It was a beautiful March afternoon, and as June Tatelman walked her dog in her Boston neighborhood, she was flying high. Tatelman had recently received her second dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, and the end of the pandemic was finally in sight. Maybe soon she could play with her grandchildren and return to her volunteer
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In a ruling that compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, a federal judge overturned California’s longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday, ruling it violates the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. Assault weapons have been banned in California since 1989, according to the ruling. The law has been updated several times since
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When Joe Manchin was in the fight of his political life, vying for reelection in a state where being a Democrat had long been out of fashion, the senator’s opening message to voters focused on the place he knew best: Farmington, West Virginia. Manchin argued throughout his last reelection campaign that it was his upbringing
Continue ReadingThis summer is bringing back a lot of what we used to call “normal,” including greeting long-lost friends and maskless strangers. For many of us it’s long overdue. But for people still anxious about socializing after more than a year in isolation, the rituals around greeting someone can be nerve-wracking. Do you go in for
Continue ReadingEvery year, on the first breath of summer, Pride collections emerge like a horde of brightly-colored locusts. They blanket every storefront and Instagram feed in June, promising solidarity and celebration for LGBTQ communities. “Yaas, Queen!” the shirts proclaim. “Love is love,” the decorative buttons affirm. Then there are the rainbow-printed suits and shoes, which bear
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An alley-oop, a fastbreak dunk and an AND-1 bucket headline this week’s top plays.
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There were lots of Central Oregon squads going head-to-head on the hardwood this week.
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Your skin on stress is not a pretty sight. Stress hormones such as cortisol can trigger breakouts, dull skin, accelerate aging and exasperate skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. That’ s especially true when your internal pressure cooker stays at a constant boil — and who isn’t overly stressed these days? “Consistently elevated cortisol
Continue ReadingA recent increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations among adolescents reinforces the importance of getting vaccinated and practicing prevention measures against the virus, according to a study released Friday. The report looked at hospitalization data for 12-to-17-year-olds from a large coronavirus surveillance network and found 204 adolescents who were likely hospitalized primarily for Covid-19 between January 1
Continue ReadingThe 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing, takes place on Saturday. Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, will host the longest of the three Triple Crown races, at 1.5 miles. A limited crowd of 11,000 will be allowed to attend, with proof of
Continue ReadingGrant McGurn is really glad he jumped on a FaceTime call with his dad. The 27-year-old office manager in Madison, Wisconsin, had put all of his investments into cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ethereum and dogecoin, a joke coin whose rapid ascent he considered entertaining if “ridiculous.” That alarmed his father, an experienced investor. “He knew I
Continue ReadingScientists have found that, even though right whales are protected from direct catch, they are significantly shorter compared to 40 years ago due in part to commercial fishing, according to a new study. The study — written by Joshua Stewart of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and his colleagues at the New England
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An Oregon lawmaker charged with misconduct and criminal trespass after he let far-right rioters into the state Capitol appears to have told people in a video days beforehand that he would let them into the building if they texted him.
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The Portland Trail Blazers and coach Terry Stotts are parting ways after nine seasons.
Continue ReadingTwo of the three deputies disciplined in the shooting of Andrew Brown, Jr. have returned to work and the third intends to resign, the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release on Friday. Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on April 21 by Pasquotank County deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina,
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Boy Boy is a 6-year-old purebred Miniature Pinscher, a super-friendly, high-energy pup waiting for a new home at the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
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A survey discussed Friday at a meeting of the Homeless Leadership Coalition finds a 13 percent rise in homelessness in Deschutes County in the past year, and that nearly two-thirds said they last had stable housing in Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingAlmost five decades later, police have arrested and charged a man in the death of an Illinois teen whose body was found in a field stabbed multiple times. Barry Lee Whelpley, 76, of Mounds View, Minnesota, was arrested on June 2 for the 1972 killing of Julie Ann Hanson, a 15-year-old resident of Naperville, Illinois,
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The Bend business is giving 25 free resume’ prints. They have a quality printer, inks, and good paper too!
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They have several tips on how you can conserve this precious resource. 60% of water goes to landscape irrigation.
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