Furry Friends: Booker T. is ready to play
Booker T. is a high-energy Australian shepherd, about 18 months old, who loves to play and is waiting to do just that at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center.
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Connecticut man convicted of killing roommate with samurai-like sword after rent quarrel
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Connecticut man has been convicted of killing his roommate with a samurai-style sword after a dispute over rent. Jurors delivered their verdict Friday. They found 45-year-old Jerry David Thompson guilty of murder in the 2020 stabbing death of Victor King. The Hartford state’s attorney’s office says Thompson owed
Continue ReadingThousands under evacuation orders and some homes burn as wildfires race through Washington state
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Fast-moving wildfires raced through Washington state on Friday, burning some homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people in small rural communities. One of the largest blazes, the so-called Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington, began around noon and a few hours later had surged through 4.7 square miles
Continue ReadingThousands under evacuation orders and some homes burn as wildfires race through Washington state
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Fast-moving wildfires raced through Washington state on Friday, burning some homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people in small rural communities. One of the largest blazes, the so-called Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington, began around noon and a few hours later had surged through 4.7 square miles
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‘26,000 may be affected’: St. Charles’ possible Medicare Advantage withdrawal prompts questions, concerns
Citing concerns related to patient care, access and affordability, St. Charles Health System says it may withdraw its participation in all Medicare Advantage plans, including those from Humana, PacificSource, HealthNet and WellCare, and urged participants to consider shifting to traditional Medicare. That has prompted concerns by patients and others, including Summit Health Oregon.
Continue ReadingLas detenciones de migrantes en la frontera sur de EE.UU. aumentaron más del 30 % en julio, en comparación con junio
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Las detenciones de migrantes en la frontera sur de EE.UU. aumentaron más del 30 % en julio, en comparación con junio, según datos publicados por la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de EE.UU. (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés). Los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE.UU. se
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Fishing Report: Where to catch the trout this late-summer weekend, and more
Noah Chast has your late-summer Central Oregon Fishing Report, which includes an algae warning.
Continue ReadingDeSantis meets with Kemp in Georgia to talk 2024 race and upcoming debate
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sat down with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in Atlanta Friday morning, a source familiar with the meeting confirmed to CNN, meeting for about 30 minutes to discuss the state of the 2024 race and the upcoming Republican debate. Both attended a gathering of 2024 Republican
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Bend Endurance Academy hosting free climbing team tryouts at new facility
The Bend Endurance Academy is hosting free climbing team tryouts.
Continue ReadingHuracán Hilary: ¿cuál es el pronóstico de lluvia y los estados afectados?
Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Las preocupaciones en torno al huracán Hilary giran cada vez más en torno a las lluvias torrenciales pronosticadas para el suroeste de EE.UU. y algunas partes de California. Se espera que Hilary se debilite sustancialmente antes de llegar al sur de California y a partes del suroeste pero, independientemente de su fuerza,
Continue ReadingFederal judges rule against provisions of GOP-backed voting laws in Georgia and Texas
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, KATE BRUMBACK and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal judges in Georgia and Texas are putting on hold provisions of two controversial laws passed as part of a GOP push to tighten voting regulations. In Texas, a federal judge found the state’s new mail ballot requirement that voters provide
Continue Reading2 dead, many structures lost as wildfire threat grows in Washington state, officials say
By Mitchell McCluskey, Rebekah Riess and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Two wildfires in Spokane County, Washington have burned more than 20,000 acres and left at least two people dead, officials say. As of Sunday night, the Oregon Road Fire and the Gray Fire had each burned more than 10,000 acres, according to the Washington
Continue ReadingAsí funcionan los procesos de fichaje en la problemática cárcel del condado de Fulton. ¿Cómo será en el caso de Trump?
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Si el expresidente Donald Trump tuviera que enfrentarse al proceso de fichaje que suelen seguir los acusados de delitos penales en el condado de Fulton, podría pasar horas en la cárcel de Rice Street esperando a que le tomen las huellas dactilares y la ficha policial. Incluso para los estándares de
Continue ReadingOfficials identify IRS agent who was fatally shot during training exercise at Phoenix firing range
PHOENIX (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service has released the name of an agent shot and killed during a routine training exercise in North Phoenix. The agency say Friday that 47-year-old special agent Patrick Bauer was fatally wounded at a firing range the day prior. Bauer was a retired master sergeant in the Arizona Air
Continue ReadingScientists race to understand highly mutated coronavirus variant spotted in four countries, including the US
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A highly mutated new variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 has countries on alert as scientists scramble to understand how far it has spread and how well our immunity will defend against it. The new variant, called BA.2.86 and nicknamed Pirola by variant hunters on social media, has
Continue ReadingMilei se opone el aborto: ¿podría derogar la Ley de interrupción voluntaria del embarazo si gana?
Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Javier Milei, el candidato presidencial más votado en las elecciones primarias del 13 de agosto en Argentina, sigue sumando polémicas. Ahora, con la ley que despenalizó el aborto en el país: “Estoy en contra del aborto, abiertamente, porque va en contra del derecho a la vida”, sostuvo. Pero fue más
Continue ReadingBiden stays mum on Justice Dept. decision to name special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
Associated Press CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden is keeping mum about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to name a special counsel in the investigation of his son Hunter Biden. Speaking at a news conference at the conclusion of his Camp David summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime
Continue ReadingNo death penalty for a Utah mom accused of killing her husband, then writing a kid book about death
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against a Utah mother who’s accused of killing her husband, then writing a children’s book about coping with grief. Prosecutors accuse 33-year-old Kouri Richins of poisoning 39-year-old Eric Richins by slipping five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a cocktail.
Continue ReadingMichael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by appeals court
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday revived lawsuits from two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them for years when they were boys. A three-judge panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the lawsuits of Wade Robson and James Safechuck should
Continue ReadingJames Buckley, former US senator, dies at 100
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — James Buckley, a former conservative US senator and a Reagan-appointed federal judge, has died, the Conservative Party of New York State confirmed to CNN on Friday. He was 100. Buckley drew national attention when he secured victory in New York in 1970 with the Conservative Party, becoming the state’s
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