Lynsey Harris sits down with Chuck Swann, the city of Bend’s Streets Division manager, to learn more about the Bend Beautification Program – its goals and how people can volunteer to help.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York’s attorney general from taking enforcement action against certain pregnancy counseling centers for promoting what critics say is an unproven method to reverse medication abortions. The judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction citing free speech rights. The order is part of a lawsuit against state
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury swiftly acquitted three security guards of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the death of a man who was held to the floor at a Detroit-area mall in 2014, a case that was closed without charges years ago but reopened by state prosecutors. The jury of eight women and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUELLTON, Calif. (AP) — The White House says that ongoing cease-fire talks in Cairo have been constructive and will continue over the weekend as the U.S. and Mideast allies continue to press Israel and Hamas to forge an agreement. CIA Director William Burns and Brett McGurk, a senior adviser on the Middle East
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said. Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9:30 p.m. to an unknown attacker having wounded several people indiscriminately with a knife on a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers on Friday struggled to estimate the full financial impact of legalizing recreational marijuana, if voters pass a ballot measure on the issue in November. A top legislative panel, the state’s top tax official and the leader of the ballot measure discussed how to estimate sales tax
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering an ornamental garden from the 1700s where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew exotic plants from around the world. Such plots of land served as status symbols. They were the 18th-century equivalent of buying a Lamborghini. The garden in Williamsburg belonged to tobacco
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N.’s human rights chief has joined a chorus of concern for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority after many were reported killed in recent fighting between the military government and the Arakan Army, an armed ethnic rebel group. The office of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker
Continue ReadingGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge has handed a Michigan man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing a 2-year-old girl a second life sentence. Rashad Trice acknowledged that he took Wynter Cole Smith from her home in Lansing in July 2023 as part of a dispute with the girl’s mother, his former
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Just a week after taking office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order prioritizing environmental justice. He committed the administration to helping neighborhoods burdened by a history of pollution and racism. Since then, the Biden administration has solicited the advice of advocates, written stricter environmental rules and steered clean energy funding towards disadvantaged
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that tossed out a law barring political parties from choosing candidates for the General Assembly when they had no one run in a primary election. The court’s decision Friday was the result of two justices recusing themselves and the rest divided
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Just a week after taking office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order prioritizing environmental justice. He committed the administration to helping neighborhoods burdened by a history of pollution and racism. Since then, the Biden administration has solicited the advice of advocates, written stricter environmental rules and steered clean energy funding towards disadvantaged
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has set a Sept. 20 date to put inmate Freddie Eugene Owens to death in what would be the state’s first execution in more than 13 years. South Carolina was once one of the busiest states for executions, but for years had had trouble obtaining lethal injection
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Jefferson County officials met Friday with officials from dozens of taxing districts, from the library to cities and fire districts, to discuss a $1.8 million property tax over-payment by Portland General Electric, letting them know utility has agreed to reduce the repayment impacts on their budgets.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tras meses de negociaciones frenéticas, en diferentes ciudades y a múltiples niveles, Israel y Hamas están más cerca de alcanzar un acuerdo de alto el fuego. Pero incluso si se alcanza, lo que aún está lejos de ser seguro, podría acabar durando sólo unas semanas antes de que se derrumbe y se
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel David Weiss’ office spent a total of $3.4 million over the past six months, a dramatic increase as it took Hunter Biden to trial in Delaware on gun-related charges and secured a conviction of the president’s son. Weiss’ expenditures reached $2.3 million for the six months ending
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN) — El nuevo CEO de Starbucks, Brian Niccol, no estará presente de manera constante en la sede de Seattle, donde asumirá el mando el próximo mes. En cambio, viajará semanalmente desde su casa en California. El acuerdo se reveló la semana pasada en la carta de oferta de Niccol, que le
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo han encontrado a casi 140 nietos. Eran niños —hoy adultos de alrededor de 45 años— que fueron sustraídos ilegalmente a sus padres, quienes fueron detenidos durante la última dictadura de Argentina (1976-1983) y que en muchos casos permanecen desaparecidos. Pero a partir de ahora,
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — During a Friday speech announcing the suspension of his independent presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a wildly inaccurate claim about the extent to which President Joe Biden was mentioned at the Republican National Convention in July. Kennedy sought to portray the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Estar a la moda tiene su costo. No solo económico, sino también ambiental. La industria textil es la segunda más contaminante del mundo, según la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU). Aunque la expectativa es mantenerse al día con las tendencias en constante cambio, renovando nuestro guardarropa cada pocas semanas
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