By Betsy Klein and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — US climate envoy John Kerry is set to travel to Beijing this weekend for climate talks with his Chinese counterparts, a Biden administration official told CNN. The meeting comes as the US and China seek ways to work together on the climate crisis – a topic
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. Personal Birth date: July 21, 1939 Birth place: London, England Birth name: John Dimitri Negroponte Father: Dimitri John Negroponte, shipping magnate Mother: Catherine (Coumantaros) Negroponte Marriage: Diana (Villiers) Negroponte (December 1976-present) Children: Marina, Alejandra, John, George
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A Bend woman launched a petition drive Monday, urging Oregon lawmakers to require the use of helmets by children taking part in horseback-riding activities.
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart has already won one Commissioner’s Cup championship. She hopes to get New York to this year’s in-season tournament title game to have a chance at another one. The Aces have already clinched a spot in the final which will be played in Las
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — The San Francisco gallery owner who sprayed a homeless woman with a garden hose earlier this year agreed to community service to have his criminal case dismissed. Video of the January 9th incident that showed 72-year-old Collier Gwin spraying the woman
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer DeAndre Hopkins and Dalvin Cook lead a list of accomplished players who are still available a week before several NFL teams open training camp. Hopkins, the three-time All-Pro wide receiver, became a free agent when Arizona released him in May. He visited the Tennessee Titans and has talked
Continue ReadingBy SHAWN CHITNIS Click here for updates on this story PALO ALTO, California (KPIX) — Students from Palo Alto High School will compete together for the first time in the 30th annual Solar Car Challenge this week, showcasing months of work in a 1,400-mile race. Students formed the Palo Alto Solar Racing Club, the only
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Bend Police said Tuesday they have noticed an uptick in calls reporting scams or fraud, and shared some tips to help you avoid becoming a victim.
Continue ReadingRIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Boxing heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and ex-UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou will fight Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The latest high-profile crossover boxing match between a mixed martial artist and a professional boxer will take place in a regulation ring, with three ringside judges using the 10-point scoring system.
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The city of Bend is holding an open house on its plans to improve safety and accessibility for everyone who uses Olney Avenue between Wall Street and NE Second Street. The community is invited to attend an open house from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 18, at Pioneer
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say an arrest warrant has been issued for a close friend of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant stemming from a fight during a pickup basketball game at the player’s home last year. The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office says Davonta Pack has been charged with
Continue ReadingNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Crews extinguished the intensely burning fire aboard a cargo ship docked in New Jersey after nearly a week and are now beginning their investigation into the blaze that resulted in the deaths of two firefighters. Coast Guard officials spoke Tuesday at a news conference in Port Newark, saying it could be
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. Regulators sought to ax the deal saying it will hurt competition. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said in a ruling that the merger deserved scrutiny, noting it
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Willy Wonka’s back. The chocolatier and torturer of naughty children is getting the prequel treatment in a new film starring Timothée Chalamet, coming to cinemas in December. First footage of Chalamet as the mercurial Roald Dahl character was revealed Tuesday, showing a young Wonka setting out on a quest
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The Oregon Department of Forestry said Tuesday it will soon begin work with Oregon State University to update the disputed, withdrawn wildfire hazard map, making revisions based on direction provided in Senate Bill 80, passed by the 2023 Oregon Legislature.
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local authorities say that three people have been killed in a helicopter crash in southeastern Congo. The helicopter crashed at noon on Monday and was found in a ravine in the cobalt-rich mining province of Lualaba. The victims were subcontractors for the Boss Mining company and
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has called on the US Food and Drug Administration to investigate the high caffeine content of the Prime Energy drink and the company’s marketing efforts to children. This beverage, which is sold in cans, contains 200 milligrams of caffeine per 12 ounces, which is equal to the caffeine content of nearly
Continue ReadingBy Haley Talbot, Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — The New Democrat Coalition, which says it has a 98-House member bloc, is ramping up pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy to reject hardliners in his party and instead work with Republicans and Democrats to pass its annual defense legislation in a timely manner. “Speaker
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — I originally had been reluctant to set my latest novel in the 1970s. I was wrong. That was one wild and weird decade. “The Hellfire Club,” my first novel, published in 2018, set my protagonists, Congressman Charlie Marder and his zoologist wife Margaret, right in the thick of the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German surgeon has been ordered to pay a fine of $7,900 for parachuting into the stadium before a European Championship match in Munich two years ago as part of a botched climate protest. A Munich regional court convicted the 40-year-old Greenpeace activist Tuesday of endangering air traffic and negligent bodily harm
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