By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The prisoner who is now the subject of a massive manhunt after escaping from a Pennsylvania prison late last month had killed his ex-girlfriend in a brutal 2021 stabbing in front of her two young children, authorities say. Danelo Souza Cavalcante, a 34-year-old who was convicted in the killing
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The 20th annual Bend Film Festival is taking over theaters across Central Oregon next month, from October 12-15. But first, a special event is being held next week to help ring in the occasion. BendFilm Program Director Selin Sevinc told us Tuesday, “Our kickoff party for the festival will be on
Continue ReadingROSENBERG, Texas (AP) — A driver who slammed into a busy Denny’s restaurant in a suburb of Houston and injured twenty-three people is not facing any charges. Police in Rosenberg, Texas, have said that most of the victims who suffered injuries have been released from the hospital and that no fatalities have been reported. The
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Air Canada pidió disculpas a dos pasajeros a quienes les dijeron que debían sentarse en sillas cubiertas de vómito durante un vuelo. Los detalles del incidente, ocurrido en un vuelo que iba de Las Vegas a Montreal el pasado 26 de agosto, los publicó en línea la pasajera Susan Benson. “Había
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bolstered by a big jump in funding from U.S. government agencies, Oregon State University’s research awards in the last fiscal year surged to $480 million, a university record. Of that total, 89% came from federal organizations such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The $426.7 million
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith warned Tuesday that former President Donald Trump’s “daily” statements threaten to taint a jury pool in Washington in the criminal case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s provocative comments about both Smith’s team
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La primera dama de Estados Unidos, Jill Biden, dio positivo por covid-19 y tiene síntomas leves, según informó la Casa Blanca. El contagio se produjo justo cuando la cantidad de los casos de coronavirus y las hospitalizaciones van en aumento en el país. El presidente Joe Biden ha resultado negativo hasta
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste. California would be the first state to do this if Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signs it into law. Caste is an ancient system regulating social status. It is primarily associated with India and Hinduism. But caste-based
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CLACKAMAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative, which operates the BottleDrop network, announced Tuesday that it raised $100,000 through its Emergency Fund to support wildfire relief efforts in Maui, Hawaii. Oregonians from across the state stepped up in support of the cause. Between August 11 and August 31, BottleDrop encouraged its 1 million
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico’s largest metro area are taking over all cases involving retail theft in efforts to enforce new state sanctions against coordinated retail crime. Albuquerque-area District Attorney and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday have announced the new approach to combatting retail crime. Previously, police officers
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning physicians that cases of respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, are rising in the Southeast — and that regional increase may portend a rise in the rest of the United States in the next two to three months. “Historically,
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press Two nonprofit groups have sued a white nationalist hate group in North Dakota, accusing it of racial intimidation. The civil rights lawsuit filed against Patriot Front in federal court Friday stems from vandalism that it says the group committed as recently as July after a fatal police shooting. The suit
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La discusión económica gana más espacio en la campaña presidencial de Argentina. El candidato libertario, Javier Milei, impulsa una dolarización, mientras que la candidata de Juntos por el Cambio, Patricia Bullrich, propone un esquema de economía bimonetaria. Te presentamos puntos en común y diferencias entre ambas ideas. En las declaraciones
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — High Desert Chamber Music has received a matching challenge from the Starseed Foundation for the seventh year in a row. The foundation will match the first $5,000 of funds raised during the challenge. The Starseed Foundation seeks to provide opportunities and exposure to the arts and environment, to improve the quality of
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses nine mobile home community management companies and a mobile home market data provider of conspiring to fix and inflate lot rental prices at more than 150 locations across the U.S. The lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Chicago claims the management companies bought up
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing Tuesday that former President Donald Trump has made “daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool” in the 2020 election subversion case. The allegation arose in a court fight that remains largely under seal, so additional details are not
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time by eliminating 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-0, 6-2 on a steamy afternoon. Gauff is a 19-year-old from Florida who is the first American teenager to reach the final four at Flushing
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Transitions program team members from Partners In Care were recognized as “2023 Health Heroes” in a ceremony at Deschutes County Health Services Tuesday. The Partners In Care Transitions team has been transforming lives across Central Oregon since 2004. Five Transitions Coordinators, Bethany Benefield, Laurie Slye, Pam McConnell, Hollie Andrews, and
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Joe Jonas filed for divorce from Sophie Turner on Tuesday after four years of marriage and two children. The 34-year-old Jonas Brothers singer filed to end his marriage with the 27-year-old star of “Game of Thrones” and “X-Men” actor in Florida’s Miami-Dade County Court. The filing says “the marriage between the parties
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have long known that cancer cases among adults younger than 50 have been on the rise in many parts of the world. But a new study suggests that certain types of cancer – breast, tracheal, bronchus and lung, stomach, and colorectal – have caused the most disease and
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