Due to exceptionally hot temperatures and dry conditions, Deschutes County said Wednesday it has approved an order declaring a local emergency and announced an immediate ban on the use of all legal and illegal fireworks through Friday, July 9.
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The FBI said Wednesday it is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of those responsible for setting a fire on the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation on the evening of Monday, June 21.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El vestuario de la difunta princesa Diana ha sido inmortalizado en libros, exposiciones, series de Netflix, sesiones fotográficas de homenaje en Vogue e incluso un musical. Desde su vestido de novia de cuento de hadas hasta el llamado «vestido de la venganza» que usó después de que el príncipe Carlos admitiera
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears‘ father, Jamie Spears, is asking the court to investigate her claims. “Either the allegations will be shown to be true, in which case corrective action must be taken,” a petition from his attorneys, obtained by CNN, reads, “or they will be shown to be false, in which case the
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The grim toll of the historic heat wave in the Pacific Northwest became more apparent as authorities in Canada, Washington state and Oregon said Wednesday that they were investigating more than 100 deaths likely caused by scorching temperatures that shattered all-time records.
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Attorneys are still trying to reach the parents of 368 migrant children who had been separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration, down from 391 last month, according to a federal court filing Wednesday. The filing from the Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union is part of
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe and Holly Yan, CNN [Breaking news update, published at 6:52 p.m. ET] Rescue and search crews found the bodies of a 10-year-old child and a 4-year-old child, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a Wednesday afternoon news conference. That brings the death toll from the Surfside, Florida, building collapse to
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Equipment worth $3,000 was taken from a community garden on the city’s north side and police are now looking for the suspect. “We Got This” on the corner of 9th and Ring is dependent on community donations. Work in the garden has
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Sunriver Brewing is one of four leading Oregon craft beverage producers who are teaming up with Oregon Parks Forever to raise funds dedicated to replanting 25,000 trees after the 2020 wildfire season.
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A local family is back where it belongs after a serious scare. We’re talking about a family of ducks who were released into the Milwaukee River. The humane society released a female mallard and her ducklings just a few days after mom
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The board of trustees at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill voted Wednesday to grant tenure to award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones after facing backlash from Black students and faculty who said the board’s initial failure to do so reflected a history of systemic racism at the school. The board’s 9-4
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN The Delta variant of Covid-19 is more contagious than other lineages, and is spreading rapidly in under-vaccinated populations. While vaccination is a matter of choice for adults, many children — particularly those under the age of 12 — cannot get vaccinated at all. That leaves a lot of uncertainty, especially for
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN The Delta variant of Covid-19 is more contagious than other lineages, and is spreading rapidly in under-vaccinated populations. While vaccination is a matter of choice for adults, many children — particularly those under the age of 12 — cannot get vaccinated at all. That leaves a lot of uncertainty, especially for
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Ethan Cohen, CNN A day after the New York City Board of Elections botched a dry run of its new ranked-choice vote-counting process, the beleaguered office released an updated results that found Brooklyn Borough Eric Adams narrowly in the lead. Former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia and civil rights attorney Maya Wiley
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN Starting Thursday, college athletes will have the opportunity to make money from their name, image and likeness (NIL) after the NCAA Board of Governors approved an interim policy that gives student-athletes in all three divisions the ability to profit from sponsorship opportunities for the first time. “This is an important day
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN Starting Thursday, college athletes will have the opportunity to make money from their name, image and likeness (NIL) after the NCAA Board of Governors approved an interim policy that gives student-athletes in all three divisions the ability to profit from sponsorship opportunities for the first time. “This is an important day
Continue ReadingCNN en Español (CNN Español) — CNN en Español celebra la reapertura de Estados Unidos y el 245º aniversario de la independencia, el 4 de julio, con el especial «Fourth in America» que incluye actuaciones musicales y espectáculos de fuegos artificiales en todo el país desde las 7 P.M. hasta las 2 A.M., hora de
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Task-force firefighters were still busy putting out hot spots Wednesday on two blazes that burned about 90 acres Tuesday in southeast Redmond, forcing evacuations, but officials said Fires 419 and 422 were 100% contained. Meanwhile, federal officials authorized use of federal funds to help pay for firefighting costs.
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN The Delta variant of the coronavirus is worrying officials around the world. Four major Australian cities went into a four-day “circuit-breaker” lockdown this week to try and stop it from spreading. Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, announced looser vaccination policies to try to get more people immunized before the variant could
Continue ReadingUS Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says he is concerned that the Detla variant of Covid-19 is behind the rise in cases of coronavirus in the US and warned that the unvaccinated are at risk because it spreads faster than any known variant.
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