March 2021

Once omnipresent Kushner now MIA from Trump’s political pack

March 4, 2021 6:32 pm CNN

As Donald Trump plotted his Conservative Political Action Conference appearance last week, and a broader, more-robust plan to return to politics as…

Age 118, the world’s oldest living person will carry the Olympic flame in Japan

March 4, 2021 6:18 pm CNN Newsource

At 118 years old, the world’s oldest living person is preparing to carry the Olympic torch this May in Japan. Kane Tanaka, who has twice…

Fauci: US shouldn’t loosen coronavirus restrictions until daily new cases fall below 10,000

March 4, 2021 6:13 pm CNN

The US shouldn’t ease restrictions in place to prevent Covid-19 before the number of new coronavirus cases falls below 10,000 daily, “and…

Bend Marathon moving to online event amid Covid-19 restrictions

March 4, 2021 6:08 pm Leslie Cano

The Bend Marathon is going to look a little different this year.…

Fact-checking Republican critiques of the Covid-relief package

March 4, 2021 6:05 pm CNN Newsource

Ahead of the Senate debate on the stimulus bill, Republican Senate leadership criticized the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package during a news…

Eleanor Roosevelt is the latest historical figure to get the Barbie treatment

March 4, 2021 6:03 pm CNN Newsource

One of the most influential women of the 20th century is being introduced as a role model to a new generation of girls. Former first lady Eleanor…

Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II sentenced to 14 years in prison for rape and sexual assault

March 4, 2021 5:56 pm CNN Newsource

Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced this week to 14 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, according to the San Diego County…

One Arizona county has so many vaccine doses, it’s now able to offer them to anyone over 18

March 4, 2021 5:47 pm CNN Newsource

Concerned that there weren’t enough people signing up to get vaccinated against Covid-19, officials in one small Arizona county changed the…

VA Portland set to begin use of one-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine

March 4, 2021 5:44 pm KTVZ news sources

The VA Portland Health Care System will begin COVID-19 vaccinations with the Janssen vaccine next week, officials said Thursday. It follows the…

Janet Jackson two-part documentary set to air on A&E and Lifetime

March 4, 2021 5:33 pm CNN Newsource

Janet Jackson is getting the star treatment with a two-night documentary event that will air simultaneously on A&E and Lifetime. The premiere…

Prineville man sentenced to 25 years in prison for abuse of three children

March 4, 2021 5:14 pm KTVZ news sources

A 72-year-old Prineville man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to charges of abusing three children over a period of…

Alabama governor says she won’t extend mask mandate past April 9

March 4, 2021 4:59 pm CNN Newsource

Alabama’s statewide mask mandate to curb the coronavirus is being extended to April 9 — but it won’t be extended after that, Gov.…

US infrastructure gets slightly better grade on engineers’ report card: C-

March 4, 2021 4:49 pm CNN Newsource

America’s infrastructure received an overall grade of C- from the American Society of Civil Engineers, according to the group’s 2021…

China dodged a recession last year. Now it needs to pick up the pace

March 4, 2021 4:42 pm CNN Newsource

China bucked the global recession in 2020, and in doing so narrowed the economic gap with the United States. Now its leaders are about to reveal how…

Oregon saw mostly higher suicide rates in 2019, but youth rate declined

March 4, 2021 4:22 pm KTVZ news sources

Oregon had the nation’s ninth-highest suicide rate across all ages in 2019 — a significant difference from the year before, when the state was…

A newly proposed Tennessee bill would give immunity to drivers who unintentionally hit protesters blocking streets

March 4, 2021 4:21 pm CNN Newsource

A newly proposed bill in Tennessee would make it even more difficult to protest in the state — by making obstructing a highway a felony and…

‘Do not stay at home’: Tsunami warning for parts of New Zealand after 8.1-magnitude earthquake

March 4, 2021 4:02 pm CNN Newsource

New Zealand’s emergency agency told residents in some areas to head for higher ground after a powerful earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands…

Homeowner dies in Three Rivers Recreation Area house fire

March 4, 2021 3:57 pm Noah Chast

A 55-year-old homeowner and two of his three dogs died in a fire that destroyed their home Wednesday evening in the Three Rivers Recreation Area near…

A Latina councilmember’s discussion on Zoom about racial disparities was interrupted by people laughing about her accent

March 4, 2021 3:50 pm CNN Newsource

The irony of it all is that the laughter came during a discussion about racial inequities. Nancy Navarro, a member of the Montgomery County Council…

Texas governor’s appalling decision on masks

March 4, 2021 3:48 pm CNN

I was getting my first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the Bayou City Event Center in Houston when the news broke that Governor Greg Abbott is…

Month: March 2021