By Taneisha Cordell Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND (WEWS) — As a pathway to a better life after release, women serving jail time here in Cleveland are ditching the inmate stigma and “Chopping for Change” through a culinary arts program at Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries (LMM). Behind every recipe and neatly plated meal
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has upheld his acquittal of a nursing home administrator who had been charged with the overheating deaths of nine patients after 2017’s Hurricane Irma knocked out the facility’s air conditioning. Circuit Judge John J. Murphy III spent Monday morning listening impassively as
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The La Pine Boys and Girls team captured a 3A state title this weekend at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. It’s the boys’ third title in a row, and the first time both a boys and girls team from the same school won the OSAA tournament since a girls champion first became recognized in 2019.
Continue ReadingBERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. was shut out from the top prizes at an annual international water tasting contest in West Virginia. Entries from Canada took the top two spots for Best Municipal Water on Saturday at the 33rd annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting. Clearbrook, British Columbia, a previous six-time champion, took
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The Canadian government is banning TikTok from official electronic devices, making it the latest to announce restrictions on the short-form video app in light of cybersecurity concerns. The ban is set to take effect on Tuesday. Government-issued devices will be blocked from downloading TikTok, and existing installations of the app will
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN The Canadian government is banning TikTok from official electronic devices, making it the latest to announce restrictions on the short-form video app in light of cybersecurity concerns. The ban is set to take effect on Tuesday. Government-issued devices will be blocked from downloading TikTok, and existing installations of the app
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Se registró este lunes un sismo de magnitud 5,3 en las aguas del océano Pacífico cerca de la costa de Nicaragua, según el reporte preliminar del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El sismo, a una profundidad de 77,3 km, también se sintió en
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Monday demanded lengthy prison terms for the country’s exiled opposition leaders, amid a continued crackdown against dissent in the ex-Soviet republic. The prosecution demanded to sentence Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Pavel Latushka to 19 years in prison. Tsikhanouskaya, Latushka and three other opposition figures
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Cell therapy, involving adult stem cells from bone marrow, has been shown to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in severe heart failure patients, according to a new study. A single administration of adult stem cells directly into an inflamed heart, through a catheter, could result in a long-term
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Si vives en el noreste o la costa oeste de Estados Unidos, atención: empieza otra semana de nieve. La tormenta invernal en el norte del país está llevando nieve a los Grandes Lagos y la región del Noreste, donde las alertas meteorológicas se extienden desde Minnesota hasta Maine. La
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St. Charles Health System’s Board of Directors announced Monday that Interim President/CEO Dr. Steve Gordon has accepted the position for the health system on a permanent basis.
Continue ReadingCHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s national intelligence agency says two foreign nationals who posed as tourists have been expelled from the country. They were also banned for 10 years from returning after being caught carrying out “subversive actions” to destabilize the country. The Intelligence and Security Service said Monday that the pair were trained in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — Gran Bretaña y la Unión Europea alcanzaron un acuerdo sobre nuevas normas comerciales en Irlanda del Norte en un intento de resolver un asunto polémico que ha avivado las tensiones tras el brexit en Europa y en la isla de Irlanda. El acuerdo podría resolver la cuestión de las importaciones
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SANCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president lashed out Monday against demonstrators opposed to his plan to cut election funding, belittling their concerns about threats to democracy and dashing any hopes that he would try to ease rising political tensions. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador seemed to revel in the conflict,
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A Bend woman injured her ankle while hiking in the Horse Ridge area east of Bend on Saturday, prompting a rescue effort by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue.
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By Rochelle Alleyne Click here for updates on this story HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — Stretches and selfies are expected at the starting line of the Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic. But as waves of racers continued—we also found hope packaged in Schuyler Arakawa. “I haven’t done a race in a while, so this is exciting,”
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they’re working to cut down on a growing backlog of complaints lodged against health care providers and government agencies by patients who claim their civil rights or privacy have been violated. Americans filed more than 51,000 complaints last year against health care agencies, a
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s so much darkness awaiting Ben Platt in his new Broadway role these days that he’s countered with a dash of brightness. “I painted my dressing room pink so that it’s a very bright and warm and joyful place to be, so that I can
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After more than five years on the job and nearly 100 “collars” of suspects, Bend Police Department apprehension K-9 Kim retired on Jan. 31, the agency announced Monday.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La selección masculina de fútbol de Argentina confirmó este lunes que su entrenador Lionel Scaloni seguirá al frente del equipo tres años más. En un breve tuit, la selección dijo: “CONFIRMADO: Hay Lionel Scaloni para rato. ¡Seguimos!”. En la imagen que se agregó en el tuit se indicó que Scaloni será
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