CNN By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN Business) — Prices at the gas pump are suddenly surging, causing headaches for consumers and central bankers alike. The two-day jump in gasoline prices — the biggest in a year — is combining with a rally in wheat and other agricultural commodities. A lasting spike in food
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Some of the world’s top artificial intelligence companies are launching a new industry body to work together — and with policymakers and researchers — on ways to regulate the development of bleeding-edge AI. The new organization, known as the Frontier Model Forum, was announced Wednesday by Google, Microsoft,
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Some of the world’s top artificial intelligence companies are launching a new industry body to work together — and with policymakers and researchers — on ways to regulate the development of bleeding-edge AI. The new organization, known as the Frontier Model Forum, was announced Wednesday by Google, Microsoft,
Continue ReadingCNN By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US economy picked up steam in the second quarter despite punishing rate hikes and still-high inflation, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, grew by an annualized, seasonally adjusted 2.4% rate in the April-through-June period. That was a faster
Continue ReadingCNN By Ingrid Formanek, Kareem El Damanhoury and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — More than 10,000 people have been killed in the Sudanese region of West Darfur in the past two months, tribal leaders say, amid a deadly conflict between two warring factions that has triggered a mass exodus of refugees from the country
Continue ReadingCNN By Ingrid Formanek, Kareem El Damanhoury and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — More than 10,000 people have been killed in the Sudanese region of West Darfur in the past two months, tribal leaders say, amid a deadly conflict between two warring factions that has triggered a mass exodus of refugees from the country
Continue ReadingCNN By Brynn Gingras and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Twelve people, including nine civilians and three firefighters, all suffered non-life threatening injuries after a crane collapse in New York City Wednesday, the Fire Department of New York confirmed to CNN. All the injured were transported to local hospitals, according to the FDNY. One of
Continue ReadingCNN By Katelyn Polantz and Shawna Mizelle, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani concedes he made defamatory statements about Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss in an effort to resolve their lawsuit against him and to satisfy a judge who has considered sanctioning him. The late-night Tuesday filing from Giuliani says he doesn’t contest
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Paris plans to bring back swimming in the River Seine after it was banned 100 years ago due to pollution. Clean-up efforts are underway to make use of the river during the 2024 Olympic Games, which will subsequently “pave the way for aquatic leisure,” city officials said. Here’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Paris plans to bring back swimming in the River Seine after it was banned 100 years ago due to pollution. Clean-up efforts are underway to make use of the river during the 2024 Olympic Games, which will subsequently “pave the way for aquatic leisure,” city officials said. Here’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Paris plans to bring back swimming in the River Seine after it was banned 100 years ago due to pollution. Clean-up efforts are underway to make use of the river during the 2024 Olympic Games, which will subsequently “pave the way for aquatic leisure,” city officials said. Here’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A vital system of ocean currents could collapse within a few decades if the world continues to pump out planet-heating pollution, scientists are warning – an event that would be catastrophic for global weather and “affect every person on the planet.” A new study published Tuesday in the
Continue ReadingCNN, KTVK, KPHO, KNXV By Aya Elamroussi and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Heat is intensifying for millions of people in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic Thursday, creating a “heat health emergency” as nearly half of the country bakes in dangerously high temperatures. Around 150 million people from coast to coast are under heat alerts Thursday
Continue ReadingCNN by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — The White House condemned Fox News on Tuesday over remarks made by one of its top hosts about the holocaust, denouncing the comments as a “horrid, dangerous, and extreme lie” that “insults the memory of the millions of people who suffered from the evils” committed by
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was dramatically ousted on Tuesday after a prolonged absence from public view and replaced by his predecessor in a surprising and highly unusual shake-up of the country’s foreign policy leadership. The sudden move, approved by the top decision-making body of China’s rubber-stamp
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was dramatically ousted on Tuesday after a prolonged absence from public view and replaced by his predecessor in a surprising and highly unusual shake-up of the country’s foreign policy leadership. The sudden move, approved by the top decision-making body of China’s rubber-stamp
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The Local Emporium started in June. You can shop for a number of locally produced products online. Deliveries are made Tuesdays and Fridays.
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People line up an hour before the Second Tern Thrift Store opens to get some great deals, and help a great cause. And volunteers play a big role in its successful more than 20-year history, providing valuable proceeds for the Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory, NewsChannel 21’s Bola Gbadebo reports.
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A local man has come up with a new design for a bicycle lock, called the J-LOQ. The J-LOQ locking cam lever locks your bike to a 1UP bike rack. J Miler can make 800 of them month at his shop in Bend.
Continue ReadingKEYE, REP. GREG CASAR, CNN By Shawna Mizelle, CNN (CNN) — A Democratic congressman from Texas is participating in a brief thirst and hunger strike Tuesday to “draw attention to the need for a federal workplace heat standard, including protections for rest and water breaks.” A communications director for Rep. Greg Casar, whose district stretches
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