Newport corridor, other Bend road projects hit by COVID-19 delays
A city official says completion of the new roundabout on Newport Avenue has been delayed due to COVID-related impacts, which also have affected the…
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The Latest: Official Taliban websites abruptly go offline
By The Associated Press BOSTON — Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the world at large…
Continue ReadingImagination, Skittles help boy, 5, conquer Appalachian Trail
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A boy who recently hiked the Appalachian Trail is preparing for his next adventure in…
Continue ReadingChina premier vows to punish officials over flood deaths
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has vowed to hold officials accountable over mistakes during recent floods that led to the deaths of…
Continue Reading‘Bracing for the worst’ in Florida’s COVID-19 hot zone
By KELLI KENNEDY and CODY JACKSON Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hospitals are overflowing with COVID patients in northeast Florida,…
Continue ReadingAt 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus
By WILSON RING and ROY NKOSI Associated Press DEDZA, Malawi (AP) — The Peace Corps is beginning the process of returning its volunteers to…
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Six COVID-19 cases reported by Deschutes County Jail involve staff, family members
The Deschutes County Jail recently reported an outbreak of a half-dozen COVID-19 cases involving three staff members and three of the staff’s…
Continue ReadingThe latest on Afghanistan as the Taliban take charge
By Brad Lendon, Jessie Yeung, Kara Fox, Aditi Sangal, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya and Melissa Mahtani, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable…
Continue ReadingThe latest on Afghanistan as the Taliban take charge
CNN By Brad Lendon, Jessie Yeung and Kara Fox, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights…
Continue Reading‘No one trusts anything that comes from the Taliban’s mouth.’ Three women on what Afghanistan is like under the militant group’s rule
CNN By Nilly Kohzad, CNN Since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing provincial capitals at lightning speed, it’s been difficult…
Continue ReadingDo I need a booster if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine?
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. is planning booster doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, but if you got the one-dose…
Continue ReadingHarris’ Asia trip carries new urgency after Afghan collapse
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is giving new urgency to Vice President Kamala Harris’…
Continue ReadingBiden vows to evacuate all Americans — and Afghan helpers
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ROBERT BURNS, JAMES LAPORTA and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging firmly to bring…
Continue ReadingBangladesh 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 ReadingBangladesh 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…
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