BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes Public Library Board members voted Friday to appoint Redmond resident Erin Trimble to the Zone 1 Library Board position. The vacancy comes after board member Cynthia Claridge resigned due to an upcoming move out of the zone. Trimble was one of four candidates interviewed by the board. It was a 3-1
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Fire officials say one person was killed and 17 were injured in a fire at an apartment building in New York City on Friday. Officials said at a news conference that twelve people were taken to area hospitals, and four were in critical condition. One person, whose identity has not yet
Continue ReadingMADERA, Calif. (AP) — Seven farmworkers traveling in a van and the driver of a pickup truck were killed Friday in a head-on crash in a farming area in central California, police said. The crash at 6:15 a.m. left the van almost completely crumpled among blooming almond trees near the town of Madera, about 25
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers in West Virginia want to ban transgender youth at risk for self-harm or suicide from accessing medical interventions such as hormone therapy. The GOP-controlled Legislature banned such interventions last year while allowing the self-harm and suicide exception. Now, a group of lawmakers want
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Un buque de carga que sufrió el impacto de un misil balístico lanzado por los hutíes este lunes deja una derrame de petróleo de 29 kilómetros de largo en el mar Rojo mientras continúa naufragando, dijeron este viernes dos funcionarios estadounidenses. El M/V Rubymar ––un carguero con bandera de Belice, registrado en
Continue ReadingBy Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Three escaped prison inmates may have killed two people, believed to be American citizens, on a yacht they are thought to have hijacked as they tried to make their way from Grenada to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, according to Grenada police. Police in the small Caribbean nation said Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Comedian and actor Amy Schumer is sharing more about a current health challenge she’s dealing with. After Schumer was a guest earlier this month on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” where she discussed the second season of her Hulu hit “Life & Beth,” some on social media critically
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Ford stopped shipping its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickups and has been holding them for quality inspections since February 9. Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg would not specify any particular quality concern that engendered the shipment pause, calling holds like this a fairly routine part of the manufacturing process as vehicle
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California socialite has been found guilty of murder and other charges in the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers in a crosswalk more than three years ago. A Los Angeles jury returned the verdict Friday. Authorities said Rebecca Grossman, wife of a prominent Los Angeles burn doctor, fatally struck
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares Nota del editor: Design for Impact es una serie que destaca soluciones arquitectónicas para comunidades desplazadas por la crisis climática, desastres naturales y otras emergencias humanitarias. (CNN) — Pensemos en el inodoro: esa humilde taza de porcelana que elimina nuestros desechos varias veces al día. No es un elemento tecnológico que se actualice
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Zoo care staff have selected a name for eastern black rhinoceros Jozi’s new baby, and it’s a sweet one. He will be called Tamu, which means “sweet” in Swahili. Born Dec. 4 at around 100 pounds, the youngster now weighs over 250 pounds and is venturing outside for longer periods
Continue ReadingBy BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — NCAA President Charlie Baker says action by Congress was needed to protect what he described as the “95 percent” of athletes whose ability to play college sports would be endangered by a court ruling or regulatory decision declaring them as employees of their schools. Baker spoke
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with killing an Indianapolis police officer has been found guilty but mentally ill. A jury convicted 31-year-old Elliahs Dorsey on Friday of killing Metropolitan Police Department Officer Breann Leath in 2020 while she responded to a domestic violence call. The jury deliberated for 15 hours over two days. It
Continue ReadingCNN By Sabrina Souza and Emma Tucker, CNN New York (CNN) — A jury in a lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney General’s Office against the National Rifle Association found Friday that the gun rights group mismanaged charitable funds when it failed to stop top executives — including longtime leader Wayne LaPierre — from
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The bronze Jackie Robinson cleats that were left behind when a statue of the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier was stolen from a Kansas park are being donated to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Thieves cut the statue off at its ankles last month, leaving only
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York judge Friday to suspend an $83.3 million defamation verdict against the former president, saying there was a “strong probability” that it would be reduced on appeal, if not eliminated. The lawyers made the request in Manhattan federal court, where
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister is telling skeptics who believe Ukraine can’t win the war with Russia that they will be proven wrong. Dmytro Kuleba insists that “Ukraine will win the war.” He is speaking at the United Nations on the eve of the second anniversary of
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Claims of violence against women are roiling the world’s most famous sled dog race — Alaska’s Iditarod. Officials disqualified two top mushers this week and then quickly reinstated one of them on Friday. Race officials disqualified 2023 rookie of the year Eddie Burke Jr. on Monday.
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Officials say a seaplane overturned Friday afternoon while trying to land near PortMiami, but no serious injuries were reported. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue says the aircraft came down in a channel between the port’s cruise ship terminals and a causeway that connects Miami to Miami Beach. The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho’s scheduled execution next week of one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates. Thomas Creech was sentenced to death in 1983 for killing a fellow prison inmate, David Jensen, with a battery-filled
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