Mobile morgue purchased by St. Charles Bend to store bodies as death toll rises
Acting quickly is the norm for health care professionals, especially during a pandemic. But St. Charles Bend is experiencing a new level of…
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Palm Beach County school board sides with latest state quarantine policy in tense meeting that separated those without masks
CNN By Nick Valencia and Maria Cartaya, CNN Dozens of police officers were standing by as the Palm Beach County School Board held a meeting Wednesday…
Continue ReadingPleasant day today
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… With plenty of sunshine and a return to more average temperatures, today marks the beginning of a brief warm-up…
Continue ReadingThe climate can’t wait for electric planes. Sustainable fuel may be the answer
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business More than 50 airlines, oil companies and other companies, including Delta, BP and Boeing, pledged on…
Continue ReadingMary Johnson, an Indigenous woman, went missing nearly a year ago. While the FBI recently offered a reward, activists say that’s not enough
CNN, KIRO By Harmeet Kaur, CNN In the months before Mary Johnson disappeared, her sister said she wasn’t herself. Johnson and her husband, who…
Continue Reading‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and its Broadway pedigree get lost in translation
CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Despite its Broadway credentials, “Dear Evan Hansen” hits screens faced with an inherent tension: Can its…
Continue Reading‘He didn’t deserve this.’ Jelani Day’s mother criticizes efforts to find son
CNN By Ray Sanchez and Dakin Andone, CNN The mother of Jelani Day, an Illinois graduate student whose body was identified nearly a month after he was…
Continue ReadingFamilies of missing Black and brown people are frustrated with ‘Missing White Women Syndrome’
CNN By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN David Robinson has been in Arizona for the last three months searching for his 24-year-old son Daniel Robinson who…
Continue ReadingBiden says Democrats are at a ‘stalemate’ as his economic agenda hangs in the balance on Capitol Hill
CNN By Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said negotiations on Capitol Hill over his economic agenda had reached a…
Continue ReadingTech billionaire: Facebook is what’s wrong with America
CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business From the climate crisis to Covid, Marc Benioff sees a common thread for what ails America today: deception that is…
Continue ReadingA London teacher was killed on a walk to the pub, police say. Another tragedy in the UK’s gender violence epidemic
CNN By Kara Fox, CNN Sabina Nessa, a 28-year-old teacher from south London, is believed to have been murdered on the five-minute walk from her house…
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Split Redmond School Board refuses to fire Terrebonne teacher over mask refusal
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On a split 3-2 vote Wednesday evening, the Redmond School Board rejected Superintendent Dr. Charan Cline’s recommendation to…
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Large crowd attends vigil for downtown Bend shooting victim Barry Washington Jr.
A large group gathered in downtown Bend Wednesday evening for a vigil at “Peace Corner,” then walked a block to the scene where Barry Washington Jr.…
Continue ReadingBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the world needs to ‘grow up’ and deal with climate change
CNN By Niamh Kennedy, Amy Cassidy and Deborah Bloom, CNN Humanity needs to “grow up” and deal with the issue of climate change, British…
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Health care workers push back over state vaccine mandate, less than a month before deadline
A motion filed Tuesday with the Oregon Court of Appeals by two groups opposed to Gov. Kate Brown’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate seeks to block the…
Continue ReadingCovering Congress right now: This $5 trillion debate ‘deals with every issue under the sun’
CNN, KABB, WOAI By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can…
Continue ReadingHere’s why a Haitian migrant and his pregnant wife made the monthslong journey to America
CNN By Rosa Flores and Christina Maxouris, CNN For Rolph Louis, a Haitian migrant hoping for a fresh start in New York, the journey to the United…
Continue ReadingLaw professor tells Cruz Texas’ voter ID law is racist in fiery hearing exchange
CNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN A law professor told GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday that Texas’ voter ID law is racist in a tense exchange during a…
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Fines set to double for Oregon truckers who fail to chain up rigs when required
Fines for commercial truck drivers in Oregon who fail to use chains when required due to snowfall are about to double, starting this…
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Free skin cancer screening to be held in Bend
There will be free skin cancer screenings in Bend on Saturday. Bend’s Aspen Mountain Dermatology is having its first “Spot Me” screening from 9.a.m.…
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