BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Following multiple high profile stories involving Flock cameras around the country, The City of Bend is reminding residents, they do not operate Flock cameras. A pilot program they participated in ended in January. According to the city, private businesses in Bend do run their own Flock cameras, but those are on
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Bend, ORE. (KTVZ) — Fire restrictions remain in effect on all Bureau of Land Management public lands across Oregon and Washington today, as a record-setting wildfire season continues in the region. More than 2.5 million acres have already burned across the Northwest. BLM officials are urging all public land visitors to exercise caution, follow local
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Bend, ORE. (KTVZ) — Paid Leave Oregon is highlighting paid family leave benefits available to new parents during National Breastfeeding Month this August. Eligible employees in Oregon can receive up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to bond with a child following birth, adoption or foster placement. The program provides paid time away from
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A free health and wellness fair is coming to Bend, Ore., to help improve access to health care for local residents. The event aims to provide preventative screenings and community resources for Latino and Spanish-speaking families, though all community members are welcome to attend. Mosaic, Deschutes County Health Services and Volunteers in Medicine are partnering
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Bend, ORE. (KTVZ) — Most Oregonians subject to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work or activity rules qualify for an exemption, according to state officials. The Oregon Department of Human Services announced that 93% of individuals currently subject to the requirements meet exemption criteria and the agency is urging recipients to review their status to maintain
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By Tal Shalev, Zeena Saifi, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli government advanced an internationally condemned settlement plan in the occupied West Bank that could split the territory and “bury” the possibility of a two-state solution. Israel’s Housing Ministry issued a notice inviting bids for the construction of more than 1,200 housing units in
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By Jack Guy and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Police in Australia have apologized after the family of an 18-year-old hiker missing in dense bushland for eight days was mistakenly informed that she had been found alive. In fact, Lily Hooper’s body was found and now an investigation is underway to determine how she went
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s upcoming return was plastered across UK’s front pages Thursday, as Britons woke to the surprise news that the couple will move back to the country after six years in the United States. The Sussex family are set to live in
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — For people who still care whether a bit of writing came from a machine or from a human brain, it’s harder and harder to tell the difference. Many people are quite bad at writing. AI models, meanwhile, have advanced to the point of producing text that is, if not
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CNN By Jennifer Hansler, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Five Americans and the head of Ecuador’s intelligence agency died after a helicopter carrying tourists crashed in central Kenya Wednesday. The aircraft was traveling from the Loisaba wildlife conservancy to the Ewaso Ngiro river area when it crashed around 9:13 a.m. at Mount Ololokwe in Samburu
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By Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — The captain of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor earlier this month, killing a baby and her mother, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said. Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana, 46, was arrested on August 9 and charged after a boat carrying 14 people capsized
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — In a Texas hospital this week, doctors performed a complex, high-risk, open-heart surgery on a 6-day-old boy born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital condition that rendered part of his heart underdeveloped. Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar waited in the hospital as the newborn, whom they named
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CNN, POOL, INSTAGRAM, @MEGHAN, @TELEGRAPH By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s upcoming return was plastered across UK’s front pages Thursday, as Britons woke to the surprise news that the couple will move back to the country after six years in the United States. The Sussex family
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By Kosta Gak, Lex Harvey, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — At least 17 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a “massive” Russian attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight and on Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. Attacks also bled into Moldova and Romania on Thursday. Romania said an explosive-laden naval drone believed
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By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The founder of embattled property behemoth Evergrande and formerly one of China’s richest men was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, according to state media, the latest chapter of ignominy for a one-time symbol of the nation’s economic boom. Hui Ka Yan pled guilty in April
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — One of Australia’s most high-profile murder cases is back in court where a possible retrial, or an even longer prison sentence, awaits the home cook who used toxic mushrooms to kill three lunch guests. Erin Patterson was convicted last year of deliberately lacing a beef wellington meal
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Federal authorities are warning the public about the dangers and illegal nature of pointing lasers at aircraft following recent reports of laser strikes on flights near Madras and Bend. Aiming a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime that carries penalties ranging from substantial fines to up to 20 years
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By Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Investigators say a small Cessna 150 airplane appeared to be “out of control” when it crashed Wednesday evening into the back of a police helicopter at a central Pennsylvania airport. An experienced pilot who also was an emergency room doctor was killed and two state
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LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools gets a boost for student safety, with two grants aimed at making it easier, and safer, for kids to walk and bike to school in La Pine. The Oregon Department of Transportation awarded Bend-La Pine two grants through its Safe Routes to School program. The first funds a safe
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OREGON (KTVZ) — Right now, the Trump Administration is moving to end a decades-old rule protecting millions of acres of undeveloped national forest land, including roughly two million acres here in Oregon. The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The rule limits road construction, logging, and other development across nearly
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