The overall pattern is calling for a ridge of high pressure to keep the region clear and dry. Some smoke has been impacting the air quality south of Bend due to some pile burning or a prescribed burn. There is a noticeable smoke smell in the area so if you are sensitive to smoke and
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The day that panda lovers have been dreading has finally come. The National Zoo’s three giant pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji. on Wednesday began their long trip to China, leaving behind an empty panda exhibit with no certainty that pandas ever
Continue ReadingLUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — The sheriff’s office in a southeastern North Carolina county where two deputies were seriously wounded while attempting to arrest a wanted man says both are expected to make a full recovery. Robeson County sheriff’s deputies Jonathan Walters and Kaelin Locklear were injured by gunfire and a police vehicle on Tuesday. The
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN MITCHELL Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis mother believes she became a hate crime victim after an argument at a gas station turned violent. It comes as cases of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are on the rise. “I’m still feeling in pain,” said Sabrina Yahya, through an interpreter.
Continue ReadingBy WPVI Staff Click here for updates on this story SOMERTON, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A driver was injured after a single-vehicle crash in Philadelphia’s Somerton section Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 5:10 a.m. near George Washington High School. Only one car was involved, according to officials. The vehicle caught fire and the driver was
Continue ReadingBy WPVI Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Two people were shot in a normally peaceful section of Philadelphia’s Manayunk section early Wednesday morning. Police were behind an apartment building in the 200 block of Krams Avenue around 12:30 a.m., where a 24-year-old woman was found shot in the hip.
Continue ReadingBy RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis woman accused accused of backing her car into a building she believed held an “Israeli school” was ordered Wednesday by a judge to stay away from synagogues and other Jewish religious and cultural centers. Thirty-four-year-old Ruba Almaghtheh was formally charged Tuesday with intimidation, criminal recklessness
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) — A gunman opened fire when a homeless panhandler threatened to mug a woman at a Midtown subway station on Tuesday night. The incident was reported at the 49th Street subway station, on Seventh Avenue, just after 9 p.m. The panhandler was
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WABC) — A college freshman from New Jersey was critically injured in a shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. Jillian Ludwig, 18, was walking on the track in the Edgehill Community Memorial Gardens Park when she was hit by a stray bullet.
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Wednesday for a united and Palestinian-led government for Gaza and the West Bank after the war ends, as a step toward Palestinian statehood. That vision sharpens U.S. differences with ally Israel on what the future should look
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A Pacific Power contractor doing drilling work to replace a power pole hit a two-inch natural gas line in northeast Bend Wednesday morning, prompting closure of several blocks of U.S. Highway 20 (Greenwood Avenue) and cutting service to over 100 Cascade Natural Gas customers.
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy is expected to survive after being grazed in the head following a shootout that stemmed from a chase late Tuesday evening, officials said. The incident happened in the 18800 block of Tomball Parkway around
Continue ReadingBy TIM FANG Click here for updates on this story FREMONT, California (KPIX) — A Fremont woman was arrested on suspicion of murder after her 23-month-old son died from a fentanyl exposure last month, police said. On the morning of October 18, the 23-month-old boy was taken to a hospital by his mother and relatives
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say a suspect is in custody in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue leader. Samantha Woll’s death has raised questions about whether it was motivated by antisemitism. Police have said there’s no evidence of that. The 40-year-old was president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. She was found dead outside
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story SHEPHERD, Texas (KTRK) — On Wednesday morning, multiple fire agencies used foam to contain a large plant fire along FM 1127 in Shepherd, Texas, that left one worker injured. The San Jacinto County Precinct 2 Constable posted photos of the thick, black smoke coming from
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Yusef Salaam, an exonerated Central Park Five member, will win a New York City Council seat in Harlem, CNN projects. Salaam was unopposed in Tuesday’s election for the seat that became open after incumbent democratic socialist member Kristin Richardson Jordan withdrew from the race. The first-time candidate, who was wrongly accused
Continue ReadingBy C.C. McCandless Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A teen who reportedly shot an RTC bus passenger and dropped his gun at a preschool is going to be charged as an adult with attempted murder and several other felony counts. Tshaun Rucker, 16, appeared in Clark County Justice
Continue ReadingBy KVVU Staff Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — Lake Mead National Recreation Area has announced that it will go cashless in January. According to a news release, beginning Jan. 1, 2024, Lake Mead will move to a cashless fee collection system, accepting only electronic card payments for entrance,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The number of homeless families seeking emergency shelter in Massachusetts is nearing a 7,500-family threshold, past which Democratic Gov. Maura Healey says the state can no longer guarantee shelter. It will instead place families on a waitlist, prioritizing those with the highest needs. Healey says she doesn’t
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El director de la Defensa Civil del municipio de Bonao, Juan Carlos Velázquez, informó este miércoles que cuatro personas murieron y una más se encuentra desaparecida tras la crecida del río Fula, ubicado en la provincia Monseñor Nouel, en el centro de República Dominicana. Entre los fallecidos hay una mujer y
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