By Thomas Schlachter and Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Gregg Popovich, the NBA’s all-time winningest coach, suffered a mild stroke on November 2, the San Antonio Spurs said Wednesday. Popovich had been out of action since then with an undisclosed health issue. San Antonio said the incident happened at Frost Bank Center, the home arena
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Gas prices are falling around the country and Oregon, and Bend’s gas prices now are some of the lowest in the state, and AAA Oregon said there’s a reason for it – the gas pumps at the new Costco.
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(Update: adding video, KTVZ.COM Poll, comments from City of Bend engineer and city councilor) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) –If you’ve traveled through the Reed Market Road/Bond Street/Brookswood Boulevard roundabout during peak traffic times, you’re likely aware of how heavy and tricky the traffic can be. “You see cars backed up all the way back up above
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Burt Click here for updates on this story TOOELE COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) — A wild horse was found dead from a gunshot on a wildlife refuge in western Utah, and a nonprofit is offering a reward for information about the shooting. The stallion was found dead on Sunday in the Onaqui Herd Management
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The homes of Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce were broken into within days of each other last month, law enforcement reports show. “Obviously it’s frustrating, disappointing,” Mahomes said before practice on Wednesday. The break-ins, which were first reported by TMZ, happened just
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Social media site Bluesky has gained 1 million new users in the week since the U.S. election, as some X users look for an alternative platform to post their thoughts and engage with others online. Bluesky said Wednesday that its total users surged to 15 million, up from
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who served two Republican presidents as one of the country’s best known conservative lawyers and successfully argued on behalf of same-sex marriage, died Wednesday. He was 84. The law firm Gibson Dunn, where Olson practiced since 1965, announced his death on its website. No cause of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem built a national profile that had fellow Republicans buzzing about her future. Lawmakers describe the man set to replace her as a friendly, plain-spoken rancher and specialty welder whom they expect to focus more on issues within the state. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday picked Noem as the
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story November 13, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — General Motors (GM) is sparking a new wave of excitement in the electric vehicle (EV) market with the reintroduction of the beloved Chevrolet Bolt EV. This shift in GM’s strategy underscores the auto giant’s commitment to accessibility,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of police and dismissed a lawsuit alleging negligence in the 2020 death of a woman while she was in custody in suburban Detroit. The court says there was not enough evidence to show Harper Woods police were “grossly negligent” in how
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold talks Saturday with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru, a face-to-face meeting that comes as Beijing braces for Donald Trump’s return to the White House. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the meeting will take place while
Continue ReadingMONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it was a new species of sea slug. Scientists with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute using a remote vehicle first noticed what they called a “mystery mollusc” in
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer Doctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control like IUDs have surged across the nation since Donald Trump was elected president last week. People who feel uncertain about access to birth control and abortions in the coming years are stockpiling emergency contraception and abortion pills in case they need them.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The family of a security guard who was killed at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center last year has filed a $35 million wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital and its parent company, Legacy Health, KGW reported. Bobby Smallwood, 44, was fatally shot by a suspect later identified by police as PoniaX Kane Calles
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — In most US cities, buying a home now requires a six-figure salary. A household needed to earn $107,700 to afford a new single-family home and pay property taxes and insurance costs in the third quarter of this year, according to a new report from Oxford Economics. That’s nearly double
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Los republicanos aseguraron su monopolio de poder en el nuevo Washington de Donald Trump, manteniendo su mayoría en la Cámara de Representantes, según proyectó CNN este miércoles, después de ganar bancas en California y Arizona y marcar el comienzo de una nueva era dramática de Gobierno populista de derecha. El
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Basketball fans are used to seeing Caitlin Clark produce out of this world feats on an almost nightly basis, but Wednesday served as an important reminder that the phenom is human after all. Clark swapped the court for the golf course and took part in the ANNIKA Pro-Am hosted
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The name “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” is off-limits to Oakland’s airport — at least for now. On Tuesday, US Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson blocked the Port of Oakland from using the name it recently adopted for the Bay Area airport that was formerly called Metropolitan Oakland
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences. That is despite Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to scuttle the plea agreements. The move Wednesday comes
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says troops have faced off with insurgents in two separate raids on their hideouts in the country, killing 12 militants. Four insurgents were killed in the first raid in Kech, a district in the restive southwestern Balochistan province. The raid in Balochistan came days after a suicide bomber blew himself
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