As colleges and universities nationwide make plans to welcome back students in the fall, a growing number have announced they will require all students to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before returning to campus. So far, at least 14 colleges have said vaccinations will be required, according to a CNN tally — and that number
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A Hillsboro man is the latest Oregon’s Game Megabucks jackpot winner, taking home a $3.9 million jackpot. Melvin Date matched all six numbers for the April 3 Megabucks drawing to win the $3.9 million jackpot.
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There is still time for the high school graduating Class of 2021 to apply for college — and for financial aid to help pay for it. All of Oregon’s community colleges and many four-year colleges and universities are still accepting applications for the fall term.
Continue ReadingAn undercover officer with the New York Police Department arrested a woman yelling anti-Asian slurs at a Chinatown nail salon, according to city officials. Sharon Williams, 50, allegedly went into the nail salon Tuesday afternoon and is accused of making anti-Asian statements and having “physically threatened people inside,” said NYPD spokesperson Det. Denise Moroney. Williams
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Central Oregon is filled with waterfalls, beautiful landscapes and places to explore. Most of these sites have been discovered for years, and they make the High Desert special.
Continue ReadingSean “Diddy” Combs is accusing General Motors of name-dropping his network to score points with Black America. The 51-year-old Bad Boy Records founder called out GM on Thursday for using its business relationship with the Revolt Media and TV cable network he founded in 2013 as a shield against racism accusations made by the leaders
Continue ReadingIn most situations, a mailbox is just a mailbox. But in the milestone union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, a mailbox installed earlier this year threatens to upend the whole process — or at least become a focus for the union if it loses the vote. The public tally began Thursday afternoon.
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Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) led Thursday on a congressional letter, signed by nine House Republicans, urging the U.S. Department of Interior to immediately implement a federal rule previously published on Jan. 15, revising the designation of the critical habitat of the Northern Spotted Owl.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday a $5.1 million settlement with Boston Scientific for failing to disclose the serious risks and complications of trans-vaginally placed surgical mesh.
Continue ReadingInformation scraped from around 500 million LinkedIn user profiles is part of a database posted for sale on a website popular with hackers, the company confirmed Thursday. The sale of the data was first reported on Tuesday by cybersecurity news and research site CyberNews, which said that an archive including user IDs, names, email addresses,
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The Oregon Hunters Association has bolstered the reward up to $6,500 for information that leads to an arrest or citation in the case of three elk that were poached west of Bend on or about Oct. 28 of last year.
Continue ReadingOne person was killed and at least five others were wounded — four of them critically — in a shooting at an industrial park in Bryan, Texas, on Thursday afternoon, police said. A trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety was shot while pursuing the suspect, the department tweeted, and is in serious but
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia cited the deadly attack on January 6 at the US Capitol as an event that changed his perspective on a divided Washington, saying, “You can’t have this many people split to where they want to go to war with each other,” as he calls for Democrats and Republicans
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Joel Greenberg, a central figure in the ongoing investigation into Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, is likely to strike a plea deal with federal prosecutors, his attorney and prosecutors said in court Thursday, potentially putting additional legal pressure on the congressman. Greenberg’s possible cooperation with the Justice Department could provide investigators with key details as
Continue ReadingThere are five new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,439, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
Continue ReadingSoon guests will be able to walk alongside Earth’s Mightiest Heroes when “Avengers Campus,” the new land based on the Marvel franchise, opens at Disney’s California Adventure on June 4. The land — which is located at the sister theme park of Disneyland in Anaheim, California — is the company’s latest undertaking at its parks
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Some local students experienced feeding time at the WNC Nature Center on Thursday. American river otters snacking on fish were a big hit with the students, who enjoyed some spring break time at the center. As the weather warms, employees at the center
Continue ReadingA scathing report by the US Capitol Police watchdog obtained by CNN reveals that there were even more law enforcement failures prior to January 6 than previously known, including new details about expired ammunition, ineffective shields and a previously unreported warning more than two weeks ahead of the insurrection about a map of the Capitol’s
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The Oregon Health Authority said Thursday it has identified 168 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases — when vaccinated individuals test positive for the virus — through April 2, including three deaths.
Continue ReadingOne person was killed and at least four others were wounded in a shooting at an industrial park in Bryan, Texas, on Thursday afternoon, police said. One person was later taken into custody in nearby Grimes County after a trooper was shot, Sheriff Donald Sowell told CNN, adding the incident may be connected to the
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