Bangladesh factories open as economic worries trump virus
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is suffering through its deadliest surge of the pandemic, but you wouldn’t…
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Bangladesh factories open as economic worries trump virus
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is suffering through its deadliest surge of the pandemic, but you wouldn’t…
Continue Reading‘No one trusts anything that comes from the Taliban’s mouth’
By Nilly Kohzad, CNN Since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing provincial capitals at lightning speed, it’s been difficult to…
Continue ReadingChinese astronauts conduct second spacewalk outside planned space station
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronauts working on the country’s planned space station carried out their second spacewalk on Friday, according…
Continue ReadingExplosive California wildfires could burn into December
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s wildfires have already made plenty of news this summer, and the worst may be yet…
Continue ReadingHurricane Grace strengthens heading for 2nd hit on Mexico
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Grace has rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 storm as it bears down…
Continue ReadingElder disputes showing gun to ex-fiancee in heated argument
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leading Republican candidate is California’s recall election…
Continue ReadingIn Haiti, close relation between the living and the dead
By MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s unusually close relationship between the living and the dead…
Continue ReadingOxygen plant among earthquake-damaged buildings in Haiti
By MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — As if Haiti’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake, a tropical storm and the…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco’s new rule: Proof of vaccine or no dining in
By DAISY NGUYEN and ERIC RISBERG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco became the first major city in the nation to require proof of…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco’s new rule: Proof of vaccine or no dining in
By DAISY NGUYEN and ERIC RISBERG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco became the first major city in the nation to require proof of…
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Redmond man arrested in downtown Bend on assault, bias crime charges after fight
A Redmond man was arrested on assault, bias crime and several other charges in downtown Bend Thursday afternoon, accused of striking a construction…
Continue ReadingAppeals court won’t delay ‘Remain in Mexico’ return
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appellate court has refused to delay implementation of a judge’s order…
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Frustration and anger in the St. Charles Bend ICU, overwhelmed with COVID patients
Oregon’s hospitals are in crisis. Beds are filled with COVID-19 patients — more than ever before, and nearly all of them are unvaccinated.…
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C.O. schools, nurses worry Gov. Brown’s vaccine mandate could cost them crucial staff
Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday that all health care and school workers will have to be vaccinated by Oct. 18 or six weeks after full FDA approval…
Continue ReadingCalifornia DOJ to investigate fired officer’s role in Oscar Grant’s 2009 killing
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The California Department of Justice will launch an independent review into a former Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)…
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Attic fire heavily damages historic Prineville home
A stubborn fire traced to an electrical failure in the attic floor heavily damaged an historic home in downtown Prineville, officials…
Continue ReadingMexican journalist shot to death in Gulf coast state
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A radio journalist has been shot to death in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The press freedom organization Article…
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150 Oregon National Guard members arrive in Bend to assist at St. Charles hospitals
150 Oregon National Guard members will be assigned to St. Charles hospitals starting Friday to assist in various non-clinical…
Continue ReadingAsia Today: Sydney lockdown extended, masks required outside
SYDNEY (AP) — A lockdown in Australia’s largest city was extended through September and tougher measures to curb the coronavirus’s delta…
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