By CONNOR MCCARTHY Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — Hospitals in Washington are putting up help wanted signs, looking to fill a nurse shortage. The Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) conducted a survey of 80 hospitals in the state that make up 85% of beds. They found a shortage of
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GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… More sunshine and warmer temperatures are on tap for Central Oregon today! Under mostly sunny skies, our daytime highs will reach the lower 60’s — and if we see any breeze at all, it will be out of the south and SW at a gentle 5-10 mph. Skies will be partly
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Ed Sheeran and Elton John are releasing a new Christmas duet for charity. The song, titled “Merry Christmas,” will be released on Friday, the two announced Monday. John took to Twitter to share the news, writing, “Just under a year ago, I called @edsheeran to see if he wanted to make a
Continue ReadingCNN By Marianne Garvey Ed Sheeran and Elton John are releasing a new Christmas duet for charity. The song, titled “Merry Christmas,” will be released on Friday, the two announced Monday. John took to Twitter to share the news, writing, “Just under a year ago, I called @edsheeran to see if he wanted to make
Continue ReadingINNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Germany came from behind to upset Britain in the Davis Cup quarterfinals after Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz won the decisive doubles match. The German pair defeated British teammates Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski 7-6 (10), 7-6 (5) after the best-of-three tie was level following the two singles. Krawietz and Pütz
Continue ReadingAUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn coach Bryan Harsin has fired offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Bobo after one season. Spokesman Kirk Sampson confirmed Tuesday that Bobo wasn’t retained. He was hired in January with a three-year contract worth $1.3 million annually. Auburn will owe him the remaining $2.6 million. The Tigers lost their last
Continue ReadingCNN By Marnie Hunter, Naomi Thomas and Karla Cripps, CNN Governments are trying to buy time with a rash of new travel restrictions as they figure out the potential impact of Omicron. But the restrictions are being criticized by some officials and medical experts as ineffective and potentially damaging to global coronavirus tracking. “I think
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A suburban Detroit office of U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell has been broken into and ransacked, with memorabilia belonging to her late husband and longtime Congressman John Dingell damaged. Dingell reported the break-in at the office in Dearborn on Monday and said it was being investigated by local and U.S. Capitol
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday went to Minnesota to pitch his completed infrastructure deal an a giant social spending bill that he’s still trying to get passed, but also found himself reassuring the nation he would fight the evolving COVID-19 threat without resorting to “shutdowns and
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday went to Minnesota to pitch his completed infrastructure deal an a giant social spending bill that he’s still trying to get passed, but also found himself reassuring the nation he would fight the evolving COVID-19 threat without resorting to “shutdowns and
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, just like the 2020 season, was one for the record books — but for different reasons. The biggest similarity was the high number of named storms. The 2021 season became only the third in history to use all of the names on
Continue ReadingBy NATHAN VICKERS Click here for updates on this story MISSION, Kansas (KCTV) — A new phone, video game console or laptop may be harder to find in time for Christmas due to supply shortages and production delays. In October, CBS News reported that Apple may fall short of its production goals for the year
Continue ReadingBy Walé Azeez, CNN Business European consumer prices are rising at their fastest pace since 1997. Annual inflation across the 19 countries that use the euro, including Europe’s largest economies Germany, France, Italy and Spain, hit 4.9% in November, driven mainly by soaring energy prices, according to Eurostat, the EU statistics office. That’s the highest
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Ómicron, la nueva variante del coronavirus, con sus numerosas mutaciones y su aparentemente rápida propagación en Sudáfrica, está preocupando a los científicos y a las autoridades gubernamentales. Pero los médicos quieren recordar a los estadounidenses que ya se enfrentan a una variante de coronavirus bastante considerable, y es delta. Delta consiguió extenderse
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN With the stroke of midnight, Barbados cut its last remaining bonds to the British monarchy after nearly 400 years. In a ceremony on Monday evening, Prince Charles acknowledged the “appalling atrocity of slavery” as the nation removed Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and inaugurated its
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer Newly hired LSU coach Brian Kelly is in Baton Rouge after flying in on a private jet with athletic director Scott Woodward. LSU says Kelly has agreed to a 10-year contract worth $95 million plus incentives. Kelly has coached at Notre Dame for the past 12 seasons and eclipsed
Continue ReadingGerman investigators have searched offices of accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and the homes of current and former employees in a probe of alleged tax evasion by tax advisers. Prosecutors said Tuesday that the investigation centers on an alleged scheme used between 2012 and 2017 by the suspects, ages 50 to 67, to inaccurately declare revenue from
Continue ReadingGerman investigators have searched offices of accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and the homes of current and former employees in a probe of alleged tax evasion by tax advisers. Prosecutors said Tuesday that the investigation centers on an alleged scheme used between 2012 and 2017 by the suspects, ages 50 to 67, to inaccurately declare revenue from
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 14-year-old Philadelphia boy waiting for a bus to take him home from school was shot 18 times and killed Monday afternoon, police said. A Philadelphia police spokesperson said in an emailed incident report that Samir Jefferson was waiting at a bus stop shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday in a North Philadelphia
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Rain fell on the summit of Greenland instead of snow for the first time on record in August, as the Northern Hemisphere experienced warmer-than-usual summer temperatures. A new study suggests that’s likely to be the norm in just four or five decades. The Arctic is expected to experience more rain than
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