Brasada Ranch, located in beautiful Powell Butte, recently started a “You give. We give.” campaign over the holiday season wherein guests and staff could purchase gift cards to the local resort and a percentage of the proceeds would go to the nonprofit organization Family Access Network (FAN).
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Steering more than their sleds at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Team USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor, with recently-naturalized U.S. citizen Kaillie Humphries are leading the U.S. toward a winning legacy in their sport together.
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A prosecutor says criminal charges will proably be dropped against a mentally ill Danish man accused of starting a large 2018 Colorado wildfire. District Attorney Alonzo Payne didn’t elaborate about his reasoning during a court hearing for Jesper Joergensen on Monday. But Payne’s comments come two months
Continue ReadingBy Malaak Khattab Click here for updates on this story BERRIEN COUNTY, Michigan (WBND) — Valentine’s Day is just two days away, and what better way to tell someone you care than by sending them a card. Well, that’s exactly what kids at one local elementary school did in Coloma. Students at Coloma Elementary were
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated a half dozen new places “very high” risk for travel on Monday, including South Korea and French Polynesia. The six new additions to the “very high” risk Level 4 category are a far-flung bunch: Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea;
Continue ReadingBy Julianne Grohowski Click here for updates on this story SOUTH BEND, Indiana (WBND) — National Pizza Day was on February 9th, but the celebration continues in South Bend! Visit South Bend Mishawaka released the new #OnlyInTheBend Pizza Pass as a way to motivate people to try out new local pizza places, in case you
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he will not launch a full investigation into allegations that former Bolivian President Evo Morales and his supporters committed crimes against humanity. Bolivia sought a probe in 2020 saying that Morales and his supporters established roadblocks that prevented people from accessing vital health
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Texas is suing Facebook’s parent company, Meta (FB), over allegations the social media giant illegally harvested the facial recognition data of tens of millions of state residents for a decade. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Texas’s Harrison County District Court, argues that a now-shuttered Facebook photo-tagging feature failed to get Texans’
Continue ReadingBy Shain Bergan Click here for updates on this story https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/person-taken-into-custody-after-baby-killed-in-shawnee-house-fire/article_8dc741f2-8dc3-11ec-b839-27db69b0ad74.html?block_id=991162 (KCTV) — Shawnee police have taken one person into custody in the Sunday morning house fire that killed a baby. The Shawnee Police Department and Shawnee Fire Department are conducting a joint investigation into the fire. Crews responded around 1 a.m. early Sunday morning
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN Business A nationwide group of state attorneys general announced an investigation into TikTok’s impact on young Americans Tuesday, adding to the steady drumbeat of political pressure being applied to social media platforms. The probe zeroes in on TikTok’s user engagement techniques and alleged risks that the platform may pose to
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan to let Georgia public school parents opt their children out of school mask mandates would only run through June 30, 2023. Kemp on Monday took repeated shots at Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams as he discussed it, underlining the political basis of the
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Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, Paul Murphy and Paradise Afshar, CNN A Democratic candidate for mayor in Louisville, Kentucky, was the target of a shooting Monday morning at his campaign headquarters, authorities said. Democrat Craig Greenberg was the target of the shooting in the city’s Butchertown neighborhood, Louisville Metropolitan Police Department Chief Erika Shields said, adding that
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — An Atlanta accountant has pleaded guilty to stealing $800,000 from an elderly client, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine, Northern District of Georgia. The FBI says 52-year-old Heidi Royal of Dallas, who was employed at an Atlanta-based wealth management firm, convinced
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden spent parts of the weekend reviewing materials on potential successors to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer as his self-imposed end-of-February deadline inches closer. Biden is “currently reviewing the legal record and writings of potential nominees, all of whom deserve fair bipartisan review,” according to White House talking points
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — An Atlanta Police Department officer has been arrested on suspicion of rape, according to the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a woman told them that she was raped in her Acworth apartment on Jan. 31 shortly after meeting the
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday identified two Bend men who died after skiing accidents on Mt. Bachelor about 24 hours apart, on Friday and Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A worsening inflation picture has touched off a range of opinions from the Federal Reserve’s policymakers about just how fast they should raise interest rates beginning at their next meeting in March. James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, reiterated his call
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A worsening inflation picture has touched off a range of opinions from the Federal Reserve’s policymakers about just how fast they should raise interest rates beginning at their next meeting in March. James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, reiterated his call
Continue ReadingBy DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The plane of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro took off Monday evening headed to Russia despite Western warnings the country could soon invade Ukraine. That’s frustrating those who have suggested he cancel Monday’s trip, including the U.S. government and members of his own Cabinet. The trip was
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