By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: An ancient Italian site, a hefty European tourist tax and a bunch of bears in Alaska all got bigger. Amsterdam vs. overtourism Amsterdam is about to beat its own record for having the highest “tourist tax” in Europe – and possibly the world –
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In preparation for the Nov. 7 Special Election, the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office will test the county’s vote-counting system at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct 24. The certification is conducted before each election and occurs at the County Clerk’s Office which is on the second floor of 1300 NW Wall Street,
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press ARRAS, France (AP) — France will mobilize up to 7,000 soldiers to increase security around the country after a teacher was fatally stabbed and three other people wounded in a school attack by a former student suspected of Islamic radicalization, the president’s office said Saturday. Some schoolchildren,
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Mountain View remains undefeated in IMC and overall play.
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Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — The nervous 11-year-old showed up at Peter Mutabazi’s doorstep around 3 a.m., wearing blue pajamas and a gray Batman blanket over his shoulders. He carried a duffel bag holding a sweater, a pair of sneakers and not much else. A social worker had called Mutabazi hours earlier to tell
Continue ReadingQUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen shot and killed six construction workers overnight in the volatile southwestern Baluchistan province. Gunmen opened fire overnight at eight construction workers in the city of Turbat, about 377 miles south of Quetta – the capital of the province, authorities said. Two survived and were hospitalized for treatment.
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Skies will be mixed with clouds and some sunshine, more clouds than sun as the region is being impacted by an impressive area of low pressure, in the Gulf of Alaska. This feature is bringing in the clouds and the light rain for the next couple of days. Today the area may see a few
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office says criminal charges won’t be brought against officers after a man covered in hand sanitizer was tased and caught on fire – an incident that left him dead weeks later. Three officers with the Catskill Police Department were involved in the incident
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Conservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand’s next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory. People voted Saturday for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern. The exact makeup of Luxon’s conservative
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Most polls have closed in an Australian referendum that will set the tone of relations with the country’s First Nations people for decades to come. Counting was underway Saturday in several eastern states and territories, with very early results pointing to a possible defeat for the proposal,
Continue ReadingBy Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — Dermatologist Zeina Nehme says her clinic usually sees a number of cases every summer in which patients have been bitten by bedbugs while traveling. Yet surprisingly enough, she says none materialized this year. However, like anyone else not living under a rock, Nehme has seen the flurry of headlines
Continue ReadingCNN By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Egypt is facing mounting pressure to act as neighboring Gaza gets pummeled by Israeli strikes after last weekend’s brutal assault in Israel by Hamas. In the wake of the Hamas attacks, Israel closed its two border crossings with Gaza and imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, blocking
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, Kareem El Damanhoury, Eyad Kourdi, Niamh Kennedy, Sophie Jeong, Abeer Salman and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A new phase in Israel’s deadly war against Hamas is coming, Israeli forces said on Saturday, warning that the past week of crippling airstrikes in Gaza could soon be followed by “significant ground operations.” Israeli
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(Update: Adding video, interview with director) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Reading is a critical skill for helping kids start, and stay, on a path to success in school and beyond. Across Oregon, students in early grades are still behind in reading skills as a result of the pandemic, which is a concern not only for
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Housing Works, Central Oregon’s regional housing authority, held a groundbreaking event Monday to celebrate the start of construction of a 33-unit permanent supportive housing community in southeast Bend that will mean much more than just a place to call home, but provide needed help and a new start in life.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Construction workers in northeast Florida have unearthed a piece of 19th-century history buried beneath the oldest city in the United States. Florida Department of Transportation crews were digging as part of an ongoing drainage improvement project in downtown St. Augustine on October 5 when they discovered a nearly
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians have voted in a referendum against enshrining in the nation’s constitution a mechanism for Indigenous people to advise Parliament on policies that affect their lives. Proponents said creating the Indigenous Voice via the constitution would recognize the special place that Indigenous people have in Australian
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press SAN JOAQUIN, Venezuela (AP) — The avocado trees across the road from Jose Hernandez’s tin-roofed home help feed several retirees in the rural community of San Joaquin along a highway two hours southwest of Venezuela’s capital. He and his neighbors cut the avocados with the owner’s permission and sell
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