Buckingham Palace said Wednesday it would investigate allegations that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, bullied several staff members after a British media report cited unnamed royal aides saying a complaint had been made against her in 2018. The Times in the UK published an article on Tuesday citing sources who said that the complaint claimed
Continue ReadingChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and city officials unveiled a series of proposals to reform the city’s policy and procedures on search warrants in the fallout of a botched raid on the home of a social worker in 2019. Lightfoot, along with Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown, emphasized that the proposal requires that any individual who
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Few people will envy the man elected to be the new president of FC Barcelona. The upcoming election — to be held on Sunday, just days after four senior officials were arrested — is arguably the most important in the club’s history and comes at a time of crisis that appears to be deepening by
Continue ReadingChina has approved three traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products for sale to help treat Covid-19, the government’s National Medical Products Administration announced on Wednesday. The agency used a special approval procedure to green-light the three products, which “provide more options for Covid-19 treatment,” it said in a statement. The herbal products come in granular form
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For many teens, the pandemic has created an environment in which most of their lives take place in the shadows. Our kids have become increasingly acclimated to solitude, silence and screens over the course of the past year. Far too often, teens are up in their bedrooms, doors closed, screens illuminated, earbuds in. Many of
Continue ReadingThe wonders of spaceflight never ceased in 2020, despite the pandemic’s best efforts. Four launches — including two historic missions from US soil — to the International Space Station carried on as planned, and the crews were able to remain safe on their journeys to and from Earth. Quarantine has become the new normal for
Continue ReadingMore than 30 crew members were rescued via helicopters and naval vessels after a fire erupted on their ship roughly 130 miles from the Canadian coastline, according to a statement from the US Coast Guard. Crews from the US Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force responded after being notified Tuesday night
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The Bend City Council met Wednesday evening and discussed issues ranging from affordable housing to homelessness and possible parking code changes, as well as whether the Bend Marathon should proceed at this improving stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue ReadingAt least 38 people were killed after Myanmar’s security forces opened fire on young peaceful protesters in towns and cities across the Southeast Asian nation Wednesday, in scenes described as “a war zone.” Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the weeks since a military coup on February 1. Security forces have intensified
Continue ReadingThe director of the US Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said she hopes people will decide to individually “do the right thing” about distancing and wearing masks, even in states moving to eliminate restrictions against the CDC’s recommendations. “I think we at the CDC have been very clear that now is not the time
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Chris Duarte scored 23 points, LJ Figueroa added 18 on 8-of-11 shooting, and Oregon rallied to beat UCLA 82-74 Wednesday night in a matchup between two of the top teams in Pac-12.
Continue ReadingMore than 30 crew members were rescued via helicopters and naval vessels after a fire erupted on their ship roughly 130 miles from the Canadian coastline, according to a statement from the US Coast Guard. Crews from the US Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force responded after being notified Tuesday night
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Damian Lillard hit a deep 3-pointer with 13.7 seconds left to give the Portland Trail Blazers a hard-fought 108-106 victory over the Golden State Warriors Wednesday night.
Continue Reading The United States is holding firm to the strategy to administer two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines a few weeks apart. Still, the idea of expanding the supply by dispensing only one dose hasn’t faded away. The Trump administration’s surgeon general, Dr. Jerome Adams, said in a tweet on Tuesday that the
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Asian stocks are falling Thursday as a bond sell-off continues to rattle markets. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was last down 2.5%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 2.3%, accelerating from earlier losses. The Shanghai Composite dropped 1.9%. South Korea’s Kospi and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 1.1% and 0.8% respectively. The declines in Asia Pacific follow
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Wildlife agencies are urging pet and aquarium stores to remove “Betta Buddy Marimo Ball,” a moss plant for aquariums, after invasive zebra mussels were discovered inside the product.
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The Pentagon inspector general tells us that many who worked with Ronny Jackson — the former Trump White House physician and now a member of Congress from Texas — think he was a “tyrant” and a “dictator” prone to “yelling, screaming, cursing, or belittling subordinates.” Witnesses say he suffered “meltdowns” and “tantrums” and made “sexual
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Two Bend residents sustained non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday evening when their single-engine plane struck a treetop and crashed in a field while trying to land at Sisters Eagle Airport, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
Continue ReadingFollowing widespread power outages during a series of winter storms that left many Texas residents in the dark for days, the head of the organization overseeing the state’s power grid has been fired. Bill Magness, president and CEO of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), was terminated from his contract by the organization’s board of
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