By The Associated Press Police in West Virginia say two adoptive parents have been charged with felony neglect after two children were found locked inside a small barn and a third child was located in an unprotected loft inside an adjacent home. The parents were arraigned Tuesday on charges of gross child neglect creating a
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Loki” didn’t deliver unqualified magic, but the Disney+ series was weird and inventive enough to cast a spell over fans, while introducing controversial actor Jonathan Majors’ mysterious villain into the Marvel universe. Returning after Majors’ theatrical debut in the less-than-scintillating “Ant-Man” sequel, the second season of “Loki” feels
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Sealy and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized Novavax’s updated protein-based Covid-19 vaccine for people 12 and older. This vaccine is effective against EG.5, the currently dominant coronavirus strain in the United States, and like Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines, it has been updated to target the XBB Omicron subvariant.
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A video that shows ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting on the ground beside a procession of foreign Christian worshipers carrying a wooden cross in the holy city of Jerusalem has ignited intense outrage and a flurry of condemnation in the Holy Land. The city’s minority Christian community lamented the
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Several fire agencies around the High Desert, including Bend Fire & Rescue and the La Pine and Sisters-Camp Sherman rural fire districts, are receiving ballistic vests (also called ‘bullet-proof vests’) and medical kits this month, for situations where firefighters may be dealing with active threats.
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The Bureau of Land Management will seasonally close six areas in central Oregon to safeguard habitat for federally protected raptors. These annual seasonal closures will protect the habitat of bald eagles, golden eagles, and prairie falcons during breeding and nesting periods.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republicans in Idaho and Missouri will have to attend caucuses to make their presidential picks next year after the two states’ GOP-led legislatures canceled their presidential primaries and then missed a deadline to reinstate them. Presidential caucuses in both states are planned March 2,
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Michael Duane Zack III, who was convicted of the 1996 killings of two women he met at bars along the Florida Panhandle, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening at the Florida State Prison, according to the state’s Department of Corrections. Zack met with his wife and spiritual adviser
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A homeless Topeka man has been arrested in the rape and killing of a 5-year-old girl. Police said that officers responded just before 6 p.m. Monday to a medical call at a gas station and found a fire crew attempting to save Zoey Felix. She was rushed to a hospital
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A lawyer representing a man charged with shooting a New Hampshire couple to death on a hiking trail last year says he spent months hiding from police, but over a probation violation from Utah, not the killings. The lawyer for Logan Clegg also said at the
Continue ReadingBy Will Maetzold Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A southeast Portland business owner is in the hospital after trying to keep at least two people from breaking into his car. David Rinella was working at his business on Southeast Alder Street on Sunday around 8:30 a.m. when he saw
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — The Salem-Keizer School District says a choir teacher accused of sexually abusing two former students has been placed on administrative leave. On Wednesday, a $10 million lawsuit was announced against the Salem-Keizer School District claiming choir teacher Joshua Rist had groomed
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A man who authorities say sexually assaulted and killed a 20-year-old woman three decades ago has been identified. The Wichita Police Department named Paul Hart, who died in a traffic collision in 1999, a suspect in the 1989 death of Krista Martin, according to a Wichita Police Department statement
Continue ReadingCommunity committees are a great way to get involved with city government. The City of Bend has several Council-appointed boards, committees, commissions, and advisory groups that make recommendations to City Council or City administrative staff. There are several openings coming up.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Five people killed after a multi-vehicle crash in Illinois died from exposure to a toxic chemical that spilled from an overturned semi-truck, the Effingham County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday. A preliminary investigation shows the fatalities were the result of the “toxic chemical anhydrous ammonia exposure,” the coroner office told
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LARGE Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A beloved Sacramento import business is on the brink of closing after a break-in and theft of $100,000 in merchandise. The bold break-in was caught on camera. The suspect entered the store and made a b-line for some of the Zanzibar Trading
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN MORAN Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Smiles filled a basketball court in front of the USS John P. Murtha on Monday as kids played basketball in this year’s “Hoops with the Troops” event. It was a chance for kids with the Boys & Girls Club to hoop
Continue ReadingBy Betty Yu Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A widely-shared social media video showing a San Francisco Public Works employee running after a hot dog vendor and knocking over his cart has sparked backlash online. Yeli, an East Bay resident who declined to share her last name, shot the
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Crook County Commissioner Jerry Brummer, citing health issues and stress, has submitted his resignation from office, effective immediately.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Azerbaijani authorities have arrested several former separatist leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh after reclaiming control of the Armenian-populated breakaway region in a lightning military operation last month. Azerbaijan’s APA news agency says that Arayik Harutyunyan, who led the region before stepping down at the beginning of September, has been arrested and is being
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