At least 12 killed in huge gas explosion in central Chinese city
At least 12 people were killed in a huge gas explosion in central China on Sunday, state media reported. The blast took place at about 6:30 a.m.…
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Inmates at Oklahoma prisons begin receiving computer tablets
Inmates in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) began receiving tablets this week as part of a plan to supply all state prisoners with…
Continue ReadingDeadly attacks on Black trans women are going up. This grieving mom is fighting back
Dallas resident Stephanie Houston was driving from the store with her teenage son one day six years ago when he blurted out words that changed their…
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1998 Thurston High School shooter: ‘Tremendous shame and guilt’
Kip Kinkel, who killed his parents before going on a shooting rampage at his Oregon high school in 1998, killing two classmates and injuring 25 more,…
Continue ReadingAt least 11 killed in huge gas explosion in central Chinese city
At least 11 people were killed in a huge gas explosion in central China on Sunday, state media reported. The blast took place at about 6:30 a.m.…
Continue ReadingScientists say 90% of the world’s open-ocean sharks died off in mystery extinction event 19 million years ago
About 19 million years ago, roughly 90% of the world’s open-ocean sharks died off, and scientists don’t know why. The recent discovery…
Continue ReadingA suspect has been arrested in connection with 3 shootings in less than 24 hours in Georgia and Alabama
A 39-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with three separate shootings in less than 24 hours that wounded five people across the…
Continue Reading‘Many’ people trapped after huge gas explosion in central Chinese city
A huge gas explosion in a residential community in central China has left “many” people trapped and injured, according to local…
Continue Reading‘Many’ people trapped after huge gas explosion rips through residential area of central Chinese city
A huge gas explosion in a residential community in central China has left “many” people trapped and injured, according to local…
Continue ReadingChicago shooting leaves one dead, nine wounded
Police are looking for two gunmen in a shooting in Chicago early Saturday that sent 10 people to the hospital, where one woman died. People were…
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Local non-profit hosts bed-building event for kids in need
Sleep in Heavenly Peace is an organization geared toward making sure every child has a bed to sleep in. Volunteers gathered in Bend Saturday to build…
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Oregon National Guard hosts open house in Redmond for community
The Oregon National Guard hosted an open house Saturday at the Redmond Armory for community members to see what they’re all about. The Guard is…
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COCC holds drive-thru commencement for 2021, 2020 graduates
Central Oregon Community College graduates from the classes of 2020 and 2021 drove through campus Saturday to get to the stage, where they walked…
Continue ReadingA father is suing an Illinois police department for opening an urn containing the ashes of his daughter
A Springfield, Illinois, man is suing the city and six of its police officers for opening a small urn containing his daughter’s ashes and…
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Bend man jailed in online luring case; ’14-year-old girl’ was officer
A 25-year-old Bend man was arrested and jailed Saturday on several charges, accused of using a social media app to have a sexual conversation with,…
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1 killed, 7 others wounded in a shooting in Savannah, police say
A 20-year-old man was killed and seven others wounded in a Friday night shooting in Savannah, Georgia, according to police. In a news conference…
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Violence in Texas, Georgia and Illinois brings number of US mass shootings to 267 so far this year
As the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, it has a staggering and grim new…
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One arrest made in Austin, Texas, mass shooting that injured 14 people
Authorities have arrested one person in connection with the mass shooting overnight in downtown Austin, Texas, that left 14 people injured, Mayor…
Continue ReadingViolence in Texas, Georgia and Illinois brings number of US mass shootings to 267 so far this year
As the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, it has a staggering and grim new…
Continue ReadingFive years after massacre, Pulse nightclub owner laments that not much has changed
Barbara Poma, owner of the former Pulse nightclub, woke up on the five-year anniversary one of the worst mass shootings in US history to news of more…
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