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Month: June 2024

Bend Parade of Flags: Mtn. View HS Navy cadets, volunteers to install 275 flags downtown on Friday to mark Flag Day

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – To celebrate Flag Day on Friday, the Mountain View High School Navy Cadet Corps, under the leadership of Scott Buchanan, Major, USAF Retired and volunteers will install 275 flags in Bend beginning at 7:00 am, the Bend Heroes Foundation announced. They will start at Bend Heroes Memorial in Brooks Park lining

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Five-mile stretch of Interstate 84 in Portland to close overnight next month for extensive graffiti, litter removal

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A five-mile stretch of Interstate 84 in Portland will be closed in both directions to rail and highway traffic overnight from 11 p.m. Saturday, July 13 to noon Sunday, July 14 for graffiti cleaning and trash removal between I-5 and I-205. In addition to the I-84 closure in Sullivan’s Gulch, northbound

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Hospitalizan a Humberto Ortega, hermano del presidente de Nicaragua, informa Confidencial

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Humberto Ortega, excomandante y fundador del Ejército Popular Sandinista, exministro de la Defensa y hermano del presidente de Nicaragua Daniel Ortega, fue hospitalizado, según informó Confidencial, un medio digital nicaragüense que informa desde el exilio. Humberto Ortega habría sido trasladado el martes de su casa al Hospital Militar de Managua por un contingente de la Policía

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Biden to nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero as FDIC chair after abrupt departure of predecessor

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Gruenberg as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The announcement from the White House Thursday came after Gruenberg’s tenure became marred by allegations of workplace abuse that led to him to resign. Goldsmith

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Furman University officials confirm professor who attended ‘Unite the Right’ rally has been fired

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     GREENVILLE, South Carolina (WYFF) — Officials with Furman University confirmed on Thursday that the professor who attended the “Unite the Right” rally in 2017 has been fired. Professor Chris Healy has been fired by Furman University, officials said. Healy sparked controversy after he attended the

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Orleans Parish coroner unable to conduct autopsies due to air conditioning not working, city responds

By Jonah Gilmore Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office is unable to conduct autopsies due to ongoing air conditioning issues. The building, located on Earhart Boulevard and Claiborne Avenue, does not have working air conditioning at this time, according to Orleans Parish Coroner Dr. Dwight

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Phoenix police violated the rights of homeless residents and minority communities, scathing DOJ report finds

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Phoenix Police Department has for years violated the constitutional rights of residents experiencing homelessness and regularly discriminated against minority communities, according to a Justice Department report released Thursday. Justice Department investigators found that Phoenix police targets “people experiencing homelessness, retaliates against people who criticize the

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Rusia advierte sobre medidas de represalia “dolorosas” tras la decisión del G7 de utilizar las ganancias de los activos rusos congelados

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores ruso advirtió que los países del Grupo de los Siete se enfrentarán a medidas de represalia “dolorosas” tras su decisión de prestar dinero a Ucrania utilizando los beneficios de las inversiones rusas congeladas. El acuerdo para proporcionar a Ucrania US$ 50.000 millones de procedentes

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Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Dept. says

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detain homeless people and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force, according to a sweeping federal civil rights investigation of law enforcement in the nation’s fifth-largest city. The U.S. Justice Department report released Thursday says investigators

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