Merry Christmas to those celebrating! Welcome to the holiday weekend, and after winter’s late start cast doubt on the possibility of a “white Christmas” here in Central Oregon’s lower elevations, it sure made up for lost time quick. Most of us already have some snow on the ground in Central Oregon, and there’s a good
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ office says she has tested negative for the coronavirus after having close contact earlier this week with an aide who later tested positive. She tested negative on Wednesday after being told of the aide’s breakthrough infection. Harris was tested again on Friday and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press American midfielder Richy Ledezma has signed a contract extension with PSV Eindhoven of the Dutch first division. The deal was announced after Ledezma returned from a torn ACL to play his first senior team match in more than a year. PSV says the 21-year-old’s new contract runs through the 2023-24 season.
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Masked worshipers on Friday lined up to enter the church across from the Louvre Museum and attend a Christmas Eve mass – the second year of holiday services under the shadow of the virus. Monsignor Patrick Chauvet, the rector of Notre Dame Cathedral that has been closed
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — A Boston man was arraigned Friday on charges of assault and battery and attempted kidnapping after police said multiple students at a Massachusetts elementary school were approached during recess. Boston police said the incident happened last Wednesday afternoon at the David A.
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy says one of its warships has paused its deployment to South America because of a coronavirus outbreak. The USS Milwaukee, a litorral combat ship, is staying in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, where it had stopped for a scheduled port visit. It
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer The NHL pushed back its return from an already extended holiday break an extra day by postponing its entire 14-game Monday schedule for COVID-19 testing reasons. The league said Friday it now plans to resume play Tuesday in a decision that increases the total of postponed games to 64
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Hay cosas de las que el expresidente Donald Trump quiere hablar, como las vacunas, y otras que preferiría callar, como lo que sucedió exactamente en la Casa Blanca antes del 6 de enero. Esta semana, Trump habló públicamente sobre las vacunas contra el covid-19, apoyándolas ante sus partidarios, corrigiendo cierta
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — No. 5 UCLA’s men’s basketball home games against No. 6 Arizona on Dec. 30 and Arizona State on Jan. 1 have been postponed because of an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak within the program. The Bruins have not been played since a Dec. 11 victory at Marquette. Five games have been called off
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — La amistad de Kate Winslet y Leonardo DiCaprio continuará, a pesar de la distancia o el tiempo. Cuando los dos actores ganadores del Oscar se reunieron en Los Ángeles después de casi tres años debido a la pandemia de covid-19, fue emotivo. Jeff Bezos bromea sobre encuentro entre su novia
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo could be returning to action for the Milwaukee Bucks just in time for Christmas, as he isn’t listed on the Bucks’ injury report for Saturday’s game. That doesn’t guarantee the two-time MVP will be be back on the court for the holiday matchup against the Boston Celtics after spending time
Continue ReadingBy Tony Lopez Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Bold break-ins happened near our State Capitol in downtown Sacramento. The target was a more than century-old high-rise building that is home to lobbyists and other political heavyweights. But something else is weighing heavily on the victims’ minds: What did the thieves
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free of charge to people to use at home. But it will be a few more weeks before any tests go into the mail. That’s primarily because delivery
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Michael Avenatti say there is a strong likelihood that the once high-flying California attorney will testify at a New York trial where he is accused of swindling porn star Stormy Daniels out of a book deal’s proceeds. The lawyers mentioned the subject of his
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Miami Heat center Dewayne Dedmon is expected to miss a week or two with a sprained ligament in his left knee. Dedmon suffered the injury Thursday in Miami’s win over Detroit. It’s another blow to the Heat’s frontcourt depth. Dedmon, Bam Adebayo and Markieff Morris are
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says a Yemeni rebel attack on the southern border town of Jizan has killed two people and wounded seven. The statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency late on Friday said Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a projectile that killed a Saudi citizen and a Yemeni resident
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The holiday scene at the White House has been a little less merry under under COVID-19’s shadow. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden replaced the large parties and overflowing buffet tables of the past with food-free open houses, face masks and testing for the unvaccinated.
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants defensive coordinator Pat Graham says he’ll continue tinkering with the team’s game plan until the morning of the game. That doesn’t leave much time to celebrate Christmas. Graham says he loves the holiday season, but football season gets in the way.
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Armas Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — In classroom 165A at North High School in Denver, a group of Latinx students are having conversations that are sometimes difficult to have. “Especially being Brown you have more doubt being put in you growing up,” said Bernadette Moreno, a sophomore at
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Michael Avenatti say there is a strong likelihood that the once high-flying California attorney will testify at a New York trial where he is accused of swindling porn star Stormy Daniels out of a book deal’s proceeds. The lawyers mentioned the subject of his
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