The Deschutes County Commission has approved the allocation of $8.6 million in Transient Room Tax funds to support a new public safety building in Sunriver and to support trails in Deschutes County.
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Police say that a man serving a life sentence in Virginia on a murder conviction has now confessed to two additional slayings, one of which goes back 35 years. Fairfax County Police said at a press conference that Charles Helem has been charged with murder
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Real Sociedad fans have thrown objects at the team bus carrying Atlético Madrid players to a Copa del Rey match. The objects caused some damage and upset Atlético coach Diego Simeone. Sociedad fans attacked the bus as it arrived at the Anoeta Stadium for Atlético’s round-of-16 match in the Basque Country city
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The United States will play its final home World Cup qualifier at Orlando, Florida, on March 27 against Panama. The U.S. Soccer Federation scheduled the match at Exploria Stadium, where the Americans beat Panama 4-0 on Oct. 6, 2017, also their next-to-last qualifier. Needing only a draw in their finale to qualify,
Continue ReadingStocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Ford, US Bancorp fall; Bank of America, Tegna rise.
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street has had a rocky start to the year: Stocks again finished lower Wednesday and the Nasdaq Composite closed in correction territory, defined as a minimum 10% drop from its high. For the Nasdaq, that last peak was its record close on November 19. On Wednesday the
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street has had a rocky start to the year: Stocks again finished lower Wednesday and the Nasdaq Composite closed in correction territory, defined as a minimum 10% drop from its high. For the Nasdaq, that last peak was its record close on November 19. On Wednesday the tech-heavy index
Continue ReadingBy Karen Morfitt Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — The National Western Stock show honored the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Monday night by hosting the MLK Junior African American Heritage rodeo, part of the Bill Pickett Rodeo. It’s dedicated to celebrating Black cowboys and cowgirls and where the best
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN Sleep longer. Eat healthier. Exercise more. Becoming a “better” version of yourself can quickly turn into a nearly endless list of tasks, leaving you overwhelmed. We often decide to try and tackle multiple habits but end up unable to master any of them from the sheer effort it takes to do
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The English Football Association is looking into a yellow card shown to an Arsenal player during a Premier League match this season following allegations of suspicious betting patterns. The Athletic reported that bookmakers raised concerns with the FA after an unusual amount of money was placed on an Arsenal player being booked
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the parents of a U.S. student Otto Warmbier, who died after being imprisoned by North Korea, should receive about $240,000. The 22-year-old was returned to the United States in a vegetative state and died shortly after. The payment will come from money seized from a
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL has revealed new dates for 98 games postponed this season for coronavirus-related reasons. The changes include moving 23 other games around and 95 filling the gap that previously was scheduled for the Olympic break. The regular season is still scheduled to end April 29 as previously planned.
Continue ReadingLILLE, France (AP) — Defending champion Lille extended its unbeaten run to nine matches with a 3-1 win against Lorient in their rescheduled French league match. The win lifted the northern side to within seven points of second-place Nice. Lille leapfrogged Montpellier into eighth place after the southern club was reduced to 10 men and
Continue ReadingCNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 case counts in the United States have dipped in recent days, a promising sign that the Omicron wave is starting to subside. But hospitalizations and deaths are still rising, and experts say the country has not reached a peak across the board. After reaching nearly 808,000 new cases on
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 case counts in the United States have dipped in recent days, a promising sign that the Omicron wave is starting to subside. But hospitalizations and deaths are still rising, and experts say the country has not reached a peak across the board. After reaching nearly 808,000 new cases on Saturday,
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Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday that she will appoint former Bend attorney and Deschutes County judge and current Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Roger J. DeHoog to the Oregon Supreme Court, as well as Judge Ramón A. Pagán, Kristina Hellman, and Anna M. Joyce to the Oregon Court of Appeals.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres/París (CNN Business) — Las principales aerolíneas internacionales están cancelando vuelos a Estados Unidos por el temor de la industria de la aviación a que la tecnología 5G pueda interferir con los instrumentos cruciales a bordo. Pero todo sigue igual en Europa, donde la última generación de redes móviles de alta velocidad se
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GRYGIEL Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Latino civil rights organization and others have filed a federal lawsuit that says new political maps in Washington state approved by a bipartisan redistricting panel intentionally dilute Hispanic voters’ influence. The legal action filed Wednesday targets state Legislative District 15 in Yakima, which is majority Latino.
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Continue ReadingBy ADEL OMRAN Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The head of Libya’s national oil company has said that his country will try to keep oil production at 1.2 million barrels a day in 2022, but that the company is dealing with serious budget shortfalls. Libya’s top oil body, along with the rest of the
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