As daily COVID-19 cases doubled in the past week, Oregon health officials reported Thursday that the highly transmissible delta variant has now become the dominant coronavirus variant in the state.
Continue ReadingBy Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Ten years ago, Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Brevik killed 77 people, many of them teenagers, in a bomb attack and gun rampage. The July 22 attacks left Norway, a small, close-knit Nordic country, stunned and grieving. Just over a year later, Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison, the
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Despite starting in lane three, Egypt’s Abdelkhalek Elbanna finishes in the fourth lane behind heat winner Olli Zeidler of Germany in the single sculls. Boats can technically cross lanes as long as they don’t impede.
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN While Covid-19 cases in the United States have been rising in almost every state over the past week, a handful have been driving the bulk of the nationwide surge. White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters Thursday the country has “fundamentally changed the course of this pandemic” and the
Continue ReadingA Missouri mother is mourning her unvaccinated daughter’s death, and pleading for people to think of their loved ones and get vaccinated against Covid-19.
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In an interview with Kathryn Tappen, Olympic gold medalist and NBC Olympics gymnastics correspondent Laurie Hernandez gives her take on Simone Biles’ prospects in Tokyo and previews the women’s gymnastics field.
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, aseguró en CNN que su gobierno está tomando acciones para cambiar el sistema carcelario del país. Lasso anunció el martes el estado de emergencia del sector penitenciario tras los motines en dos penales de Guayaquil y Latacunga, que dejaron al menos 20 muertos y
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In an interview with Kathryn Tappen, NBC Olympics softball reporter Jessica Mendoza breaks down the importance of the sport’s return to the Olympics after 13 years and previews the Tokyo competition.
Continue ReadingCNN’s Anna Coren speaks with Afghan interpreters who risked their lives helping the US government, and now face reprisals from the Taliban as many of them struggle to secure US visas and protection.
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Continue ReadingBy Barbara Wojazer, Zachary Cohen, Michael Callahan and Jessie Yeung, CNN The French power company that co-owns a nuclear plant in China would shut it down if it could, due to damage to the fuel rods, a spokesperson said — but the decision is ultimately up to the plant’s Chinese operator. The spokesperson for Electricite
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military carried out two strikes against the Taliban overnight in support of Afghan forces in the Kandahar province, multiple defense officials said, targeting captured equipment. The military has retained the authority to carry out strikes in support of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) during the final
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden’s drug czar pick, Dr. Rahul Gupta, spent nine months last year working as an adviser to a Maryland-based cannabis company, recently released government ethics documents show. Gupta, who was formally nominated to be the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy earlier this month,
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The city of Bend hosted a community information session Thursday evening regarding proposed code amendments under House Bill 2001, passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2019. The goal is to provide Oregonians with more housing choices, especially options more people can afford — but the changes coming to established neighborhoods could raise eyebrows, if not objections.
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN A few years ago, Australian scientist Richard Major took a video of a cockatoo in Sydney opening a closed trash bin lid with its beak and foot to access the gold mine of leftover food inside. He shared it with Barbara Klump and Lucy Aplin, both researchers at the Max Planck
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If you come to one of the Oregon High Desert Storm’s indoor football games, you’ll be in a great mood from start to finish– and for that, you have to give a lot of credit to the cheerleaders.
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Great animal photos this week.
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic has loomed large over the Tokyo Olympics ever since last year’s postponement, shaping a Games the like of which has never been seen before. When the opening ceremony gets underway on Friday, it will put an end to months of speculation over whether the Olympics would be even
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Balloons Over Bend is back, with a few changes. Watch them lift off Friday morning on NewsChannel 21 at Sunrise, which will air on KFXO due to the Olympics Opening Ceremonies on KTVZ
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Look at the size of that catfish!
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