By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Business As well as dropping people off at nightclubs, train stations and shopping centers, David Lawrie’s taxi drivers are relied upon to transport disabled passengers, and drive children to school. But as fuel stations across the UK run dry, those drivers are having to make difficult decisions about who does and
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren announced Tuesday that she will oppose Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s renomination, making her the highest-profile lawmaker to do so. “Your record gives me grave concern. Over and over you have acted to make our banking system less safe. And that makes you a dangerous man
Continue ReadingBy CONNOR MCCARTHY Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, WA (KPTV) — A Camas mother is searching for answers after her 14-year-old son was robbed at gunpoint Saturday in a Vancouver parking lot. Around 7:30 Saturday night, Wendy Solberg’s son, Cole met with a man in parking lot on Southeast 192nd Avenue to
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business Americans should brace for sticker shock on home heating costs as temperatures drop this fall and winter. Prices for natural gas, the most common way to heat homes and a leading fuel source for generating electricity, have surged more than 180% over the past 12 months to $5.90 per
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La Administración para el Control de Drogas de EE.UU. (DEA, por sus siglas en inglés) emitió este lunes una alerta de seguridad pública por un fuerte aumento de píldoras de prescripción falsificadas con mezcla de fentanilo y metanfetamina. Se trata de la primera alerta de este tipo emitida por la
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — After missing the playoffs the past three seasons, the New Jersey Devils are telling their fans this is going to be the year. They made several moves in the offseason to strengthen one the NHL’s youngest teams. They signed defenseman Dougie Hamilton to a $63
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Poland has ordered three men to pay equivalent of 1,700 euros ($1,990) in damages for having toppled a statue of late Solidarity-era priest Henryk Jankowski over allegations he sexually abused minors. The court in Gdansk, in the north, did not find them guilty of desecrating the statue. The
Continue ReadingBy John Sinnott, CNN English football is mourning the death of Liverpool striker and World Cup winner Roger Hunt at the age of 83. Hunt, who scored 285 goals in 492 appearances for Liverpool, died peacefully at his home on Monday following a long illness, said the English club in a statement on its website.
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — No solo ha conquistado Europa, LaLiga de España y el continente Americano con su música, ahora también los Latin Grammy. El cantautor colombiano Camilo es el artista con más nominaciones para la edición 22 de los Latin Grammy. Así lo dio a conocer la Academia Latina de la Grabación este
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A Munich court has heard a claim for compensation from a German certification company over a devastating dam collapse in Brazil in January, 2019. More than 270 people died when the dam at a mine operated by Brazilian mining giant Vale collapsed, flooding nearby Brumadinho with mud. A local unit of Germany’s
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GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… The current system will weaken a bit for Central Oregon, but leave behind some cold air. After some morning showers, we will see some partial clearing later in the day. Highs will be in the 50’s and westerly winds will pick up to a gusty 10-15 mph. Look for partly cloudy
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers went from a trendy pick to win the East Division to having to answer for another lost season. The Flyers have not won the championship since taking their first two in 1974 and 1975. The Flyers have not played in the Final since
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say 41 Afghan refugees have flown from Athens to Portugal as part of a bilateral agreement to resettle 1,000 people who have been granted asylum. The Afghans traveled to Greece before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August. Greek officials said Tuesday that another 43 are expected to
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie, CNN Sixteen people have been injured — including four critically — after an explosion led to a large fire in an apartment building in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, emergency services told CNN Monday. The blast happened at 4:45 a.m. local time, according to Swedish police who are investigating the cause of
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Ford Motor Co. and South Korea-based energy company SK Innovations are investing $11.4 billion to build two new enormous manufacturing campuses for electric vehicles, creating more than 10,000 new jobs and representing Ford’s largest-ever single manufacturing investment in the company’s 118-year history. Ford’s share of the investment will be $7
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster and Ethan Cohen, CNN Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed the state’s redistricting bills Monday, hours before a deadline that would’ve taken the process out of the legislature’s hands and making Oregon the first state with a new congressional map after the 2020 Census. The new congressional map is a compromise that’s expected
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Syria says invitations have been issued for a sixth meeting of the committee charged with producing a new constitution for war-torn Syria in October. The five previous meetings of Syrian government, opposition and civil society representatives have failed to make
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses that have announced vaccine mandates say some workers who had been on the fence have since gotten inoculated against COVID-19. But many holdouts remain — a likely sign of what is to come once a federal mandate goes into effect. Even
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The Family Access Network (FAN) recently received a $7,500 grant from the St. Charles Foundation to support services in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties.
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s Home Affairs Commissioner says the 27-nation bloc could work out ways to stem the flow of migrants from Turkey to Cyprus and other EU countries when she holds high-level talks in Ankara next month. Ylva Johansson says “it’s not impossible to find a
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