PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Rep. Peter DeFazio, the longest serving U.S. House member in Oregon’s history, is retiring. The 74-year-old Democrat is the powerful chairman of the House Transportation Committee and announced Wednesday that he won’t seek re-election next year. DeFazio represents Oregon’s 4th District. It covers the southwestern portion of the state, including coastal
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Rep. Peter DeFazio, the longest serving U.S. House member in Oregon’s history, is retiring. The 74-year-old Democrat is the powerful chairman of the House Transportation Committee and announced Wednesday that he won’t seek re-election next year. DeFazio represents Oregon’s 4th District. It covers the southwestern portion of the state, including coastal
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Rep. Peter DeFazio, the longest serving U.S. House member in Oregon’s history, is retiring. The 74-year-old Democrat is the powerful chairman of the House Transportation Committee and announced Wednesday that he won’t seek re-election next year. DeFazio represents Oregon’s 4th District. It covers the southwestern portion of the state, including coastal
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Rep. Peter DeFazio, the longest serving U.S. House member in Oregon’s history, is retiring. The 74-year-old Democrat is the powerful chairman of the House Transportation Committee and announced Wednesday that he won’t seek re-election next year. DeFazio represents Oregon’s 4th District. It covers the southwestern portion of the state, including coastal
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Avisaíl García made his lone All-Star Game appearance on the Miami Marlins’ field. He has owned a house in the city for a few years. The native of Venezuela considers Miami home. That said, he still had to pass Derek Jeter’s test. It was at a
Continue ReadingBy DAVID CALTABIANO Click here for updates on this story TOLLESON, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — A Valley veteran says an undercover DEA agent t-boned his wife’s car. The family said that the agent ran a red light earlier this month which sent the wife to urgent care and totaled her car. Jackie Ramirez’s husband, Hector,
Continue ReadingBy Kristy Kepley-Steward Click here for updates on this story MCDOWELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — McDowell County School officials confirm an investigation is underway after a staff member allegedly made an inappropriate racial remark. In a statement released to news 13, Assistant Superintendent Brian T. Oliver said, McDowell County Schools has been made aware
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Players Christine Sinclair, Alexia Putellas, Formiga and Quinn are among the winners of the Women’s International Champions Cup Best XI. Chelsea coach Emma Hayes and Saudi Arabia national team coach Monika Staab were also honored. Former National Women’s Soccer League players Sinead Farrelly, Mana Shim and Kaiya McCullough
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A federal judge suggested Wednesday that Donald Trump and others who spoke at the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6 should be held accountable for the US Capitol riot that followed, saying the then-President “stoked” the crowd and “might’ve inspired what happened.” Though she did not refer to Trump
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns general manager Andrew Berry feels the bye week will help Baker Mayfield get healthy and maybe even mend Cleveland’s broken season. Mayfield has had a rough 2021 while dealing with an assortment of injuries, including a fracture to his left shoulder. The quarterback’s physical problems
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Despite rising labor costs, America’s business leaders felt very bullish on the US economy — at least in the days prior to the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The influential trade group the Business Roundtable said Wednesday its CEO Economic Outlook Survey rose during the fourth quarter to the
Continue ReadingCNN, WHITE HOUSE, PFIZER By Matt Egan, CNN Business Despite rising labor costs, America’s business leaders felt very bullish on the US economy — at least in the days prior to the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The influential trade group the Business Roundtable said Wednesday its CEO Economic Outlook Survey rose during the
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN In what may come as no surprise, two names dominated this year in music streaming: Bad Bunny and Olivia Rodrigo. For the second year in a row, Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny was the most streamed artist, according to Spotify’s 2021 Wrapped, the annual breakdown of Spotify’s streaming data.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Rep. Peter DeFazio, the longest serving U.S. House member in Oregon’s history, is retiring.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Nashville’s Walker Zimmerman has won Major League Soccer’s Defender of the Year honor for the second straight season. Zimmerman is the third player overall and first in more than a decade to earn the MLS award in consecutive years. Nashville’s defense allowed less than a goal per game this season, tied
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Facebook will no longer limit users from searching for or praising Kyle Rittenhouse, following a court’s acquittal of all charges facing the teenager at the center of a deadly shooting in Kenosha, Wisc., last August. Though Facebook will continue to remove posts that glorify the deaths involved in the Kenosha
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Three people were killed Tuesday evening in a fiery, head-on crash involving a wrong-way driver on Interstate 84 near The Dalles, Oregon State Police reported.
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Olson Click here for updates on this story SUGAR CITY, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — What began as a wildlife adventure for Sugar City residents took a sad turn after Idaho Department of Fish & Game officials were forced to euthanize a trio of mountain lion cubs. The lion cubs had snuck into several backyards
Continue ReadingBy Kalama Hines Click here for updates on this story POCATELLO, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Perhaps it’s his figure. Maybe the long white hair complete with a matching beard he hasn’t shaved since his senior year in high school. Or maybe it’s his jovial demeanor. But even when he isn’t in his homemade red and white
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una mujer que testificó el martes en el juicio por tráfico sexual contra Ghislaine Maxwell dijo que conoció a la cercana confidente de Jeffrey Epstein y al empresario multimillonario cuando tenía 14 años. Según ella, estaba comiendo helado con amigos en un campamento donde él era un benefactor. La mujer,
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