White supremacist praise of the Taliban takeover concerns US officials
CNN By Geneva Sands, CNN As the United States-backed government in Afghanistan fell to the Taliban and US troops raced to leave the country, White…
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What weeks without power and water could look like for Ida storm victims
CNN By Holly Yan and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Those hit hardest by Hurricane Ida now face an even longer test of survival. Catastrophic damage means some…
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Over 100 Bend HS, Bear Creek Elementary teachers, staff sign letter opposing nearby homeless camp
More than 100 teachers and support staff at two northeast Bend schools have signed a letter to city councilors and the Bend-La Pine School Board in…
Continue ReadingBiden to visit storm-ravaged Louisiana
CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will visit storm-ravaged Louisiana on Friday as the state attempts to recover from the category 4…
Continue ReadingSeptember 1 Afghanistan-Taliban news
CNN By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
Continue ReadingThe suspect in the fatal shooting of a student at a North Carolina high school is in custody
CNN, WXII By Claudia Dominguez and Jason Hanna, CNN One student was fatally wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a high school in the North Carolina…
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Emergency animal hospital in Bend will soon return to 24/7 hours on weekends
Owners of an emergency vet clinic in Bend say people can rest easy, knowing there’s a place to bring their pets at any time of day — or night.…
Continue ReadingIda remnants trigger massive flooding across Northeast
CNN By Joshua Berlinger and Adam Renton, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights…
Continue ReadingHow Texas’ 6-week abortion ban will make accessing the procedure nearly impossible for some
CNN Tierney Sneed, CNN Access to abortion was curtailed significantly in Texas on Wednesday, with the state’s extreme and novel ban on…
Continue ReadingGrand jury indicts police officers and paramedics in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
KMGH By Eric Levenson and Stella Chan, CNN A Colorado grand jury indicted three police officers and two paramedics involved in the August 2019 death…
Continue ReadingTaliban show off captured weapons at Kandahar victory parade
CNN By Jonny Hallam and Mick Krever, CNN The Taliban on Wednesday showed off dozens of American-made armored vehicles along with newly seized weapons…
Continue ReadingFact check: Afghans coming to US are not ‘unvetted refugees’
CNN By Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand, CNN On Monday, the last American military planes left Afghanistan, bringing weeks of evacuations to a…
Continue ReadingLouisiana’s last inhabited barrier island bore the brunt of Hurricane Ida. Here’s what it looks like now
CNN By Eric Levenson and Gary Tuchman, CNN Grand Isle, Louisiana’s last remaining inhabited barrier island at the southern tip of the state,…
Continue ReadingAmazon adding 55,000 employees globally in first hiring push under CEO Andy Jassy
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business After growing its workforce to more than 1.3 million people in 2020, Amazon is planning to hire another 55,000…
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St. Charles Bend reports record 89 COVID-19 hospitalizations, details vaccination status
St. Charles Bend reported a record 89 COVID-19 patients as of early Wednesday, a dozen of whom were in the ICU, 10 on…
Continue ReadingWith 4 months left in 2021, here’s where the US stands with Covid-19
CNN By Amir Vera and Deidre McPhillips, CNN September marks a year and a half since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19…
Continue ReadingWith 4 months left in 2021, here’s where the US stands with Covid-19
CNN By Amir Vera and Deidre McPhillips, CNN September marks a year and a half since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19…
Continue ReadingWhen hospitals run out of beds, here’s how they ration care
CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Hospitals across the United States have been facing a crisis. As of Monday morning, more than 96,000 hospital beds are…
Continue ReadingWashington Post: GOP congressman threatened US embassy staff in trying to enter Afghanistan
CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin threatened US embassy staff in Tajikistan, outraged that they would not assist…
Continue ReadingWhen school isn’t safe: ‘You feel like you are sending your child into a lion’s den’
CNN, KPRC By Maggie Fox, CNN What finally did it for Nathan, the parent of a young child at a small Catholic school in California, was the seating…
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