where I earned a double major in film production and advertising. I am passionate about visual storytelling and shedding light on

Producer, NewsChannel 21 I’m so excited to start my career at NewsChannel 21 in beautiful Bend! Raised in Fort Collins, Colorado, I’m a sucker for mountain skylines and those high desert sunsets. I studied broadcast journalism and communication at the University of Colorado Boulder, receiving degrees in both fields and a minor in business. While

NewsChannel 21 Chief Meteorologist / Community Affairs Director On October 10th of 1983, our family rolled into the sleepy, little logging town of Bend, Oregon. A strong inversion layer pushed thick wood-stove smoke close to the ground and I was introduced to an element of Central Oregon weather that I wouldn’t fully understand or use