Six newly elected and re-elected Deschutes County officials will be sworn into office at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, in Courtroom C of the Deschutes County Circuit Courthouse, located at 1100 NW Bond Street in Bend.
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Too many Americans are missing out on a cure for hepatitis C. A study underway in a hard-hit corner of Kentucky is exploring a simple way to start changing that. One of the hurdles is that it takes multiple testing steps to learn someone has the
Continue ReadingBy JASMINE ARENAS Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — A few Colorado families are seeking answers after a small fire and asbestos contamination would run them out of their homes for weeks. The fire happened on Dec. 4 at the Cedar Run apartments in south Denver on S. Oneida st. when
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House and the Senate are set to pass an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act, the arcane election law that then-President Donald Trump tried to subvert after his 2020 election defeat. Democrats and Republicans have been working on the legislation since the Jan. 6, 2021,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, viajará a México el próximo mes para asistir a una Cumbre de Líderes de América del Norte, informó este martes la Casa Blanca. El presidente estará en la Ciudad de México entre el 9 y el 10 de enero, dijo John Kirby, coordinador de
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN With humanitarian and food crises growing more dire around the world, the Biden administration plans to roll out new steps on Tuesday to make it easier for humanitarian assistance to continue flowing without concerns about US sanctions, according to senior Treasury officials. The new moves — designed to allow humanitarian support
Continue ReadingBy Soyoung Kim Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER Washington (KPTV) — A woman continues her journey of healing after investigators said her husband shot her and their baby. Officials said the man was pronounced dead at the scene on Dec. 7, and the baby later passed away at the hospital. Now, her
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The Family Access Network has received a grant of $18,500 from United Way of Central Oregon to support FAN advocate services in Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties.
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, took the witness stand Tuesday in a trial over U.S. antitrust regulators’ effort to stop the tech giant from buying a virtual reality startup called Within Unlimited. At issue is whether Meta’s acquisition of the
Continue ReadingBy David Culver, Karol Suarez, Tara John and David von Blohn, CNN Nine-year-old Rubi Mota can’t remember the last time she was in a classroom. She and three family members left Venezuela in July with their beloved dog, Linda, in tow, making the treacherous journey thousands of miles through South and Central America in a
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Chicago Park District has found the “fastest kids” in the city. Over the weekend, the Park District held its second annual “Fastest Kids in Chicago” track competition. More than 300 kids between the ages of 5 and 14 participated. The winners
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The National Aquarium is caring for 25 cold-stunned sea turtles. Cold-stunning is a phenomenon in which sea turtles experience medical issues after extended exposure to cold water. The National Aquarium Animal Rescue found the turtles on the shores of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BRAINTREE (WBZ) — Police say they busted an illegal edibles operation in Braintree last week. Officers were tipped off about the business on Mill Lane and got a search warrant. When police raided the business on December 12, they said they found trays full of
Continue ReadingMONACO (AP) — Kenyan marathoner Diana Kipyokei has been banned for six years and stripped of her 2021 Boston Marathon title for doping and tampering. The Athletics Integrity Unit says Kipyokei’s urine sample after winning in Boston in October 2021 had traces of triamcinolone acetonide — an anti-inflammatory prohibited at races when an athlete does
Continue ReadingBy CBS 58 Newsroom Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Authorities in Kenosha say that a gunman opened fire upon police Monday evening before police returned fire, leaving the suspected gunman dead at the scene. Kenosha Police and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of an active
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Associated Press review finds that gambling interests positioning for lucrative business in Ohio’s developing betting landscape gave nearly $1 million to a nonprofit that helped Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine get reelected. Donations to the Republican Governors Association between January 2021 and this September
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Associated Press review finds that gambling interests positioning for lucrative business in Ohio’s developing betting landscape gave nearly $1 million to a nonprofit that helped Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine get reelected. Donations to the Republican Governors Association between January 2021 and this September
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Associated Press review finds that gambling interests positioning for lucrative business in Ohio’s developing betting landscape gave nearly $1 million to a nonprofit that helped Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine get reelected. Donations to the Republican Governors Association between January 2021 and this September
Continue ReadingBy CALVIN WOODWARD, LYNN BERRY, CHRISTINA LARSON and CAROLYN KASTER Associated Press PERCE, Quebec (AP) — Against the ravaging seas, Quebec’s coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat. Over the past decade, civilization has been pulled back from the water’s edge where possible along
Continue ReadingBy James Felton and Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story GENESEE County, Michigan (WNEM) — A grieving family has lived 889 days without their loved one, the victim of what prosecutors call a senseless murder. Denzel Williams-Boyd, 20, learned on Dec. 19 how long he’ll spend behind bars for killing Martina Martinez
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