The Central Oregon Guardian Assistance Program (COGAP) was established as a nonprofit organization last August in Bend to provide guardianship services to indigent and low-income incapacitated individuals in the Central Oregon area.
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Si bien comprar una entrada para visitar el santuario histórico de Machu Picchu es posible, lo que no está garantizado es que pueda llegar al lugar por tren. CNN comprobó que las entradas a Machu Picchu, considerada una de las nuevas 7 maravillas del mundo, se venden a
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds of sulfurous gas into surrounding towns. Environmental groups Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment said the settlement was filed
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Mykola Soloviov, 88, is a painter the world does not know. His landscapes of eastern Ukraine, records of a lost time, lie tucked away in a modest home under threat of Russian attack. Soloviov can’t hear or walk and barely speaks. Disabled since a 2017 stroke,
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — As South Carolina Judge Jean Toal denied disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new murder trial on Monday evening, she had some harsh remarks about the county clerk at the center of the Murdaugh legal team’s jury tampering allegations. Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La respuesta de Estados Unidos al ataque con drones en Jordania que mató e hirió a miembros del servicio estadounidense el domingo probablemente será más poderosa que los anteriores ataques de represalia estadounidenses en Iraq y Siria, dijeron funcionarios a CNN, aunque el Pentágono y la Casa Blanca se están cuidando
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild, Jamie Gangel and Haley Talbot, CNN The Justice Department is investigating Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri for misuse of funds, a senior congressional source with knowledge and a source familiar with the probe told CNN, after the DOJ subpoenaed the House Sergeant at Arms Monday for documents related to the matter. Separately,
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Shock and grief are rippling across Georgia after the U.S. Defense Department announced three Army Reserve soldiers from the state were killed in a weekend drone strike in Jordan. Those killed were identified Monday as Sgt. William Jerome Rivers of Carrollton, Spc. Kennedy Sanders of Waycross
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Gresham man faced federal charges Monday after authorities intercepted an international parcel he had ordered containing MDMA and quantities of at least 16 different drugs and 42 firearms were found in and seized from his home, prosecutors said Monday. Riley James Hinds, 38, has been charged by criminal complaint with
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to undergo back surgery on Saturday and delegate his duties for a time during the procedure, according to a Justice Department spokesperson. The procedure is minimally invasive, department spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement, and Garland, 71, is likely
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Bend, Ore., Jan. 29, 2024 — The National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics has awarded Kat Mastrangelo, executive director for Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades, with the prestigious Circle of Caring Award. Now in its second year, this national award is recognition of the accomplishments and dedication of leaders in the Volunteers in Medicine clinic community. Mastrangelo was honored
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG and TOM KRISHER Associated Press Federal investigators are providing new details about a close call last year at JFK Airport in New York. An American Airlines jet that was taxiing into position for takeoff crossed the wrong runway, in front of a Delta plane that was starting to take off. Fortunately, an
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los cambios del presidente Joe Biden en la cuestión electoral clave de la inmigración entraron en una nueva fase cuando prometió “cerrar la frontera ahora mismo” si el Congreso le otorgaba nuevos poderes. El contexto político más profundo de los comentarios, pronunciados en un acto de campaña en Carolina del Sur
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor says his “clear finding” is that there are grounds to believe both Sudan’s armed forces and paramilitary rivals are committing crimes in the western Darfur region during the country’s current conflict. Karim Khan recently visited people who fled Darfur and
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor opened up on Monday about the “frustration” she said she experiences daily as the high court’s conservative supermajority continues to move the country further to the right. “I live in frustration. And as you heard, every loss truly traumatizes me in my stomach and
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — A woman has suffered serious leg injuries after being attacked by a suspected bull shark in Sydney Harbor. The victim, a woman reported to be in her late 20s, was bitten on the right leg as she swam at Elizabeth Bay in Sydney’s east at about 8pm on Monday. New South Wales
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La fiscal general de Guatemala, Consuelo Porras anunció este lunes mediante un video difundido por el Ministerio Público en X, antes Twitter, que abandonó la reunión con el presidente Bernardo Arévalo. Según explicó, se retiró porque la reunión “se pretendía llevar a cabo en el marco del Consejo de ministros”, y
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — A large void fills the space where rows of graves once stood. The gaping hole is all that is left after the Israeli military excavated the western side of the Bani Suheila cemetery, near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, claiming a Hamas tunnel ran directly through the site and that Hamas militants attacked Israeli troops from here. A week
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Five men have been arrested and charged in connection with the grisly killings of six people discovered shot – and some of whom were also burned – last week in a remote area of Southern California’s Mojave Desert. All six had apparent fatal gunshot wounds – and four of the
Continue ReadingPINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas authorities have captured a detained being held on murder charges who escaped a local jail. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office said officers captured Jatonia Bryant on the east side of Pine Bluff when he was walking in the area. Bryant was taken into custody without incident. Bryant and Noah
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