CNN, POOL, NIKKI HALEY FOR PRESIDENT, GETTY IMAGES By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden officially turned the page Wednesday to the general election, looking ahead to a race against former President Donald Trump that will test his ability to reenergize key corners of his winning coalition in a race his team
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police department’s heavy-handed response to racial justice protests in 2020, in a settlement announced by attorneys from both sides Wednesday. The protesters were among tens of thousands who rallied downtown and in the
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police department’s heavy-handed response to racial justice protests in 2020, in a settlement announced by attorneys from both sides Wednesday. The protesters were among tens of thousands who rallied downtown and in the
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Most passenger cars in the European Union still emit the same quantity of carbon dioxide as 12 years ago. The European Court of Auditors said Wednesday that the 27-nation bloc must “shift up gear” to come close to a zero-emissions car fleet, with electric vehicles playing a crucial role. According to the
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Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler has returned to Bend from the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., saying it was a valuable experience and brought some key connections with federal officials also tackling tough issues such as homelessness.
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The Oregon Department of Education has awarded a grant to an OSU-Cascades professor. It’s part of a statewide plan to expand and offer computer science classes to all students K-12 by 2028.
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Bend city councilors have given Police Chief Mike Krantz the “green light” to continue developing an automated traffic enforcement system, including red-light and speed cameras that would bring warnings at first, but then tickets in the mail.
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A motorcyclist who authorities say posted a video of himself on YouTube speeding from Colorado Springs to the Denver metro area on Interstate 25 in 20 minutes — a trip that typically takes about an hour — is wanted on multiple charges. The Colorado State Patrol says 32-year-old Rendon Dietzmann of Texas
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed Wednesday that suspected state-backed Russian hackers broke into its cloud-based email system and stole data from cybersecurity and other employees. The provider of information technology products and services said in a Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory filing that it was informed of
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican governor of South Carolina has had harsh words for labor unions in a major address. Gov. Henry McMaster warned in a State of the State address Wednesday evening that recent economic growth will be undone if labor organizers make inroads in major
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday it conducted its first flight test of a new cruise missile, as it expands its military capabilities in the face of deepening tensions with the United States and neighbors. The report in state media came a day after
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top court is declining to weigh in on former President Donald Trump’s ballot status, keeping intact a judge’s decision that the U.S. Supreme Court must first rule on a similar case in Colorado. Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows concluded last month that Trump didn’t
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The bullet-ridden bodies of two detectives have been found on the outskirts of Taxco, a colonial town in central Mexico that draws throngs of tourists to its silver workshops. Prosecutors in the violence-plagued state of Guerrero said Wednesday that the two detectives worked for the state prosecutors office and had been
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host three in-person public meetings in February, including one in Bend, to present and get public input on the draft Mule Deer Management Plan. The meetings start at 6:30 p.m. and are Feb. 1 in Salem, Feb. 6 in Bend and Feb. 7
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Chargers have hired Jim Harbaugh as the team’s new head coach, the team announced Wednesday. The move comes after Harbaugh spent nine seasons coaching his alma mater, the University of Michigan, where he led the Wolverines to a College Football Playoff national championship earlier this month.
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-dominated Legislature is pushing forward a slate of contentious bills. The bills would arm teachers, allow people to sue libraries over books that offend them and restrict where transgender kids can use the bathroom at school. Conservatives described the efforts as ways to make
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What does Sasquatch — also known as Bigfoot — represent to you? The unknown? Adventure? Mystery? (Probably not a museum exhibit, but think again!)
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In-N-Out Burger says it will close its first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins, property damage, theft and robberies affecting customers and employees alike at its only restaurant in Oakland, California. The fast-food burger joint in a busy corridor near Oakland International Airport will close
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s push to kill a bipartisan immigration deal may now derail a major national security package, forcing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to suggest a new course of action and endangering aid to Ukraine and Israel in the process. According to
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Daisy Ridley would like “Star Wars” devotees – and the world at large – to know a thing or two about her decision to come back to the intergalactic franchise. The English actor – who anchored the trilogy of “Star Wars” films most easily referred to as “the sequels,”
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