By Leyla Santiago, Zoe Sottile and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Ginny Matts and her boyfriend were excited to celebrate her 60th birthday in Key West. But their vacation was spoiled by an unexpected guest: a record-breaking amount of smelly seaweed known as sargassum that is coating the iconic Florida island’s popular beaches. What Matts and her
Continue ReadingCNN By Leyla Santiago, Zoe Sottile and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Ginny Matts and her boyfriend were excited to celebrate her 60th birthday in Key West. But their vacation was spoiled by an unexpected guest: a record-breaking amount of smelly seaweed known as sargassum that is coating the iconic Florida island’s popular beaches. What Matts and
Continue ReadingBURNLEY, England (AP) — Former NFL star J.J. Watt and his wife, Kealia, have announced an investment in the English soccer club Burnley, which recently earned promotion to the Premier League. The recently retired Watt is a three-time AP Defensive Player of the Year while Kealia is an accomplished soccer player who has played for
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff Former President Donald Trump will participate in a CNN presidential town hall next week in New Hampshire, the network announced Monday. “CNN This Morning” anchor Kaitlan Collins will moderate the event at St. Anselm College, which will air at 8 p.m. ET on May 10 and will feature the former president taking
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The city of Bend is working to establish a balance between building development addressing the critical issue of housing in our community, while preserving our trees.
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Health officials in Michigan said 109 cases of the rare fungal infection blastomycosis have been linked to a paper mill in Escanaba, an increase of five cases since the last update a week ago. Among the 109 cases, 13 have been hospitalized, and one death was previously reported. All the cases
Continue ReadingBy JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Four weeks after winning UConn’s fifth NCAA men’s basketball championship, coach Dan Hurley and Andre Jackson Jr. got to celebrate the experience at Citi Field on Monday afternoon. Jackson, one of the starters on the Huskies and a native of upstate Amsterdam, threw out the ceremonial
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi Let’s be frank: If you have a US bank account, hearing about bank failures in the past couple of months hasn’t felt great. After all, a bank is supposed to be the safest, most boring place to keep your money, not the reason you reach for Advil. Well, guess what? A bank
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians have traded left-hander Konnor Pilkington to the Arizona Diamondbacks for $100,000. Pilkington appeared in 15 games for the AL Central champions last season, going 1-2 with a 3.88 ERA. The 25-year-old began this season with Triple-A Columbus before being recalled by the Guardians last week. He made a relief
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is advocating for an increase in the deposit insurance limit for business payment accounts following the three recent bank failures. Currently, the FDIC insures up to $250,000 per depositor for each account ownership category. But the agency backed deposits exceeding that limit when Silicon Valley Bank
Continue ReadingASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — A transit district that runs bus routes and paratransit services for Clatsop County riders and provides a bus service between Astoria and Portland has suspended its operations due to financial problems. The Sunset Empire Transportation District’s board voted unanimously on April 27 to discontinue operations indefinitely and furlough employees. The agency
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg and Dakin Andone, CNN A student at the University of California, Davis was stabbed to death at a local park Saturday evening, days after a similar attack, prompting the involvement of state authorities and the FBI as police search for a suspect. Authorities are still working to determine any possible connection between
Continue ReadingCNN, WCBS By Nicki Brown and Sabrina Souza, CNN The jury in the Ed Sheeran copyright infringement case — about whether Sheeran’s smash single “Thinking Out Loud” copied the classic Marvin Gaye song “Let’s Get It On” — deliberated for about five minutes Wednesday evening before the judge sent jury members home. The jury sent
Continue ReadingBy Nicki Brown, CNN Musician Ed Sheeran appeared visibly frustrated on the stand Monday as he continued his testimony in the second week of his copyright infringement case about whether his smash single “Thinking Out Loud” copied the classic Marvin Gaye song “Let’s Get It On.” Sheeran said he found the allegations in the case
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GRAMMY Award-winning musician, actor and New York Times best-selling author Rick Springfield will hit the road this summer on his “I Want My 80’s Tour,” including a post-Labor Day stop at Bend’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater.
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Fourteen-year-olds in Wisconsin could serve alcohol to seated customers in bars and restaurants under a bill circulated for cosponsors Monday by a pair of Republican state lawmakers. Under current law, only workers age 18 and above can serve alcohol to customers in Wisconsin. The bill would
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche’s quest to repeat as Stanley Cup champions came to a halt with a Game 7 loss to Seattle in the first round. The Avalanche’s summer figures to be a long one. There are questions surrounding captain Gabriel Landeskog and his ability to make
Continue ReadingMOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan officials say the number of deaths linked to a cult on the country’s Indian Ocean coast has risen to 110. Heavy rains stalled the exhumation process for the third day as government pathologists began autopsies. The official number of victims had been at 103 until Monday and could rise as
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Russia should “pull out” of Ukraine. The Republican leader was speaking Monday on his first trip abroad as U.S. House speaker at a press conference in Jerusalem. McCarthy amplified his personal political support for Kyiv as well as the U.S. military commitment
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OSU-Cascades has been awarded a $3.9 million federal grant to provide full tuition for up to 75 eligible graduate students in a Master of Counseling program designed to address the mental health needs of K-12 school children.
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