Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of families from southern Lebanon packed cars and minivans with suitcases, mattresses, blankets and carpets and jammed the highway heading north toward Beirut on Monday to flee the deadliest Israeli bombardment since 2006. Some 100,000 people living near the border had already been displaced since October, when the Lebanese
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – There was a lot more than music from a wide variety of genres for thousands to enjoy at the weekend’s second annual Cascade Equinox Festival at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds. Beyond the jam, funk, soul, electronic and bluegrass artists, there were workshops, a bath house, roller rink, carnival rides, a variety
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Boeing said Monday it made a “best and final offer” to striking machinists that includes bigger raises and larger bonuses, but the workers’ union said the proposal isn’t good enough and there won’t be a ratification vote before Boeing’s deadline at the end of the week. The union complained that Boeing publicized
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Boeing said Monday it made a “best and final offer” to striking machinists that includes bigger raises and larger bonuses, but the workers’ union said the proposal isn’t good enough and there won’t be a ratification vote before Boeing’s deadline at the end of the week. The union complained that Boeing publicized
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US government plans to make more at-home Covid-19 tests available for free this month as the country heads into respiratory virus season with high levels of the coronavirus already circulating. Each household will be able to order another round of four free at-home test kits starting at the
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Southern California football star Reggie Bush says he is suing his school, the NCAA and the Pac-12 in a bid to recoup money made on his name, image and likeness during his career with the Trojans two decades ago. In a brief news release from Bush’s attorneys
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Construction is almost finished on the first accessory dwelling unit (ADU) created under a new city design program, located on the east side of Bend.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — More than 200 men and women allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois. Three new lawsuits have been filed in Illinois. They’re the latest complaints filed by attorneys who say the problem of sexual abuse of children by staff is systemic
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau and Zoe Sottile, CNN Boulder, Colorado (CNN) — Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who killed 10 people during a March 22, 2021, massacre at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, was sentenced Monday to life without parole, hours after a jury rejected his insanity claim and found him guilty of first-degree murder. The sentence
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Federal law enforcement officials in Connecticut have announced criminal indictments against seven people in a case they’re calling one of the largest counterfeit pill busts ever in New England. Authorities revealed the indictments Monday, saying they seized several hundred thousand pills containing methamphetamine, a powerful opioid and other illicit drugs. Officials allege Kelldon
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing announced Monday that it raised its offer to the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union as the strike against the company enters its 11th day. The new offer would give members a 30% raise over the four-year life of the contract, including an
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — A pressure campaign from Donald Trump and Republican allies to change Nebraska election law was dealt a significant setback on Monday as a pivotal Omaha state senator said he would not support a last-ditch effort to overturn a 30-year law that awards electoral votes by congressional district rather than
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, David Wright and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — National Republican groups are pulling financial support for Mark Robinson, the party’s scandal-plagued nominee in the North Carolina governor’s race, as he tries to weather the fallout from a CNN report on inflammatory comments he made on a porn website. In a statement Monday,
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Administrative Services published Monday the annual maximum rent increase allowed by statute for calendar year 2025. The DAS Office of Economic Analysis has once again calculated the maximum percentage as 10%, the maximum allowed under the 5-year-old state law. Implemented in 2019, Oregon law requires DAS to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NICE, France (AP) — Tensions have been rising in the French Pacific territory New Caledonia after four months of deadly unrest. On Tuesday, loyalists to Paris will mark the anniversary of the French takeover. The pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and white settler communities have been at odds over the territory’s future. The Kanaks
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Venezuela dio luz verde al pedido del Ministerio Público para emitir órdenes de aprehensión contra el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, su hermana y secretaria general de la Presidencia, Karina Milei, y la ministra de Seguridad, Patricia Bullrich (a quien el TSJ escribió mal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Boyd Interactive has purchased Resorts Digital, the online gambling arm of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino for an undisclosed amount. The transaction was finalized on Sept. 1 and confirmed by the parties on Monday. Resorts Digital has outperformed the physical Resorts casino for years; it has taken in five
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NEW YORK (KTVZ) — Voya Financial, Inc., a leading provider of retirement plans for educators, announced Monday that Casey Hayes, an assistant guide at Desert Sky Montessori School in Bend, has received a $2,000 grant as part of the company’s 2024 Unsung Heroes awards competition. Hayes is the only winner in the entire state of Oregon. For 28
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s state-run media says a senior army general has been tapped as the new spy chief. The powerful Inter-Service Intelligence, though officially reports to the prime minister, takes its directive from the military which has ruled Pakistan for over three decades. Lt. Gen. Asim Malik was appointed days ahead of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz saxophone player and composer Benny Golson has died at age 95. Golson’s longtime agent says Golson died Saturday at his home in Manhattan after a short illness. Golson worked over his seven-decade musical career with Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, John Coltrane and other jazz luminaries. He built much
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