Russians beat Tom Cruise as first to film a movie in space, despite docking drama
CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN The International Space Station is now a film set, and it served as the stage for a little extra drama Tuesday morning.…
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Oregon man charged in fatal shooting of man who spoke to his girlfriend
CNN, KTVZ By Andy Rose and Dakin Andone, CNN An Oregon man has been arrested and indicted on charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a man that…
Continue ReadingDr. Francis Collins to step down as head of NIH
CNN By Maggie Fox, CNN Dr. Francis Collins, the folksy, guitar-playing director of the National Institutes of Health, announced Tuesday that he plans…
Continue ReadingHundreds of billions were spent by the US in Afghanistan. Here are 10 of the starkest examples of ‘waste, fraud and abuse’
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Half a billion dollars of aircraft that flew for about a year. A huge $85 million hotel that never opened, and sits in…
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Summit’s Kay Duncan named Bend-La Pine Schools Support Staff Person of the Year
Summit High custodian Kay Duncan was given a surprise award ceremony outside the school Monday morning as she was honored as Bend-La Pine Schools’…
Continue Reading What we know about the Facebook whistleblower
CNN By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business The former Facebook employee whose leaks triggered some of the most intense scrutiny in the company’s…
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3 Redmond School District bus routes canceled after 7 drivers call out sick
The Redmond School District canceled three bus routes for students Monday morning due to seven bus drivers calling in sick, an unusually high number,…
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Proposal to make Deschutes County commissioner seats non-partisan aims for May ballot
An initiative petition to ask voters whether Deschutes County commissioner seats should become non-partisan has been circulating since May, and it…
Continue Reading1 DEA agent killed, 2 officers injured in Amtrak train shooting in Tucson
CNN By Josh Campbell, Gregory Wallace and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A US Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed in a shooting on an…
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Tesla solar roof available in Central Oregon; Bend resident says extra cost is worth it
A new way to do solar roofing has arrived in Central Oregon, and it’s backed by Tesla, the high-profile electric car…
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Sparks may fly as Bend City Council takes public comment on permanent fireworks ban
After banning the public use of fireworks this summer due to excessive drought conditions, the Bend City Council appears poised to make that ban…
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Two suspects in Bend double-homicide make first court appearance
Two men accused of murder in last year’s killing of a Bend couple made their first court appearance by video Monday from the Deschutes County Jail.…
Continue ReadingInstagram promoted pages glorifying eating disorders to teen accounts
CNN By Donie O’Sullivan, Clare Duffy and Sarah Jorgensen, CNN Business “I have to be thin,” “Eternally starved,”…
Continue ReadingStudy confirms pandemic hit Black Americans, Native Americans and Latinos harder than Whites
CNN, ABC By Maggie Fox, CNN A study published Monday confirms that the pandemic hit Black Americans, Native Americans and Latinos far harder than…
Continue Reading Whistleblower: ‘Almost no one outside of Facebook knows what happens inside Facebook’
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly and Seth Fiegerman, CNN Business Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of…
Continue ReadingWhy ending our dependence on fossil fuels is so challenging
CNN, KCAL, KCBS, KABC, OC HAWK, GETTY IMAGES, US COAST GUARD, HUNTINGTON BEACH WETLANDS & WILDLIFE CARE CENTER, KCAL/KCBS By Rachel Ramirez, CNN…
Continue ReadingUN report on China’s Uyghurs: What you need to know
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Just minutes before the end of her term on Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights dropped a…
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Average temperatures to start our week, with cold air moving in
Tuesday will be another pleasant day, with highs in the low…
Continue Reading A woman vanished from a home in the California desert in June and hasn’t been seen since
CNN, KMIR, KCAL, KCBS, KESQ, WCBS By Natasha Chen, CNN When New Jersey native Lauren Cho moved to California late last year she dreamed of a fresh…
Continue ReadingFacebook asks court to dismiss FTC antitrust complaint
CNN By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Facebook is continuing to battle US regulators that are calling for the company to be broken up, this time asking…
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