By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A Russian-speaking cybercriminal group responsible for a series of ransomware attacks on major US firms brought some of its infrastructure back online this week in a sign that it could be back in business, according to cybersecurity experts. Payment portals and a victim-shaming website used by the so-called REvil group had
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The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has formed a committee to begin the process of amending the Oregon Administrative Rules that govern state parks, as directed by legislation passed during the 2021 session.
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN Officials in Richmond, Virginia, have called off the search for a nearly 134-year-old time capsule that was believed to be embedded in the huge pedestal base of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed Wednesday. It was thought to contain about 60 artifacts, many of which were
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Columnist On that sunny morning two decades ago, in the hours and minutes and seconds before everything changed, sports was playing its usual role in the fabric of life. Then, for a fleeting moment after 9/11, it looked as though our favorite games might help us cope with the grieving
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On Saturday, Sept. 25,, the Bureau of Land Management is hosting numerous National Public Lands Day events across Oregon and Washington.
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Gov. Kate Brown on Friday called the Oregon Legislature into a special legislative session in order to adopt new congressional and legislative district maps, the next step in the census and redistricting process.
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets’ secondary is a primary concern because of its inexperience at cornerback. Second-year defensive back Bryce Hall is slated to be one of the starters when the Jets open the season at Carolina on Sunday. The other starting job
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Zoo Atlanta is reporting that members of its western lowland gorilla troops have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19. The zoo says that Gorilla Care Team members saw the gorillas coughing and noticed they had nasal discharge
Continue ReadingBy Vickie Welborn Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — The Caddo Parish Commission appears headed to new heights when it comes to mosquito control in hard-to-reach areas of the parish. The commission’s Animal Services Committee on Thursday approved the purchase of a drone that will be able to fly over
Continue ReadingBy Lee Peck Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A follow up to a house on Houston street shot up and woman grazed by a bullet Tuesday night. And according to Mobile Police just the day before another home in Maysville was shot up. This one happening on Booker Street
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber spent some time this week reflecting on the Sept. 11 attacks. He says he’s glad he made the decision then to cancel the remainder of the league’s regular-season games following the tragedy. The MLS came back for the playoffs that year. The
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is giving the first public look inside a U.S. military base housing Afghans airlifted out of Afghanistan, amid questions about how the government is caring for the refugees and vetting them. The three-hour tour of Fort Bliss Army base in
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press A federal judge has thrown out all charges against a University of Tennessee professor accused of hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving research grants from NASA. Anming Hu was arrested in February, charged with wire fraud and making false statements. In June, the judge declared a mistrial
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt says he’s ready to deal with the pressure that comes with his massive new contract. Watt and the Steelers have agreed to a deal that will pay him $28 million a season beginning in 2022. That salary will make Watt the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A memoir by Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey will be reissued this fall after publisher W.W. Norton and Company dropped it amid multiple allegations against Bailey of sexual assault and abuse. Skyhorse Publishing announced Friday that Bailey’s “The Splendid Things We Planned,” first published in 2014, will come out an e-book
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — All but four of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudi citizens and the Saudi kingdom was the birthplace of Osama bin Laden, the head of al-Qaida and mastermind of the attack. But that was 20 years ago. While still politically repressive, Saudi Arabia
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief is pledging to rapidly evaluate COVID-19 vaccines for younger kids — as soon as the studies are in. Dr. Peter Marks tells The Associated Press he is “very, very hopeful” that vaccinations for 5- to 11-year-olds will be underway by year’s end.
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief is pledging to rapidly evaluate COVID-19 vaccines for younger kids — as soon as the studies are in. Dr. Peter Marks tells The Associated Press he is “very, very hopeful” that vaccinations for 5- to 11-year-olds will be underway by year’s end.
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A shop was destroyed and a connected bus barn damaged by a fire that broke out Friday morning at the Three Sisters Adventist Christian School on Tumalo Road, Bend fire officials said.
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned US Ambassador John Sullivan to complain about alleged interference by what it called American “digital giants” in Russia’s upcoming parliamentary election. A ministry statement Friday said the deputy foreign minister claimed Russia “possesses irrefutable evidence of the violation of Russian legislation by the American ‘digital giants’ in
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