Canada and China in heated spat at UN over allegations of hostage diplomacy
CNN, CTV NETWORK By Richard Roth, Caitlin Hu and Ben Westcott, CNN A heated back-and-forth between China and Canada kicked off in the final hours of…
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‘Preschool Promise’ slots available in Bend to those in need
A statewide grant funds nearly 140 preschool slots in Central Oregon, and several are available at Bend Preschool. Learn more at:…
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Lake Billy Chinook eyed as possible solution to Jefferson County farmers’ water crisis
After several years of continual drought, it’s getting more and more difficult for Jefferson County farmers to harvest their crops. The North Unit…
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Crook County School Board chair upset by state’s suspension of graduate skills testing
Oregon Senate Bill 744, which temporarily suspends graduates’ essential-skills testing as a requirement to earn a high school diploma, has sparked…
Continue ReadingLawmakers race the clock to avert shutdown ahead of midnight deadline
CNN By Clare Foran, CNN Government funding expires at midnight and Congress has not yet passed a stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown, though…
Continue ReadingR. Kelly convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking by a federal jury in New York
CNN By Sonia Moghe, CNN Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a…
Continue ReadingLawmakers set to grill top military leaders on Afghanistan for first time since troop withdrawal
CNN, SHAQAIQ BIRASHK, AFPTV, NY TIMES, US DEFENSE DEPARTMENT By Zachary Cohen, CNN Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs…
Continue ReadingBiden receives his Covid-19 booster shot: Vaccines ‘can save your life and … can save the lives of those around you’
CNN By Kate Sullivan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN President Joe Biden received his Covid-19 vaccine booster shot on Monday afternoon at the White House…
Continue ReadingCheryl Burke and Cody Rigsby will compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ virtually as they recover from Covid
CNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Cody Rigsby has tested positive with a breakthrough case of Covid-19.…
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GOOD MONDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… A cold, wet system pressing into the Pacific NW is already bringing some isolated showers to our region. The chance…
Continue ReadingShe broke baseball’s glass ceiling. Now she has to fix one of the league’s worst teams
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Derek Jeter had a problem. In 2020, his third year as chief executive and part-owner of the Miami Marlins, the team…
Continue ReadingMore than 300 people are involved in manhunt for a suspect after a Florida sheriff’s deputy was shot during a traffic stop
WFOX, NASSAU COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Deanna Hackney, Melissa Alonso and Susannah Cullinane, CNN More than 300 people are hunting for a…
Continue ReadingMeet Olaf Scholz, the man set to replace Angela Merkel as Germany’s next chancellor
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has some big shoes to fill. The German Finance Minister will be sworn in as German chancellor next month,…
Continue ReadingHow this milk alternative wants to stand out from the crowd
CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Given the dizzying array of options in the dairy aisle of the grocery store these days, some may think…
Continue ReadingFacebook is hitting the brakes on Instagram for kids
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Instagram is pressing pause on plans to develop a version of its service for kids under 13 after facing…
Continue ReadingWall Street’s week is all about Washington dysfunction
CNN By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Wall Street could take its cues this week from Washington, which is in the throes of a heated debate over…
Continue ReadingMissed deadlines, GOP blockades and the week that makes or breaks Biden and Democrats
CNN By Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden enters the most seismic week of his legislative agenda explicitly set to miss one…
Continue ReadingScott Morrison may snub the COP26 climate talks as Australia becomes more isolated
CNN By Helen Regan and Angela Dewan, CNN Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Monday he might not show up at the COP26 climate talks in…
Continue ReadingFreed from Canada, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou hailed as hero upon return to China
CNN, CTV NETWORK By Nectar Gan, CNN Business Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who spent nearly three years in house arrest in Canada, returned home…
Continue ReadingThe road to Aduhelm: What one ex-FDA adviser called ‘probably the worst drug approval decision in recent US history’ for an Alzheimer’s treatment
CNN By Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Dr. Aaron Kesselheim had been on an advisory committee for the US Food and Drug Administration for a half-dozen years, but…
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