A 12-year-old in North Carolina used the downtime he had during the pandemic to take on a few extra classes in school. Now, one year later, Mike Wimmer, of Salisbury, is getting ready to graduate high school and college — in the same week. Wimmer completed four years of school in one year — two
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The Bend Brewfest which was set for August, has now been postponed until May of 2022 due to COVID-19.
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A new video shows that no more than four seconds passed between when Pasquotank Sheriff’s deputies’ arrival at Andrew Brown Jr.’s home and when shots began to ring out, a family attorney said Tuesday. “This was, in fact, an extrajudicial killing, an execution if you will,” Brown family attorney Wayne Kendall told CNN’s John Berman.
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Portland city officials say the city has agreed to waive $11 million in fines against the U.S. government for a fence around the federal courthouse that was blocking a bike lane.
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Oregon Tech’s faculty union has gone on strike.
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The family of a 73-year-old woman who alleges that she was violently arrested is calling for the firing of the arresting officers involved and the removal of “city leadership that hired these individuals and fostered this culture of abuse,” according to a statement from the family’s attorney released Tuesday Karen Garner, who has dementia, was
Continue ReadingIdaho on Tuesday became the second state this week to enact a so-called heartbeat ban — a law barring most abortions at the onset of a fetal heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks into a pregnancy and before many people know they are pregnant. “We should never relent in our efforts to
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is expected to announce Tuesday that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance for wearing masks outdoors, three people familiar with the expected announcement said. Ahead of his first address to Congress on Wednesday, the President will give remarks on the state of the pandemic on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingPolice told people protesting last week’s police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. to head home ahead of an 8 p.m. curfew imposed by Elizabeth City, North Carolina. It was the seventh night of demonstrations since Brown was fatally shot by deputies who came to his home to serve arrest and search warrants. The protests came
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A DC Metropolitan Police officer who was brutally assaulted while defending the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection said Tuesday evening that it’s been difficult to watch some elected officials and others “whitewash” the episode in its aftermath. Michael Fanone, who was stun-gunned several times and beaten with a flagpole during the attack, told
Continue ReadingAlphabet kicked off a big week for tech earnings as the industry starts to look ahead to a post-pandemic economy by reporting a characteristically strong start to 2021. Google’s parent company reported revenues of $55.3 billion for the first three months of the year — a 34% jump from the same period last year —
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Anfernee Simons scored 27 points with a career-high nine 3-pointers and Damian Lillard added 23 to help Portland snap a five-game losing streak Tuesday night with a 133-112 rout at Indiana.
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The announcement by Gov. Brown that 15 counties will move to the Extreme Risk level, effective Friday, April 30, through at least Thursday, May 6, will impact Bend Park and Recreation District programs and facilities, the agency said.
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. American presidents have a handful of time-tested ways to break through the daily news media din and make a big statement. An Oval Office address is one way. Wednesday’s format, speaking before Congress, is another.
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The Bend-La Pine School Board met Tuesday night to discuss the status of school reopening and reflected many of the questions — and tension — seen across the community as COVID-19 case numbers rise and Deschutes County returns to the “Extreme Risk” category..
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The Oregon Opportunity Foundation helped secured the 2.7 million dollars to turn the Greenway motel into a permanent shelter. The money comes from the state’s “Turnkey” program.
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A former White House senior adviser for the Obama administration who helped found a network of charter schools is accused of allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the schools and attempting to launder the funds in order to get a lower interest rate on a mortgage for a Manhattan apartment, according to federal
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A captain with the New York City Department of Correction has been charged with criminally negligent homicide for allegedly ordering subordinates not to help a detainee as he hanged himself in a cell. Rebecca Hillman, 38, was charged in the death of Manhattan Detention Complex inmate Ryan Wilson, according to a grand jury indictment. Hillman
Continue ReadingA Miami private school has asked its employees to wait to get the Covid-19 vaccine until the end of the school year, but still cautioned that if they do, they won’t be allowed to return next year, the school told staff this month. The school’s CEO and co-founder Leila Centner sent a letter to faculty
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With police training programs across the country under intense scrutiny after Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction, one department in California is using several high-profile police killings of Black Americans as it trains the next generation of officers to better anticipate and respond to high-risk encounters. The Sacramento Police Department’s training techniques have been largely shaped by
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