At least two fires broke out at Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building during a demonstration Saturday night, but firefighters say the building itself was not set on fire.
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s military is charging families $85 to retrieve the bodies of relatives killed by security forces in a bloody crackdown on Friday, according to activists. At least 82 people were killed Friday in Bago, 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of Yangon, after the city was “raided” by the military’s security forces, said advocacy group Assistance
Continue ReadingA Fresno, California, police officer was fired Friday after online images and videos surfaced showing his alleged involvement with the far-right group the Proud Boys, Fresno police said. Rick Fitzgerald had been placed on paid administrative leave last month and an internal investigation was launched, the department said. It is unclear what level of involvement
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Congress will return to Washington this week with a host of problems to address — but no clear legislative paths to resolve any of them. On immigration, the two parties are at sharp odds over what to do about the growing crisis at the Southern border. On mass shootings, there are discussions about a possible
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Happy Sunday, Central Oregon! Another sunny day, but this time calmer. The respite from the wind will be temporary, though, as we’ll get another bit of low pressure Monday night that will kick up the winds once again, although this time, our temperatures will stay in the mid 50s. Monday will actually warm up to
Continue ReadingThe Mt. Hood resorts each got new snow, but none of the C.O. resorts did. This was the final day for Willamette Pass for the season.
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A number of Central Oregon Jewish organizations met on Zoom on Sunday to commemorate the Holocaust and celebrate Jewish independence in Israel.
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A number of different car communities met Sunday at General Duffy’s Waterhole in Redmond to compare cars, listen to music and have some food.
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The mass vaccine clinic at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds is accepting applications for medical and non-medical volunteers. Applications can be found here.
Continue ReadingSevere weather across central Florida is causing delays at some of the state’s major airports as the storm threat continues to increase. Sunday’s severe storm threat across the Florida Peninsula has been increased to an “enhanced” risk, level three of five, according to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC). This threat level includes the cities of
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Daily new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Canada have skyrocketed amid the third wave of the pandemic and have now outpaced the United States per capita. As of Saturday, the rolling seven-day average number of new cases in Canada was 207.27 cases per
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A clinical trial on personalized cancer vaccines to prevent recurrence has shown potential benefits and appears to have no safety concerns, according to researchers. Phase one clinical trials for the personalized inoculations completed at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, showed that they
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A US Army officer is suing two Virginia police officers after they pointed guns at him, pepper sprayed him and pushed him to the ground during a traffic stop last December for what the officers believed was a missing license plate on his new SUV. The lawsuit by 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario, who is Black
Continue ReadingKid Cudi’s wardrobe for his Saturday Night Live musical performances this weekend had a lot going on. First, he sported a t-shirt featuring a picture of Chris Farley during his performance of “Tequila Shots” from his latest album “Man on the Moon III: The Chosen.” Farley, a former SNL cast member, died in 1997 at
Continue ReadingFirst, the good news: The United States reported a record-high 4.6 million doses of vaccines administered in one day, according to data published Saturday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Amazing Saturday! +4.63M doses administered over total yesterday, a new record,” tweeted Dr. Cyrus Shahpar, the White House Covid-19 data director. “More than
Continue ReadingOver 175.1 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in the United States as of April 9, but many people still have questions about when to get the vaccine — particularly if they have had Covid-19 over the past year. Taking the vaccine also becomes more complicated if someone was recently diagnosed with Covid-19
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When losing soldiers flee a battlefield — or people migrate in search of a better life — they are voting with their feet. “Foot voting” lets people control their own destiny, law professor Ilya Somin argues. In America today, people are also voting with their arms, rolling up their sleeves to get vaccinated against Covid-19
Continue ReadingA standoff at a Hawaii hotel is over after an armed man barricaded inside killed himself following a 10-hour lockdown, Honolulu police said. Honolulu police said SWAT teams entered the room at the Kahala Hotel and Resort where the man was holed up at 3:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. ET) Sunday and found him dead with
Continue ReadingThe United Arab Emirates has not proven that Princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the missing daughter of Dubai’s ruler, is alive, the United Nations has said. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Friday it has asked the UAE for “proof of life” for the Princess, but has
Continue ReadingKid Cudi’s wardrobe for his Saturday Night Live musical performances this weekend had a lot going on. First, he sported a t-shirt featuring a picture of Chris Farley during his performance of “Tequila Shots” from his latest album “Man on the Moon III: The Chosen.” Farley, a former SNL cast member, died in 1997 at
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