Two years since Ronald Greene’s death — and two days since Louisiana authorities released a series of videos of their encounter with him — his mother says she’s still in shock. “Just trying to… bring it into reality, that this has happened to my son, grief stricken isn’t the word,” Mona Hardin told CNN on
Continue ReadingA young Palestinian boy in thick eyeglasses stood dumbstruck as Israeli police dragged his grandmother, Rifqa, out of his family home. His eyes shifted between the uniformed men and the 92-year-old woman who squirmed in their clutches. Shouts rang out and, within minutes, the family was driven out of half of their home in East
Continue ReadingA young Palestinian boy in thick eyeglasses stood dumbstruck as Israeli police dragged his grandmother, Rifqa, out of his family home. His eyes shifted between the uniformed men and the 92-year-old woman who squirmed in their clutches. Shouts rang out and, within minutes, the family was driven out of half of their home in East
Continue Reading“Saturday Night Live” ended one of its strangest years — a season in which the show had to do episodes with coronavirus protocols during a pandemic — by explaining to audiences what a wild year it really was. The NBC variety show opened the season finale with cast members, and special guest Chris Rock, going
Continue ReadingBritain’s Queen Elizabeth visited the country’s new aircraft carrier on Saturday, giving the UK’s biggest warship a royal sendoff before it leads a flotilla of British, US and Dutch ships to Asian waters on its maiden operational voyage. The 95-year-old monarch stepped aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth, seven years after she named the
Continue ReadingA Brooklyn man has been charged with arson after allegedly attempting to set a synagogue and Jewish school, or yeshiva, on fire Wednesday, according to court documents. Ali Alaheri, 29, was allegedly caught on camera “piling numerous garbage bags against the door” of the yeshiva and synagogue located in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood, and then
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An event for off-road enthusiasts is taking place at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds this weekend. Community members gathered to watch and participate. More info at: https://redmondoffroadrally.com/
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Damian Lillard scored 34 points and led Portland’s 3-point barrage that sparked the Trail Blazers’ 123-109 win over the undermanned Denver Nuggets in the opener of their first-round playoff series Saturday night.
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Billy Jones of Bend raced to donate tents to residents of the Revere Avenue/Parkway campsite Saturday after he heard about ODOT’s plan to cleanup the site.
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Worksource Oregon hosted a drive-thru hiring event on Saturday. Community members brought their resume and a two-minute pitch to meet employers.
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Portland police say a TriMet bus driver was shot Saturday night while driving passengers.
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Happy Sunday Central Oregon! After a week that started in the 80s, some of us didn’t get out of the 40s on Friday, and Saturday brought with it more cool temperatures and some much-needed rain. With the rain over the past few days, it looks like we’ve already tripled April’s rainfall total this month. Sunday
Continue ReadingA man has been arrested for assault with a deadly weapon in connection to an altercation earlier this week that Los Angeles police are investigating as a possible anti-Semitic hate crime. In a news release Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department described the man as “one of the primary suspects in the assault and beating
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Thousands of residents in Goma, a major city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are spending the night outdoors following eruption of Mount Nyiragongo earlier Saturday, according to a spokesman for the Norwegian Refugee Council. “There has not been a massive panic movement, but people are really worried,” said Tom Peyre-Costa, the council’s spokesman
Continue ReadingAmazon has temporarily shut down construction of a new fulfillment center in Connecticut after the discovery of seven apparent nooses at the site. Police in Windsor, Connecticut, say the nooses were found placed around the construction site starting on April 27. The police department said it is investigating the incidents as potential hate crimes along
Continue ReadingTwo men were killed and eight other people were injured in a shooting early Saturday in downtown Minneapolis, police said. Seven of the victims were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries and one man was in critical condition, according to the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). Jawan Contrail Carroll, 23, was arrested in Bloomington, Minnesota, on
Continue ReadingVirgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane, carrying two pilots, soared into the upper atmosphere on its third mission to reach space Saturday morning. The success cues up Virgin Galactic to begin launching paying customers within the next year as the company works to finish its testing campaign at its new headquarters in New Mexico. Spaceplane VSS Unity
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The Biden administration on Saturday granted humanitarian protection for Haitians in the United States, allowing an estimated 100,000 people to apply to remain lawfully in the US, according to the Department of Homeland Security and an administration official. The decision will allow Haitians in the US the opportunity to apply for Temporary Protected Status —
Continue ReadingProtesters rallied in cities across the United States on Saturday in support of Palestinians, days after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire ending the latest round of violence and bloodshed in a decades-long conflict. More than 90 events were planned for the weekend, including rallies in New York, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago and Portland. Protesters
Continue ReadingEmmanuel Kelly Cooper was resurrected last year. After spending 27 years behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit, Cooper was released in January 2020, just before the coronavirus began wreaking havoc across America. The pandemic has not been easy for the world, but he remains unfazed. “I’ve been incarcerated a long
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