For the 13th year, the women of Central Oregon are being asked to donate gently used and new bras to Soroptimist’s “Bras from Bend” drive throughout April, benefiting women around the world who are rescued from the sex slave trade.
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This month, Bend Mayor Pro Tem Megan Perkins is filling in for Mayor Melanie Kebler for our Ask the Mayor segment during the 6 a.m. Sunrise show next Wednesday, April 10th. You can submit your question, anonymously if you wish, at https://ktvz.com/ask-the-mayor/
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The Giving Plate, a Bend food bank, marked its 14th anniversary Wednesday with the opening of its new Community Store, in the Reed Plaza shopping center. A new Distribution Center also is opening on NE First Street.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Scoot Henderson had 22 points and 10 assists and the Portland Trail Blazers beat Brandon Miller and the Charlotte Hornets 89-86 on Wednesday night in a matchup of two of the league’s top three draft picks. Henderson, taken one spot behind Miller at No. 3
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say thieves stole as much $30 million in a burglary at a Los Angeles money storage facility in one of the largest cash heists in city history. A police official said Wednesday that the burglary occurred Sunday night at an unnamed facility in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — El capitalista de riesgo de Florida Michael Shvartsman y su hermano Gerald Shvartsman se declararon culpables este miércoles de participar en un esquema de uso de información privilegiada vinculado al exitoso acuerdo que hizo pública la empresa de redes sociales del expresidente Donald Trump. Cada uno de los hermanos
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico’s biggest and most important seaport has started amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit. Crews will remove nearly 3 million cubic yards of marine floor to open the San Juan Bay to larger vessels
Continue ReadingBy Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — An Orange County, Florida, grand jury has decided not to charge a former Orlando police officer for the shooting of a 26-year-old last July. After being presented “with all relevant evidence,” the grand jury decided not to charge former Orlando officer Jose Velez in the shooting that resulted in Derek Diaz’s death, according
Continue ReadingGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Defending national champion UConn finally touched down in Arizona for the Final Four at 3:15 a.m. Thursday after a long delay and a red-eye flight. After the plane they were supposed to take had mechanical issues getting to the East Coast, the Huskies took off in a smaller Allegiant Air plane
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Bird flu is affecting a growing number of cattle herds in the US, and these infections have led to only the second known human case in the nation, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There has been no human-to-human spread in the US,
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say they prevented nearly 600 stolen vehicles from being exported overseas after searching 390 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal. Around three-quarters of the 598 seized vehicles, with an estimated value of $34.5 million Canadian (US$25.5 million), were stolen in the neighboring province of Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police deputy
Continue ReadingCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — An MS-13 gang member has admitted to participating in the brutal killing of four young men on Long Island in 2017. Edwin Rodriguez pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering charges in connection with the April 11, 2017, deaths in Central Islip. The then 17-year-old fled the country after the killings but
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Plans are underway by to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island in an effort to reunite the young orca with its extended family, Canadian authorities said Wednesday. Canadian Fisheries Department and First Nations officials said the plan involves placing the
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El gabinete del presidente del Consejo de Ministros de Perú, Gustavo Adrianzén, obtuvo el voto de investidura o voto de confianza de parte del Congreso, gracias al respaldo de 70 parlamentarios. 38 lo rechazaron y 17 se abstuvieron. La mayoría de votos a favor provino del llamado bloque de derecha,
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s phone call on Thursday will mark the two leaders’ first phone call since an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. In the aftermath of those deaths, Biden is “angry” and “increasingly frustrated”
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have passed a series of bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents this year, including two this week that prevent public employees from being required to use someone’s preferred pronouns and redefine gender as being synonymous with sex. On Wednesday, the Senate approved a bill allowing people to sue schools and libraries
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have passed a series of bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents this year, including two this week that prevent public employees from being required to use someone’s preferred pronouns and redefine gender as being synonymous with sex. On Wednesday, the Senate approved a bill allowing people to sue schools and libraries
Continue ReadingVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say Southern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home. San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus says the teen was being transferred from a hospital, where he had been
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Senado de Colombia archivó en comisiones la iniciativa gubernamental de reforma al sistema público de salud. Tras dos debates en la Cámara de Representantes en los que el Gobierno había logrado los votos suficientes para avanzar en el proyecto, nueve senadores votaron este miércoles en contra de la ponencia
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Una polémica reunión en la Casa Blanca el martes fue la última señal de advertencia al presidente Joe Biden, su Gobierno y su campaña de partes clave de la coalición que lo eligió en 2020. Biden recibió a varios líderes musulmanes en la Casa Blanca para discutir sobre Gaza. La
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