BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A man who called 911 to report he was experiencing a mental health crisis – and had a gun – prompted a half-hour lockdown of several businesses at the Forum Shopping Center on Thursday afternoon, until police negotiators were able to end the incident peacefully. The employee of a business at
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Raegan Beers had 27 points and 13 rebounds, Timea Gardiner added 13 points and 11 boards and No. 13 Oregon State beat No. 18 Colorado 85-79 in double overtime on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament. Oregon State (24-6) will play the Stanford-Cal winner in the semifinals on
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the House. Lawmakers advanced legislation against TikTok Thursday as they voiced concerns about the potential for the platform to surveil and manipulate
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith is forcefully opposing former President Donald Trump’s sweeping claim of presidential immunity in the criminal case over his handling of classified documents, urging the judge to cut off Trump’s ability to appeal the issue in a way
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Some Chinese-made cranes used at US ports contain communications equipment with no clear purpose or record of their installation, according to a new congressional investigation that will heighten US concerns that the cranes could be used for surveillance or sabotage. The investigation by the House Committee on Homeland Security
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — A Saudi Arabian farm previously permitted to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow alfalfa for dairy cows overseas has stopped irrigating its crops on state land in Arizona’s Butler Valley, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday. Hobbs and the Arizona State Land Department announced after a recent inspection
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry is back in the gym eager to prove turning 30 is just a number that shouldn’t affect the four-time Pro Bowl running back’s value on the NFL’s open market. The challenge is that the man who organized a group chat among
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — March is Speed Awareness Month in Oregon, and the Redmond Police Department said it has secured grant funding to boost patrols intended to discourage speeding and reduce the likelihood of vehicle crashes on Redmond’s roads. Lt. Eric Beckwith said the department receives $5,000 from Oregon NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Recently unsealed court documents show that an Army soldier accused of selling national defense information has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a wide range on charges, including bribery of a public official. According to the indictment, Korbein Schultz allegedly conspired with an individual
Continue ReadingEVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti is once again facing a wave of chaos fueled by ongoing gang wars. Haiti’s security crisis has spiraled since the 2021 assassination of the country’s president. Gang leaders have grown increasingly violent and empowered, taking advantage of power vacuums in the Caribbean nation to grow in
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers have walked out of a Kentucky House committee hearing as the GOP-led panel was taking up a bill to expand access to prebirth and newborn services for pregnant women carrying nonviable fetuses that are expected to die before or soon after birth. The three
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s police chief is pledging to restore public trust in his department following revelations that more than 264,000 cases were dropped over the past eight years due to a lack of personnel. That number includes over 4,000 cases involving reported sexual assault. Last month Chief Troy
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Kaanita Iyer, CNN Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, the youngest Republican woman elected to the US Senate, criticized President Joe Biden and his administration over the border, the state of the US economy and crime and safety issues as she delivered the GOP’s rebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union address. “Right now, the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A warm-cold, up-and-down winter has made for a cooling trend on Bend home sale prices, which dropped in February for the fifth straight month, while Redmond’s median price has stayed fairly stable since last summer, the monthly report by Redmond’s Beacon Appraisal Group says. The Bend median same price last month
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Rivian, the electric vehicle startup known for its of-road capable truck and SUV models, has unveiled two new, more affordable SUVs that the company hopes will take its sales to a new level. Currently, Rivian sells only two models, the big R1T SUV and the the R1S pickup, priced
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A 2-month-old was among the dead in a mass killing in Canada that claimed the lives of 4 children, their mother and a family friend, Ottawa police said Thursday. The father of the family survived the attack and emerged from the home injured and asking for
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A former congressional candidate who once ran for office in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a murder charge in the death of a man exonerated after serving more than 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. A criminal complaint filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court alleges
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor will decide whether certain statewide elected officials can carry handguns inside the state Capitol after lawmakers resurrected the measure. The original Senate proposal stalled but lawmakers used another method to bring the idea back Thursday. Indiana lawmakers and their staff already have the right to
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI ASSOCIATED PRESS WHITEHALL, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio lawmakers are looking to ease a looming financial burden on law enforcement agencies in their state that will have to replace marijuana-sniffing dogs after voters approved a plan last year to legalize recreational marijuana use. Nearly 400 police dogs in Ohio
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say the crew of what is considered the world’s largest cruise ship rescued 14 people clinging to a small boat adrift on the ocean. Passengers aboard the Icon of the Seas captured video of the crew using a small vessel to ferry the group to the safety of the
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