CDC, FDA lift pause on using J&J’s coronavirus vaccine, add safety warning
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration lifted their recommended pause on use of Johnson &…
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Ma’Khia Bryant should be remembered as a loving teenager, her mother says
Ma’Khia Bryant’s mother doesn’t want her daughter to be remembered by the incident that ended her life. “I want the world to…
Continue ReadingTiger Woods on crutches in first Instagram photo of himself since his car accident
Tiger Woods has posted his first photo of himself since his car accident earlier this year, showing him on a golf course in crutches with his dog.…
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Deschutes County road construction update: Week of April 25
Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of April…
Continue ReadingCity of Bend urges: ‘Slow the flow’ of irrigation this growing season
With warming spring weather and the start of the growing season, the City of Bend wants to remind the community of the importance of “slowing the…
Continue ReadingPrepare to pay the sticker price for a car
Car dealer lots have only a fraction of the vehicles that they typically have — both new and used. It’s helping send prices to record…
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City of Bend road and traffic report for week of April 26-May 2
Here is the city of Bend’s weekly road and traffic report for the week of April 26-May…
Continue ReadingStudents hope vaccine mandate will bring life back to college
Warm spring days usually bring students out to the sprawling grass-filled quad at Rutgers University in New Jersey. But on a recent visit, CNN found…
Continue ReadingCDC advisers recommend resuming use of J&J’s coronavirus vaccine; FDA to add blood clot warning
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to recommend resuming use of the vaccine. An updated warning will…
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Oregon reports 9 more COVID-19 related deaths, including Deschutes County’s 73rd; 1,020 new cases
There are nine new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,476, along with 1,020 new cases, the highest daily tally…
Continue ReadingSF Giants fans ‘feel safer’ in new vaccinated-only sections at Oracle Park
Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCICSO (KGO) — Proof of vaccination can now get you a designated seat, in a…
Continue ReadingDerek Chauvin, convicted in the murder of George Floyd, to be sentenced June 16
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted this week in the murder of George Floyd last May, will be sentenced June 16, according to…
Continue ReadingSeven North Carolina deputies placed on leave after the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr.
Seven deputies involved in serving the warrant on Andrew Brown Jr., who was killed when deputies fired at him as he drove his car away, have been…
Continue ReadingMars helicopter shares first aerial color photo and preps for Sunday flight
So this is what the view looks like when flying on Mars. The Ingenuity helicopter captured its first color image from 17 feet (5.2 meters) above the…
Continue ReadingFetal tissue research carries on after Biden team reverses Trump limits
Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — he Biden…
Continue Reading‘Cold-blooded’ — Animal Control investigates goose shooting
Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — When a pair of geese made their home…
Continue ReadingGhislaine Maxwell pleads not guilty to new sex trafficking charges
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of the late Jeffrey Epstein, pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges Friday in her first court…
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Deschutes County to transition from Redmond mass vaccination clinic in coming weeks
In May, Deschutes County will begin transitioning from the centralized mass vaccination clinic in Redmond to a distributive model, where COVID-19…
Continue ReadingUS has more than 9 million Johnson & Johnson doses ready to go, once pause is lifted
The US has more than 9 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine ready to be administered, now that a federal vaccine panel…
Continue ReadingPresident Biden told Turkish President Erdoğan he’s planning to recognize Armenian genocide
President Joe Biden told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday he plans to recognize the 1915 massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman…
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