The operators of Bend’s Franklin Avenue homeless shelter explained their policy for guests Friday after a paraplegic and his caregiver-girlfriend claimed they were asked to leave after being accused — wrongfully, they claim — of smoking in their room.
Continue ReadingCNN By Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent A White House facing the first full day of a special counsel investigation sought to maintain a business-as-usual attitude, highlighting what has become a central objective amid an uncertain and potentially perilous new reality. President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to the White House,
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN Dr. David Kessler, chief science officer for the White House Covid-19 Response Team, is retiring, according to a statement from the US Department of Health and Human Services. “For decades, Dr. Kessler has worked tirelessly to address our nation’s most challenging public health issues, and his work during the COVID-19 pandemic
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer NFL regular-season ratings saw a 3% decrease from last season, which was not unexpected with “Thursday Night Football” moving from Fox and NFL Network to exclusively airing on Amazon Prime Video. The 272 regular-season games averaged 16.7 million viewers across television and digital platforms, The league also said that
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris and Haley Brink, CNN The search for 5-year-old Kyle Doan, who was pulled from his mother’s hands by rushing floodwater on Monday, continued Friday, but with fewer teams, officials said. Members of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team, the Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team, and California Highway Patrol air
Continue ReadingBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A human skeleton has been discovered in an unused building on a University of California, Berkeley, campus. The university’s police department says it’s unclear how many years the remains were in the shuttered building on the Clark Kerr Campus, which is a residential hall complex and event space that’s about a
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Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of Jan. 15-21.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.; Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Don Bacon, R-Neb. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.; former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Reps. Daniel Goldman, D-N.Y., and Chris Stewart, R-Utah. ___ CNN’s
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Oregon State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple is calling on Oregonians to practice fire safety at home by taking steps to help eliminate the risk of a fire. To bring attention to this effort, the OSFM is marking Jan. 16-22 as Community Risk Reduction Week.
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials are pleading with Californians to stay alert through several more rounds of stormy weather over the weekend and into next week. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell visited California on Friday to tour damage. In Montecito, Newsom
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The state attorney general has petitioned the Oregon Supreme Court to either toss out a circuit judge’s rulings that block the implementation of a new, voter-approved gun safety measure or else explain why the rulings should stand. Assistant Attorney General Robert A. Koch argued in court filings Friday that intervention by
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The state attorney general has petitioned the Oregon Supreme Court to either toss out a circuit judge’s rulings that block the implementation of a new, voter-approved gun safety measure or else explain why the rulings should stand. Assistant Attorney General Robert A. Koch argued in court filings Friday that intervention by
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man has been charged with killing a teenage girl in 2016 to boost his standing in a gang. Authorities say a grand jury indicted Patrick Johnson on a charge of murder in aid of racketeering. Johnson is accused of shooting 15-year-old Veronica Lopez while the girl was riding in a
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has authorized adding former President Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into who incited the Jan. 8 riot in the nation’s capital. The ruling came Friday after the prosecutor-general’s office asked the Supreme Court to include Bolsonaro. As
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El portavoz del Ministerio Público de Honduras, Yuri Mora, dijo a CNN que en conjunto con la Secretaría de Seguridad se ha conformado un equipo especial que está investigando la muerte violenta de dos ambientalistas identificados como Jairo Bonilla y Aly Domínguez. Ambos fueron asesinados de varios impactos de bala
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking a life prison term for an ex-convict who extorted and forced into labor or prostitution some women he met at his daughter’s on-campus housing at Sarah Lawrence College. Manhattan federal prosecutors wrote in a court document Friday that Lawrence Ray has shown he
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los legisladores de la Cámara de Representantes de Missouri adoptaron esta semana un código de vestimenta más estricto para las mujeres como parte de un nuevo paquete de normas, y ahora les exigen que se cubran los hombros llevando un saco, un cárdigan o un blazer de punto. La medida, que
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A cloud shot up vertically like a plume of smoke in a matter of seconds before a Hawaiian Airlines flight last month hit severe turbulence and 25 people on board were injured, according to a preliminary report Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board. The captain
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One lane of U.S. Highway 101 reopened to all traffic 12 miles south of Port Orford at 3:30 pm. Friday, ODOT said. The temporary gravel lane was prepared after a landslide closed the coastal highway early Monday morning.
Continue ReadingCNN, WXIA, WVTM, WGCL By Aya Elamroussi, Jason Hanna and Joe Sutton, CNN Recovery and search efforts continued in the South on Friday, a day after severe storms and tornadoes raked the region, killing at least nine people, blowing roofs off homes and cutting power for thousands. At least seven people were killed in central
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