Suspect injured and arrested following officer-involved shooting on Highway 20

KTVZ on August 4, 2026

Adrielle Hasara

Bend ORE. (KTVZ) — A suspect was injured and arrested Monday evening following a shooting involving officers on Highway 20 in Linn County. The incident occurred near milepost 36 and River Bend County Park after authorities received reports of a motor vehicle crash and a disturbance involving a gun.

Oregon State Police and the Linn County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene at 7:25 p.m. Upon their arrival, officers encountered an individual armed with a handgun and shots were fired during a confrontation.

The suspect was injured in the shooting and is currently in police custody. No officers were injured during the confrontation and the Oregon State Police reported that there is no ongoing threat to the public.

The Albany Police Department has assumed the lead role in the investigation. Future updates regarding the case will be provided by the Albany Police Department or the Linn County District Attorney’s Office.

Highway 20 was expected to reopen at approximately 8 a.m. today after being closed throughout the night. Investigators remained at the scene near River Bend County Park to process evidence through the early morning hours.

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Child airlifted after SUV hits scooter in Kimberly

KIFI on August 4, 2026

Seth Ratliff

KIMBERLY, Idaho (KIFI) — An Idaho child has been hospitalized after being struck by an SUV while riding a scooter on Monday afternoon.

Idaho State Police says the juvenile was airlifted to a local hospital. Their current condition is unknown.

The crash happened around 12:45 p.m., August 3rd, near 4000 N 3552 E, Kimberly.

ISP says a 24-year-old Kimberly woman was driving west on 4000 N in a 2014 Ford Escape when a juvenile, also from Kimberly, entered the roadway on a scooter. The Ford struck the juvenile, causing what the ISP describes as crucial injuries. The driver of the Ford Escape was wearing a seatbelt and was uninjured.

The crash remains under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

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Oregon ranks 51st nationally for year-over-year change in pay disparity

KTVZ on August 4, 2026

Adrielle Hasara

Bend ORE. (KTVZ) — Oregon ranked 51st in the nation for the year-over-year change in pay disparity, according to a study released today by SmartAsset. The report found that the pay gap between the state’s top earners and middle earners decreased 11 percentage points over the last year.

The study analyzed recently released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine where wage equality is increasing and decreasing across the United States. In Oregon, the threshold required to enter the top tier of earners is currently 127% of the state’s median income.

The minimum annual salary required to enter the top 10% of earners in Oregon is $129,520. This figure is more than double the statewide median wage, which researchers identified as $57,000.

On a national level, Calif. and New York recorded the greatest amount of wage inequality. North Dakota was found to have the least wage inequality in the country.

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New safety zone, land deal with CDOT highlight Tuesday’s back-to-school day in District 49

KRDO on August 4, 2026

Scott Harrison

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The recent trend toward increasing school safety for drivers and pedestrians continues as District 49 becomes the first local district to resume classes.

At Vista Ridge High School, the district has its first 20 mph school safety zone at the two main entrances along Black Forest Road and Wolf Ridge Road.

One of the four sets of flashers wasn’t working; a repairman said that a faulty solar panel wasn’t charging the battery, and he expected to have it operating by late morning.

Another change involves a land deal with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) that was finalized on Monday, ending discussions that began a year ago.

CDOT will acquire a small parcel — less than an acre — that goes through a modular building at the Patriot High School for advanced learning, along US 24 in Falcon.

Specifically, CDOT will pay D49 $400,000 for a construction and maintenance easement as part of a 2.5-mile widening of the highway between Garrett and Woodmen Roads.

The easement also will include part of the school’s parking lot.

CDOT has been planning the project since 2016, plans to start next spring, and finish it in the summer of 2029 — around the same time that a CDOT roundabout project is scheduled to begin at the nearby intersection of US 24 and Judge Orr Road.

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When he’s not snapping footballs, this Pro Bowler is selling bagels on Kent Island

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By John Domen

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    STEVENSVILLE, Maryland (WTOP) — The owner of a popular bagel shop on Maryland’s Kent Island isn’t minding the store right now. That’s because of his other job — with the Minnesota Vikings.

Andrew DePaola founded DePaola’s Bagel and Brunch about three and a half years ago in Stevensville.

DePaola is from northern Baltimore County, but said his time at Rutgers University taught him about good bagels.

“Just as a kid growing up, I loved bagels. I loved eating them right out of the bag,” he said. “And then going up to New Jersey, spending years up there, I think kind of refined my palate a little bit with sandwiches and cream cheeses and spreads and things of that such.”

His experiences visiting family on Kent Island, which he now calls home, also taught him that good bagels and cream cheese were missing there.

“My wife and I would come back to Maryland in the offseason, visit her sister and her husband in Kent Island, and we’d go out, have a good time, wake up the next morning, and just be like, ‘I always wish there was a place to grab like a bagel sandwich,’” DePaola said.

So he opened one.

When DePaola is not in town, his parents, who used to run a restaurant in Baltimore County, supervise the business.

“Honestly, I saw an opportunity, and I was hoping it would do well,” he said.

Occasionally, he’ll bring samples to his teammates and coaches in Minnesota. Their feedback is helpful, he said, and sometimes it shows up on the menu.

“Couple ideas that actually come from some of the guys on the team, some players, some coaches, just throwing in their input, like, ‘Hey, you should really try this in one of your cream cheese spreads. Or I wonder if this would go good as a bagel,’” DePaola said.

DePaola can also boast of being the only long snapper in NFL history to be picked for the Pro Bowl four seasons straight, according to the Vikings.

At this point, DePaola is less the baker and more the quality control guy. He credits an expert he hired as the one who really gets her hands in the dough. But business is going well enough that a second store is at least something he and his family are willing to think about.

“I don’t know if we’ll open up another one,” he said. “That would be great if we could figure that out. But if not, I’m having a great time with the one location.”

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Elderly man recovering after attack in restaurant

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By Andrew Capasso

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    TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — Brand new video shows the moment someone followed an elderly man with a walker into a Carl’s Junior near Oracle and Prince and tried to take his backpack.

The video shows the man eventually falling on the floor. This happened July 9 but police are just releasing the video now.

Witnesses nearby helped the elderly man. Police were able to track the suspect down.

Right now, he’s facing an attempted robbery charge. The man in the walker was treated at the scene.

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Apprentice flown to hospital after being pinned by elevator at Google data center

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By Isaac Nielsen

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    COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (Daily Nonpareil) — A contractor’s apprentice was seriously injured Monday evening after becoming trapped beneath an exterior construction elevator at Google’s main data center in Council bluffs.

The Council Bluffs Fire Department responded to Google’s Southlands campus at 10420 Bunge Ave. around 5:08 p.m. Monday.

Fire Marshal Alex Ford told The Nonpareil that the victim’s supervisor called 911 prompting fire and rescue units to be dispatched.

The first arriving fire engine reached the front gate of the campus at 5:16 p.m., but crews did not reach the patient until about 10 minutes later because they were not allowed through the gate.

“There were some communication issues happening down there letting the front gate know that there was a medical emergency,” Ford told The Nonpareil on Tuesday morning.

Ford said the engine made it through the gate at 5:22 p.m., and firefighters reached the victim at 5:26 p.m.

The victim was awake, alert and in significant pain when crews arrived, Ford said. Firefighters were able to extricate him from beneath the elevator in about 10 minutes before flying him on a LifeNet medical helicopter to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

The total time from the 911 call to the victim arriving at the medical center was just under an hour, Ford said.

Ford confirmed the injured worker was an apprentice working for a contractor at the site.

Ford said the department typically does not experience issues accessing the Google campus during emergency calls.

“Typically, when we go down there, we don’t have this kind of issue,” Ford said. “We typically have an escort waiting to take us right to the patient.”

Ford said the delay may have been caused by a breakdown in communication after the contractor, rather than Google personnel, called 911.

To Ford’s knowledge, Monday’s incident was the first time Council Bluffs Fire Department had experienced a delay getting through the campus gate.

Ford said the department already faces a longer response time to the Southlands campus because of its distance from the station, making it important that crews can access the scene as quickly as possible.

Council Bluffs fire officials are working to set up a meeting with Google to discuss the incident and determine how to prevent similar delays in the future.

The incident remains under investigation. Officials have not released additional details about what caused the elevator accident.

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Hungry goats help reveal past at historic African American cemetery

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By Nakell Williams

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    COLLEGE PARK, Georgia (WUPA) — Volunteers with the One Square Mile Project, Inc are making progress with their effort to uncover a hidden historic African American cemetery in College Park.

The cemetery is located behind Mount Calvary Baptist Church on JT Alexander Avenue. Monetary donations from the community enabled the group to have the Red Wagon Goats bring in more than a dozen animals to eat the kudzu that’s covering grave sites there.

“They are going to clear this whole kudzu area and hopefully get these folks out,” said Bre Johnson with Red Wagon Goats.

Workers set up a long fence to cover about an acre and a half where the goats will eat for two weeks. They’ll come back often to check on them.

“When we get down to about 10 to 20% greenery left, we start supplementing with hay so the goats don’t start feeling like they are in a state of scarcity and start thinking that the grass is greener on the other side,” Red Wagon Goats owner Megan Kibby said. “Goats’ mischief can be anything from staging escapes. I think we had one customer who left her basement door ajar, and she woke up and found goats in her basement.”

Craig Eberhart of the One Square Mile Project and other volunteers are urging the community to continue helping in any way that’s possible. Since the organization began uncovering graves by hand several months ago, he said they have discovered headstones dating back to 1925. They include African-American history makers, including the city’s first educators, veterans, morticians, and community leaders.

“There has been immense interest in the community about it. People are coming out, helping us maintain what we are doing. This is probably going to be a million-dollar-plus project, and we are going to need help from every aspect, not only from the community but from the local city government and from the state. We are asking that the airport be involved with it as well.” Eberhart said.

Kibby said the goats helped to restore several historic cemeteries across metro Atlanta.

“We are just really proud to be able to be a part of these efforts of getting these often neglected bodies of land and take care of the people who are here or people whose ancestors are here,” Kibby said.

Volunteers meet at the cemetery on Saturdays to take part in the clean-up. You can contact the One Square Mile Project for information about donations and volunteerism.

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Leading with Purpose

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By Rashad Clay, HAUL Intern

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    August 4, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — Leadership is easy to announce; purpose is harder to prove. Judson W. Robinson III has spent decades doing both—building a public-service career around a straightforward Houston principle: open doors, strengthen neighborhoods and leave the ladder standing for the next person.

As President and CEO of the Houston Area Urban League since 2008, Robinson leads an organization that has empowered Houstonians since 1968. Its work reaches across education, workforce development, housing counseling, entrepreneurship, health and civic advocacy—turning opportunity from a popular talking point into practical assistance for families, students, job seekers and small-business owners.

Robinson’s leadership story is also woven into Houston’s modern skyline. A third-generation Houstonian and former three-term at-large City Council member, he helped advance major redevelopment efforts and civic projects connected to Midtown, Texas Avenue, the Hilton Americas-Houston and several signature sports and transportation landmarks. In other words, his résumé is not merely framed on a wall; Houstonians can drive past parts of it.

“Leading with Purpose,” a new six-week interview series, invites readers to meet the man behind the mission. Robinson reflects on the family values that shaped him, the lessons gained from business and government, and the responsibility leaders carry to protect opportunity—especially for communities too often asked to wait their turn.

The series arrives at an important moment. Houston continues to grow, yet growth means little unless more residents can access quality jobs, stable housing, education, capital and a voice in civic life. Robinson’s message is both hopeful and demanding – lasting progress requires collaboration, courage and sustained investment in people.

Titles may introduce leaders, but service reveals them. Through this conversation, Houston Style Magazine explores how Robinson has transformed legacy into action—and why his next chapter may be just as consequential as those already written. Interview conducted by Rashad Clay, Fund Development & Communications Intern.

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Texas Is Less Than Three Months Away from Tectonic Elections

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By Burt Levine

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    August 4, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — Texas politics are beginning to rumble, and the loudest tremor may arrive at the ballot box.

On Tuesday, November 3, Texans will choose a U.S. senator, governor, attorney general, all 150 members of the Texas House and a long list of congressional, judicial and county officials. Early voting runs Monday, October 19, through Friday, October 30. The voter-registration deadline is Monday, October 5, and applications for a ballot by mail must be received by Friday, October 23.

Those dates matter because 2026 is shaping up as one of Texas’ most competitive election years in more than three decades. Democrats have not won a statewide Texas election since 1994, while Republicans enter the fall defending offices they have controlled for a generation. That history gives this election its “tectonic” label—but political earthquakes are never caused by polls alone. They happen when voters show up.

The open U.S. Senate contest is drawing national attention. Democratic state Rep. James Talarico faces Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who defeated longtime Sen. John Cornyn in the May 26 Republican runoff. A Fox News survey conducted July 23–27 placed Talarico ahead 51% to 48%, exactly within its three-point margin of error. A newer Texas Southern University survey conducted July 27–30, showed Talarico leading 47% to 45%, also within the margin of error. Translation: nobody should order victory balloons just yet.

A Talarico win would make him the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since Lloyd Bentsen’s 1988 reelection. A Paxton victory would extend Republican control of the seat and add another statewide win to a record that already includes three successful attorney general campaigns.

The governor’s race is just as closely watched. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking another term against Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, a civil-rights and labor attorney who previously served as president of the Austin ISD Board of Trustees. Fox News gave Abbott a one-point advantage, while another July survey placed him ahead 45% to 42%. Both results were within their respective margins of error. If elected, Hinojosa would become Texas’ first Latina governor and its third woman governor, following Miriam “Ma” Ferguson and Ann Richards.

For attorney general, Republican state Sen. Mayes Middleton faces Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson. A July poll placed Middleton at 39% and Johnson at 38%, with 18% undecided. Texas last elected a Democratic attorney general when Dan Morales won reelection in 1994.

Beyond the statewide marquee, every Texas House seat is on the ballot. Contests across the suburbs, South Texas and major metropolitan counties could influence the Legislature’s direction on public education, property taxes, insurance costs, health care, water and the electric grid. The top-of-ticket races may attract the television cameras, but state representatives write laws that follow Texans into classrooms, businesses, hospitals and monthly household budgets.

The political ground is also shifting closer to home. Harris County voters will choose between Democrat Letitia Plummer and Republican Orlando Sanchez for county judge. In Fort Bend County, Democrat Dexter McCoy faces Republican Daniel Wong. In Brazoria County, Democrat Eugene Howard faces Republican Rob Giesecke. These county executives influence emergency management, public health, roads, budgets and the everyday machinery of local government—proof that the “down-ballot” is often where politics lands closest to the front porch.

Houston Style Magazine encourages every eligible voter—Democrat, Republican, independent or still deciding—to check their registration, compare candidates, study the full ballot and make a voting plan. Democracy is not a spectator sport, and Election Day is not the time to discover your registration still carries an old address.

Texas may be preparing for a political earthquake. But the people—not pundits, parties or polling averages—will determine how far the ground moves.

OFFICIAL VOTER INFORMATION Texas registration, voting requirements and election information: VoteTexas.gov Harris County voting locations and sample ballots: HarrisVotes.com Fort Bend County Elections: Fort Bend County Elections and Voter Registration Brazoria County Elections: Brazoria County Clerk Elections Department

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