IOC: High temperatures, strong sun could force schedule changes
High temperatures and strong sun could force delays in tennis tournament and other sports at the 2020 Tokyo…
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Advocacy group publishes mid-year report highlighting spike in anti-Muslim crimes and bias
By Alaa Elassar, CNN The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has released a mid-year report highlighting serious cases of anti-Muslim…
Continue ReadingThe pandemic is ‘spiraling out of control’ due to unvaccinated people, Trump’s surgeon general says
The US is now averaging more than 43,000 cases of Covid-19 a day as the Delta variant fuels a 65% jump in cases. CNN’s Polo Sandoval…
Continue ReadingThe pandemic is ‘spiraling out of control’ due to unvaccinated people, Trump’s surgeon general says
By Travis Caldwell, Holly Yan and Dakin Andone, CNN For anyone who loves freedom and hates mask mandates or remote learning, Dr. Jerome Adams has a…
Continue ReadingWhat will happen to the Surfside building collapse site?
By Faith Karimi, CNN Firefighters used a cherry picker to pluck Steve Rosenthal from his Unit 705 balcony after the Champlain Towers South partially…
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Bend celebrates Pearl Harbor survivor’s 100th birthday with drive-by parade, salute
Bend resident Dick Higgins is a Pearl Harbor and Covid-19 survivor — and turned 100 years old today. Friends, family, and even strangers helped him…
Continue ReadingAn Uber Eats driving mom wins $250,000 in the lottery
By Joe Bagliere, CNN For those that think their luck’s against them, never say never. A Maryland Uber Eats driver and mother of five is sitting…
Continue ReadingAs R. Kelly trial approaches, prosecutors want to include alleged evidence of bribes and recordings of threats
By Sonia Moghe, CNN With two weeks left until jury selection is to begin in R. Kelly’s federal racketeering trial, Brooklyn prosecutors are…
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Bend motorcyclist killed in Hwy. 20W crash near Suttle Lake, OSP says
A 65-year-old Bend man was killed Saturday morning when his motorcycle crashed on Highway 20W near Suttle Lake in Jefferson County, Oregon State…
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Bend man’s life on 2 wheels: From junior national champion to sports’ biggest stage
For more than half of his life, Adam Craig has done three things: eat, sleep and ride mountain bikes.…
Continue ReadingDead turtles and waves of plastic show Sri Lankan ship disaster’s deep ramifications
By Helen Regan and Chandler Thornton, CNN For almost two weeks, a thick, black smudge stained the sky off Sri Lanka’s western coast —…
Continue ReadingAnthropologist believes remains of missing California teen have been found three years after mudslide
By Andy Rose, CNN An anthropologist believes that the remains of a California 17-year-old who went missing after deadly mudslides in 2018 have been…
Continue ReadingIn Key West this weekend, they’re once again honoring Ernest Hemingway by competing to look like him
By Rachel Trent, CNN In “For Whom the Bell Tolls” — Ernest Hemingway’s novel partly written in Key West — the author…
Continue Reading‘Dating Game Killer’ dies of natural causes, prison officials say
By Andy Rose, CNN A convicted serial killer known as the “Dating Game Killer” died early Saturday morning at a hospital near Corcoran…
Continue ReadingIllinois schools struggle to fill teaching vacancies. 1 district hires international teachers to meet the needs
By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN As another school year approaches, administrators nationwide are facing teacher shortages. Southwest of Chicago, Steven…
Continue ReadingIllinois schools struggle to fill teaching vacancies. 1 district hires international teachers to meet the needs
A teacher shortage is forcing educators to think outside the box before kids return to the classroom. CNN’s Adrienne Broaddus…
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Wildfires blasting through West draw states to lend support; Bootleg 42% contained
Out-of-state crews are heading to Montana to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the West struggles with a series of fires that have…
Continue ReadingLow oxygen levels off coast raise fears of marine ‘dead zones’
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Low oxygen levels measured off the coast of Oregon and Washington are raising concerns of large “dead zones” that could…
Continue ReadingColorado 10-year-old dies as health officials investigate plague activity
By Dakin Andone, CNN The death of a 10-year-old in Colorado has been linked to plague as state health officials warn they are investigating reports…
Continue ReadingAn airport piano player earned $60,000 in tips after a stranger shared videos of him on Instagram
By Alaa Elassar, CNN When Tonee “Valentine” Carter sits in front of a piano, his fingers take on a life of their own, dancing across the…
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