Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who met Wednesday to review blood clot cases among people who received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine said they need more information before changing recommendations on its use. The panel chose not to vote on the matter. The CDC and US Food and Drug Administration’s
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Wednesday they are co-sponsoring the Healthy Families Act, paid sick days legislation that they said would help keep workers, communities and the economy in Oregon and nationwide healthy.
Continue ReadingThe Senate voted 92-6 to advance a bill Wednesday that would address the surge of hate crimes against Asian Americans, signaling broad bipartisan support and momentum for the measure. The bill, which would assign a Justice Department official to expedite reviews of potential Covid-19-related hate crimes and establish an online database, initially received pushback from
Continue ReadingThe White House is expected to name Erika Moritsugu to a senior-level Asian American and Pacific Islander liaison position, two sources familiar with the decision said Wedesday. The expected announcement comes less than a month after the White House committed to naming a senior-level AAPI liaison following pressure from Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and
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Federal officials announced Wednesday that farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project spanning the Oregon-California border will get 8% of the deliveries they need amid a severe drought.
Continue ReadingHouse Republicans are doing their best to steer clear of embattled Rep. Matt Gaetz amid an FBI investigation into whether he broke sex trafficking laws and had sex with a 17-year-old girl. The Republican efforts to keep their distance from Gaetz also offer him a lifeline within the GOP conference, as he appears safe at
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Timberwolves are in the process of being sold to a new ownership duo in billionaire Eric Lore and former Yankees star Alex Rodriguez. When reporters asked Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards for his thoughts on A-Rod following the team’s game against the Brooklyn Nets
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America’s top spies are coming in from the cold. Relationships between the heads of the CIA, FBI, NSA and DIA and then-President Donald Trump were so brittle that the spooks avoided testifying in public at annual Worldwide Threats hearings in Congress last year. The problem then was that their fact-based review of national security perils
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Summer is right around the corner and that means lots of kids on summer break. St. Louis City is offering its annual free summer camps, even though things will look different. “We normally serve 1-300 children. We’re now going to serve 30 children in
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Deschutes County Justice Court staff is warning residents about a scam involving fake emails that ask residents to pay fines supposedly associated with traffic citations.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — One San Francisco restaurant is dealing with yet another blow on top of the pandemic, as every meal and every dollar counts for struggling restaurants scraping by during this time. K-Elements BBQ on Clement Street in the Richmond District said they were hit twice
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Because civic engagement is essential, City Club of Central Oregon and the League of Women Voters of Deschutes County have again partnered to bring you a series of seven candidate forums for positions on the local ballot for the May election.
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The federal government can take “immediate possession” of a Texas family’s land along the US-Mexico border after a years-long court battle, a federal judge has ruled — a move at odds with President Joe Biden’s pledge to halt wall construction. Tuesday’s ruling from Judge Micaela Alvarez of the Texas Southern District Court was a blow
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — An Auburn woman has quite the delivery story after she gave birth in a hospital parking garage. There have been plenty of parents-to-be who have pulled into the UC Davis Medical Center’s parking garage. One of them being Madison Fritter on St. Patrick’s Day. “It
Continue ReadingAs offices reopen, Uber says its employees can work from home if they choose — but only for two days a week. Starting in September, the ride-hailing company will shift to a “hybrid model” for its employees “with a clear expectation that they also come into the office 3 days a week,” Nikki Krishnamurthy, the
Continue ReadingKimberly Godwin is about to make history — as the incoming president of ABC News, she’ll be the first Black executive to run one of America’s major broadcast network newsrooms. ABC’s parent company, Disney, announced Godwin’s appointment on Wednesday. She will take over in May. Godwin is currently an executive vice president at CBS News,
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun providing financial assistance for eligible COVID-19 related funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020 in Oregon and nationwide.
Continue ReadingScientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned spider webs into music — creating an eerie soundtrack that could help them better understand how the arachnids spin their complex creations and even how they communicate. The MIT team worked with Berlin-based artist Tomás Saraceno to take two-dimensional laser scans of a spider web, which
Continue ReadingA 16-year-old, armed with a knife and what turned out to be an airsoft gun, was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon by a Maryland state trooper, a state police official said. The shooting is the latest incident of police killing or wounding teenagers who were found with or near nonlethal guns, including recent cases in
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story 4/14/2021 (OutSmart Magazine) — Dear Colton, Welcome to the family. I saw that interview where you came out as gay to Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, and it took me back to when I was coming out of the closet. It was tough. But I promise you,
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