Texas Supreme Court sides with governor and temporarily blocks mask mandates
By Rosa Flores, Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN The Texas Supreme Court sided with Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday in a ruling that temporarily blocks…
Continue ReadingNews
EXPLAINER: Why Haiti is prone to devastating earthquakes
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was…
Continue ReadingHaiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000
By MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Haitian authorities have raised the death toll from the powerful…
Continue ReadingFood stamp benefits to increase by more than 25% in October
By ASHRAF KHALIL and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the…
Continue ReadingBiden: Afghan chaos ‘gut-wrenching’ but stands by withdrawal
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ROBERT BURNS and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling the violent chaos at…
Continue ReadingIndia’s harsh anti-terror law comes under rare scrutiny
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s harsh anti-terror law is coming under rare scrutiny. Some Indian courts and legal…
Continue ReadingDetainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs
By The Associated Press A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at…
Continue ReadingDetainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs
By The Associated Press A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at…
Continue ReadingS&P hits new record amid rising concerns about pandemic
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stock indexes are closing at record highs on Wall Street Monday, despite rising coronavirus…
Continue ReadingAsian markets lower amid China, Afghanistan unease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have declined amid turmoil in Afghanistan and unease about China’s…
Continue Reading
Sisters protesters rally against mask mandate for K-12 students
Parents and community members who don’t believe students should be required to wear masks in school rallied Sunday in front of the Sisters Public…
Continue ReadingLava streams from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi in new eruption
By SLAMET RIYADI Associated Press YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s most active volcano has erupted with its biggest lava flow in months…
Continue ReadingEx-Khmer Rouge official appeals genocide verdict in Cambodia
By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The last living leader from the inner circle of Cambodia’s brutal…
Continue ReadingJapan ekes out economic growth in recovery from pandemic
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 1.3% in the last quarter, raising hopes for a gradual…
Continue Reading
St. Charles Bend to open urgent care clinic to ease strain on Emergency Department
St. Charles Health System announced on Sunday a new urgent care clinic and drive-thru COVID-19 testing at a family care facility near the Bend…
Continue Reading
‘We want answers’: Family, friends mark one year since unsolved NE Bend double-homicide
It’s been a year without answers or justice for Ray Atkinson Jr. and his fiancé, Natasha Newby. The couple were found dead a year ago Sunday in…
Continue ReadingUSDA to permanently boost food stamp benefits by 25 percent
By ASHRAF KHALIL and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the…
Continue ReadingA man died after a party boat capsized on a Texas lake during bad weather
By Kay Jones and Alaa Elassar, CNN A Texas man is dead and another person was injured after a double-decker party boat capsized in bad weather…
Continue ReadingA man died after a party boat capsized on a Texas lake during bad weather
KTRK By Kay Jones and Alaa Elassar, CNN A Texas man is dead and another person was injured after a double-decker party boat capsized in bad weather…
Continue ReadingA 7-year-old girl was killed in Chicago over a weekend of gun violence
By Deanna Hackney and Susannah Cullinane, CNN An unknown suspect shot two young girls, killing one and leaving the other “fighting for her…
Continue Reading