COCC Health Careers Expo offers tours, academic demos for high school students
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon high school students who are considering a future in the health care field will find much to discover at Central…
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A Chinese flavor of rap music is flourishing as emerging musicians find their voices
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press CHENGDU, China (AP) — In 2018, the censors who oversee Chinese media issued a directive to the nation’s…
Continue ReadingHow to be a ‘Fall Guy’: Stunt performers on their rough-and-tumble life
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There are two things to keep in mind while being burned alive for a movie scene. The first, says stunt…
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Deschutes County commissioners to host fourth, final public hearing on revised 2040 comprehensive plan
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Wednesday evening, May 8, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners will host a fourth public hearing to allow residents an…
Continue ReadingA tornado hit an Oklahoma newsroom built in the 1920s. The damage isn’t stopping the presses
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — A weekly newspaper in a rural Oklahoma community was at the center of a path of…
Continue ReadingFor decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press From its earliest days, the Soviet Union’s intelligence services — whether known as the Cheka or by the…
Continue ReadingStriking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments
By KATHLEEN FOODY, MIKE CATALINI, KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a…
Continue ReadingChina sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China on Friday launched a lunar probe to land on the far side of the moon and return…
Continue ReadingColombia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel but its military relies on key Israeli-built equipment
By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia has become the latest Latin American country to announce that it will break…
Continue ReadingUniversities take steps to prevent pro-Palestinian protest disruptions of graduation ceremonies
By ED WHITE and ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — With student protests over the Israel-Hamas war disrupting campuses…
Continue ReadingHope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts fear in 2016 campaign over impact of ‘Access Hollywood’ tape
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, PHILIP MARCELO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign was…
Continue ReadingKremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks and harassment of Russians abroad have been…
Continue ReadingThe unexpected, under-the-radar Senate race in Michigan that could determine control of the chamber
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The retirement of Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow has opened a Senate seat in Michigan.…
Continue ReadingAs China’s Xi Jinping visits Europe, Ukraine, trade and investment are likely to top the agenda
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s…
Continue ReadingNew York made Donald Trump and could convict him. But for now, he’s using it to campaign
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He’s visiting Manhattan construction sites, decrying local crime and…
Continue ReadingHaunted by their colleagues’ deaths: The journalists risking their lives to report on Gaza
By Antoinette Radford, Sana Noor Haq and Abdel Qadder Al-Sabbah, CNN (CNN) — “Whoever stays until the end, will tell the story. We did what…
Continue ReadingIsraeli precision-guided munition likely killed group of children playing foosball in Gaza, weapons experts say
CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Sebastian Shukla, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Abeer Salman and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — The last time Mona Awda Talla saw…
Continue ReadingIsraeli precision-guided munition likely killed group of children playing foosball in Gaza, weapons experts say
By Jeremy Diamond, Sebastian Shukla, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Abeer Salman and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — The last time Mona Awda Talla saw her…
Continue ReadingUS employers scaled back hiring in April. How that could let the Fed cut interest rates
By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers pulled back on their hiring in April but…
Continue ReadingMexican cops find tents, question people in the case of 2 Australians, 1 American missing in Baja
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have found tents and questioned three people in the case of two Australians and an American who went missing…
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