CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press In Hawaii, firefighters were still working Friday to fully contain devastating wildfires that have killed at least 55 people.…
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Start your week smart: Maui wildfires, Trump investigations, Hunter Biden, Sam Bankman-Fried, boat dock brawl
CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — College campuses across the country will be filling up in the coming weeks as the fall…
Continue ReadingSnake in a toilet: Slithering visitor to Arizona home camps out where homeowner least expects it
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Like a scene out of a horror movie, Michelle Lespron returned to her Tucson, Arizona, home to find a snake had set up camp in…
Continue ReadingAs flames swallowed Maui, survivors made harrowing escapes
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer An immigrant cook building a new life. A widow preparing to say goodbye. A couple taking their wedding vows. All…
Continue ReadingCoroner’s office releases names of third person killed in I-81 bus crash in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of the third person killed in a bus crash on a Pennsylvania interstate near the…
Continue ReadingAvian botulism detected at California’s resurgent Tulare Lake, raising concern for migrating birds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Avian botulism has been detected at California’s resurgent Tulare Lake, raising concerns about potential die-offs…
Continue ReadingSetting foot in the charred heart of Lahaina
By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Lahaina, Hawaii (CNN) — As the boat approaches Lahaina, the sun is strong, the waves crest into…
Continue ReadingLawyer says suspect, charged with hate crime, may argue self-defense in dancer’s death
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 17-year-old pleaded not guilty Friday to hate-motivated murder in a stabbing that followed a…
Continue ReadingWebb telescope captures image of most distant star ever seen
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe Earendel, the most distant star ever…
Continue ReadingMaui wildfires kill at least 80 people, and the race to find survivors is grim as countless residents in torched areas remain missing
By Holly Yan, Aya Elamroussi and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — At least 80 people have been killed in Maui’s wildfires, officials said late Friday, as…
Continue Reading3 hunters are dead after trying to rescue a dog trapped in a hole in the ground, authorities say
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Three hunters from Florida and a dog were found dead after they got trapped in an underground cistern partially…
Continue ReadingThe origins of special counsels, their powers and what to expect in the Hunter Biden probe
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s probe of Hunter Biden is bringing…
Continue ReadingGeorge Mitchell Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of George Mitchell, former US senator (D-Maine). Personal Birth date: August 20, 1933…
Continue ReadingScreen Actors Guild Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Screen Actors Guild. In 2012, a merger was completed between the Screen Actors Guild…
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Bend Park & Recreation Foundation welcomes three new board members
The Bend Park and Recreation Foundation is proud to announce three new members to its board of directors: Molly Cogswell-Kelley, Aleta Nissen and…
Continue ReadingSalzburg Festival nearly sold out while others in classical music struggle to regain audience
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — While many classical music institutions are struggling to regain audience, the Salzburg…
Continue ReadingThey lost everything in the Paradise fire. Now they’re reliving their grief as fires rage in Hawaii
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, residents of a Northern California…
Continue ReadingQ-Pop: Peru’s social media phenomenon Lenin Tamayo fuses Quechua and K-pop
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — What happens when you take Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language in the…
Continue ReadingForensic audit into Lebanon’s central bank reveals misconduct and ‘illegitimate’ commissions
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A forensic audit into Lebanon’s central bank by a New York-based company has revealed yearslong…
Continue ReadingBedrock Fire smoke brings back High Desert haze, new DEQ air quality advisory for Deschutes County
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Friday for Deschutes County and…
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