BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Economic Development for Central Oregon announced Tuesday the five finalist companies advancing in the Growth Stage competition for the 21st annual Bend Venture Conference, which will take place on Thursday and Friday, October 17–18. In just a few days, these finalists will present on the Tower Theatre stage in downtown Bend.
Continue ReadingBy McKenna Alexander Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Since the start of 2024, nearly a dozen Susquehanna Valley school districts have contacted the Independence Law Center – a religious rights law firm that helps school boards write policies many find controversial. The ILC’s growing presence and the increasing divide
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– La Major League Baseball anunció este martes la muerte de la leyenda cubana Luis Tiant a los 83 años. “El Tiante” nació en Marianao, Cuba. Durante su carrera fue All-Star en tres oportunidades y consiguió temporadas con 20 victorias o más en cuatro campañas distintas. Tiant ganó dos títulos ERA
Continue ReadingBy Arian Fulcher and Lisa Robinson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — The Ravens are volunteering to help military families and service organizations across Baltimore. The team helped get much-needed supplies to 30 military families in partnership with Operation Homefront’s Star-Spangled Babies baby shower in Baltimore on Saturday. Families received
Continue ReadingBy Andy Alcock Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MIssouri (KMBC) — A baby is now home after spending the first five weeks of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, following a problem reaching Kansas City Police 911. Wells Brown’s parents brought him home from the hospital Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy Bill Schammert Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Hundreds of people in Douglas County didn’t want to wait the 29 days until the general election to vote in person. “It’s an honor to vote,” said Douglas County voter Richard McWilliams. “It’s great to be part of a great democracy.”
Continue ReadingBy Nick Catlin Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — The art display company Meow Wolf is filing a copyright lawsuit against a company from the United Kingdom. The lawsuit claims the company “Wake The Tiger” directly copied work done by Meow Wolf. The Bristol-based company labels itself an ‘amazement
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists concludes in its annual report published Tuesday that the Earth’s worsening vital signs indicate a “critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis” and that “decisive action is needed, and fast.” The collaboration directed by OSU’s William Ripple and former postdoctoral researcher Christopher
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will cast roughly 160 million ballots by the time Election Day comes to a close — in several different ways, including many submitted a few weeks before polls even open. They will choose a president, members of Congress and thousands of state lawmakers, city council members, attorneys general, secretaries of state
Continue ReadingBy Erin Miller Click here for updates on this story VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (WTKR) — Medical debt is a huge issue in this country. According to KFF, a health policy research and news organization, most people owe more than $1,000. During a time when families are living paycheck-to-paycheck, it can be crippling, but there are
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lisa Marie Presley was devastated when her only son, Benjamin Keough, died at the age of 27 in 2020. We now know how deeply she grieved. In “From Here to the Great Unknown,” a new memoir by the late Presley, finished by her daughter, Riley Keough, the pair
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The Donald Trump-allied Georgia State Election Board is pushing to install people who deny the result of the 2020 presidential election as part of a monitoring team in Fulton County, the biggest Democratic-leaning county in the state and one that was consequential for Joe Biden’s victory
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued another air quality advisory Wednesday for Deschutes County due to smoke from new and older wildfires still burning around the region. DEQ said expects the air quality advisory to last until at least Thursday evening. DEQ and partner agencies will continue to monitor smoke
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Major League Baseball has announced it will produce and distribute local broadcasts for the Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins next year. All three teams had contracts with Diamond Sports Group that expired at the end of the regular season. The Texas Rangers, whose deal also expired last month, also announced
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has promised to retaliate for Iran’s massive missile attack last week. How it does so involves great risk, and could have broad repercussions for the archenemies, the Middle East and the world. Israeli decision-makers are considering a host of options ranging from symbolic strikes on military or government targets
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Election Day, some voting lines will likely be long and some precincts may run out of ballots. An election office website could go down temporarily and ballot-counting machines will jam. Or people who help run elections might just act like the humans they are, forgetting their key to a
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story October 8, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The morning of October 8, 2024, marked a pivotal moment for the Almeda Post Office and its surrounding community. Congressman Al Green (TX-09), alongside local leaders and concerned constituents, held a press conference that put a spotlight
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One question will be asked over and over on election night: Who won? The Associated Press will answer that question for nearly 5,000 contested races across the United States and up and down the ballot, from president and state ballot measures to a variety of local offices. The AP has
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CNN) — President Joe Biden took a major step toward eliminating the national scourge of lead pipes, unveiling a new rule mandating the removal of all lead pipes within the next decade, in addition to $2.6 billion in new funding toward the environmental and public health goal. “It’s taken
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Election night won’t be all nail-biters. Chances are some winners will be declared before a single vote has been tallied just as the polls close in those states. Race calls at the time polls close have been a routine part of election nights for decades, even though competitive races that
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