‘Inherit the red gene’: China issues Xi-focused morality guidelines
Chinese citizens have been urged to “inherit the red gene” by following new morality rules which use President Xi Jinping’s…
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Ricky Martin welcomed a fourth child into his family
It’s a boy! That’s the special announcement Ricky Martin and his husband of two years, Jwan Yosef, shared on Instagram Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingMerkley, Wyden slam delays in flavored vaping ban
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday joined Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and other Senate Democrats to denounce the Trump…
Continue ReadingBend bookstore, credit union give books to Head Start kids
This summer, Roundabout Books in Bend held a book drive in support of NeighborImpact Head Start. The drive secured 900 books for economically…
Continue ReadingPolice ID woman found dead in Newport home
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — Police have released the name of a 34-year-old woman found dead at a home Sunday on the central Oregon coast. The Newport…
Continue ReadingHuawei and ZTE could lose what little business they have in the United States
The US Federal Communications Commission wants to place more restrictions on Huawei and ZTE by barring companies that receive government money from…
Continue ReadingDemocrats set to bring impeachment inquiry out from behind closed doors
Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday will begin building a formal political process designed to impeach a President — a momentous task attempted…
Continue ReadingNew lab tests didn’t find asbestos in recalled baby powder, Johnson & Johnson says
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. said Tuesday it didn’t find asbestos in the bottle of Johnson’s Baby Powder that was previously…
Continue ReadingNorfolk Island: Why residents want to ditch Australia for New Zealand
Norfolk Island is a tiny landmass of about 1,800 people in the South Pacific, about 500 miles (800 km) from the nearest country. Officially,…
Continue ReadingA Georgia sheriff can’t put signs on 3 sex offenders’ homes this year warning trick-or-treaters, a judge ruled
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the three sex offenders who sued a Georgia sheriff after his deputies put signs in the men’s yards last…
Continue ReadingWhat Boeing’s humbling means for America
Rarely has a global corporation as respected and powerful as Boeing been so humbled. Deep political connections that normally grease the airplane…
Continue Reading400,000 more children are uninsured since Trump took office
The number of uninsured children ballooned by more than 400,000 between 2016 and 2018, an unprecedented decline in health coverage for the youngest…
Continue ReadingSeveral small fires fought in Western Oregon
While nowhere near the scale of California’s devastating blazes, the Oregon Department of Forestry said late Tuesday it is working with…
Continue ReadingIraq on edge after al-Sadr calls for removal of prime minister
One of Iraq’s leading Shiite clerics and powerful politicians has called on other parties to back him in removing Prime Minister Adil Abdul…
Continue ReadingUN members issue dueling statements over China’s treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Two groups of United Nations member states issued dueling statements over China’s treatment of the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority in…
Continue ReadingSome Hong Kong protesters are adopting the Joker as their own. Others are horrified
Halloween is just days away — and with “Joker” smashing box-office records, it seems inevitable that throngs of film fans will…
Continue ReadingTrump claimed ISIS leader ‘whimpered’ in final moments. Top officials don’t know where he got that detail
President Donald Trump asserted in his televised address from the White House Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was “whimpering and…
Continue ReadingBend’s Neff-Purcell intersection to see changes
A very busy intersection in northeast Bend is getting closer to some much-desired improvements. Two concepts recently were put before the Bend City…
Continue ReadingPile burning planned this week along C.O.D. trail
Fire managers plan to burn 10 acres of hand piles along the C.O.D. trail west of Bend this week. The unit lies within the West Bend project area. It…
Continue ReadingShouting match erupts in Vindman deposition as Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to out whistleblower
Democrats and Republicans got into a shouting match behind closed doors on Tuesday while interviewing a witness in the impeachment investigation,…
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