Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning Picket Fences star, dies at 93
Tom Skerritt, the Emmy winner, played Captain Dallas in Alien and Viper in Top Gun, and made his film debut opposite Robert Redford in 1962.
Politics
Bend teacher disputes reports that she shielded student
Becky Drury says she was shot at close range before she could reach anyone.
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AllOfficial series, each dated to the observation it comes from.
Inflation3.7%
Unemployment4.2%
30-year mortgage7.32%
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Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas indicted in marijuana racketeering case
Lucas surrendered in Norfolk and was released on her own recognizance; her attorney says she denies all charges, with arraignment set for Nov. 16.
Michelle Rubio Leiva, 36, dies in 300-metre fall in the Dolomites
Italian press reports say Rubio Leiva stepped off the marked path for a photograph; the rescue service's account says only that she slipped.
Politics
4 stories · updated 21 OctTrump Jr. privately opposed his father's Iran war, Atlantic says
Two people who spoke with Trump Jr. told The Atlantic he raised objections when the campaign began on Feb. 28, nearly eight months ago.
No charges announced over shotgun used in Bend school shooting
Bend police declined to confirm who owned the shotgun, and court records show the shooter's mother pleaded guilty to harassment in 2023.
New Mexico leaders reject Trump's push to rename state New America
Trump's Truth Social post claimed higher home values and prestige; a change would need New Mexico's legislature and its voters.
Miami judge signs no-bond warrant for Raúl Castro, 95
Attorney General James Uthmeier is set to announce the charge Monday at FIU, months after the Justice Department charged Castro in the same 1996 shootdown.
World
2 stories · updated 19 Oct
Air Force identifies Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson in Alamodome rappel death
Patterson was one of four airmen set to rappel to the field, and the American Conference says the game resumed before his death was confirmed.
Cargo ship spots cruise passenger alive off Zakynthos
Odyssey of the Seas skipped its Naples call after about 14 hours searching; the woman was treated for hypothermia.
Business
6 stories · updated 22 OctUSDA confirms screwworm in Texas elk, first wildlife case of outbreak
The USDA and Texas Parks and Wildlife have begun extra wildlife surveillance near the game ranch where a hunter harvested the elk.
Entertainment
6 stories · updated 22 Oct
Health
3 stories · updated 17 OctLawsuit names Trader Joe's wraps in 50-case E. coli outbreak
Two hospitalized women sued the grocery chain in Los Angeles federal court; the FDA still lists the wraps only as a suspected source.
Nearly 12-foot alligator kills Steven Hamilton, 71, in Winter Garden
Hamilton was pulled from the shoreline at Dr. Bradford Memorial Park around 5 p.m., and active alligators kept rescuers out of the water.
Pennsylvania measles cases reach 1,004, largest US outbreak in decades
Lancaster County accounts for 391 of the state's cases, and Pennsylvania has now passed South Carolina's 997-case outbreak from earlier this year.