BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Health Services is partnering with Oregon Health Authority to offer a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday in downtown Bend at the Bend-La Pine Schools Education Center. This testing event is open to anyone. No symptoms or ID are required to be tested.
Continue ReadingTyrannosaurus rex was a fearsome predator, but it sure wasn’t a particularly fast mover. In fact, most humans could easily keep up with the dinosaur without breaking a sweat. T. rex would have covered just under 3 miles in an hour — a speed similar to that of humans and many other animals — at
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Inspired by the documentary Living on a Dollar a Day, kindergartener Liam Eliopulos asked the students of St. Francis to bring spare change to school on Friday, April 16th in a plea to raise funds for the Children’s Fund, operated by the nonprofit The Forgotten International.
Continue ReadingBillionaire Leon Cooperman rejected Senator Elizabeth Warren’s invitation to testify on her proposed wealth tax, saying he has no interest in appearing “at her show trial.” Warren invited Cooperman, with whom she has repeatedly clashed, to appear at an April 27 hearing on creating a fairer tax system. In a statement to CNN Business Tuesday
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State Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson, R-Prineville, says she was subjected to sexual harassment and pressured to take part in a “quid-pro-quo” arrangement by longtime Democratic Rep. Brad Witt of Clatskanie.
Continue ReadingSnow is in the forecast for Friday night through the weekend.
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Our skies will stay clear Tuesday night, with lows in the high 20s to low 30s.
Continue ReadingUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to meet in eastern Ukraine, where long-simmering tensions have resurged in recent weeks. Zelensky extended the invitation on Tuesday night during a public address, urging Putin to restore a ceasefire in the region where he said “millions of lives” are at stake. “A proposal
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Gov. Kate Brown and the Oregon House majority leader issued statements Tuesday shortly after the Minneapolis jury guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.
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Social media companies are on high alert for a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, knowing that their platforms have been used in the past to inflame tensions in the United States and that the same thing could well happen again in the wake
Continue ReadingA pair of recent real estate studies are shedding light on how people of color have been consistently disadvantaged in the US housing market for years and are largely missing out on the country’s ongoing home-buying frenzy. For nearly a decade, homes sold in mostly Black neighborhoods have been undervalued by an average of $46,000,
Continue ReadingCoal country is in free fall and is pleading for help from Washington. That’s why the largest union in one of the dirtiest industries is broadly backing President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion green infrastructure package — an ambitious plan that has also won support from climate activists. “Anybody who would not accept jobs where jobs
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Commentators weigh in on the guilty verdict against ex-Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd last May. Issac Bailey: Why I’m not celebrating I don’t begrudge others who burst into celebration at the sound of “guilty” guilty” “guilty” in the case of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who slowly murdered George
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Vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meet Friday to make recommendations for use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after it was put on hold to investigate a potential link to serious blood clots. The CDC and US Food and Drug Administration recommended a pause on use of the J&J
Continue ReadingDerek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter on Tuesday after jury of 12 people, unnamed and unseen during the trial in Minneapolis, deliberated more than 10 hours. The jury of five men and seven women began deliberations Monday to decide the extent of Chauvin’s role in the death of George Floyd. Of the
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The judge overseeing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd said Monday that Rep. Maxine Waters’ comments could be grounds for appealing a verdict. “I’ll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” Judge Peter Cahill
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Students at a number of Minnesota schools organized walkouts Monday. Osseo Senior High, where Malika Freeman is a junior, was one of dozens to take part. “I hope there will be change. I hope that love will be spread, solidarity, justice for everyone who has
Continue ReadingWhat was going through Derek Chauvin’s mind when he kneeled on a handcuffed, prone George Floyd for nine minutes and 29 seconds last May? That key question was at the heart of the three charges against the former Minneapolis Police officer and was top of mind for jurors in their deliberations. To render a verdict,
Continue ReadingThe nearly two-decade relationship late basketball player Kobe Bryant and Nike has ended. Bryant was “an important part of Nike’s deep connection to consumers,” Nike said in a statement. “Though our contractual relationship has ended, he remains a deeply loved member of the Nike family,” the company added. Bryant, along with eight other people, including
Continue ReadingThe House voted Tuesday afternoon to block a resolution from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to censure Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters following her remarks over the weekend calling for protesters to “get more confrontational” if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin were acquitted in the killing of George Floyd. Democrats had an extremely narrow margin to
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