Indonesian jetliner with 62 passengers crashes after taking off from Jakarta
A Sriwijaya Air jetliner carrying 62 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Jakarta, according to the head of Indonesia’s…
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Indian Army apprehends Chinese soldier near disputed Himalayan border
A Chinese soldier was apprehended on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), south of the Pangong Tso lake in the Ladakh region on…
Continue ReadingThe Covid-19 vaccine rollout has been sluggish. Here’s how we can speed it up
Almost four weeks after the first American was vaccinated against the coronavirus, around 6 million people have received one of the shots — far…
Continue ReadingFlying in Indonesia is a necessity to travel … but it can also be a terrifying experience
Search and rescue teams are scouring the stormy waters of the Java Sea, hunting for the wreckage of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182. At this early stage,…
Continue ReadingGunman kills at least 3 in multiple shootings in Illinois, police say
A gunman killed at least three people and wounded several others in a series of shootings in the Chicago area Saturday before being shot and killed…
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Bend man running across Bend Parkway struck, killed by semi-truck
A 42-year-old Bend man trying to run across the Bend Parkway was struck and fatally injured Saturday night by a semi-truck whose driver hit the…
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Bend man seriously injured in crash into irrigation ditch east of Terrebonne
A 29-year-old Bend man was seriously injured Friday night when he lost control of his car on an icy road east of Terrebonne and it rolled several…
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Vandal damages Portland tiny home village designed for homeless
Multnomah County officials and police say the opening of a tiny home village for homeless people in North Portland has been delayed after a vandal…
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Oregon Zoo mourns passing of Inji, world’s oldest orangutan
The Oregon Zoo said a sad goodbye Saturday to its oldest resident, Sumatran orangutan Inji, who at 61 years old was thought to be the oldest…
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DCSO SAR, others help injured motorcycle rider near Sisters
A Salem man injured in a motorcycle crash Saturday in an off-road area between Sisters and Redmond got help from Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office…
Continue ReadingFort Bliss soldier faces court-martial in alleged sexual assault of fellow soldier found dead on New Year’s Eve
Officials at Fort Bliss have moved to court-martial a private first class accused of the sexual assault of a fellow soldier who was found dead on New…
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Canadians call out leaders for breaking their own Covid-19 rules
It was meant to be the trip of a lifetime for 9-year-old Braeden Lousier-Hicks of Airdrie, Alberta, who has an extremely rare genetic disease. After…
Continue ReadingSearch operation to find crashed Indonesian Sriwijaya Air plane underway
A massive search operation is underway in Indonesia to find the wreckage of a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff…
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CNN’s Elle Reeve: ‘Donald Trump plus the Internet brings extremism to the masses’
It was an Extremely Online riot. Some of the people who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, stalked its majestic halls, and delayed the certification…
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Bend-area real estate inventory was at record low as 2020 ended
The Bend area’s red hot real estate market had some mixed signals as 2020 ended – a second straight decline from the fall’s record median sales…
Continue ReadingDisturbing video shows officer crushed against door by mob storming the Capitol
A horrifying video from Wednesday’s Capitol riots showed an officer crushed between waves of a pro-Trump mob and officers defending the…
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‘This is our most dangerous time.’ Covid-19 deaths are at unprecedented levels in US
The weekly tallies of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the United States have never been higher, and state officials are warning of more alarming…
Continue ReadingIndonesia’s Sriwijaya Air plane feared to have crashed after taking off from Jakarta
A Sriwijaya Air jetliner carrying 62 people on board is feared to have crashed shortly after taking off from Jakarta, according to the head of…
Continue ReadingWoman who attacked and falsely accused Black musician’s son charged with attempted assault
The woman who was caught on video falsely accusing the 14-year-old son of a popular Black musician of cell phone theft has been charged with two…
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