By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog agency says White House press secretary Karine-Jean Pierre violated a law that bars federal employees from engaging in political activity on the job. According to a letter from the Office of Special Counsel, Jean-Pierre crossed the line in the run-up to the midterm elections
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The government has argued in federal court in Phoenix that a lawsuit seeking money for five affected migrant mothers and their children should be dismissed despite President Joe Biden’s loathing of his predecessor’s practice of separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border. A Justice Department attorney said Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy SUE MAJOR HOLMES and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses,” died Tuesday. He was 89.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When the remains of an early human ancestor were found in Ethiopia in 1974, the discovery provided an unprecedented look at a species that lived millions of years before humans walked the Earth. The rare fossil, representing 40% of a skeleton belonging to a female Australopithecus afarensis, was named
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — For his second straight offseason with the New England Patriots, linebacker Matt Judon has kept up a side hustle of sorts as the team’s self-appointed recruiter. Judon’s free agent target this time around is three-time All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins. He is taking visits with potential suitors after
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Amazon Web Services was briefly hit by a wide-ranging outage on Tuesday afternoon that impacted a large number of major websites, including the Boston Globe and New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority. The afternoon outage affected some news organization’s ability to publish coverage of former President Donald Trump’s court
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Bend-La Pine Schools will offer healthy meals at no charge to children and teens at six outdoor locations this summer. The program, open to anyone 18 and younger, begins Tuesday, June 20 and continues through the fourth week of August.
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are mounting an all-out campaign to attack the special counsel’s investigation into former President Donald Trump and looking to use every tool at their disposal to undermine its findings – from subpoenas to the power of the purse strings. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A stadium financing bill aimed at drawing the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas cleared one hurdle Tuesday after passing the Nevada Senate — with requirements strengthening its benefits to the community. The 13-8 vote marks another step as the bill moves through the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jon Rahm is one of the many PGA Tour players who were surprised and frustrated about last week’s announcement of a partnership between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the primary funder of rival circuit LIV Golf. Rahm says he has no
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Colombia anunció que acusará formalmente a Oscar Iván Zuluaga, excandidato a la presidencia, por presuntamente haber recibido en 2014 fondos de la empresa Odebrecht para pagar a un publicista. En un comunicado, la Fiscalía dijo este martes que la imputación también alcanzará a su hijo y gerente
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Tory Lanez’s sentencing for shooting and wounding hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion was delayed on Tuesday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Herriford accepted the defense’s request to delay Lanez’s sentencing, which is now scheduled for Aug. 7. Prosecutors are seeking a 13 year prison sentence and Lanez faces deportation to
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The Bend Cultural Tourism Commission, a Visit Bend Project overseeing the Bend Cultural Tourism Fund, announced it has awarded $400,000 in funding to 15 local grantee organizations in arts and culture.
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Despite increasing acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community, at least in some circles, adults who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual are more likely than those who identify as straight to have serious thoughts of suicide and mental health conditions including major depressive episodes, and they are more likely to
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Manuel Ranoque, el padre de los cuatro niños que sobrevivieron en la selva colombiana durante 40 días tras el accidente de una avioneta, dijo a CNN en una entrevista este martes en Bogotá que la historia de sus hijos es un “milagro” y una “rareza”. Así sobrevivió la bebé Cristin, la
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The Oregon State Fire Marshal mobilized six task forces and an incident management team to Umatilla County late Tuesday as firefighters battled two fast-moving wildfires, one that grew to an estimated 10,000 acres and prompted some evacuations for a time.
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — The House is taking up a pair of GOP-led bills that Republicans say would prevent a nationwide ban on gas stoves – a messaging opportunity for Republicans over an issue that has become part of the political culture wars – despite the White House’s insistence that it has no
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Miami (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 charges Tuesday in a brief but historic court appearance following his arrest and processing on federal charges. Trump is the first former president to face federal charges following last week’s indictment by special
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — At the very moment former President Donald Trump was pulling into an underground garage at the federal courthouse in Miami, his successor was 40 minutes into a meeting about Ukraine’s nascent counteroffensive with NATO’s secretary general. Outside the Oval Office windows, the soundcheck
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Miami (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 charges Tuesday in a brief but historic court appearance following his arrest and processing on federal charges. Trump is the first former president to face federal charges following last week’s indictment by special counsel
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