BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Humane Society of Central Oregon has a steal of a deal on adoptions during March Madness. All adopters receive a slam dunk discount of 50% off all animals through Saturday, March 30th. All adopters get the opportunity to shoot a basketball into a hoop and score a free adoption. Visit
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia bill that aims to require local jailers to work with immigration authorities is headed to the governor’s desk for his signature. Georgia’s House of Representatives voted Thursday to accept changes to House Bill 1105 by a vote of 99 to 75. Under the measure, local law enforcement agencies would risk
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Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un análisis genético arroja luz sobre un antiguo misterio que rodea el destino del hermano menor del presidente George Washington, Samuel, y sus parientes. Dos de los descendientes de Samuel y su madre fueron identificados recientemente a partir de restos esqueléticos encontrados en entierros anónimos que datan de la década
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Bend police are seeking two suspects in a break-in at a Thai food cart at River’s Place around 3 a.m. Thursday, when several hundred dollars were taken.
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press International Transgender Day of Visibility aims to show “trans joy.” Buildings will be lit pink, white and light blue to mark the event on Sunday, which features rallies and panels. The idea is to bring attention to a population that’s often ignored, disparaged or victimized. The event stands in contrast
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Holly Yan and Aditi Sangal, CNN (CNN) — The largest crane on the East Coast will soon try to lift the treacherous, colossal wreckage that has hampered search crews from finding victims of this week’s catastrophic Baltimore bridge collapse. The Chesapeake 1000 – a gargantuan floating crane – arrived Friday near the
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 women at a prison in Rome on Thursday during an annual ritual meant to emphasize humility. It was the first time he washed the feet of women only, and many were in tears as the 87-year-old pontiff led the
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts. Lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to a bill that would also ban social media use on school devices and internet services. It would require
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s first generation of migrant workers played an integral role in the country’s transformation from an impoverished nation to an economic powerhouse. For decades, they have come from farming villages to find work in the cities, toiling in sweatshops and building apartment complexes they could never afford
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — They say you can take the girl out of the country, but you apparently can’t take the country out of the girl. Houston native Beyoncé dropped her eagerly awaited album “Act II: Cowboy Carter” Thursday night, and it will definitely take some time to digest. Part of the
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. A corporate security executive traveling to Moscow for a wedding. A dual national returning to her hometown in Tatarstan to visit her family. All of them are U.S. citizens, and all are
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Defensores de los derechos de las mujeres han criticado la decisión de las Naciones Unidas de nombrar a Arabia Saudita como presidente de un foro sobre igualdad de género. La Comisión de la ONU sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer (CSW) nombró por unanimidad a Arabia Saudita
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Be they bull, redband or steelhead, trout are still the name of the fishing game around these parts – how about your catches? Send them our way from the Share tab at KTVZ.COM!
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Nuevas pruebas de la ONG londinense Dossier Center sugieren que los propios servicios de seguridad del Kremlin estaban al tanto de una amenaza del ISIS a Rusia días antes del mortal atentado en el Crocus City Hall de la región de Moscú. Según documentos de los servicios de inteligencia rusos
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The late Joe Lieberman on Friday was remembered by political allies and even a former foe as a “mensch” who both bridged and defied partisan political divides, during a funeral service for the four-term U.S. senator. Former Vice President Al Gore, who ran for president on
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Another week’s collection of fine reasons to set the phone down and enjoy the view – unless you’re using it to take a great photo or two and send them our way from the Share tab at KTVZ.COM!
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — La Oficina de Derechos Humanos de la ONU describió la violencia sexual en Haití como “muy poco denunciada y en gran medida impune” en un desgarrador informe publicado este jueves que documentaba casos de violación y relaciones sexuales forzadas con miembros de pandillas, así como niveles crecientes de violencia de
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago plans to close five shelters for migrants in the coming weeks. The city’s first step is moving 800 people into other shelters starting Saturday, clearing the park district fieldhouses to resume normal operations for summer. The shift is part of the city’s
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press As authorities begin removing twisted wreckage from the the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, they’re confronting the potential for environmental fallout. They are deploying nearly a mile’s worth of barriers in the water, testing samples for contamination and monitoring the Patapsco River for oil and other hazardous spills. The Unified
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