LOS ANGELES (AP) — A highly technical process is underway in Los Angeles to put NASA’s retired Space Shuttle Endeavour on display in the vertical launch position complete with external tank and two solid rocket boosters. Workers used a crane Thursday to hoist the bottom segments of the boosters into the California Science Center’s future
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Are you going to a double feature of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” this weekend? If so, you’re far from alone. The “Barbenheimer” craze, which has swelled in popularity over the last few weeks, is all but set to propel the box office to its best weekend in years. BoxOffice Pro,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked as a politically appointed State Department official in former President Donald Trump’s administration has been convicted of charges that he attacked police officers during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden heard testimony without a jury before he
Continue ReadingBELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Washington state has been fired and is facing charges, accused of abusing his position as a law enforcement officer to threaten, blackmail and sexually assault two women. Former Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Austin Case was arrested last week and charged with extortion, burglary, third-degree rape, indecent
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and reclusive North Korea have no diplomatic ties — but they still have ways to reach each other. An American official said Wednesday that the U.S. government had reached out to the North as it tries to discuss an American soldier who
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It’s been a hot week here in Central Oregon, with temperatures staying in the high 80s to 90s, and more hot weather is on the way.
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US is deploying thousands of Marines and additional forces to the Middle East following recent Iranian attempts to seize commercial shipping vessels, the Pentagon announced Thursday. This latest deployment comes after the Pentagon said earlier this week that it would be sending F-35 and F-16
Continue ReadingKEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Almost 140 bearded men who resemble Ernest Hemingway converged on Key West, the late author’s home during the 1930s, to compete in the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest that began Thursday evening. The challenge is a highlight of the island’s Hemingway Days festival that salutes the literary talent and adventurous life of
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Using drone video as a guide, Lane County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue personnel flying over the North Sister Thursday located the body of a 21-year-old Bend man who fell several hundred feet to his death while climbing the peak earlier this week, but recovery efforts will prove challenging.
Continue ReadingMOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against a police officer in a suburban New York community, accusing him of using a stun gun multiple times against a man in mental crisis who was already restrained and on the ground. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York
Continue ReadingBELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Washington state has been fired and is facing charges, accused of abusing his position as a law enforcement officer to threaten, blackmail and sexually assault two women. Former Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Austin Case was arrested last week and charged with extortion, burglary, third-degree rape, indecent
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that it settled with the blank-check company seeking to merge with former President Donald Trump’s media company. The SEC said Digital World Acquisition Corporation (DWAC) violated anti-fraud laws by failing to disclose to investors that it was actively pursuing a merger deal
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HOYLAKE, England (AP) — The British Open can still deliver a surprise or two. Christo Lamprecht is the first amateur in 12 years to share the lead. Joining him is local hero Tommy Fleetwood and Emiliano Grillo. But this opening round at Royal Liverpool for so many was about
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — On the second day of hearings addressing the emergency medical exception for abortion restrictions in Texas, an obstetrics and gynecology specialist gave emotional testimony about getting an abortion out of state last year after learning her fetus had a life-threatening condition. Dr. Austin Dennard, an OB/GYN
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — La policía arrestó este martes a una joven de 18 años después de que, de acuerdo a los oficiales, intentara contratar a un sicario para matar a su hijo de tres años. Jazmín Páez fue señalada ante las autoridades tras llenar un formulario en un sitio web que ofrece falsamente un
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (AP) — The body of a 21-year-old college student was located Thursday, days after he fell hundreds of feet down a steep, rocky ravine near the summit of North Sister in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Joel Tranby loved the outdoors and was a big part of the community in the city of Bend, according
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For years, a common critique of the beloved New Jersey rock band The Gaslight Anthem was to label them “Bruce Springsteen” copycats. Now the Boss is on their latest single, “History Books.” The title track from the band’s first album in nearly a decade is
Continue ReadingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Maxen, an associate strength coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, has become the first male coach in a major U.S.-based professional league to come out as gay. Maxen spoke about his sexual orientation in an interview published Thursday by Outsports. “I don’t want to feel like I have to think about
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — En un refugio en Eagle Pass, Texas, CNN habló con dos mujeres embarazadas quienes dicen que los miembros de la Guardia Nacional de Texas les negaron agua mientras intentaban entregarse a las autoridades de inmigración de EE.UU. la semana pasada. María es de El Salvador y Carmen es oriunda
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On hot days during the summer, thousands of people want to partake in water activities. Many Bend visitors and locals choose to cool down with a float down the Deschutes River.
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