VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man wielding a samurai sword and threatening to hurt people was arrested after he entered a Walmart store in southwest Washington state, police said. Multiple people called 911 around 5:30 p.m. Sunday about a man walking in Vancouver traffic with the sword while screaming and making threats to injure people,
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Terminar los Grammy 2024 con un tierno momento entre dos divas queridas —Taylor Swift y Celine Dion— debió haber sido algo fácil. Pero los espectadores resultaron divididos al final de la ceremonia. Cuando Dion, presentadora sorpresa, anunció que Swift era la ganadora en la categoría Álbum del Año, la cantante de
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Bend High senior and MBSEF skier Neve Gerard finishes in the top 20 several times at the Youth Olympics in South Korea. Redmond Lacrosse held a pancake fundraiser Sunday to support the club. And Oregon State and Oregon go head to head one final time in Pac-12 play. The Beavers won the close one, 64-60.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s easy to forget that a river runs through the heart of Los Angeles. Normally flowing at a crawl, much of it through nondescript concrete channels, the Los Angeles River picks up speed during the rainy season. By Monday, fed by a slow-moving atmospheric river dumping historic amounts of rain, the
Continue ReadingBy MUCAHIT CEYLAN and ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Millions of people across Turkey are mourning the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbors in last year’s catastrophic earthquake. To mark what it calls the “Disaster of the Century,” the government has arranged a series of events to commemorate
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A year ago, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, causing widespread destruction and the loss of over 59,000 lives. A massive rebuilding effort is still trudging along a year later but many questions remain about the future of the devastated areas. WHAT
Continue Readingmondemanola (CNN Español) –– El presidente Javier Milei comenzó este lunes a su primera gira internacional, que lo llevará por Israel, Italia y el Vaticano, donde se reunirá con el primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu; la primera ministra de Italia, Giorgia Meloni, y el papa Francisco, entre otros líderes políticos de alto rango. El
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Home Heating and Cooling owner Ric Secor recently presented a $1,500 donation to Redmond VFW Post 4108 Wreaths Across America co-coordinator Don DeLand. VFW Post 4108 sponsors five local cemeteries, placing wreaths on veterans gravesites in December over the holidays to honor them and their families. VFW Post 4108 placed 1,400
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Members of a northern Indiana community mourned and searched for answers Monday as they gathered for the funeral of six siblings killed in a house fire. The Smith siblings — 11-year-old Angel, 10-year-old Demetris, 9-year-old Davida, 5-year-old Deontay, 4-year-old D’Angelo and 17-month-old Faith — died after a fire engulfed their
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Nikki Haley has applied for US Secret Service protection because of threats she is facing as the only remaining GOP presidential candidate competing with former President Donald Trump for the party’s nomination, Haley’s campaign spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The campaign did not detail when the request was made. There were reports
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson San Diego (CNN) — El rugido de un motor desvió la atención de Jack Enright de las olas que estaba grabando bajo un cielo azul despejado. Sacó la cámara del océano para volver a enfocar lo que se dirigía a toda velocidad hacia él. “Pensé que era solo un barco pesquero… pero entonces
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee once again announced that he wants universal school vouchers throughout the state. The Republican governor made the pitch Monday to the GOP-controlled Legislature during his annual State of the State address. The school voucher proposal would be ambitious for
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Virgin Islands has finalized a long-awaited deal that will allow officials to build a public school on St. John as part of a land swap that many opposed because it involves an island with historical ties to slavery. The deal with the U.S. National Park Service means
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A video showing a group of migrants brawling with police in Times Square has touched off a political furor and renewed debate over a long-standing New York City policy that limits cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities. The surveillance footage, recorded Jan. 27 outside
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Redmond School District is joining schools nationwide this month in celebrating Career and Technical Education Month, shining a spotlight on the invaluable opportunities CTE programs provide for students. CTE courses are designed to create an educational environment which integrates core academics with real-world relevance in various career pathways. :Redmond proudly
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the 2024 Grammy nominees were first announced, women dominated in the major categories. And at Sunday’s show, those nominations translated into awards: Every televised competitive Grammy went to at least one woman. Several women earned their very first Grammys, including Miley Cyrus, best new
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE and ALI SWENSON Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s campaign is acknowledging that a series of positive “news” stories posted to her campaign website were generated by ChatGPT. The campaign late Monday has removed more than 30 stories that it said a consultant had compiled using the AI tool.
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s state auditor is renewing his call for Brett Favre to repay the state for welfare money that the auditor says was improperly spent on projects backed by the retired NFL quarterback. Auditor Shad White’s filed court papers Monday demanding nearly $730,000 from Favre. It
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press South Dakota prosecutors have charged a Sioux Falls man with murder in the death of a deputy who was struck while putting out spikes during a police chase. Forty-year-old Joseph Gene Hoek was ordered held without bail at his first court appearance Monday in the death of Moody County Chief
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched early Saturday morning to a tent fire that was spreading at a homeless camp off China Hat Road south of Bend, dug a line around it and knocked down the blaze. Deputies were sent around 1 a.m. to the reported tent fire at a camp off
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