Over the past two weeks, Deschutes County Public Health has identified seven cases of Pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, in the community, an increase that prompted officials on Wednesday to inform the public of symptoms and available immunization services.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump regresará este miércoles a la campaña electoral por primera vez desde que comenzó en forma su juicio penal en Nueva York el mes pasado. Trump pasará su único día de la semana asignado fuera de la sala del tribunal organizando mítines en Wisconsin y Michigan, dos estados
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A volcano in Indonesia is erupting in spectacular fashion, prompting thousands of evacuations as airlines cancel flights. Local authorities have even warned a tsunami could be triggered by “volcanic material collapsing into the ocean.” Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Before police officers poured into Columbia University on Tuesday night, arresting more than 100 people as they cleared an occupied school building and tent encampment, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he received a piece of intelligence that shifted his thinking about the campus demonstrations
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The judge presiding over the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to detainees’ mistreatment at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq two decades ago is speculating that the jury may not be able to reach a verdict. Federal judge Leonie Brinkema spoke to lawyers
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Journalists tasked with covering violent unrest on college campuses across the US have been arrested and barred access as police moved in to crack down on pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up encampments and barricaded themselves inside buildings. The confrontations with journalists come as student-run news outlets and traditional
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Consumer groups are pushing Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers whose flights are canceled or delayed for several hours. That would put lawmakers in line with the Biden administration. The Senate on Wednesday began considering a massive bill authorizing Federal Aviation Administration programs for the next five
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, Jeff Zeleny, Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has converted several former primary rivals into outspoken backers, unleashing some to defend him on cable news and others to raise money for his White House bid. But the contender whose support Trump has yet to earn is the one
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets, will face a military justice proceeding later this month. Air Force officials say he faces two charges in
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A three-judge panel has ordered that two county commissioners in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle be removed from office after they were arrested for purposefully jilting their duties by skipping public meetings. The judges wrote in a written decision Wednesday that Jefferson County Commissioners Jennifer Krouse and
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is advancing legislation long sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state. The bill passed on party lines Wednesday, 102-99, as Democrats backed it and Republicans opposed it, warning that it
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Noltemy will become president of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in July, helping guide the search for music director Gustavo Dudamel’s successor. Noltemy has been president of the Dallas Symphony since 2018. Dudamel said last year he will leave LA after the 2025-26 season to become music director of the New
Continue ReadingBy Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Abdel Qadder Al-Sabbah, Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — Gatherings of people across north and central Gaza on Wednesday expressed gratitude to students on US college campuses who have been protesting the war in Gaza. In Deir al-Balah, in front of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, doctors, nurses,
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Wednesday that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws, the latest response from lawmakers to a nationwide student protest movement over the Israel-Hamas war. The proposal, which passed 320-91 with some bipartisan support, would
Continue ReadingBRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade says he is searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia. Joie Henney has thousands of social media users following his pages devoted to Wally,
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A third of Americans may have had their personal data swept up in a February ransomware attack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that disrupted pharmacies across the US, UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty estimated in testimony to Congress on Wednesday. It will likely take “several months” before UnitedHealth is able
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Jacksonville, Florida (CNN) — On Tuesday afternoon, Mikenzie Buchanan scooped up an armful of clipboards piled behind the front desk at A Woman’s Choice, an abortion clinic here; it was almost too many to hold. On each clipboard, behind a blue cover to protect personal information, were documents and charts for
Continue ReadingCNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Jacksonville, Florida (CNN) — On Tuesday afternoon, Mikenzie Buchanan scooped up an armful of clipboards piled behind the front desk at A Woman’s Choice, an abortion clinic here; it was almost too many to hold. On each clipboard, behind a blue cover to protect personal information, were documents and charts
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Pew Research Center report shows that about 4 in 10 Americans now label China as an enemy, up from a quarter two years ago and reaching the highest level in five years. The survey released Wednesday also says half of Americans think of China as
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, CNN A group of Washington area Senate Democrats who oppose adding more longer-distance flights in and out of DC’s Reagan National Airport are pressing for an amendment vote to strip it out of a package currently being debated on Capitol Hill. The change is included in a bipartisan bill reauthorizing the Federal
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