A court in India has ruled that groping a child through their clothing does not constitute sexual assault, drawing outrage across the country and frustrating campaigners battling to address widespread sexual abuse against women and children. In a judgment last week, Bombay High Court judge Pushpa Ganediwala found that a 39-year-old man was not guilty
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UFC had “fight island.” The NBA had “the bubble.” Tokyo 2020 might need a miracle. After the Covid-19 pandemic forced organizers to delay the Summer Olympics last year, the Games are now set to begin in less than six months on July 23, and major questions remain as to how Japan plans to pull off
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Two years after lawmakers paved the way, Oregon’s land-use commission has unanimously approved changes to the city of Bend’s development codes that will allow more high-density housing in “employment areas” around the city.
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Two people escaped a fierce fire that destroyed a northwest Redmond home Wednesday afternoon, though one was evaluated for smoke inhalation, and five pets perished in the blaze, authorities said.
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About 600 Redmond residents in 30 neighborhoods will be offered testing starting on Friday.
Continue ReadingMillions of dollars in federal funds earmarked for vaccine development and other public health matters were wrongly used for the removal of office furniture, news subscriptions and other administrative expenses by an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, according to an investigation launched by its inspector general into a whistleblower complaint. The
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A group of Democratic House staffers are drafting what they hope will be a bipartisan message to the Senate about the upcoming impeachment trial, urging senators to take the trauma their aides experienced during the violent insurrection in the Capitol on January 6 seriously, a staffer tells CNN. “We are staff who work for members
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The resort owners are buying a building in Sisters to sell lift tickets and equipment starting in early February.
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Robberson Collision Center has seen 40 vehicles in just the last two days.
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David Abbas says Archie Briggs road gets high priority due to its steepness, and narrow bridge. A neighbor claims to shave seen several accidents there.
Continue Reading A top official at the National Republican Congressional Committee abruptly decided to resign earlier this month after House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and nearly 150 GOP lawmakers voted against certifying the Electoral College results, CNN has learned, in the latest sign of the civil war brewing inside the Republican Party as it seeks to rebuild
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Illegal marijuana grows in Deschutes County have authorities’ attention, and they are looking to the public for help in efforts to find and remove them.
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Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling said Wednesday night that he hates “being right” about then-President Donald Trump’s capacity to incite violence, following the US Capitol insurrection earlier this month. Sterling, a Republican who’s the voting systems implementation manager for the Georgia secretary of state’s office, had pleaded with Trump during a December 1 news conference
Continue Reading Sen. Bernie Sanders has raised $1.8 million for charity through the sale of merchandise inspired by the viral photo of him and his mittens on Inauguration Day. The Vermont senator’s team began selling sweatshirts and T-shirts featuring the photo, which inspired countless memes, on his campaign store last Thursday. The $45 black crewneck sweatshirt seems
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The tense quiet outside the small hospital in Iranduba, Brazil, shattered when the ambulance rolled up. Inside, medics give a woman CPR in an ultimately futile attempt to save her life. A hospital source told CNN she died soon after being brought inside. In the four hours that CNN spent outside Hospital Hilda Freire on
Continue ReadingTwo of the three officers involved in the Jacob Blake shooting have returned to full duty, according to a Kenosha Police Department news release. Officers Vincent Arenas and Brittany Meronek resumed work on January 20 after they were put on administrative leave on August 23, 2020, the release said. “Officers Arenas and Meronek were not
Continue ReadingPamela Anderson is a married woman. The former TV star and her bodyguard, Dan Hayhurst, tied the knot on Christmas Eve at her home on Vancouver Island, a representative for Anderson confirmed to CNN. “I was married on the property I bought from my grandparents 25 years ago, this is where my parents were married
Continue ReadingA tornado-spawning storm tore across the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, forcing the temporary closure of Tallahassee International Airport. The city posted photos of a hangar ripped apart and a small plane flipped upside down. “Due to impacts from the severe weather moving through the area, Tallahassee International Airport is temporarily closed for damage assessment,” the
Continue Reading A new federal criminal indictment against three alleged insurrectionists who plotted their trip to Washington, DC, reveals more about their preparations than was previously known, including their discussing or attending training camps. The Justice Department indicted Thomas Caldwell of Virginia and Jessica Watkins and Donovan Crowl of Ohio on Wednesday, alleging that the three are
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Bend native and two-time Winter Olympian Tommy Ford is back home, recovering from a major ski crash he suffered while competing in a World Cup giant slalom in Switzerland in early January.
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