Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Despite a widespread belief that humans owe their evolution to the dietary flexibility in eating both meat and vegetables, researchers in Israel suggest that early humans were actually apex predators who hunted large animals for two million years before they sought vegetables to
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The Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill legalizing simple possession of marijuana, becoming the latest state to modify its laws around cannabis use and possession that disproportionately jailed Black people for nonviolent offenses. The new law, which goes into effect July 1, allows anyone in the state 21 or older to possess up
Continue ReadingDavid Chipman, President Joe Biden’s planned nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, has a long history at the agency and sports credentials in gun control advocacy sure to excite firearm safety groups. If confirmed, Chipman will lead the agency that enforces gun laws at a critical point in Biden’s
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The Oregon Department of Transportation and the city of Bend have a concept to build a footbridge on Hawthorne Avenue over the Bend Parkway.
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Faced with major blowback over its $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, the Biden administration is rolling out a campaign to justify why it needs to hike corporate taxes to fund the massive plan. But President Joe Biden also left the door open Wednesday to negotiate one of the most contentious provisions — raising the corporate tax
Continue Reading The Biden administration is eying an eventual withdrawal of US troops from Iraq as the country’s security forces grow more capable and the threat of ISIS wanes, the two countries announced in a joint statement Wednesday. The statement followed a meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein. The timing
Continue ReadingEditor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. Tonight: Jamie Dimon is worried; Tom Brady joins the NFT party; and Samsung has a new phone out. Let’s get into it. DIMON SOUNDS THE ALARM It’s not often that Jamie
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With Deschutes County moving back into the state’s high risk COVID-19 category this Friday, Bend’s Volcanic Theatre Pub has canceled concerts planned for April 20th and 22nd.
Continue ReadingFormer House Speaker John Boehner said former President Donald Trump “incited that bloody insurrection” at the US Capitol and blamed his false election claims for the GOP losing control of Congress, according to a copy of his forthcoming book obtained by CNN. Republicans have wobbled over whether to embrace the 45th President’s legacy as an
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The US Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned home to Astoria on Wednesday following a 63-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Continue ReadingThe nation’s school districts are making strides in their efforts to reopen, but new data shows that many more students are still learning fully remotely than fully in-person. Just 39% of fourth-graders are attending full-time in-person school and just 29% of eighth-graders, according to data released on Wednesday from the Department of Education’s National Assessment
Continue ReadingGot a designer bag in your closet? One chain hopes you’ll walk into one of its new shops and give it up for the right price. Demand for secondhand goods is booming right now, and online luxury reseller The RealReal is looking to cash in. So it’s taking an approach to boost supply that isn’t
Continue ReadingThe special agent who led the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigation into George Floyd’s death struggled to make sense of a short phrase Floyd said last May as Derek Chauvin kneeled on him. Senior Special Agent James Reyerson was shown a clip from Minneapolis Police body-camera footage of Floyd saying something while handcuffed and
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Two New York doormen who closed the doors to their building’s apartment lobby while a 65-year-old Asian woman was punched and kicked outside have been fired, according to the building’s owner. The Brodsky Organization, which owns the building at 360 W. 43rd St. in Manhattan, said in a statement Tuesday that it had completed an
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There are seven new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,434, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — A Modesto veterinarian is helping out a Vietnam War vet with a sick dog. The kind gesture came after an x-ray showed the pet had more than a hundred bladder stones. Loyal pet owner Richard Lyons and his corgi mix, Courtney, have a bond
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The Tumalo Irrigation District is offering a reward of up to $12,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals who drilled several holes in a 36-inch pipeline, part of a canal-piping project, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Parents today may be a bit worried their kids are spending too much time on the social media app TikTok. However, for one young man in West Virginia, scrolling through TikTok turned out to be a life-saver. 12-year-old Trent Jerrett was live streaming while
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A man has been arrested after police say he assaulted an elderly Asian man in what appears to be a racially motivated attack. The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. on the 300 block of North 10th Street in Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood. According to police, officers
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (WCBS) — A New Jersey server got “zero” written in for tip after patrons were upset about limited seating times. But as CBS2’s Meg Baker reported Tuesday, the community rallied to make things right. A woman named Beth was working Friday night at the recently
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