Dartmouth medical school drops cheating sanctions against students
Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine has dropped all sanctions against 17 students accused of cheating on online exams this spring,…
Continue ReadingYear: 2021
Ransomware legislation under consideration as key senators request input from Biden team
The top two senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee called on the Biden administration on Friday to provide input on…
Continue Reading
Oregon eviction moratorium ends June 30; Brown extends mortgage foreclosure moratorium
As Oregon nears its vaccination target to reopen the economy, Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday she is extending the state’s mortgage foreclosure…
Continue ReadingPete Buttigieg delivers infrastructure message from a bridge with a cracked steel beam
Truck driver Clifton Hughey heard talk all his life about a potential third highway bridge to cross the Mississippi River near Memphis. But with one…
Continue ReadingHouse lawmakers introduce Big Tech bills that could break up Amazon, Google and others
Tech giants including Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google could be forced to make sweeping changes to their businesses under a series of new bills…
Continue Reading
Merkley plans remote, phone town hall for Crook County residents next Friday
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., will hold a remote and telephone town hall for constituents in Crook County next Friday, June…
Continue Reading
Prineville police sergeant responding to crash learns it killed one son, seriously injured another
A Prineville police sergeant who responded to a single-vehicle crash south of town Wednesday night learned it was his two teen-age sons who were…
Continue ReadingCommunity wishes beloved bus driver happy retirement
Click here for updates on this story MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — After 25 years of taking children to and…
Continue ReadingNewsmax portrays Facebook as an enemy of conservatives. Behind the scenes, it’s spending millions on Facebook ads
If you were to judge Newsmax’s views about Facebook by what its hosts say on-air, you would probably be under the impression that the…
Continue ReadingPrivate investigator tries to solve 12-yo mystery
Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Toni Lee Sharpless was a nurse from Chester County who was…
Continue ReadingGrieving family wants justice for slain man
Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — A South Florida family is hoping the public can…
Continue ReadingFAA’s new cleaning methods at air traffic towers aim to curb flight delays
A new cleaning regimen is cutting back on flight delays as the skies grow busier this summer. But the new procedures aren’t for planes or even…
Continue ReadingTeacher suspended after breaking up fight
Click here for updates on this story BARNSTABLE, Massachussets (WBZ) — A Barnstable High School teacher was placed on…
Continue ReadingCar prices are soaring, and they’re not going to stop
Car dealer lots have only a fraction of the vehicles — both new and used — that they typically have. That’s helping send prices to record…
Continue ReadingViral video shows family eating cicadas on pizza
Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Many Marylanders are already over this cicada emergence. But,…
Continue Reading
Bend Chamber, other biz groups urge state to fund ‘modest’ return-to-work bonuses, to ease hiring crunch
The Bend Chamber has joined a consortium of business advocates in a letter to Gov. Kate Brown’s office, recommending the use of some federal…
Continue ReadingTown to relaunch fire department
Click here for updates on this story ESTACADA, Oregon (KPTV) — Starting next month, Estacada will be parting ways with…
Continue Reading Face masks no longer mandated on House floor for those fully vaccinated
Facial coverings will no longer be necessary on the US House floor for those fully vaccinated against Covid-19. House members, staff and visitors can…
Continue Reading Biden administration will return $2 billion to military projects that had been set aside for border wall construction
The Biden administration is returning more than $2 billion to military projects that had previously been set aside for the construction of former…
Continue Reading Stimulus payment adjustments are still going out to people whose 2020 taxes show they lost income
The Internal Revenue Service reports it has distributed additional stimulus cash to millions of people who lost income during 2020 and qualified for…
Continue Reading