YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A bison gored and significantly injured an Arizona woman in Yellowstone National Park. The attack happened Monday morning in a field near Lake Lodge on the north side of Lake Yellowstone, park officials said in a statement. The 47-year-old woman from Phoenix was walking in the field with another
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A bison gored and significantly injured an Arizona woman in Yellowstone National Park. The attack happened Monday morning in a field near Lake Lodge on the north side of Lake Yellowstone, park officials said in a statement. The 47-year-old woman from Phoenix was walking in the field with another
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Covil Click here for updates on this story PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — After a harrowing four-day ordeal, a mother and daughter from Prince George County have been found safe and are now heading home. Martha and Mary Elizabeth Bates, who got lost during a drive to West Virginia, credit their survival
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Authorities in Poland say five people have been killed and another eight others injured when a Cessna 208 crashed into a hangar at a sky diving center in bad weather. Firefighters say those killed Monday afternoon in Chrcynno in central Poland were the plane’s pilot and four people who were sheltering
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Angelo Mozilo, former chief executive of Countrywide Financial and a key player in the subprime mortgage meltdown that led to the 2008 financial crisis, died Sunday. “It is with great sadness that the family of Angelo Robert Mozilo announces his passing from natural causes. The family requests
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A semi-truck flipped onto its side on Highway 97 north of Terrebonne Monday morning, causing reported minor injuries to the driver while blocking and closing the highway for several hours, authorities said.
Continue ReadingWABC By Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) — New York City has appointed its first Latino police commissioner as authorities work to diversify leadership of the country’s largest police department and curb the city’s crime rate. Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that Edward Caban had been promoted to the city’s top cop position. Caban, who is
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A Bend man who was denied a glass of wine from a closed downtown Bend restaurant Sunday night robbed the server of about $300, punched another employee and ran away, but was caught by police after a chase on foot, officers said.
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action’s annual summit, many were torn, wrestling with whether former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the Republican Party’s best hope for 2024. One year later, there is no more
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Congratulations are in order for Taylor Swift and her loyal fans, known as Swifties. The pop star officially has more No. 1 albums than any woman in history. “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”, released earlier this month, is the third in her endeavor to re-record her
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) — New York City has appointed its first Latino police commissioner as authorities work to diversify leadership of the country’s largest police department and curb the city’s crime rate. Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that Edward Caban had been promoted to the city’s top cop position. Caban, who is of
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Even though inflation is cooling, drivers can’t seem to catch a break. Just about everything besides gas is costing car owners more. And if you depend on your car to get around, the price increases are likely inescapable. For instance, car repairs are up 20% compared to
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Nearly 350 firefighters had arrived by Monday on the Flat Fire that broke out Saturday southwest of Agness on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest and has burned nearly 5,500 acres.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The bodies of four women began appearing in wooded areas in northwest Oregon in February, though police initially said the cases appeared to be unconnected. But on Monday, prosecutors dropped a bombshell, saying they are linked and “at least one person of interest”
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. mastered another Monday matinee to win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the first time in 30 career Cup races at the track. Joey Logano finished second. Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top five. Truex won his
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered F-35 and F-16 fighter jets deployed to the Middle East, as well as the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner, in response to Iranian activities in the Strait of Hormuz. “In response to a number of recent alarming events in the Strait of Hormuz,
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending additional fighter jets and a warship to the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman to increase security in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships there. The Pentagon says the USS Thomas Hudner, a destroyer, and
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Benjamin Franklin was so busy as an inventor, publisher, scientist, diplomat and U.S. founding father that it’s easy to lose track of his accomplishments. So add one more to the roster: his early work in printing colonial paper currency designed to counter a constant threat
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The family of a teenager killed in a crash involving a boat owned by the prominent South Carolina Murdaugh family has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the convenience store that Paul Murdaugh, then 19, purchased alcohol from the night of the crash. A “global settlement” for $15 million
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Bend will have special visitors the last weekend of July as a Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Team will be in town, working with the Bend Park and Recreation District and Upper Deschutes Watershed Council to educate community members with Leave No Trace education, as well as to partner on restoration and stewardship projects.
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