BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — St. Charles Health System announced Thursday recipients of a variety of Community Benefit grants, awarding more than $106,000 to 16 local organizations in Central Oregon. The grants were awarded to provide basic needs, to support local diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, to sponsor local events and as part of St. Charles’
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(Update: New details, photo) CROOKED RIVER RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fast-moving brush fire brought numerous firefighters from several agencies to Crooked River Ranch early Thursday evening, prompting evacuations and call-up of a multi-agency task force that stopped the blaze at just over eight acres. The Quail Fire, as it was named, was reported by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — University of Florida president Ben Sasse, a controversial pick almost two years ago when he was named to lead one of the top public universities in the U.S., plans to leave his position to focus on taking care of his family after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy. In
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s panda diplomacy may have one true winner: the pandas themselves. Decades after Beijing began working with zoos in the U.S. and Europe to protect the species, the number of giant pandas in the wild has risen to 1,900, up from about 1,100 in the 1980s, and they are no
Continue ReadingBy Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department said on Thursday that it has made “substantial progress” in finalizing an agreement with Boeing to plead guilty to defrauding the US government, but more time is needed to work out the remaining details. Earlier this month, Boeing (BA) agreed to plead guilty to one
Continue ReadingSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit northern Chile near its border with Argentina. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck at at 9:51 p.m. Chilean time and had a depth of 117 kilometers. Its epicenter was 45 kilometers (28 miles) east-southeast of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Chilean President Gabriel
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Tel Aviv se encuentra en “alerta máxima” tras el “grave” incidente con un dron ocurrido este jueves por la noche, en el que murió una persona y “otras resultaron heridas”, según informó el alcalde de la ciudad, Ron Huldai, en un comunicado difundido por X. La policía dijo a CNN que
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Votebeat reports that while fewer mail-in ballots were rejected in Pennsylvania’s 2023 primary election due to an envelope redesign, a new glitch has emerged.
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The Daily Yonder reports on last year’s American rural population growth, with 90% happening in the South.
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Next City reports that Minnesota’s Civility Caucus is helping to develop fertile ground for understanding and collaboration across the aisle of the state legislature.
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Experian takes a look at student loan debt and at how forgiveness programs have helped in many cases.
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Stacker used NOAA data to track a changing climate’s impact on the Summer Olympics, exploring efforts to reduce the Games’ carbon footprint and protect athletes.
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Reviving the late-night wars, Stacker compiled a list of the 20 most popular late-night hosts in the genre’s history using survey data from YouGov.
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — A significant Microsoft outage brought low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines and some competitors to a standstill for hours after a regulator halted departures. The ground stop was lifted late Wednesday night. “Our systems are currently impacted by a Microsoft outage, which is also affecting other companies,” Frontier said in a
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tucker Carlson returned to Fox News’ airwaves 15 months after being unceremoniously fired, seen Thursday in its coverage of a Republican National Convention speech that highlighted his growing influence in Donald Trump’s world. Carlson called the Republican nominee to return as president a changed man who effectively “became
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday with the most dishonest speech of the four-day Republican National Convention, making more than 20 false claims by CNN’s count. Many of the false claims were ones Trump has made before, some of them for years. They spanned a
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Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Amnistía Internacional señaló este jueves que la evidencia “apunta a la posible responsabilidad penal de la presidenta Dina Boluarte” sobre las muertes ocurridas durante las protestas realizadas entre diciembre de 2022 y marzo de 2023, de acuerdo con las conclusiones de un informe que la organización de defensora de derechos
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Imagine this: you need to pick up a package, top up your metro card, grab lunch and take out some cash. In most places, that would probably mean separate trips to the post office, the subway station, a restaurant and an ATM. But in South Korea,
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La GRANDE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry is getting even busier in northeast Oregon as more lightning-sparked fires come to light, 17 blazes in just 24 hours, three getting large. Here’s their update: ODF Northeast Oregon District responds to multiple fire starts after lightning storm; ODF IMT 3 deployed to Battle Mountain
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