Black women seeing guns as protection from rising crime
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — Experts in the firearms industry as well as gun-rights advocates say more and more Black…
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Questioning a catchphrase: ‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This summer’s coronavirus surge has been labeled a “pandemic of the…
Continue ReadingSeptember 1 Afghanistan-Taliban news
By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
Continue Reading5 crew members unaccounted for after US Navy helicopter crashes off the San Diego coast
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Search and rescue efforts are underway after a US Navy helicopter crashed off the San Diego coast Tuesday, officials said.…
Continue ReadingVaccinated players to have fewer restrictions at Oz Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The sports minister for Victoria state says tennis players at January’s Australian Open can expect fewer restrictions…
Continue Reading5 missing and 6 hurt after Navy helicopter crash in Pacific
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A day after a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed in the ocean off Southern California near an aircraft…
Continue ReadingSeattle Children’s Hospital confirms 1st COVID-19 death
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Children’s Hospital has confirmed its first patient death from COVID-19. The Seattle Times reports the announcement…
Continue ReadingVigil held for slain US Marine in her home city
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A U.S. Marine who was among 13 killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan was honored Tuesday evening in her hometown.…
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The Big Playback is back: Five C.O. football teams to host games Friday night
This Friday will mark he first time in two years Central Oregon high schools have played football in September, though only five months since they…
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‘We are one community’: Bend restaurant reserves honorary table ‘for the fallen’ 13 in Afghanistan
There’s an open table with 13 reserved seats and 13 beers on it at Bend Burger Company on Northeast Third Street.…
Continue ReadingThe big gridiron loss, on TV, was real — but is the school?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After a shellacking in a game televised on ESPN revealed an Ohio prep football team wasn’t the top-tier talent it purported…
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La Pine firefighters union, others in community come to aid of ill 2-year-old, family
The La Pine Professional Firefighter’s Union Local 3387 is reaching out to the Central Oregon community in support of a local family and a…
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BLM rounds up, removes hundreds of wild horses in Eastern Oregon, to be put up for adoption
Hundreds of wild horses roaming the rangelands of Eastern Oregon are being gathered and removed because of extreme drought and…
Continue ReadingHanford orders new COVID-19 requirements for 11,000 workers
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Hanford nuclear reservation workers who do not provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required to be tested at least…
Continue ReadingBrit charged in terror beheadings scheduled to plead guilty
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — One of two British nationals charged with joining with the Islamic State group and…
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Bend fire official offers safety tips on how to avoid lithium-ion battery fires
Lithium-ion batteries have been known, in some cases, to spark fires. They have been the cause of at least two garage fires this…
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Bend’s Sparrow Bakery closing original Scott Street location
Bend’s Sparrow Bakery announced it is closing its original SE Scott Street location, due to severe hiring and staffing challenges, but will keep its…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Britney Spears ‘will not be extorted’ by father
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears and her new attorney say her father is trying to get about $2 million in…
Continue ReadingPolice chief: Ida hit Louisiana town harder than Katrina did
By GERALD HERBERT Associated Press GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — Ida caused mass devastation on Grand Isle, a Louisiana town on a narrow barrier island…
Continue Reading7 Black men were executed for an alleged rape in 1951. Now they’ve been pardoned
By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A group of young Black men executed after being convicted by all-White juries of allegedly raping a White woman have been…
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