An attack on a Jewish family in Manhattan on Wednesday is being investigated by the New York Police Department Hate Crime Task Force, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said. A man, woman and their 1-year-old child were slashed with a knife on Wednesday, according to Shea, who spoke with CNN Newsroom’s Jim Sciutto Friday. The family
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Colorado (KCNC) — Colorado schools with Native American mascots face steep fines under a bill that’s making its way through the state legislature. The bill, by state Sen. Jessie Danielson, would impose a $25,000 a month fine on schools that refuse to change mascots associated with Native Americans.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PLANO, Texas (KTVT) — Citing costs and racial disparity, the Plano Police Department will now issue citations instead of arrests in cases of possession of two ounces of marijuana or less. Plano Police Chief Ed Drain made the special order earlier this week regarding Class B marijuana possession.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Experts say there just isn’t enough evidence to support a hypothesis that flu-vaccinated individuals may be more resistant to COVID-19, despite a recent study’s findings. The study, which was published in the American Journal of Infection Control, was conducted by researchers out of
Continue ReadingLawmakers in New Jersey have sent the state’s Democratic governor two election bills that together would expand voting rights for residents in the state, as GOP-led states move to restrict access to the ballot box elsewhere. The first bill, given final passage from the state Senate on Thursday in a 28-8 vote, would allow residents
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First there was the agonizing video, showing Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin grinding his knee into George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes as three of his colleagues watched and didn’t intervene. Then came the protests, a national wave of outrage coursing through communities large and small. Now the nation is watching Chauvin’s trial, underway
Continue ReadingHere is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of April 5-11.
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Major League Baseball announced Friday that this season’s All-Star Game and MLB Draft will not be held in Atlanta in response to Georgia’s recently passed laws that placed new restrictions on voting. The new host city for the July 13 game has yet to be announced, according to the league. “Over the last week, we
Continue ReadingThe White House says it no longer has custody of the documents House Democratic investigators sought to shed light on the inner workings of then President Donald Trump’s top aides in the lead up to, and on the day of, the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story REXBURG, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — With chalk in hand, gloves and kneepads on, Matt Allred is ready to work. The father of four will spend 13 hours over the next three days on his driveway meticulously drawing an Easter masterpiece. Allred is not a professional artist — he’s an
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President Joe Biden revoked a Trump executive order that authorized sanctions on International Criminal Court officials and lifted sanctions on two officials, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Friday. Blinken also said the State Department terminated another Trump-era policy to impose visa restrictions on certain ICC officials. “These decisions reflect our assessment
Continue Reading An estimated 25 million people will get a boost in their food stamp benefits starting this month, the Biden administration announced Thursday evening. These Americans, who are among the lowest-income food stamp recipients, were left out of a benefit increase last year because of how the Trump administration implemented an early federal coronavirus relief provision.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ELK CITY, Nebraska (WOWT) — Agriculture workers who come to the Heartland for the season need a place to stay. On Thursday night, people in Elk City attended an informational meeting to learn about a proposed housing project there. It is not clear yet where it would be,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — It’s hard to tell, but at one point this fall, walking for Jake Immink might as well have been climbing a mountain. In November, COVID-19 struck an entire family in southern Nebraska, and it nearly killed him. Four went to the hospital. Immink spent
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DICKINSON, Texas (KTRK) — A man died early Thursday after he was shot during a confrontation outside a home in west Dickinson. Doorbell video showed a confrontation between the victim and the shooter, according to Dickinson police. Dispatchers received several calls about gunfire in the 1500 block of
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County Sheriff’s deputy is on desk duty Wednesday night following a shocking video of him punching a teenager that was captured on video. The incident took place last Friday, March 26. Carlos, a high school sophomore living in northwest Harris County,
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In late 2019, the city of Bend and its neighborhood associations identified 25 projects that would help improve safety.
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Despite a rising number of vaccinated Oregonians and widening eligibility, “the fourth surge of the virus is at our doorstep,” Gov. Kate Brown said Friday as she and state health officials pleaded with the public to keep up safety measures, despite growing COVID fatigue.
Continue ReadingOne US Capitol Police officer has died and another is injured after a suspect rammed a vehicle into a police barricade outside the Capitol building Friday afternoon, acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters. Pittman said the suspect in the attack has also died. The suspect was not on the radar of the US
Continue ReadingWhen the coronavirus pandemic began, the challenge for Pfizer and BioNTech wasn’t just developing a Covid-19 vaccine — they also had to make it, and by the hundreds of millions. This was no small feat. Until the very end of last year, no mRNA vaccine had ever been authorized and no such vaccine had ever
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