By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: tattoos and graffiti cause trouble in Europe, a baby giraffe is born without spots at a Tennessee zoo – plus we want to hear from you if you’re currently chasing your lost luggage with a tracking device. Think before you ink You’ve probably heard
Continue ReadingEllie Stevens and Dayun Park, CNN (CNN) — This weekend, the Class of 2027 checks into their college dorms at US institutions, from Columbia University in New York City to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to the University of Colorado Boulder. Many of the incoming students will find college more expensive than they expected, and may
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Here’s the ODOT Region 4 construction update for the week of August 25-Sept. 1.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Lechelle Benken, CNN (CNN) — At least two people were wounded by gunfire during a baseball game Friday night at Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field, police said. A 42-year-old woman is hospitalized in fair condition after suffering a gunshot wound to her leg during a game between the Chicago White Sox and
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in Oklahoma say a teenager has died after being shot during a Friday night high school football game where two other people were wounded and two were injured fleeing the scene. Football players ran off the field and spectators hunkered down in the stands at
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts from four countries rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday. They should reach the orbiting lab in their SpaceX capsule Sunday, replacing four astronauts living up there since March. A NASA astronaut was joined on the predawn liftoff from Kennedy Space
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Here are the city of Redmond’s planned road closures and delays update for August 27 to Sept. 2.
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in the West African country of Mali in less than a year. Their al-Qaida-linked rivals, meanwhile, are also capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement. It’s
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Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of August 27-September 2.
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, Katharina Krebs and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said he warned Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin twice to watch out for threats to his life. “The first time was when I phoned him and negotiations (were taking) place while they were marching on Moscow,” Lukashenko told reporters in
Continue ReadingBy Susan Griffin, CNN (CNN) — Art heist movies — think “Ocean’s 8,” “The Thomas Crown Affair,” Audrey Hepburn’s “How To Steal a Million” — always capture the imagination, but of course, audacious thefts are not the sole preserve of the silver screen. Just last week, London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed the opening of an investigation
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Even if mainstream moviemaking has only recently begun to pay critical attention to LGBTQ stories, filmmakers throughout cinematic history have told queer and trans stories (in ways subtle and overt) that entertain and captivate audiences. Some of these films, like “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and “Moonlight,” have
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Wildfires forced Amanda Dengler to flee her home in Canada’s Northwest Territories three times in the past 18 months, and each time her cats have evaded her attempts to bring them along. The latest time, Dengler had to stay away longer than expected, and joined the many residents who have
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Shae Gascon’s family moved to Sisters when she was in the third grade. She remembers gardening with her grandparents, and how much she loved planting and harvesting fresh veggies.
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — A fire has erupted inside a stationary train compartment at a railway station in southern India, killing nine people. Officials say the blaze broke out at 5 a.m. Saturday and burned for two hours before firefighters were able to put it out. A statement by the Southern Railway says a gas
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Wagner Group’s presence extends from the ancient battlegrounds of Syria to the deserts of sub-Saharan Africa, projecting the Kremlin’s global influence with mercenaries accused of using brutal force and profiting from seized mineral riches. But that was under Yevgeny Prigozhin, who in what may have been his final recruitment video,
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Electricity is being restored in most parts of Kenya, 14 hours after the longest outage in recent memory. There is still no clear explanation for the outage that hit on Friday night, shutting down the country’s main international airport, affecting major hospitals and even the president’s
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University President Jayathi Murthy and OSU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Barnes shared an update Friday with university trustees about the effects of recent developments with the Pac-12 Conference. The board also gave the green light for OSU-Cascades to prepare 24 acres for its new innovation district and
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — A US envoy for Iran met on Friday with the family of Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd, who has been imprisoned and sentenced to death in Iran. “I welcomed the opportunity to meet with Jamshid Sharmahd’s family today. He should have never been detained in Iran, and we hope to
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Two women were injured in a shooting during a White Sox baseball game at Guaranteed Rate Field. Chicago police say a 42-year-old woman sustained a gunshot wound to the leg, and a 26-year-old woman had a graze wound to her abdomen. The 42-year-old woman was in fair condition at University of Chicago
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