By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal land managers have pulled the plug on a Canadian mining company’s lithium exploration project near a national wildlife refuge in southern Nevada. The decision comes after conservationists sought a court order to block the project. The Center for Biological Diversity and the Amargosa Conservancy filed
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the winter of 2010, shortly after police discovered the remains of his roommate and three other women buried on a remote stretch of Long Island shoreline, Dave Schaller provided detectives with a description of the person he believed to be the killer. More crucially, Schaller
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — The body of a young girl was recovered Friday in the Delaware River and was believed to be a 2-year-old who was one of two children swept away from their family’s vehicle by a flash flood last weekend, authorities said. The body was found in the early evening near a
Continue ReadingMURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators say a single-engine plane rolled upside down before crashing near a Southern California airport, killing a father and severely injuring his three sons on the Fourth of July. The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Thursday on the crash that killed a Temecula man and injured his
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A real estate developer has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for paying $500,000 in bribes to a Los Angeles city councilman for help with a downtown project. Prosecutors say Dae Yong Lee, also known as “David Lee,” was sentenced Friday. Prosecutors said that in 2017, Lee bribed the
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Waves of pink-clad moviegoers passed under cardboard palm trees on the frenzied first day of “Barbenheimer.” After a feverish drumbeat propelled forward by a mushroom cloud of memes, the most anticipated day on the year’s movie calendar finally arrived as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” — two
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A dozen families soon will have new homes, thanks in part to a week-long partnership pairing a local homebuilder with Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity. Dozens of Pahlisch Commercial employees had various responsibilities this week as they worked on several new townhomes in southeast Bend.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona firefighter has been charged with arson after allegedly confessing to setting multiple fires across two counties over the past few weeks, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities identified Karson Nutter, 18, on Friday as the key suspect in the investigation of eight arson events –
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Oregon State Police will be enhancing its patrol efforts in the Bend area over this weekend as two big events bring more traffic to the region.
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The city of Bend’s Hunnell Road encampment clearing and closure that began earlier this week has left many of the former residents with nowhere to go, they say.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Matt Damon rechazó hace unos años el papel protagónico de una película, con el que el actor cree que podría haber ganado más de US$ 250 millones. En el episodio de “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace”, de CNN, este viernes, Damon habló sobre la oferta que le hicieron en 2009 para
Continue ReadingBy Dave Alsup and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Zookeepers at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium arrived to a pair of unexpected discoveries Thursday morning: a newborn baby gorilla and the news that its mother wasn’t a male gorilla. The gorilla, Sully, has lived at the facility with her mother since 2019 and was thought
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Rescue crews have located the body of an Oregon climber who went missing earlier this week, according to local officials. After several days of searching by air, rescue crews in Oregon used drone footage Thursday to locate the body of 21-year-old Joel Tranby on North Sister
Continue ReadingBy Susan Raff and Zoe Strothers Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — There are more disturbing details in the fake ticket scandal involving Connecticut State Police. Eyewitness News has confirmed a longtime Connecticut State Police trooper was suspended this week for submitting 1000 tickets where he listed many drivers as
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state newspaper editor was arrested on allegations of paying girls in exchange for sexually explicit images. Steve Smith, 73, was executive editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane from 2002 to 2008. Washington State Patrol detectives arrested Smith Thursday on 10 counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state newspaper editor was arrested on allegations of paying girls in exchange for sexually explicit images. Steve Smith, 73, was executive editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane from 2002 to 2008. Washington State Patrol detectives arrested Smith Thursday on 10 counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors
Continue ReadingRENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada woman who admitted to hiring a hitman on the internet for $5,000 in bitcoin to kill her ex-husband has been sentenced to five years in prison. Kristy Felkins pleaded guilty in March to a charge of murder-for-hire as part of a deal with federal prosecutors that avoided trial. The
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las notificaciones llegaron al teléfono de Barbie Koelker durante varios días después de que se lanzara el tráiler de la película “Barbie”. Sus amigos querían saber qué pensaba. “Saben que he luchado para que la gente se tome en serio a Barbie”, explica Koelker. Esta ejecutiva de marketing de 38 años
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Most of the destruction from a tornado that tore through eastern North Carolina Wednesday and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant affected its storage facility, rather than its medicine production areas, the company said Friday. The drugmaker’s ability to salvage production equipment and other
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Thursday, July 27, 37 Postal Service locations throughout Oregon are participating in a tri-state “Delivering Careers” job fair event to hire energetic new employees. The need is especially urgent for mail carriers, clerks, and mail handlers.
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