By Justin Gamble A high school senior in Louisiana has received more than 170 college acceptance letters and more than $9 million in scholarship offers. Dennis Maliq Barnes, a 16-year-old senior at International High School of New Orleans, told CNN he wasn’t initially looking to set any records. “As I applied to more schools, as
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN When the presidents of the United States and South Korea this week announced a landmark deal to deter North Korean aggression, one element of the pact stood out. Plans to deploy a US nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time since 1981 were the headline act in the unveiling
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, gobernante militar de Sudán y jefe del ejército, dio su aprobación inicial para prorrogar la actual “tregua” otras 72 horas, según informaron este miércoles las Fuerzas Armadas de Sudán (FAS) en un comunicado. Esta prórroga se produjo después de que al-Burhan recibiera una propuesta de la
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has said while visiting Tokyo that he hopes to forge “trusted supply chain relationships” with U.S. allies and friends to create supply chains that are not China-dependent. Youngkin, considered a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, is making his first trip to Asia, having
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Deschutes County’s Office of Internal Audit has received national recognition for its Management of Pandemic Case Investigation and Contact Tracing audit, which was released in 2022.
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Next Wednesday, May 3, the Bend Farmers Market kicks off its season at a new, earlier time of day while continuing its participation in the Double Up Food Bucks program.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that he is running for Democrat Joe Manchin’s U.S. Senate seat in 2024, setting up what could be a hard-fought campaign between two of the state’s most prominent politicians. Justice, an ultrawealthy businessman who is barred from running
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN China has broadened the scope of its already sweeping counter-espionage law in a move that analysts warn could create further legal risks or uncertainty for foreign companies, journalists and academics. The changes expand the definition of espionage from covering state secrets and intelligence to any “documents, data, materials
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El presidente de Corea del Sur, Yoon Suk Yeol, cantó “American Pie” en el comedor de Estado de la Casa Blanca tras la cena de Estado con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, este miércoles, según muestran imágenes del evento. Tras la actuación, Biden se dirigió al público y contó
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pamela Smith remembers vividly the last time she saw her only son alive. It was 3:18 a.m. on July 3, 2016, in Fresno, California, and 22-year-old Jackson Smith was lying motionless on a table in an emergency room while a nurse performed chest compressions. Earlier that
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Tucker Carlson broke his silence on Wednesday evening, posting a short video online after his abrupt firing from Fox News earlier in the week, but did not directly address his departure from the network nor his future. The right-wing media extremist didn’t say much in the rambling two-minute message, but
Continue ReadingBy WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MALINDI, Kenya (AP) — An international team of climate scientists says the ongoing drought in Eastern Africa has been made worse by human-induced climate change. The report Thursday from World Weather Attribution also said climate change made the drought much more likely to occur in the first place. World Weather
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN The unrelenting drought that has devastated the Horn of Africa and left more than 20 million people facing acute food insecurity would not have been possible without climate change, a new analysis has found. Since October 2020, this part of East Africa, one of the world’s most impoverished regions, has been
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Oregon’s parole board has granted release from prison to Seth Koch, the second-youngest of the “Redmond 5” convicted killers and the one who at age 15 shot and killed Barbara Thomas with a hunting rifle in March 2001 at her home on the Bend-Redmond Highway after beating her with empty wine bottles.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 31 points, Draymond Green had his highest-scoring game in more than five years and the Golden State Warriors won the first road game of their series against Sacramento, beating the Kings 123-116 to take a 3-2 lead. Green had 21 points and
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jimmy Butler was an extraordinary playmaker while leading the Miami Heat to one of the most stunning first-round playoff upsets in NBA history. It turns out he also was a heck of a play caller. Butler scored 42 points and the Heat staged a second straight
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mitch Haniger scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning following a dropped fly ball by Cardinals center fielder Lars Nootbaar, helping the Giants overcome a big night from slugger Paul Goldschmidt and beat St. Louis 7-3 on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump perdió un intento de última hora para impedir que el exvicepresidente Mike Pence testifique sobre sus conversaciones directas, en medio de una investigación criminal federal que examina las acciones de Trump y otros después de las elecciones de 2020. El expresidente ha intentado y fracasado repetidamente impedir
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey and Chris Boyette, CNN Three decades after a woman in Florida was fatally shot by a person dressed as a clown, the longtime suspect — who went on to marry the victim’s widower — has pleaded guilty even as her lawyers maintain she is innocent. Sheila Keen-Warren, 59, withdrew her earlier plea
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The new father got things rolling. The new forward chipped in, too. And just like that, playoff newcomer Seattle is a win away from clinching its first series. Tye Kartye scored in his NHL debut to help the Kraken beat the reigning Stanley Cup champion Colorado
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