By Theresa Waldrop and Mallika Kallingal, CNN The parents of the suspect in a shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan that left four students dead this week are facing involuntary manslaughter charges in those deaths. Legal experts were quick to point out that such charges are far from the norm — it is James
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Dezenski, CNN This week, the first Omicron variant case was detected in the United States as some conservative members of Congress nearly shut down the federal government over vaccine mandates. Monday Biden’s agenda brings warring conservative factions together in quest to flip House Biden says new Omicron variant is ’cause for concern, not
Continue ReadingOWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have waived tackle Cedric Ogbuehi. The team announced the move shortly after Ogbuehi was ruled out of Sunday’s game at Pittsburgh with a thigh injury. Ogbuehi has appeared in two games this season with the Ravens and one with Seattle. Ogbuehi started four games last season for
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La cueva de Postojna, situada a una hora en coche al suroeste de Liubliana, la capital de Eslovenia, es tan grande que tiene su propio ferrocarril. Sin embargo, una de las principales atracciones de la cueva es algo que se encuentra en el otro extremo del espectro del tamaño, y que
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Rookie running back Javonte Williams will get his first start Sunday night at Kansas City if Melvin Gordon III can’t play. Gordon didn’t practice all week because of hip and shoulder injuries and was listed as doubtful Friday. Coach Vic Fangio doesn’t expect Gordon
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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has been on the lookout for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) since the late 1990s. Over the past 20+ years, staff have collected and tested more than 23,000 samples from hunter-harvested, road-killed and other deer and elk found dead in Oregon. No Oregon animal has ever tested positive for CWD.
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Continue ReadingGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Nearly two decades after earning a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and more than four years after his death, rock icon Tom Petty has been awarded a honorary Ph.D. from the University of Florida. The school’s board of trustees unanimously voted to award Thomas Earl Petty a
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A holiday exhibition in the Bahamas suddenly is shaping up to be a lot more. Bryson DeChambeau is leading the Hero World Challenge after a 64. Among those one shot behind is Brooks Koepka, who just last week smoked DeChambeau in a made-for-TV match in
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — A trial has begun for a man accused of killing his wife and blaming her death on a Baltimore panhandler. Keith Smith told police that his wife, Jacquelyn, was trying to give money to a panhandler when she was robbed and fatally stabbed in 2018. But The Baltimore Sun reports that Assistant
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jurors who will hear testimony in former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter’s trial in the death of Daunte Wright are a mostly white group, with two people who identify as Asian and one as Black. And they include a medical editor, IT workers,
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The parents of the 15-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of four students at a Michigan high school have entered not guilty pleas to involuntary manslaughter charges. James and Jennifer Crumbley entered their pleas during a Zoom hearing, hours after police said they were arrested while hiding
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal correctional officer at a women’s prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate. The charge against John Russell Bellhouse comes months after the prison’s warden was arrested for similar conduct. The Associated Press reported last month that more
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey statehouse requirement for visitors to show proof of COVID-19 or a negative test is still in effect after Republican lawmakers defied it ahead of a voting session Thursday. That’s according to signage posted around entryways to the statehouse complex Friday as well as
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks could elevate Adrian Peterson from the practice squad to play against San Francisco on Sunday. Peterson was signed this week by the Seahawks due to concerns about depth at running back. Alex Collins, Rashaad Penny and Travis Homer are all dealing with
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks could elevate Adrian Peterson from the practice squad to play against San Francisco on Sunday. Peterson was signed this week by the Seahawks due to concerns about depth at running back. Alex Collins, Rashaad Penny and Travis Homer are all dealing with
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN What started as an attempt to get rid of pesky creatures ended with an entire house going up in flames. A house of nearly 10,000 square feet in Dickerson, Maryland, an hour west of Baltimore, was engulfed in flames on November 23 when the homeowner tried to smoke out a snake
Continue ReadingRENSSELAER , Ind. (AP) — A 19-year-old Indiana man who was last seen alive in 1982 has been identified by authorities as a victim of the late serial killer Larry Eyler. The remains of William Joseph Lewis of Peru, Indiana, were found by a hunter in rural northwestern Indiana’s Jasper County in October 1983. But
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The city of Bend is inviting members of the community who live, work, play or commute near Wilson Avenue and Ninth Street — a busy intersection soon to get a roundabout — to the Wilson Avenue Corridor Project design open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9 at the Bend Fieldhouse in Vince Genna Stadium at 401 SE Roosevelt Avenue.
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Happy Saturday, Central Oregon! I hope to see you at the Christmas parade! The weekend will remain pretty nice, but we will see a significant difference in temperature between Saturday and Sunday. Skies will stay partly cloudy all weekend. Highs Saturday will be in the mid to upper 50s, with a slight chance of showers
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