Good Monday morning, everyone… A cold, wet system pressing into the West Coast will keep us, yes, cold and wet. Highs today will only reach the mid 40’s and it does look like the rain will stay with us pretty much all day. The wind, however, will not be a factor. Breezes, if you see
Continue ReadingBASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Bikini-style uniforms will no longer be mandated for female beach handball players. Equipment rules have been changed by the sport’s governing body following protests by players and European lawmakers. The new wording follows a campaign started by the Norwegian national team in July. It now allows women to wear “short tight
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of Oregon children in foster care has fallen nearly 20% since January 2020, the biggest prolonged decline on record. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the state had the fewest children in state care at the end of September — just 5,552 — since at least 2006, the earliest year for which
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of Oregon children in foster care has fallen nearly 20% since January 2020, the biggest prolonged decline on record. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the state had the fewest children in state care at the end of September — just 5,552 — since at least 2006, the earliest year for which
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of Oregon children in foster care has fallen nearly 20% since January 2020, the biggest prolonged decline on record. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the state had the fewest children in state care at the end of September — just 5,552 — since at least 2006, the earliest year for which
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama State has fired football coach Donald Hill-Eley two days after the Hornets’ latest loss to rival Alabama A&M. Alabama State athletic director Dr. Jason Cable announced the “change in leadership” on Monday. Defensive coordinator Travis Pearson will serve as interim coach for the rest of the season, starting with Saturday’s
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden apologized to other world leaders on Monday for the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement, saying during the United Nations’ climate summit that the US’ exit put the country behind in its climate goals. “I guess I shouldn’t apologize, but I do apologize for the
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — City Hall reports 91 percent of the entire city’s workforce is vaccinated, with an increase in vaccination rates in just the last 24 hours. As for the FDNY, more than two thousand firefighters have been out on medical leave in the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Companies with at least 100 workers will be required to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid sick leave if they have side effects from the shots. That’s according to a Biden administration official who spoke Monday about pending vaccine mandate rules from the Occupational Safety and
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Companies with at least 100 workers will be required to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid sick leave if they have side effects from the shots. That’s according to a Biden administration official who spoke Monday about pending vaccine mandate rules from the Occupational Safety and
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama’s next promotion for her memoir, “Becoming,” will center on the college market. The former first lady will appear Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. with “black-ish” actor Yara Shahidi for a livestream conversations with students from 22 schools around the country. Obama and Shahidi
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Andy Murray has blown seven match points and lost his Paris Masters opener to lucky loser Dominik Koepfer of Germany 7-6 in third set. In the deciding set, Koepfer saved two match points at 5-4 with a smash and a backhand winner and saved five more in the tiebreaker. The match went
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WABC) — A suspect was arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at a deli in Brooklyn and slashing a man on the hand Saturday. According to police, the incident happened just before 8 a.m. when officers responded to a 911 call of
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Here is the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Region4 construction update for the week of Nov. 1-5.
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Disney+ has released a new trailer for the new “Star Wars” series “The Book of Boba Fett.” “I am not a bounty hunter,” Boba Fett says in a voiceover. An unknown voice responds, “I’ve hear otherwise. I know that you sit on the throne of your former employer,” meaning Jabba the
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari, Eliza Mackintosh and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN At least five people have died after a building with more than 20 stories collapsed in an upmarket area of Nigeria’s economic hub, Lagos, on Monday, authorities said. The building, located on Gerald Road in the city’s affluent Ikoyi neighborhood, is a construction site for luxury
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Democrats’ $1.75 trillion economic and climate bill could end up delivering a tax cut for the richest 5% of Americans, a new analysis finds. The Build Back Better framework released by the White House last week calls for tax increases on the richest families, including a surtax on multi-millionaires and
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business Democrats’ $1.75 trillion economic and climate bill could end up delivering a tax cut for the richest 5% of Americans, a new analysis finds. The Build Back Better framework released by the White House last week calls for tax increases on the richest families, including a surtax on multi-millionaires
Continue ReadingBy Elissa Strauss, CNN During school shutdowns, educators did their best to re-create in-class learning online. But what about the kind of learning that happens in the hallways in-between classes, or on the playground during lunch and after school? Those in-person social interactions, the sort that emotionally challenge, enlighten and torment our children, were not
Continue ReadingBy ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi students have returned to classrooms for the first time in a year, following the prolonged closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Iraq’s Health Ministry has mandated health safety protocols that include obligatory vaccination or weekly PCR tests for teachers, social distancing among students and face masks.
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