Pete Buttigieg on Thursday accused Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, by name, of forcing the debate among Democratic presidential contenders to be too focused on the past rather than the future. Buttigieg’s naming of his rivals is a significant shift just days ahead of the Iowa caucuses, something the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana,
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The Oregon Legislature may convene its 2020 session on Monday without Senate President Peter Courtney, who has been in a Portland hospital for nearly a month receiving treatment for a staph infection in his replacement hip and other complications.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined a coalition of seven states and the District of Columbia on Thursday in suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over a requirement that she said threatens women’s access to abortion and puts Oregon women at risk of accidentally losing health insurance coverage.
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Research at Oregon State University has pushed science closer to developing an “electronic nose” for monitoring air quality, detecting safety threats and diagnosing diseases by measuring gases in a patient’s breath.
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Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., Republican leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee, helped lead a congressional briefing for members of Congress on the 2019 novel coronavirus earlier this week.
Continue ReadingThe NBA will honor the life of Kobe Bryant by changing the format of its 2020 All-Star Game in Chicago. The new format is set up to maximize money that can be won for charity. The biggest change comes in the form of an untimed fourth quarter and a target score featuring Bryant’s number 24,
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule, which can make it more difficult for immigrants to receive green cards, does not apply to the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace, state officials said Thursday.
Continue ReadingJennifer Williams, the special adviser to Vice President Pence on Europe and Russia who testified during the House impeachment inquiry last year, is leaving the Vice President’s office two months ahead of her planned departure at the end of March, a White House official told CNN. Williams is a detailee to Pence’s staff from the
Continue ReadingAmazon blew Wall Street’s expectations out of the water when it reported earnings for the holiday quarter, sending the company’s stock up over 12.5% in after-hours trading Thursday. The company posted profits of $3.3 billion — or $6.47 per share — compared to analysts’ expectations of $2 billion and $4.03 per share. Amazon’s revenue shot
Continue ReadingLev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two associates of Rudy Giuliani, attended a fundraising dinner with President Donald Trump and then-Congressman Pete Sessions in April 2018, according to a new video recording that was released on Thursday. The video is the second recording released in a week that purports to show the indicted Giuliani associates’ ability
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, CA (KOVR) — Airman Keith Keiffer claimed to be a victim of a serious attack out of Sacramento, but now police are saying his story isn’t true. His wife Shanika also told CBS13, her husband admitted he made the whole thing up. The investigation spanned more than
Continue ReadingAn internal Customs and Border Protection memo obtained by CNN suggests that US border officers working at Canadian ports of entry were directed to detain and question travelers of Iranian descent, including American citizens, in the wake of the killing of a top Iranian general in early January, despite previous denials from the agency. The
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHERRY HILL, NJ (KYW) — If you do a headcount of Mrs. Morrell’s kindergarten class at Clara Barton Elementary School, you’ll count 22 students, including a special honorary pupil, Joel Fleisher. “I started in second grade, then I went to third grade, then I got demoted to kindergarten,
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The Bend and Redmond police departments and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday will join the Neighbors app by Ring. The law enforcement agencies said it provides a platform for communities to share information about activity occurring in their neighborhood, helping to keep people and property safe.
Continue ReadingThe Washington Post’s top editor sent a memo to staffers addressing the newspaper’s social media policy on Thursday, days after the brief suspension of a reporter over tweets posted in the wake of Kobe Bryant’s death drew widespread condemnation. “We do not want social media activity to be a distraction, and we do not want
Continue ReadingAmid the intense focus on the Senate impeachment trial and Monday’s Iowa caucuses in the presidential race, you likely missed this announcement from the Congressional Budget Office: The budget deficit is projected to top $1 trillion in 2020 — and to stay at or above that 13-figure mark for the remainder of the decade. Why
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story JEFFERSON COUNTY, CO (KCNC) — Three men have been convicted in connection with the murder of 28-year-old Cymone Duran. Duran’s body was found burning near a dumpster in the 700 block of Nile Street in Golden on Nov. 5. The jury deliberated just four hours before convicting Abel
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A Terrebonne water well-driller who had his state license revoked last fall says his business is carrying on, thanks to his two still-licensed brothers, and voiced displeasure with how the Oregon Water Resources Department treats him and others in his line of work.
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