4 amazing Labor Day weekend getaway plans
If you are looking for a few fun things to do or places to go on Labor Day Weekend, look no further. Way.com has some of the best activities around the USA to help you relax and celebrate.
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Who gets the most spam calls: A ranking of every state
In partnership with Visible, Stacker analyzed the FCC’s Consumer Complaints data and ranked each state based on the least to the most spam calls received in 2023 so far.
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How much does Barbie's dream Corvette cost in real life?
Barbie is lighting up movie screens all around the world. Among all the iconic things that exist in Barbieland, one of the best-known is her dreamy pink Corvette. Way.com answers the question: What would it cost to really have one of your very own?
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States with the most drunk driving fatalities
Monge and Associates cited data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to identify states with the highest rate of drunken driving fatalities.
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Car insurance FAQs: This is what a deductible and 14 other terms mean
CoPilot analyzed leading insurance industry resources to define 15 terms consumers need to know to navigate the car insurance market.
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Summer celebration planned at Bend Senior Services Center, thanks to new partnership
(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After years of celebrating through car windows during the pandemic, the Council on Aging of Central Oregon and Home Instead Bend will be hosting a Tropical Paradise Party on Wednesday, August 23, and individuals 60 and over are invited to join. From 11am-2pm, guests will enjoy tropical-themed games,
Continue ReadingTexas woman charged with threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump’s federal election interference case
By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Texas woman has been charged with threatening in a voicemail to kill the federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal case in Washington, DC, over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Abigail Jo Shry called the chambers of Judge Tanya Chutkan on August 5, and left
Continue ReadingJudge declines to approve Hyundai/Kia class action settlement, noting weak proposed remedies
By The Associated Press A federal judge on Wednesday declined to approve a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit prompted by a surge in Hyundai and Kia vehicle thefts, saying it fails to provide “fair and adequate” relief to vehicle owners. The settlement, announced in May, could be valued at $200 million and covers about
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Worthy Brewing raises pints, cash for fire-hit Maui’s recovery
Live music, great food, fun and a fundraiser for the people affected by the devastating fire in Maui. The event had to make some changes because of the smoke. There may also be more fundraisers in the near future at the Worthy Brewing pub on Bend’s east side.
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Pet Pics Sweepstakes: Great pics again of your wonderful pets
This week’s collection of pictures could be one of the best ever! Feel free to submit yours and see plenty more cuties at our Pet Pics Sweepstakes page, under the Contests tab.
Continue ReadingEl Consejo Electoral de Ecuador aprueba la candidatura presidencial de Christian Zurita como reemplazo de Fernando Villavicencio
macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El Consejo Nacional Electoral de Ecuador (CNE) aprobó este miércoles la inscripción de Christian Zurita como candidato presidencial del Movimiento Construye. Zurita reemplaza a Fernando Villavicencio, asesinado el 9 de agosto en un ataque armado durante un acto de campaña. La decisión la compartió la presidenta del CNE, Diana Atamaint, a
Continue ReadingPublisher of raided Kansas newspaper ‘vindicated’ by prosecutor’s decision to return seized items after backlash
By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The Marion County Record has been “vindicated.” That is what the weekly newspaper’s publisher, Eric Meyer, told KSHB-TV’s Jessica McMaster on Wednesday, immediately after learning that the top prosecutor in Marion County had withdrawn a search warrant executed on the publication’s office last week — a move that quickly
Continue ReadingRudy Giuliani made desperate appeal to Trump to pay his legal bills in Mar-a-Lago meeting
CNN By Kaitlan Collins and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — With his attorney in tow, Rudy Giuliani traveled to Mar-a-Lago in recent months on a mission to make a personal and desperate appeal to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal bills. By going in person, a source familiar with the matter told CNN,
Continue ReadingPetro anuncia que comienza la renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Colombia y EE.UU.
macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, anunció este miércoles que su gobierno comenzó la “renegociación” del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre su país y Estados Unidos, sin que de momento se conozcan detalles concretos de esta iniciativa. Durante un discurso pronunciado en un acto público en Pitalito, Huila, en la zona
Continue ReadingOil worker health care fund is sought by New Mexico congressman in swing district
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A first term U.S. congressman from New Mexico has introduced a bill that would create a health care fund for oil field workers nationwide. It would compensate oil workers and their immediate relatives for uninsured medical costs related to air pollution and heat-related illness. Democratic
Continue ReadingArmenia and Azerbaijan clash over plight of 120,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh facing food crisis
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council over the plight of the 120,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh region that Armenia says are blockaded by Azerbaijan and facing a humanitarian crisis. Armenia sought Wednesday’s council meeting saying Azerbaijan’s blockade of
Continue ReadingJesuitas critican decisión del Gobierno de Nicaragua de confiscar la Universidad Centroamericana (UCA)
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La Provincia Centroamericana de la Compañía de Jesús reclamó este miércoles al gobierno de Nicaragua que cese la “creciente agresión” contra esa casa de estudios y sus integrantes, en respuesta a la confiscación de la Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) de Managua, que pertenece a su orden. En ese sentido, rechazó esa
Continue Reading3 people have died after infection with rare flesh-eating bacteria in Connecticut and New York
By Rob Frehse and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — At least three people have died in Connecticut and New York after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be found in warm, brackish waters or raw shellfish, officials confirmed Wednesday. Two people in Connecticut became infected with Vibrio vulnificus and died after swimming in two
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ODOT finishes cleanup of Bend’s Truman Avenue homeless encampment — but residents haven’t moved far
While ODOT finished cleaning up a new encampment at Truman Avenue along Highway 97 in Bend, displaced residents didn’t move far. The agency says each cleanup cost taxpayers $5,000-$10,000.
Continue ReadingRudy Giuliani made desperate appeal to Trump to pay his legal bills in Mar-a-Lago meeting
By Kaitlan Collins and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — With his attorney in tow, Rudy Giuliani traveled to Mar-a-Lago in recent months on a mission to make a personal and desperate appeal to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal bills. By going in person, a source familiar with the matter told CNN, Giuliani
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