August 2023

Bend artist invites public to artwork display in his home

August 10, 2023 9:48 pm KTVZ

A Bend artist, ‘contemporary realist’ David Kreitzer, is inviting people to his home this weekend to view his…

Fast-moving Hawaii fires will take a heavy toll on the state’s environment

August 10, 2023 9:33 pm Associated Press

By DOUG GLASS and JENNIFER MCDERMOTT Associated Press The fast-moving wildfires that raked Maui this week will take a heavy toll on the environment.…

DeSantis is resetting his campaign again. Some Republicans worry his message is getting in the way

August 10, 2023 9:21 pm Associated Press

By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis largely dismissed his own decision to…

Kids get to learn ‘living room fort’ building skills at Bend Library program

August 10, 2023 9:18 pm KTVZ

The Deschutes Public Library’s August theme is ‘Know Architecture’ — and that includes the living room “forts” many adults can remember all the fun…

Judge warns of restraints to what evidence Trump can talk about, agrees to limited protective order

August 10, 2023 9:17 pm Associated Press

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, NOMAAN MERCHANT and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the election…

Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US

August 10, 2023 9:15 pm Associated Press

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and…

EPA weighs formal review of vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in Ohio train derailment

August 10, 2023 9:10 pm Associated Press

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl…

Judge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses

August 10, 2023 9:07 pm Associated Press

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday when a judge…

Ecuador says six suspects arrested for presidential candidate assassination are Colombian

August 10, 2023 9:06 pm CNN Newsource

By Ana Canizares, Sahar Akbarzai, Anna Gorzowska and Helen Regan, CNN Quito, Ecuador (CNN) — Six suspects arrested in connection with the…

Ecuador holds 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate as violence weighs on nation

August 10, 2023 9:04 pm Associated Press

By GABRIELA MOLINA and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador will hold six Colombian men for at least a month as the…

X subastará objetos antiguos de Twitter, desde sillas de escritorio hasta el cuadro del selfie de Ellen DeGeneres en los Oscar

August 10, 2023 8:52 pm CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Twitter cambió oficialmente su nombre a X, por lo que su propietario, Elon Musk, organizará una gigantesca venta…

New Zealand plans to require large firms to report gender pay gaps

August 10, 2023 8:52 pm CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Magramo (CNN) — New Zealand’s government plans to compel large businesses to report the state of their gender pay gaps in a bid…

Wear a rainbow Swatch watch in Malaysia and you could face 3 years in jail

August 10, 2023 8:51 pm CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Wearing a rainbow-themed Swatch watch in Malaysia could now land you three years in jail, after the government…

Bend church is going solar, up on the roof

August 10, 2023 8:38 pm KTVZ

The roof of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon is being outfitted with more than 170 solar…

Mississippi Supreme Court will not dismiss former NFL quarterback Brett Favre from welfare scheme civil lawsuit

August 10, 2023 8:20 pm CNN Newsource

By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The Mississippi Supreme Court said it will not dismiss former NFL quarterback Brett Favre from a civil lawsuit…