BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bend Endurance Academy is thrilled to announce that enrollment for its highly anticipated fall youth programs will open on Monday, June 24th. These programs include after-school climbing clubs and teams, as well as mountain biking after-school clubs and teams. Designed to foster growth, adventure, and community, these programs provide young athletes
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court will consider whether to ban automatic life prison sentences for people who were 19 or 20 years old when they were involved in a major crime. The court took a significant step in 2022 when it said mandatory no-parole sentences for 18-year-olds violated
Continue ReadingCOLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Euro 2024 is becoming a very regal affair after the king and queen of Belgium became the latest royals to attend the soccer tournament in Germany. King Philippe and Queen Mathilde were in the crowd for Belgium’s group game against Romania on Saturday in Cologne. On Thursday, it was the future
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — NASCAR driver Daniel Suarez took an oath this week and became a United States citizen. Suarez was one of 48 citizens representing 28 countries sworn in at the field office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Charlotte, North Carolina. Suarez won the second-tier Xfinity
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal and Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — A former top official for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is accusing the agency and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of retaliating against him after he disclosed alleged misconduct by them. Shane Desguin says he was forced to resign from his job as chief of
Continue ReadingCNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — For Taylor Swift, simply going “Instagram official” with Travis Kelce just isn’t big enough, apparently. On Sunday, Swift took it one step further by bringing Kelce on stage with her during her Eras Tour concert, according to videos posted to social media from the show at London’s Wembley
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service on Friday laid out the security measures for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month, including a perimeter that will prevent protesters from gathering at a large park near the venue. Pere Marquette Park – which is a few blocks from the Fiserv Forum,
Continue ReadingCNN By Xiaofei Xu and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN (CNN) — There were not enough medics or basic facilities to protect Hajj pilgrims from the effects of the sweltering heat in Saudi Arabia last week, two pilgrims recently returned from Hajj told CNN, as the official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage soared to almost
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA) was founded on the belief that everyone deserves good food. You have a chance to cast your vote for HDFFA to be selected to become the Oregon beneficiary of Wilco’s Boots and Blues Bag Benefit. They are the only Central Oregon nonprofit represented in
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — When Simon An and his family heard screaming from a store next door to their family taekwondo studio on Wednesday outside Houston, Texas, they knew they had to find out what was happening. An, 20, and his famiy – all of whom practice martial arts –
Continue ReadingRUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Federal authorities offered a reward for information about those responsible for igniting a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the past week. The FBI on Saturday offered up to $10,000 for information in connection with the South Fork Fire and Salt Fire
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, Rosa Rahimi and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi had his death sentence overturned by the Iranian Supreme Court this week in what his lawyers have deemed a victory for human rights in Iran. Salehi had become a key voice of anti-government dissent in Iran, strongly criticizing the
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers to help balance the budget. Health care workers were supposed to see a raise on July 1. Now their pay will increase on Oct. 15 if state revenues in
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Alaska Airlines and its 7,000-member flight attendants union reached a tentative labor deal late Friday, concluding talks that lasted more than a year and a half. Terms of the deal have not been released, though the union called it a “record contract.” The deal likely contains a
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Emperor Naruhito of Japan and his wife Empress Masako have arrived in the U.K. ahead of their long-awaited official state visit. The trip had originally been scheduled for 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic delayed those plans. The smiling couple, who landed late afternoon Saturday at London’s Stansted Airport, will spend seven days
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From rock climbing to walking practice, playing games and painting, people with disabilities got active Saturday at the Bend Pavilion, taking part in Destination Rehab’s SOAR 2024 Activity Day .
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Convention Committee announced Friday that it will allow social media content creators to apply for credentials to cover the 2024 convention in Chicago. It will be the first time in history, according to organizers, that content creators will be able to cover the convention alongside traditional
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — One person is dead and seven others were injured after a shooting at a Kentucky nightclub early Saturday morning. Louisville Metro Police Department officials said they responded to a call of several people shot at the H20 nightclub in Louisville just before 1 a.m. One man, 40-year-old Joseph D. Bowers of
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Portugal coach Roberto Martinez says Cristiano Ronaldo should consider himself lucky to have come to no harm after being confronted by four supporters who came onto the field for selfies with the five-time world player of the year at a European Championship match. The alarming
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes documentaries get all they need from the subject, and in the case of “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple,” the who’s who of musical luminaries in his orbit don’t hurt either. Chronicling Steven Van Zandt’s colorful life as Bruce Springsteen’s frequent collaborator, “The Sopranos’” weirdest mobster and an outspoken
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