How to remove ticks and what to know about these bloodsuckers
By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — Maybe you spotted one crawling up your leg after a hike through tall grass or felt one on your dog’s back…
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‘The Apprentice,’ about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — While Donald Trump’s hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story…
Continue ReadingScarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is ‘eerily similar’ to hers and OpenAI is halting its use
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that “Her”…
Continue ReadingMinnesota Equal Rights Amendment fails in acrimonious end to legislative session
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers have failed to pass a state Equal Rights Amendment that would have…
Continue ReadingIvan Boesky, stock trader convicted in insider trading scandal, dead at 87
Ivan F. Boesky, the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one of the largest insider trading scandals on Wall…
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Arts leader Kimberly Howard Wade to speak at OSU-Cascades’ 23rd commencement ceremony
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Kimberly Howard Wade, the executive director of Caldera, a youth arts organization, will give the commencement address at the…
Continue ReadingHaiti’s main airport reopens nearly 3 months after gang violence forced it closed
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly…
Continue Reading2 suspects arrested in shooting of off-duty Washington, DC, police officer
By Christina Zdanowicz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — An off-duty police officer was shot at and injured Monday while en route to work in…
Continue ReadingGold earring found in burned ruins of an Iron Age village may reveal ‘moment in time,’ archaeologists say
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — A two-story building burned to the ground more than 2,000 years ago in the Pyrenees mountains of northeastern…
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Community Conversations: Tin Pan Theater and Bend Film host new program, Music Mondays
On Monday’s Community Conversations, which airs on NewsChannel 21 at Sunrise, Lynsey Harris speaks with Giancarlo Gatto, the executive director of…
Continue ReadingTexas bridge connecting Galveston and Pelican Island reopened after barge collision
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say a bridge near Galveston, Texas, that was damaged last week when a barge carrying…
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Oregon reports record $14 billion in visitor spending last year, as industry jobs recover to pre-pandemic levels
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Tourism Commission, dba Travel Oregon, is celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week (by announcing that…
Continue ReadingJudge rules Ohio law that keeps cities from banning flavored tobacco is unconstitutional
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press A judge has found that an Ohio law prohibiting cities from banning the sale of flavored tobacco products is…
Continue ReadingKosovo prepares a new draft law on renting prison cells to Denmark after the first proposal failed
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — An official in Kosovo says the Cabinet has renewed efforts with a new draft law on renting a prison in the south of the…
Continue ReadingSwiss village overwhelmed by tourists wants to charge visitors for entry
By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — As Venice continues to trial its entry fee for day trippers, a popular village in the Swiss Alps is looking to…
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Judge in Trump’s hush money trial threatened to remove witness from court for behavior on stand
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingXander Schauffele gets validation and records with one memorable putt at PGA Championship
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Xander Schauffele made one putt that turned out to mean so much. His 6-foot birdie on the…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia’s national carrier orders more than 100 new Airbus jets as it ramps up tourism push
By The Associated Press Saudi Arabia’s national airline says that it ordered more than 100 new Airbus jets, a reflection of the kingdom’s…
Continue ReadingNYC mayor defends police response after videos show officers punching pro-Palestinian protesters
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended the police department’s response to a pro-Palestinian street demonstration in…
Continue ReadingInsider Q&A: CIA’s chief technologist’s cautious embrace of generative AI
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The CIA’s first chief technology officer Nand Mulchandani is marshaling generative AI tools to the intelligence…
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