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Month: August 2025

Prineville man dies at Lake Billy Chinook after trying to retrieve disabled friend and their drifting boat

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said 56-year-old Vaughn Alan Waugaman of Prineville died Monday evening while swimming to retrieve his disabled friend, who had drifted away from the dock in their small aluminum boat. Around 6:48 PM, Waugaman and a friend with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) were fishing from a

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Some Texas Democrats rip up agreements to leave House floor under police escort and will spend night in chamber in protest

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Austin, Texas (CNN) — Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort and returned to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced. The lawmakers will spend the night on the House floor with state Rep. Nicole Collier,

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Tulsi Gabbard revokes security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials

By Josh Campbell, Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The US government security clearances of at least 37 current and former national security officials have been revoked by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, according to a memo obtained by CNN. Those impacted include people who were involved in conducting an assessment of Russia’s efforts

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‘They mattered’: Unhoused people missing, items lost from encampments near river after Milwaukee flooding

By Jenna Wells Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — More than a dozen unhoused people have made their homes under a bridge next to the Kinnikinnic River. After historic flooding, outreach volunteers tell us many people there lost everything, and some lost their lives. “In all the years that I’ve been

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El Departamento de Justicia de Trump investiga si las estadísticas de crímenes de Washington fueron manipuladas

Por Hannah Rabinowitz y Holmes Lybrand, CNN El Departamento de Justicia de Trump está investigando si el Departamento de Policía Metropolitana de Washington manipuló datos sobre delitos, según dos fuentes. La investigación, que está siendo dirigida por la oficina del fiscal federal en Washington, representa una escalada en la lucha de la ciudad contra una

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Trump escalates attacks against Smithsonian museums, says there’s too much focus on ‘how bad slavery was’

By Kit Maher, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump escalated his campaign to purge cultural institutions of materials that conflict with his political directives on Tuesday, alleging museums were too focused on highlighting negative aspects of American history, including “how bad slavery was.” In a Truth Social post, Trump directed his attorneys

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Venezuela mobilizes its militia after US says it’s deploying military forces to waters around Latin America

By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced on Monday the deployment of 4.5 million militiamen throughout the country, assuring that “no empire will touch the sacred soil of Venezuela,” after the United States doubled the reward for information leading to his arrest and increased the number of troops sailing around Latin

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National Guard troops from GOP-led states begin arriving in DC as part of Trump’s crime crackdown

By Haley Britzky, Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — West Virginia National Guard troops have begun to arrive in Washington, DC, to assist with President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital, a defense official told CNN on Tuesday. The troops could begin assisting the DC National Guard operationally as soon as Wednesday after they

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Oregon Drought Monitor - August 14, 2025

Governor Kotek issues drought declarations for Coos and Wheeler counties, bringing total so far this year to seven

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek announced Tuesday she has declared a drought in Coos and Wheeler counties through an executive order and directed state agencies to coordinate and prioritize assistance to the region. A link to Executive Order 25-19 can be found here. Coos CountyAccording to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Coos County has been

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