April 2024

Emergency Volunteer Air Corps will visit Bend in food bank delivery disaster drill, seeks support from communities

April 17, 2024 7:13 pm KTVZ News Partners

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — To enhance emergency preparedness and ensure swift responses to crises, the Emergency Volunteer Air Corps (EVAC) has teamed up with 30×30 Fundraising, a nonprofit organization committed to supporting first responders and communities during natural disasters and crises. Before June 8th, together, they are fundraising to purchase food to make flight deliveries

French hero gains Australian residency for confronting killer in deadly Sydney shopping mall attack

April 17, 2024 6:50 pm The Associated Press

By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — French construction worker Damien Guerot has spoken of his mixed emotions at being made an Australian permanent resident as reward for his heroism during a knife attack in a Sydney shopping mall that left six victims dead and a dozen wounded. The 31-year-old was

El cambio climático te hará más pobre, según un nuevo informe

April 17, 2024 6:48 pm CNN Newsource

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Olas de calor sin precedentes, inundaciones graves e incendios forestales agudos, exacerbados por el cambio climático, conllevan un precio colosal: una reducción de aproximadamente el 19% en los ingresos globales en solo los próximos 26 años, de acuerdo con un nuevo estudio publicado este miércoles. Ese golpe financiero no afectará

Retired educator, former Redmond schools superintendent Jerry Colonna receives lifetime achievement award

April 17, 2024 6:47 pm Barney Lerten

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Coalition of Oregon School Administrators has named Jerome “Jerry” Colonna, retired school superintendent and lifelong educator, the recipient of the COSA Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024. Colonna was presented with the award by COSA Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Krista Parent on Wednesday at his home in Bend. Colonna is the

Biden says military unable to recover uncle’s remains during WWII because ‘there used to be a lot of cannibals’ in New Guinea

April 17, 2024 6:39 pm CNN Newsource

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday suggested twice that the United States was unable to recover his uncle Ambrose Finnegan’s remains after Finnegan’s plane crashed near New Guinea during World War II, “because there used to be a lot of cannibals” in the region. Biden’s accounting of his uncle’s death

Expert will testify Bryan Kohberger’s cell phone was outside of Moscow on the night of the Idaho murders, defense says

April 17, 2024 6:35 pm CNN Newsource

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, was out driving west of Moscow, Idaho, the night of the slayings, his attorney says, and the defense plans to offer a cell phone tower and radio frequency expert to partially corroborate this account, a court document supporting an alibi

Professor who Columbia president said was ‘spoken to’ for calling Hamas invasion ‘astounding’ says he wasn’t disciplined

April 17, 2024 6:22 pm CNN Newsource

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s Wednesday testimony before a House committee on how the school responded to a professor’s controversial piece labeling Hamas’ October 7 attack a “resistance offensive” is at odds with the account the professor shared with CNN. Multiple lawmakers at Wednesday’s hearing on antisemitism

Justice Department nearing settlement with sexual assault survivors of disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Nassar

April 17, 2024 6:16 pm CNN Newsource

By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is in the final stages of negotiating a settlement with sexual assault survivors of disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar over the FBI’s initial failures in investigating the case, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The settlement could result

Special Report: That’s a wrap! Bend-La Pine theater students fear budget cuts could end programs

April 17, 2024 6:11 pm Jillian Fortner

Friday at Six, Jillian Fortner talks with Mtn. View and Summit High theater students about their concerns over budget cuts impacting or cutting their programs.

‘Hunger games’ with a purpose? Thousands are playing for food in Bangladesh

April 17, 2024 6:08 pm CNN Newsource

By Akanksha Sharma (CNN) — Well before the sun rises in Chapra, a small village in the northwest of Bangladesh, Mohammad Abdur Rouf is on his feet. He travels six miles to a neighboring village, where he joins hundreds of other people in line to play a carnival-style game. But instead of throwing darts at

Klay Thompson wants do decompress from season before delving into what’s next as a free agent

April 17, 2024 6:06 pm The Associated Press

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fighting his emotions from the most frustrating of nights, Klay Thompson peered high into the upper deck of Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center and caught a glimpse of one remaining fan wearing his No. 11 jersey. That moment meant a great deal to him, a lasting

Poland’s president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return

April 17, 2024 6:01 pm The Associated Press

By JILL COLVIN and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump met in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda. It’s the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term. The presumptive GOP nominee hosted Duda at Trump

Sweeping gun legislation awaits final votes as Maine lawmakers near adjournment

April 17, 2024 5:56 pm The Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature is nearing adjournment with unfinished business, including final votes on a series of gun safety bills introduced after the deadliest shooting in state history. Legislators faced a Wednesday deadline for completing work. Awaiting final votes were the governor’s proposals that would strengthen the state’s yellow flag law, boost

Video shows 3 jailers watch as officer wrapped chain around detainee’s neck and briefly choked him, lawsuit says

April 17, 2024 5:53 pm CNN Newsource

By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A surveillance video showing a jailer wrapping a chain around the neck of an inmate whose attorneys say was briefly choked is part of a civil rights lawsuit filed against three correctional officers this week in federal court in Brunswick, Georgia. Attorneys for plaintiff Tremar Harris provided CNN with the video

Prineville man identified by SW Washington medical examiner as carjacking suspect shot, killed by deputies

April 17, 2024 5:35 pm KTVZ News Partners

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KTVZ) – A Prineville man was identified Wednesday as a suspect shot and killed by southwest Washington sheriff’s deputies after a carjacking at gunpoint and an attempted carjacking. The Clark County, Washington Medical Examiner’s Office said Benjamin Steven Woods, 41, died Saturday of multiple gunshot wounds at a community hall in Salmon Creek.

Schumer says US will provide $6.1 billion to Micron Technology for chip plants in NY, Idaho

April 17, 2024 5:21 pm The Associated Press

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide $6.1 billion in government support for Micron Technology to produce advanced memory computer chips in New York and Idaho. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., personally courted Micron to build what would ultimately be a set of four

Whistleblowers outline allegations of nepotism and retaliation within Albuquerque’s police academy

April 17, 2024 5:18 pm The Associated Press

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Several members of the Albuquerque police academy’s training staff who were dismissed from their duties last summer have filed a whistleblower lawsuit. The complaint filed Wednesday in state district court outlines allegations of nepotism and retaliation by leadership. The case centers on a requirement that

Costa Rica firma acuerdo comercial con Emiratos Árabes Unidos

April 17, 2024 4:58 pm CNN Newsource

Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — Costa Rica y Emiratos Árabes Unidos firmaron este miércoles un acuerdo comercial que permitirá a los exportadores costarricenses acceder preferencialmente a un mercado de 10 millones de consumidores con un poder adquisitivo que a 2022 marcó un PIB per cápita aproximado de US$ 53.000, de acuerdo con un comunicado del

El lago de Pátzcuaro en México está desapareciendo: autoridades culpan a la sequía y al robo de agua

April 17, 2024 4:57 pm CNN Newsource

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un popular lago en el centro de México que es un importante destino turístico durante las festividades del Día de Muertos está muy afectado debido a la sequía, la deforestación y el robo de su agua. El lago de Pátzcuaro, en el estado occidental de Michoacán, perdió más de

Oklahoma man arrested after authorities say he threw a pipe bomb at Satanic Temple in Massachusetts

April 17, 2024 4:56 pm The Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — An Oklahoma man has been arrested after authorities accused him of throwing a pipe bomb at the headquarters of a group in Salem, Massachusetts, called The Satanic Temple. The group says on its website that it campaigns for secularism and individual liberties and that its members don’t actually worship Satan. Sean Patrick

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