SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have confiscated nearly 9.5 tons of cocaine. It is the largest drug seizure in the country’s history. Carlos Devers, spokesman for the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Drug Agency, says $250 million worth of drugs were found nestled inside a banana shipment that arrived at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after the state’s new constitutional amendment rolling back a near total ban took effect. But they remain on hold as a complicated court battle drags on. The amendment is widely understood to prevent the
Continue ReadingMore snow is expected on Saturday and Sunday across the Cascades. The temps will be a bit milder on Saturday, reaching the upper 30s, but much cooler on Sunday as a couple more inches of snow blankets the mountains. The mountains may see a brief round of light rain before the snow takes over Saturday
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A prolonged and closely watched copyright case involving an online library’s unauthorized offering of free e-books has ended after the Internet Archive decided not to fight an appeal’s court’s ruling against it. In September, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had upheld a lower-court decision
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico environmental regulators have issued a $47.8 million fine on allegations of excess air pollution at a natural gas processing facility in a prolific oil production region. The state Environment Department issued the sanctions on Friday, including a cease and desist order against Houston-based Targa Resources at
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The persistent pattern of patchy and widespread freezing fog is expected to linger north of Jefferson County tonight. The fog may re-develop in Jefferson and Deschutes Counties to the point of another Freezing Fog Advisory may be issued late tonight. This will be monitored closely, but the bottom line is that there is still a
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren del Valle, Gloria Pazmino, Eric Levenson and Celina Tebor, CNN New York (CNN) — A judge granted a motion from Manhattan prosecutors to dismiss the more serious charge of second-degree manslaughter against Daniel Penny on Friday in his trial over the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Scott Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — Many of us know just how harmful fentanyl can be in humans, but what about animals? That’s what several researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi are peeling back the layers after finding traces of the drug in bottlenose dolphins in
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The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District is starting to clear bush from hundreds of acres near the Deschutes River Woods community south of Bend.
Continue ReadingLynsey Harris sat down with none other than Santa Claus recently to get a sneak peek of his appearance in Saturday’s Bend Christmas Parade and what viewers can expect this year.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. The New York lawmaker threw her hat in the ring in a letter to colleagues on Friday. At 35, Ocasio-Cortez would by far be the youngest to serve in the prominent post. It’s the latest
Continue ReadingGiles Salomone, CNN Español Con los grupos del Mundial de Clubes ya definidos, tanto River Plate como Boca Juniors ya conocen a sus rivales en lo que será la primera edición de esta competencia. Mientras que el equipo dirigido por Marcelo Gallardo fue cabeza de serie y enfrentará a un solo equipo de Europa, el
Continue ReadingAP Health Reporter The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. Raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide must be tested on request starting Dec. 16, the Agriculture Department said. Testing will begin in
Continue ReadingAP Health Reporter The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. Raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide must be tested on request starting Dec. 16, the Agriculture Department said. Testing will begin in
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Truck Parking Club used White House data to analyze how Oregon is spending federal infrastructure dollars to invest in its communities.
Continue ReadingBy Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexican authorities are investigating the deaths of 13 children suspected to be linked to contaminated bags of intravenous nutrition in four hospitals in central Mexico. The children were 14 or younger, say Mexico health officials, who suspect they died from an infection of a multidrug-resistant bacteria Klebsiella oxytoca. The
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — A popular member of the Texas Longhorns’ contingent won’t be able to attend the Southeastern Conference championship game on Saturday in Atlanta. That would be Bevo, the famed real-life Texas longhorn. The reason: There’s just not enough room. The current mascot Bevo, known as Bevo XV, weighs 1,700 pounds,
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the families of victims of terrorist attacks in Israel may sue the Palestinian Authority in federal court for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases: one from family members who sued the Palestinian
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(update: adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Downtown Bend held its annual Christmas Tree Lighting event right outside The Commons in Brooks Alley. Jillian Fortner was live at Drake Park to catch the holiday festivities.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. Trump said late Thursday
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