Cuba to recognize — and regulate — cryptocurrencies
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government says it will recognize — and regulate — cryptocurrencies for payments on the island. A resolution published…
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Cuba to recognize — and regulate — cryptocurrencies
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government says it will recognize — and regulate — cryptocurrencies for payments on the island. A resolution published…
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Reduced Deschutes River flow in Bend also affecting recreation
While farmers and ranchers deal with the serious impacts of drought, surfers at Bend’s Whitewater Park are adjusting to reduced Deschutes River…
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‘Alert Wildfire’ webcam serves as digital fire lookout around region
A regional wildfire monitoring webcam system called Alert Wildfire is helping first responders find wildfires, monitor fire behavior and…
Continue ReadingJudge rejects self-defense claim in MLK Day confrontation
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida judge has rejected a self-defense claim by a white man accused of pulling a gun and yelling racial slurs during a traffic…
Continue ReadingArizona AG: County must comply with 2020 election subpoena
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s attorney general says Maricopa County must give the state Senate what it wants for its…
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SE Bend housing project for chronically homeless receives $2 million from Deschutes County
A housing project for a specific portion of the homeless population is being planned in southeast…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 forces Idaho hospitals past capacity, toward crisis
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hospital facilities and public health agencies are scrambling to add capacity as the number…
Continue ReadingRFK assassin Sirhan seeks parole; DA won’t challenge release
By JULIE WATSON and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan,…
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Oregon reports 9 more COVID-19 related deaths, 2,057 new cases, 1,085 hospitalizations
There are nine new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,095, along with 2,057 new cases and 1,085…
Continue ReadingCalifornia health officials report signs of ‘encouraging’ Covid trends but warn residents not to let their guard down
By Cheri Mossburg and Christina Maxouris, CNN California health officials say the number of new Covid-19 infections reported statewide appears to be…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 27: Afghanistan, evictions, Ida, Covid-19, Capitol riot
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN “We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay.” That was President…
Continue ReadingSouthwest trims schedule in effort to solve flight problems
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is reducing the number of flights it will operate the rest of this year.…
Continue ReadingSouthwest trims schedule in effort to solve flight problems
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is reducing the number of flights it will operate the rest of this year.…
Continue ReadingWitness: R. Kelly once compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A witness at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial says the R&B star once compared himself to rock…
Continue ReadingTennessee flood response aided by out-of-town cellphones
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When deadly floods knocked out all communications but radio in rural Tennessee last…
Continue ReadingJudge sentences 84-year-old man in 1976 double homicide
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — A judge has sentenced an 84-year-old man to consecutive life sentences in connection with a 1976 double homicide. A jury…
Continue ReadingMcCarthy tells Republicans Biden will face a ‘reckoning’ for handling of Afghanistan exit
CNN By Melanie Zanona, Jeremy Herb and Alex Rogers, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday vowed that President Joe Biden will face a…
Continue ReadingTwo decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias
By MARIAM FAM, DEEPTI HAJELA and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Muslim Americans who grew up under the shadow of 9/11 have…
Continue ReadingHow 9/11 changed air travel: more security, less privacy
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a…
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