By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has issued a subpoena to Citibank as part of a hunt for information on whether banks shared private customer data with the FBI after the January 6 insurrection. In a Thursday letter to Citibank, Jordan said Citi declined to voluntarily provide
Continue ReadingBy Ava Loomar, CNN (CNN) — As the climate warms, scientists have suggested that “time-traveling pathogens” unleashed by thawing Arctic permafrost may pose a risk to modern ecosystems. Permafrost is a hard layer of frozen ground made of soil, sand and rocks in high-latitude or high-altitude areas such as Greenland, Alaska, Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and northern Canada.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Being one the hottest female rappers in the game doesn’t shield you from a healthy bout of nerves. Just ask Latto, who at the age of 24 can already count herself among the new wave of hip-hop queens while also enjoying crossover success in reality TV. The Atlanta
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business (CNN) — A hulk of dented, torn and scorched metal that was, decades ago, a Ferrari race car just sold at an RM Sotheby’s auction in California for $1.9 million. While that may be surprising, it’s not quite as horrible an investment as it looks, especially if the buyer is
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High Desert Rendezvous — the High Desert Museum’s signature fundraising event — launched a VIP experience-packed silent online auction Friday morning that’s open to all.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — A debate whisperer to collegiate champions and past presidential nominees is coaching Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Former Vice President Mike Pence is practicing with and without someone acting his onetime running mate. And South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s campaign manager wants him to “have fun” onstage. The GOP’s first
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has set a September court hearing to discuss requests by three of five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols to face separate trials. Lawyers for Tadarrius Bean, Desmond Mills and Justin Smith have filed motions asking Judge James
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Many investors are running a sizable profit this year – the S&P 500 is about 14% higher in 2023. But market losses have been piling up over the past month, particularly on growing fears of contagion from an economic slowdown in China. Inflation, Russia’s war in Ukraine
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court in Washington issued a ruling Friday that jeopardizes the sentences of some January 6 rioters who were convicted of misdemeanors for trespassing at the Capitol and were sentenced to both jail time and probation. The ruling means sentences may need to be
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Language is one of the most important parts of any culture, and this September the Deschutes Public Library is exploring a variety of ways in which people — and animals — communicate.
Continue ReadingCNN By Peter Wilkinson and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A British nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the hospital where she worked, making her the country’s worst baby serial killer in recent times. Lucy Letby, 33, harmed babies in her care by injecting
Continue ReadingBy Benjamin Brown, Zahid Mahmood, Stephanie Busari and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Four national authorities and the European Union’s border patrol agency Frontex failed to make “sufficient” efforts to prevent the deaths of dozens of migrants off West Africa, despite being warned about the boat weeks before, a Spanish human rights NGO alleged Friday.
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Jiri Cerny, a legendary Czech music critic who introduced Western music to generations of listeners behind the Iron Curtain and became one of the voices of the 1989 anti-communist Velvet Revolution, has died. He was 87. Cerny died on Thursday in a hospital in Prague, his colleague
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of August 21-27. NE Bear Creek Road between NW 15th Street and Dean Swift Road for tree trimming, moving single lane closure with flagging, expect delays, August 21 – 23.NW 13th Street between NW Jacksonville Avenue and NW Ithaca Avenue
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The daughter of the 65-year-old woman who was bitten by a shark at a New York City beach says her mother has undergone five surgeries since the attack and will require more. The victim’s daughter, Darya Koltunyuk, says her mother’s recovery from the Aug. 7 shark
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese town says it has agreed to a geological study to determine its suitability as an interim storage site for spent nuclear fuel. Kaminoseki, a small town in the southwestern prefecture of Yamaguchi, says it will accept the offer of a survey by Chugoku Electric Power
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Researchers at the University of Dundee have recreated the face of Bonnie Prince Charlie as he appeared when leading the unsuccessful 18th century Jacobite rebellion as he sought to reclaim the British throne for his father. In the image, Bonnie Prince Charlie appears with blonde curly hair, wide eyes
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A prominent member of Poland’s ruling party says that the controversial commission for examining Russian influence in Poland — seen as targeting the opposition — will not be formed before the Oct. 15 parliamentary elections. The European Union and Poland’s ally the U.S. have strongly criticized
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A second teenager has been arrested in connection with Baltimore mass shooting that left two people dead and 28 others injured during a neighborhood block party earlier this summer. Baltimore police announced the arrest Thursday evening. Eighteen-year-old Tristan Brian Jackson has been charged with multiple counts of
Continue ReadingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The ex-wife of a Microsoft executive who was gunned down by a triggerman in front of his young daughter has been charged with first-degree murder, and prosecutors in Florida plan to seek the death penalty. A grand jury indicted Shanna Lee Gardner in the ambush-style death of Jared Bridegan, State Attorney
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