According to our Google searches, 2021 was about getting better
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The results are in: This past year, people wanted to get better. That’s what is clear from Google’s annual…
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Here’s what people Googled in 2021
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business If 2020 was defined by a spike in people frantically Googling for everything related to the coronavirus, this year saw…
Continue ReadingAsian markets rise as investors wait for U.S. inflation
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as investors wait for U.S. inflation data…
Continue ReadingAsian markets rise as investors wait for U.S. inflation
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as investors wait for U.S. inflation data…
Continue ReadingJapanese tourists dock at International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — A Japanese billionaire and his producer rocketed to space on Wednesday and reached the International Space Station several hours…
Continue ReadingUSSR’s death blow was struck 30 years ago in a hunting lodge
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — When the leaders of the Soviet Union’s three Slavic republics met at a…
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Wreaths Across America will hold no Bend ceremony, will still place wreaths on graves
The Wreaths Across America mission to Remember, Honor, Teach, continues, as volunteers have been working hard to comply with local COVID-19…
Continue ReadingPatriots throw fewest passes in an NFL game since 1974
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Mac Jones and the New England Patriots played a style of game more reminiscent of a triple-option service…
Continue ReadingScholz’s team: Key players in Germany’s new government
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Olaf Scholz has taken over as Germany’s new chancellor at the head of a three-party coalition…
Continue ReadingJason Brown and Ronald McDonald House Charities bring smiles
By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer Figure skaters are trained to wear smiles while on the ice competing or performing. When it comes to Jason Brown,…
Continue ReadingNavy says it will pause operations at Hawaii fuel site linked to tap water contamination
By Natasha Chen, Amy Simonson and Tina Burnside, CNN The Navy will pause all operations at its Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage facility until an…
Continue ReadingScholz replaces Merkel as German chancellor, opening new era
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Olaf Scholz has become Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor, opening a new era for the…
Continue Reading7-time champion Serena Williams won’t play Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Not long after Serena Williams’ name was absent from the entry list for the Australian Open, she confirmed the…
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Wyden asks Federal Trade Commission to investigate Bi-Mart pharmacy closures, Walgreen acquisition
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday to investigate recent consolidations in Oregon’s retail pharmacy market to…
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Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Building a digital defense against holiday shopping scams
This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment discusses building a digital defense by helping Santa out this shopping…
Continue ReadingWrongfully convicted Massachusetts man freed after 27 years
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who spent over two decades in prison for what a court is calling a wrongful murder and armed robbery conviction…
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OnPoint Credit Union employees give $71,000 to four United Way organizations
OnPoint Community Credit Union announced Tuesday a donation of more than $71,000 to four United Way organizations serving communities across Oregon…
Continue ReadingIsraeli stabbed in Jerusalem; Palestinian minor arrested
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say an Israeli woman has been stabbed and lightly wounded in a tense Jerusalem neighborhood. The suspect, a…
Continue ReadingNecas, Trocheck score PP goals, Carolina beats Winnipeg 4-2
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Martin Necas and Vincent Trocheck scored power-play goals, leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-2 victory over the…
Continue ReadingProtests held at Boise State after professor says at conference that men, not women, should be recruited into fields like medicine and law
By Jenn Selva and Amy Simonson, CNN Hundreds of protestors demonstrated at Boise State University in Idaho over the weekend following comments made…
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