While former President Donald Trump continues to spread falsehoods about the 2020 election, California recall candidate Caitlyn Jenner told CNN’s Dana Bash in a new interview that she does not believe the election was “stolen,” but argued there needs to be “integrity” in the US election system. “He is our President. I respect that,” Jenner
Continue ReadingAfter spending two-and-a-half years together, a NASA spacecraft bid farewell to its asteroid companion Monday and began the long journey back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, and it carries a generous amount of material collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. It’s the culmination of years of hard work
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FOLSOM, California (KOVR) — There’s a kiddie kitchen, a sandbox and climbing toys in the Jones’ backyard, but right in the middle of all the baby toys, Debbie Jones found a massive arrow. Kevin and Debbie spend a lot of time in their backyard. So they set up
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — People in southwestern Pennsylvania reported seeing a strange line of lights in the sky. People took to Twitter on Friday to see if others saw what they claimed: a line of lights shooting across the night sky. But it was not an alien invasion. KDKA
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The Bend area’s median home sales price jumped by more than 10% last month, up $61,000 to $651,000, fueled by numerous sales of over $1 million, Beacon Appraisal Group reported Monday. By contrast, Redmond’s median sales price barely budged in April.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A disoriented duck got a big helping hand from New York’s Finest. Two NYPD officers rescued the dozen ducklings, who had wandered to Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side Sunday morning. The officers placed the ducklings into a large carrier. Video posted to
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If Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit ends up being disqualified for failing a postrace drug test, second-place finisher Mandaloun will inherit the title. Like Medina Spirit, Mandaloun is a 3-year-old colt. The two were separated by half a length at the Derby finish line on May 1. A blood sample taken after the race found
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ANDOVER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Andover parents Kristin and Scott are speaking out on behalf of their daughter. She along with two of her friends are freshmen at UMass Amherst. A picture posted on social media of the three friends not wearing masks outside was handed over to the
Continue ReadingA Florida school principal did not commit a crime when she paddled a 6-year-old girl on the buttocks, as she appeared to have been asked by the child’s mother to discipline the girl, according to a review by the state attorney’s office. The girl’s mother secretly recorded the incident at Central Elementary School in Clewiston,
Continue ReadingWould-be air travelers hold billions of dollars in credits for future flights, and two US senators want airlines to drop restrictions like expiration dates — or to refund the customers in cash. Sens. Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal, both Democrats, are sending a letter to 10 US airlines Monday asking the carriers “commit to providing
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Lauren Swope’s daughter Arabella will have quite the story to tell when she grows up. “What a crazy birth story she has, especially because the outcome was what we wanted it to be,” Swope said. Swope, now a mother of three, was a patient at
Continue ReadingOne of the largest US fuel pipelines remained largely paralyzed Monday after a ransomware cyberattack forced the temporary shutdown of all operations late last week — an incident that laid bare vulnerabilities in the country’s aging energy infrastructure. The victim of the attack, Colonial Pipeline is a company that transports more than 100 million gallons
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota golden retriever puppy has been special since birth. Marvel was the only puppy from her Litchfield litter born without a front right paw, says Barb Felt, the breeder of Rolling Oaks Goldens. “When she was born, we knew right away she had a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — “Special” probably isn’t a strong enough word to describe this Mother’s Day holiday for one Plymouth family. Autumn Wiste donated one of her kidneys Friday to her youngest son, Lucas. She was released from the hospital Sunday and got to visit him. “I think it
Continue ReadingTensions in Jerusalem reached their highest point in years Monday with rocket sirens sounding just after 6:00 p.m. (11 a.m. ET), capping another day of violence in the holy city, where hundreds of Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli police. In response to what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said were dozens of
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden had to tread a fine line Monday between heralding the economic progress his administration has made so far and stressing the need to continue supporting laid-off workers and pass his large-scale infrastructure proposal in the wake of last week’s disappointing jobs report. Though the economy created a scant 266,000 jobs in April,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PACIFIC PALISADES, California (KCNC) — Police are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti that has been sprayed on benches and pathways from Will Rogers State Park south into Venice over the past month. The neon spray-painted messages are hard to miss and especially upsetting with phrases like “the Jew is guilty”
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Monday that Oregon will receive about $222.5 million in federal resources from the American Rescue Plan for emergency rental assistance.
Continue ReadingTensions in Jerusalem reached their highest point in years Monday with rocket sirens sounding just after 6:00 p.m. (11 a.m. ET), capping another day of violence in the holy city, where hundreds of Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli police. In response to what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said were dozens of
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– The University of Oregon and Western Oregon University on Monday joined a growing number of colleges and universities across the state to require COVID-19 vaccinations for on-campus students, faculty and staff this fall.
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