Associated Press TikTok said on Tuesday it will begin launching a new tool that will help creators label their AI-generated content. TikTok said in a news release that the tool will help creators easily comply with the company’s existing AI policy, which requires all manipulated content that shows realistic scenes to be labeled in a
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders stood up for Henry Blackburn on Tuesday after the Colorado State safety received death threats for a late hit that sent Colorado’s two-way star Travis Hunter to the hospital with a lacerated liver. “That’s absurd for people to be threatened,” the Colorado coach
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police body camera video shows an Alabama high school band director being shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers in front of screaming students, in a chaotic scuffle that broke out after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football game.
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau is asking the Biden administration for permission to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for people age 15 and above on its most comprehensive annual survey of life in the country. The statistical agency publicized the request in a Federal Register notice on Tuesday.
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Moving forward through the last few days of fall it will certainly feel like Autumn as temps will be in the upper 50s and low 60s for a couple of days. The chance for some rain is in the forecast as well, but not all that widespread for Central Oregon, more on the spotty side.
Continue ReadingBy: Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — No ticket matched all six numbers drawn Monday night – white balls with the numbers 2, 21, 26, 40 and 42 and red Powerball 9 – so the Powerball jackpot has now climbed to an estimated $672 million. This means there’s still hope for lottery players to become immediate
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, Jillian Sykes, Brynn Gingras and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A man who attended Sunday night’s New England Patriots game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, said he witnessed a “violent confrontation” leading up to the death of a fan, according to an interview with CNN affiliate WCVB. Dale Mooney, 53, from
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer charged in the shooting death of a driver last month is back in custody following the revocation of his bail. Officer Mark Dial was taken into custody in the courtroom Tuesday after the ruling. He had surrendered Sept. 8 and posted 10 percent of $500,000 bail. But prosecutors
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist say they are now being revictimized by his superiors. They said Tuesday that Pope Francis’ recent gestures and an apparent effort to exonerate the priest publicly showed church pledges of “zero tolerance” were just a
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are giving the world the first look at their second child together, a boy they’ve named Riot Rose. The 35-year-old pop star and the 34-year-old rap star dropped photos Tuesday of their family of four, including their second son, who was born Aug. 1, according to People
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The family of a cleaning worker whose body remained in a locked bathroom at a Belk department store for days after she died is suing the chain. The lawsuit filed Tuesday says relatives of 63-year-old Bessie Durham couldn’t hold an open casket funeral because her body
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Millions of Fortnite users can now claim their small part of the $245 million that the game’s parent company agreed to pay as part of a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission. Epic Games in December settled allegations with the FTC that it used deceptive tactics
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The pedestrian bridge at Smith Rock State Park, which was slated to reopen this week, will remain closed through at least September and likely into mid-October due to a support beam damaged in transit and resulting delay in construction, park officials said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing fresh challenges to his leadership, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible — working furiously to convince House Republicans to come together and pass a conservative bill to keep the federal government open. It’s a nearly futile exercise
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz (CNN) — Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and White House senior adviser Gene Sperling are no longer deploying to Detroit this week, a White House official said, and instead will engage with United Auto Workers leadership and the automakers from Washington, DC. Sperling and Su had previously planned on traveling to Detroit
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has filed several lawsuits against certain US medical spas, wellness centers and compounding pharmacies in an attempt to stop them from “the unlawful marketing and sale of non-FDA approved compounded products” which the company says they’re “fraudulently claiming” to be its medication, Mounjaro, which contains
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Michael Jackson was very much concerned about his skin, according to his oldest son Prince Jackson. The 26-year-old was a recent guest on the podcast “Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson,” where he talked about his late dad. Tyson mentioned that people thought the elder Jackson, who was African American,
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A new “RV park” of sorts near the Phil’s Trailhead system is prompting concern for some nearby residents, as well as bike riders who use trails in the area.
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN Business) — Pain at the pump is returning across the United States, especially on the West Coast. In California, gas prices are rapidly approaching $6 a gallon. According to AAA, the state average has spiked by 31 cents in the past week alone, to $5.79 gallon. The move
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Even the notion of a revised, slightly less vast proposed city of Mountain View, still over 200 square miles southeast of Bend, failed to win favor from Deschutes County commissioners, who voted unanimously after Wednesday’s public hearing to reject the incorporation petition.
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