A Bend man was killed and a Bend woman was injured Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on US Highway 26 in Grant County, Oregon State Police reported.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have peered into the early days of the universe, when it was about 1 billion years old, and discovered that things moved in slow motion compared with now. The finding supports Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which suggests that the distant universe moved much more slowly in
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Jayna Hefford gets goose bumps thinking about what it will be like when the puck drops in January on a new women’s hockey league featuring the world’s best players. The stage is set for that after a new ownership group bought out the Professional Hockey Federation and members of
Continue ReadingBy TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — New U.S. legislation would ban imported products containing critical green transition minerals mined by child labor in Congo. The bill seeks to counter China’s control of the “strategic” minerals in global supply for electric vehicles and other products. Hazardous and exploitative labor is rife in Congo’s
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The Minnesota Timberwolves have made it clear. They’re going to build around Anthony Edwards. The Timberwolves and Edwards agreed on a max extension Monday. It’s for five years and worth $207 million with a chance of the deal reaching $260 million. Agent Bill Duffy confirmed the agreement to The
Continue ReadingLIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Saudi Arabia has landed another soccer icon after Liverpool great Steven Gerrard was hired as manager of Al-Ettifaq. The former England captain is the latest star name to be lured to the oil-rich kingdom as it embarks on an ever-expanding recruitment drive. Gerrard has managed Rangers and Aston Villa since retiring
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and ERIK VERDUZCO Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — State investigators were on site at a North Carolina amusement park after a crack was discovered on a support beam on one of their popular roller coasters. Tommy Petty, chief of the state Department of Labor’s Amusement Device Bureau, said investigators
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — In the lush surroundings of Paris’ Musee Rodin, the landscapes of artist Marta Roberti have formed the backdrop for the latest Dior couture collection by designer Maria Grazia Chiuri. The designs, inspired by power, feminism and the divine, shone on Monday against Roberti’s fantastical creations of
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Americans should reconsider travel to China due to the risk of wrongful detention, the US State Department warned in an updated travel advisory issued Friday. Although the previous advisory also listed mainland China as a “Level 3: Reconsider Travel” destination, it was due to the risk of “arbitrary enforcement
Continue ReadingBy JEFF TURNER and BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Fans who agree Disneyland is indeed the happiest place on Earth will soon be able to take home more than a souvenir. A passionate collector has brought Disney magic to a sprawling 30,000-square-foot (2,800-square-meter) building in Burbank, California, where fans can hear birds
Continue ReadingBAYONNE, France (AP) — Belgian cyclist Jasper Philipsen has won the third stage of the Tour de France in a bunched sprint while Adam Yates kept the race leader’s yellow jersey. Philipsen was expertly led to the front by his Alpecin–Deceuninck teammate Mathieu van der Poel and comfortably held off German rider Phil Bauhaus and
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, a grandson of Robert De Niro, has died at 19. His mother, Drena De Niro, announced the news Monday in an Instagram post. “I don’t know how to live without you but I’ll try to go on and spread the love and light that you so made
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — One of Kevin Spacey’s accusers has described the Oscar-winning actor in a London court as a “slippery, snaky” predator whom young men were warned to avoid. The man testified on Monday at Spacey’s sexual crimes trial. The 63-year-old American actor has pleaded not guilty to a dozen
Continue ReadingAl Goodman and Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — Peruvian novelist and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has been hospitalized in Madrid with Covid-19, his son said Monday. “In light of the interest by the news media in our father’s health, we make public that he has been hospitalized since Saturday after being diagnosed with Covid-19,”
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady and Xiaofei Xu, CNN London/Paris (CNN) — Beijing will impose export controls on two rare elements essential for manufacturing semiconductors, in apparent retaliation after the United States and Europe restricted chip exports to China. Gallium and germanium will be subject to export controls starting August 1 “to protect national security and interests,”
Continue ReadingBy Cynthia Yip Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, HAWAII (KITV) — Danielle “Duckie” Irwin, the president of nonprofit Makaha Learning Center and Chief Strategy Officer of solar company Go Local Powur, was recently announced as Mrs. Hawaii International 2023. Duckie appeared on Good Morning Hawaii Sunday to talk about her mission and
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN KASTER and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press SHAMOKIN, Pa. (AP) — Deep in Pennsylvania coal country, the Daniels drag family is up to some sort of exuberance almost every weekend. They’re hosting sold-out bingo fundraisers at the Nescopeck Township Volunteer Fire Co.’s social hall, packed with people of all ages howling with laughter and
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla shares shot up 5% Monday after it reported stronger-than-expected quarterly sales. Tesla’s stock is building on an already strong run this year. The EV company reported record sales of 466,000, nearly double the 255,000 it delivered in the year earlier quarter when sales were depressed from
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are offering up to $20,000 in rewards for information in connection with a series of explosive attacks on several businesses in Washington over the weekend. No one was hurt in the attacks, which the Metropolitan Police Department said occurred in the span of roughly 15 minutes early Sunday
Continue ReadingWJLA, METROPOLITAN PD, TWITTER, @AJKOSKI16, CNN, Twitter/@ajkoski16 By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are offering up to $20,000 in rewards for information in connection with a series of explosive attacks on several businesses in Washington over the weekend. No one was hurt in the attacks, which the Metropolitan Police Department said occurred in the
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