Maine opens contest to design a new state flag based on an old classic
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Mainers are going to decide in November whether to adopt a new flag, but the state needs to settle on a design first.…
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Trooper with checkered FBI past convicted of child rape in Alabama
By KIM CHANDLER and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama jury has convicted a state trooper of sexually assaulting an…
Continue ReadingDarfur podría estar al borde de otro genocidio. ¿Reaccionará el mundo esta vez?
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Darfur, región del oeste de Sudán, tiene una trágica historia marcada por la violencia étnica y las crisis…
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Chilly and breezy weekend, cold overnight
There is a major change in the overall temperature pattern for Central Oregon ahead. High temperatures are expected to top out in the upper 50s…
Continue ReadingNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly says Buffalo supermarket killer used a bump stock
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York…
Continue ReadingPat Sajak passes ‘Wheel of Fortune’ hosting duties to Ryan Seacrest
By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Seacrest will now be asking “Wheel of Fortune” contestants if they’d like to buy a vowel. Pat Sajak…
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Travel Oregon reappoints Visit Central Oregon as regional destination management organization through 2032-33
SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — Visit Central Oregon has been reappointed by Travel Oregon to serve as Central Oregon’s official Regional Destination…
Continue ReadingUS designates Nordic neo-Nazi group as terrorists
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Friday designated a Nordic neo-Nazi group and three of its top officials as…
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Community Conversation: A busy summer of interesting fun at hand for Bend’s High Desert Museum
Lynsey Harris is joined on Community Conversations by High Desert Museum Director of Communications Heidi Hagemeier to talk about what’s up this…
Continue ReadingThe RNC is launching a massive effort to monitor voting. Critics say it threatens to undermine trust
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The Republican National Committee is launching a battleground…
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s embattled military government cracks down on free flow of news by blocking VPNs
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has launched a major effort to block free communication on the…
Continue ReadingHolly Bobo murder case returns to court, 7 years after a Tennessee man’s conviction
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — Seven years after a man was convicted of killing nursing student Holly Bobo, the case is…
Continue ReadingSafe for the summer: Local mom recalls saving son from near drowning
By Claire Graham Click here for updates on this story TUCSON (KGUN) — As we spend more by the pool for the summer, a…
Continue ReadingAides’ vehicle in a convoy carrying Mexico’s next president involved in a crash that killed 1
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A highway accident involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential elections,…
Continue ReadingLo que debes saber sobre la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico en 2024: pronóstico, nombres de tormentas y duración
Lesther Alemán (CNN) — Aquí tienes algunos datos sobre la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico de 2024. La cobertura pasada de las…
Continue ReadingTrump once defied the NRA to ban bump stocks. He now says he ‘did nothing’ to restrict guns
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Donald Trump’s campaign has found itself defending a Supreme Court decision to strike down a ban that he…
Continue ReadingIllinois lawmakers unable to respond to governor’s prison plan because they lack quorum
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Members of a legislative review panel agree that two aging prisons need to be…
Continue ReadingWoman accused of stealing and selling friend’s puppy
By Molly Ormsbee Click here for updates on this story AU SABLE, New York (WPTZ) — A woman from Keeseville, New York, is…
Continue ReadingEight-year-old boy’s body recovered after falling in beach Inlet
By Terri Parker Click here for updates on this story BOYNTON BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — The search for a missing child who…
Continue ReadingWoman accused of stealing and selling friend’s puppy
By Molly Ormsbee Click here for updates on this story AU SABLE, New York (WTAE) — A woman from Keeseville, New York, is…
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