Update: Rattlesnake Fire 65% contained, new Grant County wildfire burns 570 acres
Firefighters remained busy Friday, tackling seven new fires, the largest of which was Incident 494, a five-acre fire off of Highway 20 near the…
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Unprecedented heat, hundreds dead and a town destroyed. Climate change is frying the Northern Hemisphere
By Angela Dewan, CNN The tiny town of Lytton has come to hold a grim record. On Tuesday, it experienced Canada’s highest-ever temperature, in…
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Bend woman organizes city-wide water balloon fight
What started as a joke quickly became a reality as Stephanie Von Aydan proposed an idea for a city-wide water balloon fight in Bend. It’s on for the…
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Humane Society of C.O. hosts ‘SUPs & PUPs’ at Elk Lake
Paddle-boarding, swimming and lots of tail-wagging happened at Elk Lake Resort Saturday to raise money for the Humane Society of Central…
Continue ReadingAtlanta woman wakes up to find a wild African cat on her bed
An Atlanta woman woke up to a surprise when an exotic cat native to Africa — that was not hers — jumped onto her bed. CNN affiliate WGCL…
Continue ReadingPlagued by violence, Chicago prepares for critical holiday weekend
By Christina Maxouris, CNN As Chicago leaders work to address violence across the city, police said Saturday that at least 16 people have been shot…
Continue ReadingElsa Update: Tropical storm watch issued for Florida Keys
A tropical storm watch is now in effect for parts of the Florida Keys in advance of Tropical Storm Elsa. CNN Meteorologist Gene Norman is tracking…
Continue ReadingPolice standoff with heavily armed men ends in 11 arrests
A standoff overnight between Massachusetts State Police and “several heavily armed men” in the woods ended with 11 arrests, authorities said. CNN’s…
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Cyclist injured in crash on trail SW of Bend, prompts rescue effort
A Bend cyclist was injured in a crash on a popular trail southwest of Bend Saturday morning, prompting a call-out for help from Deschutes County…
Continue ReadingCDC warns not to swim with diarrhea, but all Twitter can focus on is the gif the agency used
By Rachel Trent, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning against swimming with diarrhea this summer, and the visual…
Continue ReadingBiden on Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension for positive drug test: ‘The rules are the rules’
President Joe Biden said he was “really proud of the way” US track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson responded following a positive drug test and…
Continue ReadingAtlanta woman wakes up to find a wild African cat on her bed
By Rachel Trent, CNN An Atlanta woman woke up to a surprise when a cat — that was not hers — jumped onto her bed Wednesday morning. She…
Continue ReadingRowing team completes journey from San Francisco to Honolulu in reported record time
By Rachel Trent, CNN A California rowing team is celebrating after it claims its journey from San Francisco to Honolulu set a new record for the…
Continue ReadingMan wins $1 million Massachusetts lottery prize for the second time
By Kelly Murray, CNN Talk about luck. Stephen C. Toto of Framingham, Massachusetts, made a last-minute decision to buy a lottery ticket, and for the…
Continue ReadingDeSantis speaks from Surfside: Community outpouring has been moving
Officials said they may allow a crew to demolish the remaining units of the partially collapsed South Florida condo building ahead of Tropical Storm…
Continue ReadingUS updating evacuation plans for embassy in Afghanistan amid concerns for potential of escalating violence
By Kylie Atwood and Barbara Starr, CNN US officials are actively updating emergency evacuation plans for the US embassy in Kabul, as concerns grow…
Continue ReadingPolice standoff with heavily armed men ends in 11 arrests
A standoff overnight between Massachusetts State Police and “several heavily armed men” in the woods ended Saturday morning with 11 people arrested,…
Continue ReadingVatican indicts 10 people, including a cardinal, over an international financial scandal
By John Allen, Delia Gallagher and Mia Alberti, CNN The Vatican has indicted 10 people, including an Italian cardinal, for several alleged financial…
Continue ReadingFormer South African president Jacob Zuma delays prison deadline with last ditch legal maneuver
By David McKenzie, CNN Jacob Zuma and his lawyers successfully delayed the former South African president’s prison sentence for contempt of…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts police standoff with heavily armed men ends in 11 arrests
By Kelly Murray and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A standoff overnight between Massachusetts State Police and “several heavily armed men” in the…
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