Beloved Indian YouTuber Narayana Reddy, known for his mega-sized outdoor cooking, has died, his family said. He was 73. In just two years, Reddy built an audience of more than 6 million subscribers on YouTube, where he uploaded videos of himself and his grandchildren cooking vast meals, which — along with the proceeds of the
Continue ReadingThe body of a 21-year-old British backpacker who went missing after a beach party on a Cambodian island has been found, according to police and the charity assisting her family. Amelia Bambridge was last seen on Police Beach on Koh Rong island in the early hours of October 24. On Thursday, the Lucie Blackman Trust
Continue ReadingSeveral rival companies may be hard at work trying to get Elon Musk’s Hyperloop concept off the ground, but hurtling across country — maybe even across continents — at 600 miles per hour in a low-pressure steel tube still feels far from reality. But 13-year-old New York student Caroline Crouchley may have invented a more
Continue ReadingMeasles can erase the immune system’s memory, leaving us vulnerable to diseases we were previously protected against, new research has found. Two separate studies, published Thursday in the journals Science and Science Immunology, found that the highly contagious and potentially fatal measles virus can cause “immune amnesia,” removing antibodies that had protected patients from other
Continue ReadingThe UK’s election campaign hasn’t officially started yet. But that didn’t stop US President Donald Trump from weighing in on what’s expected to be one of the most unpredictable election campaigns in living memory. Trump told London-based talk radio station LBC that Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the UK’s main opposition Labour Party, would be
Continue ReadingThe Bend High Lava Bears and Mountain View Cougars face off on the 40th anniversary of the Civil War game on Friday. To appreciate what that means, NewsChannel 21 took a look back at when it all started on Nov. 2, 1979 with some of the players who were there for that memorable first. ”
Continue ReadingFive small planes have crashed across the US this week. The crashes occurred in four states: New Jersey, Georgia, Kentucky and Florida. At least seven people have been killed in the incidents. Here is what we know about them: Tuesday A Cessna 414 airplane crashed into a suburban home in New Jersey on Tuesday, killing
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s has pulled an ad which used the words “Sundae Bloody Sundae” to promote a Halloween dessert, apologizing for “any offense or distress” it may have caused. Bloody Sunday is the name for the day in 1972 on which British soldiers shot unarmed protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland, during the Troubles — resulting in 14
Continue ReadingA senior Chinese official has highlighted plans to “improve” the system by which Hong Kong’s leader is appointed or removed, after almost five months of anti-government unrest in the Asian financial hub. Responding to a reporter’s question Friday, Shen Chunyao said the decision had been made during a plenary meeting of the Communist Party’s top
Continue ReadingIf Godzilla movies aren’t scary enough for you, head to Japan next year and you can get eaten by the fearsome lizard himself. The Nijigen no Mori theme park on Awaji Island in Hyogo prefecture will debut a Godzilla-themed area in 2020, complete with a massive lizard measuring 20 meters (65 feet) high, 25 meters
Continue ReadingAs California utility Pacific Gas and Electric continues to face criticism for multiple planned power shutoffs that left thousands of customers in the dark last month, the company is asking the public not to take their frustration out on PG&E employees. Some PG&E employees have received death threats in response to the shutoffs, PG&E CEO
Continue ReadingThe wide use of pesticides is pushing some species in Oregon and across the country to the brink, according to a new report from the Endangered Species Coalition that highlights 10 of the nearly 1,200 species imperiled by these chemicals. In the Northwest, pesticide runoff hampers the swimming ability of Chinook salmon. It also enters
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