Coronavirus variants: Here’s what we know
CNN By Maggie Fox, CNN Omicron, the newest coronavirus variant, is also the quickest to be labeled a “variant of concern” by the World…
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Christina Applegate shares a message on her 50th birthday after MS diagnosis
CNN By Faith Karimi, CNN Christina Applegate is marking a milestone birthday after revealing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in August. Applegate…
Continue ReadingA Los Angeles woman invited an Afghan refugee family over for Thanksgiving. Here’s what happened at their first Thanksgiving meal
CNN By Natasha Chen, CNN For his family’s first experience with a traditional Thanksgiving meal, Wahidullah Asghary had to explain to his…
Continue ReadingThousands of people have raised more than $1 million for a man who served 43 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit
CNN, KCTV By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Thousands of people are raising money online for a Missouri man who served 43 years in prison for a crime he…
Continue ReadingCanada issues weather ‘red alert’ for British Columbia
CNN By Raja Razek, CNN Environment Canada has issued its first “red alert” for British Columbia ahead of what officials are…
Continue Reading4 arrested in California Home Depot mass theft
CNN, WLS By Topher Gauk-Roger and Raja Razek, CNN Four men have been arrested in connection with theft at a Home Depot in California, where as many…
Continue ReadingTwo storm systems could cause travel woes this weekend
CNN By Haley Brink and Tyler Mauldin, CNN Meteorologists One of the busiest travel weekends of the year is here and if you are among the estimated…
Continue ReadingEven in Nantucket, Biden can’t escape the harsh reality of the pandemic
CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden descended on the island of Nantucket this week looking to preserve the sense of…
Continue ReadingPeng Shuai: WTA remains ‘deeply concerned’ about Chinese tennis star
CNN By Becky Thompson and Pauline Lockwood, CNN The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) “remains deeply concerned” that Chinese tennis…
Continue ReadingWorld Chess Championship: Chess is sexy again. But for Magnus Carlsen, it’s business as usual
CNN By Eoin McSweeney, CNN The press conference in Dubai ahead of the World Chess Championship is running 30 minutes late. However, that hasn’t…
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Redmond Kiwanis is back with traditional holiday See’s Candy sales
A tasty holiday gift-giving tradition returns, as the Kiwanis Club of Redmond is again selling See’s Candy at three locations. More information:…
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Pet Pals: Fine pair of guinea pigs pay a visit
Flattop and Frizzletop are a 4-month-old bonded pair of male guinea pigs waiting for a nice new home at the Humane Society of Central…
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Pet Pals: Pair of guinea pigs pay a visit
Flattop and Frizzletop are a 4-month-old bonded pair of male guinea pigs, among six waiting for a nice new home at the Humane Society of Central…
Continue ReadingNovember 26 Omicron variant news
CNN By Melissa Mahtani, Aditi Sangal Adrienne Vogt and Fernando Alfonso, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
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84th annual Grimes Christmas Scene dazzles once again in Prineville
The 84th annual Grimes Family Christmas Scene opened Friday at the Crook County Fairgrounds, part of the Christmas in the Pines…
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Santa catches helicopter ride to Bend’s Old Mill
Santa doesn’t always get around by reindeer power. A helicopter brought the big man to Bend’s Old Mill District on…
Continue ReadingWhy wiping out Hong Kong’s opposition may have cost China a whole generation in Taiwan
CNN By Eric Cheung, CNN In just five years, Lin Fei-fan went from charging into Taiwan’s legislature and occupying the building with hundreds…
Continue ReadingA gunshot victim finally got to thank the medical student who saved him 25 years ago
CNN, WBAL By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN A Maryland medical student who took a wrong turn after getting lost answered a young gunshot victim’s…
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Warm holiday weekend ahead
Happy Black Friday, Central Oregon! Black Friday bargain-hunters awoke to some rain this morning, but much of the rest of the day was drier, albeit a…
Continue ReadingStephen Sondheim, master of musical theater, dead at 91
CNN By Todd Leopold, Rob Frehse and Chloe Melas, CNN Stephen Sondheim, the renowned composer of “Into the Woods,” “Sweeney…
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