By Aditi Sangal and Mia Alberti, CNN Brazil’s Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland on earth, is ablaze, with fires in June breaking historical records for that month. While aerial views of the wetland show smoke rising and the bright orange of burning fires, a closer look at burnt vegetation found charred skeletons of wildlife, including
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE and ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A lawsuit challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday. Republican attorneys general from 17 states, led by Arkansas and Tennessee, sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in April,
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ASTORIA, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday a shellfish harvesting reopening after recent, historically high levels of paralytic shellfish poison that sickened at least 30 people. Razor clam harvesting has reopened on the north and central coast. Levels of the marine biotoxin paralytic
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El papa Francisco pidió la prohibición del uso de armas automáticas, instando a los líderes del G7 a garantizar que la inteligencia artificial sirva a la humanidad en lugar de destruirla. El pontífice de 87 años hizo historia este viernes después de convertirse en el primer papa en dirigirse a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando el sol desató una tormenta solar extrema y golpeó Marte en mayo, envolvió el planeta rojo con auroras y una afluencia de partículas cargadas y radiación, según la NASA. El Sol ha mostrado una mayor actividad durante el último año, a medida que se acerca al punto más alto de
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Since the release of the five-year Vision Action Plan, Envision Bend has been working to bring the 28 strategies listed in the plan to life. One of the most challenging projects is titled ‘Railroad Safety & Redevelopment’ This is labeled as the ‘Game Changer’ strategy in the Guiding our Growth &
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El pleno de la Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador rechazó este viernes la solicitud enviada por la Corte Nacional de Justicia que pedía autorizar el procesamiento penal de la vicepresidenta de la República, Verónica Abad, por su presunta participación en el delito de concusión. No hubo los 92 votos necesarios
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attorneys on Friday ridiculed special counsel Jack Smith’s gag order request in the former president’s classified documents case in Florida, calling it an unconstitutional attack on the 2024 Republican candidate and a ploy to help Joe Biden keep the presidency. “In Jack Smith’s most recent shocking display
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bi-Mart Deschutes County Fair and Rodeo presented by Indian Head Casino is excited to announce that Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil’ Kim will be performing on Saturday, August 3, along with Bow Wow, as part of the fair’s 104th anniversary celebration concert lineup. Lil’ Kim and Bow Wow join an already
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen; Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Reps. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Microsoft founder Bill Gates; Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. ___ CNN’s
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas prosecutors says an Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent was justified when he fatally shot the Little Rock airport’s director during a raid in March. Pulaski County Prosecutor Will Jones on Friday said no charges would be filed in the shooting
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Maintenance work on Forest Service Road 1230 and the associated temporary closure that was announced Friday has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts, Sisters Ranger District officials said Monday.
Continue ReadingREYNOLDS STATION, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police detectives have found a decomposed body that they believe is a missing 8-month-old girl. State police say the remains found Friday afternoon in Ohio County are consistent with the description of Miya Rudd. Police say the body was in a residence in the western Kentucky county and
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state government is demolishing a building that once housed a Coca-Cola museum. Excavators continued Friday to knock down the former World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta near the state capitol. The site will become a parking lot. The Coca-Cola Co. moved the attraction across downtown to
Continue ReadingKTRK, NEWS-12-CONNECTICUT-INC, CNN By Jon Passantino, Nicki Brown, Oliver Darcy and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — A Texas bankruptcy judge has rejected a proposed liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ company Free Speech Systems, the parent company of Infowars, saying that a denial of the bankruptcy plan was, in his opinion, in the best interest of the creditors. But the judge
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press/Report for America The U.S. Supreme Court Friday struck down a ban on the rapid-fire rifle bump stock used by the gunman who rattled off over 1,000 bullets in 11 minutes in Las Vegas in 2017. Some of those who survived the shooting or lost loved ones said
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This week, Bend Fire & Rescue launched an online community survey to help guide the development of the department’s next five-year strategic plan. “Community input is an invaluable part of our planning process,” said Fire Chief Todd Riley, “by gaining an understanding of the priorities of those we serve, we are able to better meet the
Continue ReadingBy Cassandra Garcia Click here for updates on this story OKEECHOBEE, Florida (WPTV) — Law enforcement is looking into who took items from a cemetery in Okeechobee County. Several stolen items from Evergreen Cemetery in Okeechobee County have been recovered and deputies are working to charge the suspect and reunite the items with owners. Evadean
Continue ReadingBy Derek Heid Click here for updates on this story VILLAGE OF CATTARAUGUS, New York (WKBW) — After her septic tank collapsed, 80-year-old Sherry Camilloni has gone over a month without a working shower or toilet inside her house – with nowhere left to turn, her grandson is asking for help. For Sherry, spraying Febreze
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CENTRALIA, Wash. (KTVZ) – The Washington State Patrol this week helped police in Centralia, Washington catch a car-theft suspect who stole a kayak and eventually ran aground and was captured. The suspect fled on foot from a stolen car they were driving to the nearby river, troopers said in a Facebook post. “The scallywag then
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