OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is sending prosecutors to Oakland to help crack down on rising crime in the San Francisco Bay Area city where brazen robberies in broad daylight have been getting national attention. The announcement Thursday comes days after Newsom said he would deploy 120 California Highway Patrol
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Tiësto, the famed Dutch DJ and record producer, announced on Thursday that he is unable to fulfill his plans to DJ at this weekend’s Super Bowl LVIII. “Me and my team have been preparing something truly special for months, but a personal family emergency is forcing me to return
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has pushed back for four months the federal court trial in the case of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols. During a hearing, U.S. District Judge Mark Norris changed the trial date in
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Motter Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Brittany Mahomes will grace the pages of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit edition as a rookie in 2024 alongside names like Lori Harvey, Sharina Gutierrez and Penny Lane. Sports Illustrated announced on Thursday, Feb. 8, that Brittany Mahomes would grace the pages
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The Bend City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to award the purchase of two city-owned parcels of land to a partnership between Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity and Thistle & Nest for 26 affordable housing units designed to be a sustainable “eco-development.”
Continue ReadingBy Allison Petro Click here for updates on this story LAKE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — In honor of the country singer Toby Keith, a Florida bar will serve drinks in red Solo cups for the remainder of the week following the announcement of his death. The 62-year-old country singer died on Monday night, surrounded by
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Han pasado casi cuatro años desde que el mundo quedó paralizado por la pandemia de covid-19, pero no te sorprendas si no te sientes muy sexy. La función sexual, que incluye factores como el deseo, la excitación y el placer, en hombres y mujeres disminuyó significativamente después del inicio de
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — US business leaders are feeling more bullish about the direction of the economy — even as their worries about the upcoming presidential election mount. For the first time in two years, optimism outweighs pessimism among CEOs, according to a CEO confidence measure for the first quarter released
Continue ReadingBy WALTER BERRY and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Heavy snow shut down parts of major interstates in northern Arizona on Thursday while low-lying clouds delayed dozens of flights in Phoenix, after storms earlier this week battered California and left a muddy mess. The mountainous region of northern Arizona recorded 2 feet (61
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden worked so closely with the ghostwriter he is accused of sharing government secrets with, Mark Zwonitzer, that he once declared that he’d trust the author “with my life.” Zwonitzer ghostwrote Biden’s two memoirs, 2007’s “Promises to Keep” and “Promise Me, Dad,” which was published
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Bojan Bogdanovic left Detroit to join a now even-more-formidable contender in New York. Gordon Hayward is leaving Charlotte for one of the NBA’s best surprise stories this season in Oklahoma City. Doug McDermott was once traded by Indiana to San Antonio, and now, the Spurs have traded him back
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators want to create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, including efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages. The initiative from Democratic legislators with ties to tribal communities won unanimous
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, STEVE PEOPLES and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel’s report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents is out and it’s not great news for the president on several fronts. Biden can breathe easier knowing he won’t face criminal charges for his handling of the documents. But
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Some Arab American leaders signaled clear discontent with what they heard from Biden administration officials in Michigan Thursday after meetings meant to address a key constituency’s frustration with US policy around the Israel-Hamas war. Administration officials met with the Michigan leaders in an attempt to quell uproar from
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Negotiators for Bend-La Pine Schools and Oregon School Employees Association Chapter 6 reached a conceptual agreement Wednesday evening on a new contract for about 900 classified employees in the school district, including those who transport students, run school offices, prepare and serve meals, clean and maintain facilities, support students in the classroom, and serve in other support roles.
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington State Patrol trooper arrested a woman on suspicion of drunken driving when she was actually experiencing a life-threatening brain bleed and booked her into jail where officials mocked her instead of getting her medical attention, according to a civil rights lawsuit. The federal lawsuit filed Feb. 1 in Tacoma
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington State Patrol trooper arrested a woman on suspicion of drunken driving when she was actually experiencing a life-threatening brain bleed and booked her into jail where officials mocked her instead of getting her medical attention, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed Thursday. The federal lawsuit filed in Tacoma
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A prosecutor says a New Hampshire man brutally beat his 5-year-old daughter to death and spent months moving her body around before disposing of it “like yesterday’s trash.” But a lawyer for Adam Montgomery says he didn’t harm his daughter and the last person who saw
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge formally ordered Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll, endorsing the jury’s verdict from the defamation trial last month. The judgment was made in a one-page order on Thursday. The issuance of the judgment takes Carroll one step closer to obtaining her award,
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur’s report released Thursday did not charge President Joe Biden with a crime, but it painted a picture of a forgetful commander in chief who failed to properly protect highly sensitive classified information – a
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