January 2024

Bend’s e-bike sharing company, Bird Bikes, has filed for bankruptcy; city will review pilot project this year

January 4, 2024 10:29 am Kelsey McGee

You have probably seen the more than 200 Bird e-bikes around the city of Bend. The company behind them recently filed for bankruptcy, but the city of…

With more records, world sees how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged connections to abuse vulnerable girls

January 4, 2024 10:23 am Associated Press

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More documents describing Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage…

Joe Bonsall of The Oak Ridge Boys performs at the Gaylord Opryland Resort on November 23

Joe Bonsall announces retirement from Oak Ridge Boys due to neuromuscular disorder

January 4, 2024 10:18 am CNN Newsource

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Joe Bonsall is leaving the legendary singing group the Oak Ridge Boys due to a health issue. The singer,…

Oscar Pistorius is set to be released on parole. He will be strictly monitored until December 2029

January 4, 2024 10:17 am Associated Press

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius is due to be released from prison Friday to live under strict…

‘It’s disheartening’: Vandals, thieves hit two C.O. volunteer groups’ forest shelter, equipment over holiday break

January 4, 2024 10:13 am Jillian Fortner

The Moon Country Snowbusters’ warming shelter at Wanoga Sno-Park was hit by damaging vandalism over the Christmas Break, according to a post on…

A Carrefour supermarket in Montesson near Paris on September 13

Pepsi and Lay’s pulled from supermarkets in Europe over price increases

January 4, 2024 10:13 am CNN Newsource

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Carrefour, one of France’s biggest supermarket chains, will stop selling PepsiCo products because they…

The US Tennis Association is reviewing its safeguarding policies and procedures

January 4, 2024 10:10 am Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Tennis Association has retained two lawyers at a Washington-based firm to review its safeguarding policies and procedures…

¿Dónde nevará este fin de semana? El pronóstico de la primera gran tormenta invernal de la temporada en el Noreste y el Atlántico medio de EE.UU.

January 4, 2024 10:09 am CNN Newsource

Karen Esquivel (CNN) – Una fuerte tormenta está a punto de golpear el noreste y partes del Atlántico medio de Estados Unidos con la primera…

Putin speeds up a citizenship path for foreigners who enlist in the Russian military

January 4, 2024 10:06 am Associated Press

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree that speeds up a path to Russian…

Blinken heads to the Mideast again as fears of regional conflict surge

January 4, 2024 9:49 am Associated Press

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Biden administration grapples with an increasingly tense and unstable situation in the…

Opinion: These people are fat. It’s none of your business

January 4, 2024 9:48 am CNN Newsource

Opinion by Sara Stewart (CNN) — I’m aware of the inherent cliché in saying that someone’s “so brave” for talking publicly about…

New program aims to teach Bend students the ins and outs of city water supply, conservation

January 4, 2024 9:47 am Isabella Warren

(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– The Upper Deschutes Watershed Council and the City of Bend have launched a new partnership to educate…

Kim Kardashian’s mobile game is shutting down after a decade

January 4, 2024 9:43 am CNN Newsource

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood,” the once wildly popular mobile game that helped catapult her to…

Costco had an interesting response to the workers' union.

Costco’s surprising response to workers’ union win: It’s not you, it’s us

January 4, 2024 9:41 am CNN Newsource

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — In December, Costco workers in Norfolk, Virginia voted to unionize in what they said was a bid to…

Chavez-DeRemer announces 21 service academy nominees across 5th District, several in C.O.

January 4, 2024 9:40 am KTVZ news sources

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) has nominated 21 students from across the 5th District to be considered for appointments to…

President of Belarus gives himself immunity from prosecution and limits potential challengers

January 4, 2024 9:38 am Associated Press

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has signed a new law that gives him lifelong…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Mike Johnson are seen at an event in the US Capitol Building on December 12

Congressional leaders near deal on overall funding levels but shutdown threat still looms

January 4, 2024 9:38 am CNN Newsource

By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are moving closer to an agreement to set overall…