When promoting new products, most tech companies host a flashy event followed by TV and digital ads. Now, Samsung is taking promotion to a new level by co-creating a six-part series for Hulu in which eight photographers use its new Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G phone to take photos and compete for a prize worth $250,000
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When my husband and I realized that we weren’t going to get pregnant the old-fashioned way, we initially talked to my obstetrician and later on, our fertility specialists. While we were on this roller coaster of emotions, we didn’t even know what IVF (in vitro fertilization) or IUI (intrauterine insemination) stood for. We certainly didn’t
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The Small Business Administration will make a second attempt to open a federal emergency grant program for theaters and live music venues Monday, more than two weeks after the initial launch failed due to technical issues. The funding for what’s known as the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program was approved by Congress in December as
Continue ReadingDMX, the acclaimed New York rapper and actor, will be laid to rest this weekend. The artist, born Earl Simmons, died at the age 50 on April 9 after suffering a heart attack in his New York home. He burst onto the rap scene in the late 1990s with songs including “Get At Me Dog,”
Continue ReadingFive people were injured early Saturday in a shooting on New Orleans’ famous Bourbon Street, and no arrests had been made as of a few hours after the incident, police said. The shooting was reported to police at 1:16 a.m. CT on the street popular with tourists near an address on the edge of the
Continue Reading Louisiana voters are set to weigh in on the direction of the Democratic Party, choosing between a more moderate candidate who is aligned with President Joe Biden’s White House and a more progressive contender who could make history as the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress, in a Saturday runoff election. Two
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If you have unwanted prescription drugs sitting in your medicine cabinet, the Drug Enforcement Administration will be happy to help out. The federal drug agency wants your unused or expired prescriptions for its 20th National Prescription Take Back Day on Saturday — to help ensure homes are safe from drug abuse. When walk-in clinics and
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As the pace of daily vaccinations slides in the US, the Biden administration is directing fresh urgency to one of the biggest political challenges it faces in stopping the spread of the coronavirus: tackling vaccine hesitancy, particularly among conservative and rural voters in the Southeast and Mountain West. The nation’s vaccine supply got a boost
Continue ReadingThe real Deborah Johnson hasn’t watched the scene in “Judas and the Black Messiah” where a cop puts a gun to her pregnant belly after a predawn raid that killed Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. The 70-year-old now goes by Akua Njeri. She remains a revolutionary, as well as the mother of Hampton’s namesake. She’s
Continue ReadingDebris believed to be from the missing Indonesian navy submarine has been found, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Yudo Margono told a news conference Saturday. Six pieces of debris believed to be from the submarine, which was lost in the Bali Sea on Wednesday, were presented to journalists. The latest update came as hopes faded
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Six cats and dogs were rescued, but eight others perished Friday night when a smoky fire heavily damaged a northwest Redmond home, officials said.
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“Greed,” money and power. These were the three defining words of a week that shook European football’s very foundations. On April 18, 12 of Europe’s biggest, most successful and financially powerful clubs — subsequently dubbed the “Dirty Dozen” — announced their intention to breakaway from the current UEFA competition format and create their very own
Continue ReadingFollowing the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, his family has received death threats, an attorney for the mother of his child said Friday. “There have been some threats to the family, which is disturbing,” attorney Thomas Bowers said during a press conference Friday. Bowers said he has received racist calls
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Rimrock Trails Treatment Services is grateful to receive $16,667 from the Redmond Kiwanis Foundation to renovate their Prineville-based Adolescent Residential Treatment Program.
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Saturday, May 1st is National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day. The 2020 wildfires burned more than a million acres in Oregon and damaged many homes and communities. This year, you can help lower fire risks for your community and home!
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Starting next Saturday, May 1, residents will be able to dispose of yard debris for free during spring FireFree events across Central Oregon.
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Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity has been awarded six AmeriCorps National Construction Crew Leader positions and is looking for motivated, qualified candidates to serve locally during the 2021-2022 service year, which begins in August.
Continue ReadingEvery Sunday night, “90 Day Fiance” or one of its popular spinoffs takes TV viewers on a chaotic journey through romance, culture clashes and the American immigration system. Each episode of the TLC reality show starts off as a love story between an American citizen and a foreign national. Then comes skepticism, cringe comedy, eye-popping
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In the moments following the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., first responders can be heard on dispatch audio saying a man has been hit and has gunshot wounds to the back. Audio of the call, posted to the archives of the website Broadcastify, includes a dispatcher saying crews are responding to a call of “shots
Continue ReadingCaitlyn Jenner, the former Olympian and reality TV star, announced Friday she plans to run to replace California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in an expected recall election later this year. “I’m in! California is worth fighting for,” she tweeted Friday morning. Jenner, a longtime Republican, filed paperwork in Los Angeles County and announced her intent
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