Bend’s Salvation Army seeks more donations for teens
The Salvation Army in Bend said Thursday it needs your help to support teenagers, especially as Christmas approaches. Right now, the agency is…
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Bend nonprofit understaffed; volunteers concerned over Omicron Covid variant
Volunteers at St Vincent de Paul of Bend are back inside for roughly the first time since the pandemic started, stocking groceries to help serve…
Continue ReadingThe rescue of Parwana: 9-year-old child bride is taken to safety in Afghanistan
CNN By Anna Coren, Rebecca Wright and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Driving through a snow-capped mountain pass, the young mother huddles together with her…
Continue ReadingWomen share how access to abortion impacted their lives — whether they chose one or not
CNN By Madeline Holcombe, CNN When Sam Blakely found out she was pregnant, she balled up her shower curtain and put it in her mouth so she could…
Continue ReadingStricter testing requirements for travelers coming to the US will take effect Monday
CNN By Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Biden administration’s new, stricter Covid-19 testing requirements for all travelers coming to…
Continue ReadingStill warm and mostly clear, with showers on the way
Happy Thursday, Central Oregon! Skies will become partly cloudy Thursday night, with lows will in the upper 20s to mid-30s. Breezes will…
Continue ReadingLatest US travel rules: What you need to know about the changes prompted by Omicron
CNN By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN Just when we thought US travel rules were starting to stabilize, along came Omicron. The dominoes fell…
Continue ReadingSchumer details plan to pass Biden bill by Christmas amid growing skepticism about timeline
CNN By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is still insisting that President Joe Biden’s…
Continue ReadingNew US travel rules: What you need to know about the changes prompted by Omicron
CNN By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN Just when we thought US travel rules were starting to stabilize, along comes Omicron. The dominoes fell…
Continue ReadingPeng Shuai: Human rights activist Peter Dahlin says IOC is putting Chinese tennis star at ‘greater risk’
CNN By Ben Church, CNN Human rights activist Peter Dahlin says the International Olympic Committee’s calls with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai…
Continue ReadingAbuse directed at London Hanukkah party bus investigated as a hate crime, police say
CNN By Sharon Braithwaite and Nina Avramova, CNN London Metropolitan Police are investigating a video that appeared to show a group of men spitting…
Continue ReadingBiden outlines new steps to combat Covid through winter months
CNN, POOL By Kevin Liptak and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden announced a new strategy Thursday aimed at fighting a potential winter surge of…
Continue ReadingWhy baseball’s billionaire owners and millionaire players just can’t get along
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Major League Baseball’s string of 26 straight seasons of labor peace came to an end early…
Continue ReadingWhere are all of the consoles? How gamers are handling the global shortage
CNN, POOL By Jennifer Korn Like many gamers in recent weeks, Nicole DeSantis, 33, from outside Philadelphia, combed through social media sites trying…
Continue ReadingA battle is brewing at the WTO. Here’s why it matters for a global Covid-19 response
CNN By Aditi Sangal, CNN Business For the past year, member nations of the World Trade Organization have been deadlocked over a proposal made by…
Continue ReadingCooler, but still above average
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… With a major high pressure center moving off to the east, we will see a few more clouds and cooler (but still…
Continue ReadingGerman health minister says there are not enough vaccines for start of 2022
CNN By Arnaud Siad, CNN Germany hasn’t ordered enough vaccines nor stocked enough to keep its vaccination campaign going through the first…
Continue ReadingRepealing Roe v. Wade would set the US apart from other leading democracies. Here’s how some key nations view abortion
CNN, CNNE, THE SUPREME COURT, BILL HENNESSY, POOL, WLBT By Rob Picheta, CNN The United States Supreme Court appears poised to pare down, or even…
Continue ReadingSandra Bullock opens up about partner and parenting on ‘Red Table Talk’
CNN, HLN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sandra Bullock is pretty private and protective when it comes to her children, but she opened up on the new…
Continue ReadingSuspected Chinese hackers breach more US defense and tech firms
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A suspected Chinese hacking campaign has breached four more US defense and technology companies in the last…
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