SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – As Oregonians gear up to celebrate the busy months of summer – from the Fourth of July and barbecues to weddings and river outings – the Oregon Health Authority’s Excessive Alcohol Use Prevention Program and the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Impaired Driving Program are partnering to remind everyone about the importance of driving sober
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution urging wealthy and developed nations to close the widening gap with poorer developing countries and ensure they have equal opportunities to use and benefit from artificial intelligence. The U.S.-supported resolution was approved Monday. The first U.N. resolution on artificial intelligence
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A driver whose car struck pedestrians waiting at a crowded intersection in South Korea’s capital, killing nine people, will be investigated on allegations of accidental homicide. Police said Tuesday that a passenger car the previous night had hit pedestrians waiting at a traffic signal in a crowded central Seoul area,
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has foiled an alleged plot to overthrow the government that “would have played into Russia’s hands,” security officials in the war-torn country said Monday. In a Telegram post, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claimed the plot organizers planned to trigger a riot in Kyiv on June
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The Bend Heroes Foundation and a group of volunteers installed 275 flags at Bend Heroes Memorial (Brooks Park), along Veterans Memorial Bridge (Newport Avenue) and in downtown Bend Thursday morning to mark the Fourth of July, Independence Day.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Mayor Pro Tem Megan Perkins announced her re-election campaign for Bend City Council Position 3 on Monday. Perkins has served on the Bend City Council since 2020. “I’m pleased with the progress we have made in adding 1000 new affordable homes, moving hundreds of people off the streets while doubling
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, is prompting a national call for adoption once again this spring with its Empty the Shelters reduced-fee adoption event July 8-31. BrightSide Animal Center will participate along with more than 390 shelters in 44 states. To help deserving
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Justice Civil Rights Unit has provided its annual update on the groundbreaking work of DOJ’s statewide Bias Response Hotline. The Hotline, now in its fifth year, helps thousands of Oregonians every year who have been impacted by bias and hate. The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) released this data
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man was sentenced to 60 years in prison Tuesday for killing five members of an extended Senegalese family in a house fire, a crime which the victims’ friends and relatives say has forever changed their lives and their community, both in the U.S. and in the west African
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,000 children since March, the U.N. children’s agency said Tuesday as the Caribbean country struggles to curb killings and kidnappings. Children are more than half of the nearly 580,000 people who have become homeless in the last four months.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have advanced a bill that would regulate powerful artificial intelligence systems. The bill advanced Tuesday would require AI companies to test their systems and add safety measures so they can’t be potentially manipulated to wipe out the state’s electric grid or help build chemical weapons. The bill’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won’t stand trial before the November election. That closely watched ruling, which drew sharp dissent from the minority justices, was among a
Continue ReadingCNN, NASA, CBC BARBADOS, OFFICE OF THE SV PRIME MINISTER, CSU, CIRA & NOAA, EU COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2, PIERRE MARKUSE, CSU/CIRA & NOAA, EU Copernicus Sentinel-2/Pierre Markuse By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica after leaving at least one person dead and
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gregg Berhalter gave a single-word answer after the United States was eliminated from the Copa America with a loss to Uruguay when asked whether he was the right man to lead the Americans into the 2026 World Cup. “Yes,” Berhalter said. Plenty of others are sure to
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BestColleges outlines the problems with the rollout of the 2024-2025 FAFSA and updates on how they are getting solved.
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SmartAsset ranks the cost of raising a child in each state by comparing the living expenses of a household with two working adults and one child to those of a childless household with two working adults.
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ConsumerAffairs analyzed 2023 data on product-related injuries resulting in hospital visits to rank the top 10 product-related dangers associated with the Fourth of July.
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The Conversation looks at how owners can protect their dogs from loud fireworks on Independence Day, with tips from a veterinary professor at Mississippi State University.
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Lawn Love ranked U.S. cities based on local interest in grilling, access to butchers and the average cost of meat.
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Vivian Health examined the impact of the widespread nurse retirement and how nursing industry demographics have changed in the last five years.
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