Clear and warm for another day … then changes start
Skies will stay mostly clear through Tuesday night.…
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Mother, son receive Covid-19 vaccine together during clinic at retirement community
Click here for updates on this story TIGARD, Oregon (KPTV) — A retirement community in Tigard is finally getting the…
Continue ReadingA Houston baby is ‘fighting for his life’ after police shot him while pursuing an armed robbery suspect
A 1-year-old boy is “fighting for his life” and struggling to breathe on his own after being shot in the head by Houston police, the…
Continue ReadingHarris uses UN speech to champion women’s role in democracy
Kamala Harris declared “the status of women is the status of democracy” on Tuesday, in her first speech before the United Nations as the…
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Fire at ethanol plant west of Portland prompts evacuations
Authorities say fire crews are battling a fire at an ethanol fuel facility west of Portland in Cornelius that has prompted evacuations.…
Continue ReadingFirst GameStop, now gorillas. Redditors are pouring money into saving apes
The WallStreetBets community is moving beyond GameStop and AMC. But its latest investment target isn’t a stock, bitcoin or even NFTs.…
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Biden to hold first formal news conference on March 25
President Joe Biden will hold his first formal news conference since taking office on March 25, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingA small plane crashes into a car on a Florida road leaving three dead, including a child
Three people died, including a child who passed away at a hospital, after a single-engine plane crashed into a car on a Florida road, officials said…
Continue ReadingA man with autism asks future employers to ‘take a chance on me’ in a heartfelt, handwritten viral letter
A soon-to-be high school graduate started his job search in a unique way — he wrote a candid open letter and posted it on LinkedIn. Ryan Lowry…
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On shutdown anniversary, C.O. businesses say some changes will be permanent
It’s now been one year since the COVID-19 pandemic shook up the world as we knew it, here on the High Desert and around the globe.…
Continue ReadingLoyola’s good luck charm Sister Jean gets her March Madness ticket after being vaccinated
In a sign that one small part of March Madness is inching back to normalcy, Chicago’s favorite basketball-loving nun will soon be in the…
Continue ReadingJesuits commit $100 million to the descendants of people the order once enslaved
In 1838, the Jesuits who ran Georgetown University sold 272 enslaved people to pay off the university’s debts. Many of them baptized Catholic,…
Continue Reading‘An early Christmas present’: 94-year-old husband talks about impact of allowing visitation at long-term care facilities
Click here for updates on this story LITITZ, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Marking the one year anniversary of…
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Central Oregon courts to offer text message reminders for hearings
The Oregon Judicial Department is launching a new service in all three Central Oregon counties to provide case parties with the opportunity to…
Continue ReadingJane Fonda protests Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, calls out Canadian oil
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Actress Jane Fonda joined protesters at the site of…
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Feinstein says she plans to serve out full term after Newsom vows to appoint a Black woman to replace her
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 87-year-old veteran Democrat, insisted on Tuesday that she is committed to serving out her full term in office even after…
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Gov. Brown announces members of Oregon’s new Psilocybin Advisory Board
As required under Ballot Measure 109, approved by voters last November, Governor Kate Brown on Tuesday announced the 17 members of the Oregon…
Continue ReadingAfter a stranger helped her dad score a vaccine, here’s how she’s paying it forward
Vivi Zayas remembers how relieved she felt when a woman she’d never met helped her dad sign up for a coronavirus vaccine. That moment marked…
Continue Reading The ‘benefit year end’: A tough Covid anniversary for the unemployed
Unhappy anniversary, jobless Americans. This week marks a year since the coronavirus pandemic began upending the US economy, costing millions of…
Continue ReadingMichelle Obama says it ‘wasn’t a complete surprise’ to hear Meghan talk of racism in the royal family
For many people of color, hearing Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, speak about racism within the royal family was, though shocking, not exactly…
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