July 2021

COVID-19 delta variant has become dominant in Oregon

July 22, 2021 11:40 pm The Associated Press

As daily COVID-19 cases doubled in the past week, Oregon health officials reported Thursday that the highly transmissible delta variant has now…

A far-right extremist killed 77 people in Norway. A decade on, ‘the hatred is still out there’ but attacker’s influence is seen as low

July 22, 2021 11:27 pm CNN Newsource

By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Ten years ago, Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Brevik killed 77 people, many of them teenagers, in a bomb…

Egyptian single sculler finishes in wrong lane

July 22, 2021 10:18 pm NBC Olympics

Despite starting in lane three, Egypt’s Abdelkhalek Elbanna finishes in the fourth lane behind heat winner Olli Zeidler of Germany in the single…

Three states are seeing about 40% of the country’s new Covid-19 cases

July 22, 2021 10:17 pm CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN While Covid-19 cases in the United States have been rising in almost every state over the past week, a handful have been…

Three states are seeing about 40% of the country’s new Covid-19 cases

July 22, 2021 10:17 pm CNN Newsource

A Missouri mother is mourning her unvaccinated daughter’s death, and pleading for people to think of their loved ones and get vaccinated against…

Laurie Hernandez talks Simone Biles, previews Tokyo field

July 22, 2021 10:06 pm NBC Olympics

In an interview with Kathryn Tappen, Olympic gold medalist and NBC Olympics gymnastics correspondent Laurie Hernandez gives her take on Simone Biles’…

Lasso: Vamos a reestructurar el sistema carcelario de Ecuador

July 22, 2021 9:44 pm CNN Newsource

CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, aseguró en CNN que su gobierno está tomando acciones para cambiar…

Jessica Mendoza discusses softball’s return to Olympics

July 22, 2021 9:17 pm NBC Olympics

In an interview with Kathryn Tappen, NBC Olympics softball reporter Jessica Mendoza breaks down the importance of the sport’s return to the Olympics…

Tragic death of translator highlights plight of allies left behind in Afghanistan

July 22, 2021 9:16 pm CNN Newsource

CNN’s Anna Coren speaks with Afghan interpreters who risked their lives helping the US government, and now face reprisals from the Taliban as many of…

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony just hours away

July 22, 2021 9:09 pm CNN Newsource

Problems at China nuclear power plant are serious enough to warrant shutdown, French co-owner warns

July 22, 2021 8:41 pm CNN Newsource

By Barbara Wojazer, Zachary Cohen, Michael Callahan and Jessie Yeung, CNN The French power company that co-owns a nuclear plant in China would shut…

US strikes Taliban and captured equipment in support of Afghan forces

July 22, 2021 8:08 pm CNN Newsource

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military carried out two strikes against the Taliban overnight in support of Afghan forces in the Kandahar province,…

Biden’s drug czar nominee consulted for cannabis company last year, ethics disclosure shows

July 22, 2021 8:02 pm CNN Newsource

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden’s drug czar pick, Dr. Rahul Gupta, spent nine months last year working as an adviser to a…

‘This is a big deal’: Bend officials talk with residents about big neighborhood housing changes

July 22, 2021 7:59 pm KTVZ

The city of Bend hosted a community information session Thursday evening regarding proposed code amendments under House Bill 2001, passed by the…

Why trash-raiding parrots in Sydney are smarter than ‘bin chickens’

July 22, 2021 7:49 pm CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN A few years ago, Australian scientist Richard Major took a video of a cockatoo in Sydney opening a closed trash bin lid with its…