Peter Skene Ogden Scenic Viewpoint, located just north of Terrebonne along US Highway 97, offers a welcome place to stop and take in some breathtaking views of the Crooked River Canyon. Jillian Fortner takes us there in this week’s Park Pick. Jillian learned about who Ogden was, and why it’s a great spot to bring
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Visa of illegally monopolizing the debit card market. For more than a decade, the department alleges, Visa has abused its dominant positionin the debit card market to force businesses to use Visa’s network instead of competitors’, and to stop new alternatives from entering the market. “We allege that
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You have by now probably heard a few things about “Megalopolis.” Maybe you know that Coppola financed the $120 million budget himself, using his lucrative wine empire to realize a long-held vision of Roman epic set in a modern New York. You might be familiar with the film’s
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AP College Football Writer The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls an unlawful and unenforceable “poaching penalty” that would cost the rebuilding conference more than $40 million for adding Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court. The antitrust complaint
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Prepare for spine-chilling thrills as the Deschutes Public Library delves into eerie delights, frightful films and youthful child’s play for “Know Horror” this October. Create haunting imagery in a macabre poetry workshop and use India ink to create a creepy forest painting. Screen a 1922 highly influential silent film and explore
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Hurricanes aren’t what they used to be. As the planet warms, they are morphing into something more dangerous — intensifying faster, producing more rainfall and generating bigger storm surge. To protect ourselves from these increasing threats, researchers say hurricane preparedness and the way people perceive storms need to proactively
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, se refirió a la desigualdad económica durante su discurso este martes ante la Asamblea General de la ONU, donde calificó a Venezuela y Cuba como “países rebeldes que no encajan” en el dominio de la “oligarquía global”. Petro afirmó que el “1% más rico”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community has invoked a private-citizen right to file charges against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance. The charges are over the chaos and threats experienced by Springfield, Ohio, since Trump first spread false claims about legal immigrants
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There was a time when one of the hottest summer tickets belonged to anyone who was able to score an invite to party with Sean “Diddy” Combs. These days, people aren’t rushing to be associated with the now disgraced and detained businessman and producer. Combs faces up to
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Lady Gaga isn’t joking around about releasing new music. The Oscar-winner announced on Tuesday that she’s releasing a new album titled “Harlequin,” which she said in an Instagram post is a companion album to the upcoming film “Joker: Folie à Deux,” in which she stars alongside Joaquin Phoenix. “Harlequin”
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Fifteen-year-old Jayden Tranby was born without arms, but that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing a passion for painting.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The race for president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is exceedingly close, with Harris’ support resting on stronger personal appeal, while Trump draws on a die-hard base and a wide advantage on handling the economy to run about
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — All three Central Oregon counties saw little to no change in their seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in August, with marginally higher rates year-over-year, the Oregon Employment Department reported Tuesday. Crook County: The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased over the month of August and is now 5.8%, down from 6.0% in July—in
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former New York City Mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been told he must pay a bill of about $300,000 for a forensic accounting firm’s work to trace his money in his now-aborted bankruptcy proceeding. The dispute over how much Giuliani owes to the accounting firm Global
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, expresó este martes su rechazo a “cualquier intento por reprimir” las “aspiraciones de libertad” que expresan los pueblos, al referirse a Venezuela y Nicaragua durante su discurso ante la Asamblea General de la ONU. “Rechazamos en el hemisferio y en todo el mundo cualquier
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La carrera por la presidencia de EE.UU. entre la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris y el expresidente Donald Trump está demasiado reñida. El respaldo de Harris tiene como base un mayor carisma personal, mientras que Trump se apoya en una base incondicional y una amplia ventaja en el manejo de la
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two powerful unions on the French Caribbean island of Martinique have joined protests against high living costs that recently have prompted France to send anti-riot police. Traffic was paralyzed Tuesday after a transportation union ordered tractor-trailers to block main roads and public bus drivers to suspend service, according to
Continue ReadingAP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior collection took a sporty turn, blending athletic prowess with an urban menace on Tuesday. The Paris show’s stripped-down designs evoked a ’60s sci-fi aesthetic, reminiscent of Star Trek, but with an edge—daring, asymmetrical shapes paired with knee-high boots that flirted with danger. As a live
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced the U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million. And a U.S. official says the administration will notify Congress on Thursday of its intent
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry said today’s youth is in the midst of an “epidemic” of anxiety, depression and social isolation due to negative experiences online, as he brought his campaign to help children and their parents navigate cyberspace to this week’s Clinton Global Initiative. Beyond supporting parents and youth throughout this
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