Bend Park & Rec winter program registration opens Dec. 4-6
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The new year is around the corner, and there are plenty of recreation offerings to welcome in 2024. Bend Park and Recreation…
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Stock market today: Wall Street extends its rally and closes at highest level since March 2022
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A broad rally on Wall Street closed out a fifth straight week of gains for the market Friday,…
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‘They need to be loved’: Prineville woman makes, donates nearly 1,000 pet blankets
A Prineville woman whose painful childhood memories led her to make nearly 1,000 pet blankets for area shelters over the past few years is moving on…
Continue ReadingTop world leaders talk of climate crisis at UN summit. They say they must act on fossil fuels, war
By SETH BORENSTEIN and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of world leaders said they know the planet’s…
Continue ReadingNearly 2 months into the war, many Israelis have no idea if their relatives are dead or alive
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — There was no trace of Hanan Yablonka — not on the 42-year-old Israeli’s social media…
Continue Reading5 reasons why COP 28, the UN climate talks, are worth your attention
By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ask most people what the annual U.N. climate talks are and the likely answer…
Continue ReadingCity Council in Portland approves $2.6M for police body cameras
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The City Council in Portland approved $2.6 million for permanent police body cameras in a unanimous vote, a crucial step…
Continue ReadingCavaliers booed at home during ‘worst’ loss this season as Trail Blazers beat Cleveland 103-95
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell heard the boos directed at him and his teammates as the game slipped away in the…
Continue ReadingNorthWest Crossing’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting brings happy crowd – and Santa
Jillian Fortner was on hand for all the fun festivities on Thursday evening as Harcourts The Garner Group Real Estate hosted the annual Christmas…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s war with Hamas resumes with airstrikes in Gaza after a weeklong truce ends
By NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s war with Hamas erupted again Friday, as…
Continue ReadingHouse expels New York Rep. George Santos. It’s just the sixth expulsion in the chamber’s history
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a blistering…
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La Pine Fire District, St. Charles and La Pine Community Health Center resolve court fight over transport billing
La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The La Pine Rural Fire Protection District, St. Charles Health System, and La Pine Community Health Center jointly announced…
Continue ReadingFor a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press When Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it felt like a part of them died. It took eight years and the burgeoning…
Continue ReadingFor a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press When Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it felt like a part of them died. It took eight years and the burgeoning…
Continue ReadingReport: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment’s growing isolation in US
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — More Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and…
Continue Reading‘We owe it to them’: Families of Israelis killed in war find new hope through sperm extraction
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — As a medical social worker at Israel’s Kaplan Hospital, Prof. Shir Daphna-Tekoah is no stranger to trauma.…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP’s Interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
By JAMES JORDAN, SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Associated Press was invited to tour an embattled town…
Continue ReadingThe AP Interview: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new phase as winter looms
By JAMES JORDAN, SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the war with…
Continue ReadingDetainees in El Salvador’s gang crackdown cite abuse during months in jail
By CATERINA MORBIATO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The day he was arrested, Luis was in a government office trying to get a document…
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Warm Springs man sentenced to 3-plus years in federal prison for assaulting girlfriend
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Warm Springs man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison Thursday for assaulting his girlfriend and…
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