BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes Public Library Board members voted Thursday afternoon to appoint Bend resident Betsy Tucker to the Zone 4 Library Board position. The vacancy occurred when longtime board member Ray Miao resigned his position on March 13. Library Board members Ann Malkin, Anne Ness, Bunny Thompson and Erin Trimble voted 4–0 in
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is raising gobs of cash. And it has an election-year strategy that, in a nutshell, aims to spend more — and spend faster. Not only has Biden aimed to show himself off as a fundraising juggernaut this month,
Continue ReadingBy SERKAN GURBUZ and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Teams of engineers worked Saturday on the intricate process of cutting and lifting the first section of twisted steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which crumpled into the Patapsco River this week after a massive cargo ship crashed into one of its
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Sweden became the newest member of NATO earlier this month, joining 31 nations in the security alliance, including the United States. Well, make that 49 of the 50 United States. Because in a quirk of geography and history, Hawaii is not technically covered by the NATO pact. If a
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Representatives of two armed groups in Congo signed solemn pledges this week to both their violence-wracked country and the wider world: We will do better to respect and protect civilians. The envoys made commitments that their forces will work to end sexual violence, food insecurity and conditions
Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A team of 14 armed officers with camera traps, a thermal imaging drone and a shoot-to-kill order ran through the woods earlier this month in search of a fugitive. But their target was no serial killer — it was a brown bear that had injured five people as it
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, CNN (CNN) — The four men accused of a deadly terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall last week were quickly identified by Russian authorities as being from Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia. In the hours after the attack, videos began surfacing on Russian social media channels of the police detaining and
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese government health officials on Sunday inspected a factory producing health supplements linked to at least five deaths and the hospitalization of more than 100 others, one day after the authorities investigated another plant that manufactured the product. A team of 17 health officials from the central
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The group Life in Bend hosted a return of the Easter Egg Hunt to Bend’s Compass Park Sunday morning. She was talking with participants about how many eggs the children got and their plans for the rest of the day. Her report will be on NewsChannel 21 at Six.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S.-based missionary group Mountain Gateway says it will file appeals against the convictions of 11 members of the group who were jailed in December by Nicaragua on money laundering charges. The 11 are Nicaraguans. The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has often used charges of money laundering to expel
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A Metolius resident says he was stabbed at his home earlier this month by his ex-wife’s boyfriend, requiring emergency surgery and 100 stitches, and is upset there have been no arrests. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office tells NewsChannel 21 the case was sent to the district attorney’s office.
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Beech and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — Seven people were taken to a New York hospital for observation after experiencing severe turbulence on a United Airlines flight Friday night, according to a local EMS chief. The flight, which was traveling from Tel Aviv to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, was forced
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in southern Mexico say the bodies of eight migrants, apparently from Asia, have been found after a boat accident off the country’s southern Pacific coast. Prosecutors in the southern state of Oaxaca said Friday that one survivor, an Asian man, was located. Based on preliminary investigations, the dead appear to
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces would have to cede further territory to Russia if US military aid does not arrive soon, President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned, in his latest appeal to Congress to pass a multibillion-dollar package. President Joe Biden’s administration is struggling to push a $95 billion international aid
Continue ReadingBy VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides after torrential rains hit West Sumatra in early March, marking one of the latest deadly natural disasters in Indonesia. Government officials
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Belong analyzed research from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies to show how Americans are spending record-high percentages of income on rent.
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Stacker consulted scientific articles and news reports to find out about five of the rarest astronomical events and when they’ll next occur.
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Using reports and memos, Visible partnered with Stacker and looked into the environmental impact of smartphones and how the industry is looking to be more sustainable.
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Lyft analyzed data on rides to recommend places to eat along the path of totality during the solar eclipse on April 8.
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MoneyGeek looked at 94 metropolitan areas to find the best and worst places for job seekers in the U.S. in 2024.
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