Antetokounmpo has 47, Bucks beat Blazers 127-109
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 47 points and 12 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Portland Trail Blazers’ four-game winning streak with a 127-109 victory Friday night.
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Myanmar junta orders internet blackout as more pro-democracy protesters are detained
Myanmar’s military junta has cut all wireless internet services until further notice, in what appears to be part of a concerted effort to control communications and messaging in the Southeast Asian country. Pro-democracy demonstrators have repeatedly filled streets across the country for nearly two months in protest after the military overthrew the elected government over
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Veteran DCSO captain placed on paid leave amid internal investigation
Deschutes County sheriff’s Captain Deron McMaster, a 28-year veteran of the agency, was placed on paid administrative leave Friday pending the outcome of an administrative investigation into alleged policy violations.
Continue Reading‘We spent the night under heavy fire,’ recalls survivor after terrifying escape from Islamists in Mozambique
A heart monitor beeps in the background when Andre answers his phone, his voice still slightly raspy. He is recovering from a first round of surgery after being shot as he and dozens of others fled a terrorist attack in the northern Mozambique town of Palma. Andre is in pain but knows how fortunate he
Continue ReadingCanadian families struggling to access autism therapy as they wait for a national strategy
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — While Friday marks World Autism Awareness Day, some Canadians say the federal government’s long-promised national strategy isn’t coming fast enough with affordable and accessible support varying drastically between provinces. Tiffany Baker, who’s seven-year-old son Kameron has autism, says she has faced heartbreaking roadblocks in
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Gov. Brown orders public flags to half-staff to honor victims of Capitol attack
Gov. Kate Brown ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday as a sign of respect for the service and sacrifice of the victims of Friday’s attack at the U.S. Capitol.
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Bend church hosts Good Friday art exhibit
Antioch Church in Bend hosted its ‘Station of the Cross’ art exhibit on Good Friday.
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Pet Pals: Scooter is a happy poodle mix
Meet Scooter, a happy 6-year-old poodle mix waiting for a new home at the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
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The Big Playback preview: Rare matchups on tap
The 6A Mtn. View Cougars travel to Redmond to take on the 5A Ridgeview Ravens Friday night, an example of the creative scheduling in this late prep football season – and Max Goldwasser will bring you all the highlights at 11 on The Big Playback!
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Oregon High Desert Storm dance team auditions set
The region’s new pro indoor football team, the Oregon High Desert Storm, holds its second player tryouts on Saturday — and there’s also dance team auditions on Saturday, at Diamond Dance Academy in Redmond.
Continue ReadingAn 8-year-old cancer survivor sold over 30,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. She’s using proceeds to help ‘fellow childhood cancer warriors’
An 8-year-old cancer survivor in San Bernardino, California, is using some of the proceeds from her Girl Scout cookie sales to give back to others fighting cancer. Lilly Bumpus, who has been a Girl Scout for four years, said she sold 32,484 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, crushing the previous record of roughly 26,000 boxes
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Jury begins deliberations in Luke Wirkkala murder retrial
The jury began deliberations late Friday in the murder retrial of Luke Wirkkala, a Bend man accused in the fatal 2013 shooting of house guest David Ryder. They then recessed for the weekend and will resume deliberations Monday morning.
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OSU Board sets tuition, fee hikes for 2021-22; plans to hire interim president
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved tuition rates and fees for the 2021-22 school year, including a 2.5% increase for returning undergraduate students and a 4% increase for new undergraduate students enrolling at the university.
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John Boehner is right about the GOP before Trump
During Donald Trump’s presidency, many of his critics argued that he was the cause of so many problems plaguing the country and the Republican Party. While Trump was far from innocent, as a former member of Congress and lifelong Republican, I have never bought the simplicity of that argument. Instead, Trump was a consequence of
Continue ReadingFully vaccinated people can gather unmasked and indoors for Easter, CDC says
People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely gather for Easter on Sunday — both indoors and without masks, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Twitter. It’s still recommended, however, that individuals who are not fully vaccinated have their Easter dinner and egg hunts with only the people in
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Pelosi orders US Capitol flags to be flown at half-staff to honor fallen officer
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the flags at the US Capitol to be flown at half-staff on Friday in honor of US Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans, who died after a suspect rammed a vehicle into a police barricade outside the Capitol building. Another officer has been injured. “Today, America’s heart has been broken
Continue ReadingApril the Giraffe, who became a worldwide sensation for giving birth in 2017, has died
April the Giraffe, who became an internet celebrity by giving birth on a YouTube livestream in 2017, has died at the age of 20. The beloved animal was euthanized at the recommendation of her veterinarians due to her worsening arthritis, Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York, announced in a Facebook post on Friday. “We
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Bend woman gears up to hike Continental Divide Trail, fundraising for a cause
Blisters, exhaustion and sore muscles will soon be a reality for Britney Ingram. In two weeks, the Bend woman will begin a five-month trek on the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.
Continue ReadingThe gates were locked, a boy dying in a woman’s arms inside. This is what police have learned about the mass shooting in Orange, California
When police were finally able to enter the courtyard of the business complex in Orange, California — where four people were fatally shot Wednesday — they found a woman holding a wounded 9-year-old boy. “It appears that a little boy died in his mother’s arms as she was trying to save him during this horrific
Continue ReadingPGA Tour plans to keep its season-ending Tour Championship in Georgia
The Tour Championship, which features the richest prize in golf, will be played in Atlanta as scheduled this September, the PGA Tour said in a statement to CNN. The announcement comes after Major League Baseball said its All-Star Game will be moved from Atlanta in response to new voter laws that critics see as a
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