Creighton University has suspended its men’s basketball head coach Greg McDermott, who apologized earlier this week for making what he said was a “terribly inappropriate analogy” about a plantation when talking to his team following a loss on Saturday. “Specifically, I said: ‘Guys, we got to stick together. We need both feet in. I need
Continue ReadingChina bucked the global recession in 2020, and in doing so narrowed the economic gap with the United States. Now it says it needs to pick up the pace this year. Premier Li Keqiang on Friday announced that China would target growth of more than 6% in 2021. While China emerged from the global downturn
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., are joining with 43 senators in reintroducing legislation that would expand federal background checks to all gun sales.
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Oregon’s Republican state lawmakers sent a joint letter Thursday to Democratic Gov. Kate Brown, urging her to use her executive powers to “take decisive action and reopen all Oregon schools for full in-person instruction immediately.”
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Shortly after Bend police requested the public’s assistance late Thursday night in the search for a 93-year-old man with dementia who walked away from his northwest Bend home earlier in the evening, a concerned citizen found him.
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Committing to workplace health and safety is no small task. New hazards and challenges arise – sometimes unexpectedly. Stepping back to re-assess how far you’ve come and how far you still need to go can be difficult during the daily thrum of work.
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Damian Lillard had 44 points, including 10 straight at a key moment down the stretch, to give the Portland Trail Blazers a 123-119 victory over the Sacramento Kings Thursday night.
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Applications are open for AARP’s Community Challenge grant program.
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The EPA announced Thursday a record $727 million water infrastructure loan to the Portland Water Bureau for Bull Run water treatment improvements.
Continue Reading At 118 years old, the world’s oldest living person is preparing to carry the Olympic torch this May in Japan. Kane Tanaka, who has twice survived cancer, lived through two global pandemics and loves fizzy drinks, will take the flame as it passes through Shime, in her home prefecture of Fukuoka. While Tanaka’s family will
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Freshman Talia von Oelhoffen had 19 points and Oregon State advanced in the Pac-12 tournament with a 71-64 quarterfinal victory over No. 19 Oregon on Thursday.
Continue ReadingChina bucked the global recession in 2020, and in doing so narrowed the economic gap with the United States. Now it says it needs to pick up the pace this year. Premier Li Keqiang on Friday announced that China would target growth of more than 6% in 2021. While China emerged from the global downturn
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Senators who vehemently defend the Senate’s 60-vote threshold for legislation are nonetheless about to accept a simple majority of 51 votes when they decide on the Covid-19 relief bill currently being debated. That paradox is made possible through an exception to the filibuster for fiscal measures known as “reconciliation.” It’s time to craft another exception.
Continue ReadingA Dallas police officer is accused of offering to pay another person to kidnap and kill two people in 2017, Dallas Police Chief Eddie García announced Thursday. Officer Bryan Riser, a 12-year veteran of the department, faces two counts of capital murder, the chief announced at a news conference. “This criminal investigation dates back to
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett penned her first Supreme Court majority opinion on Thursday, writing a 7-2 decision that will shield federal agencies from having to disclose certain materials under an exception to the Freedom of Information Act. Barrett’s debut majority opinion came in a case that was the first she heard as a justice, back
Continue ReadingCovid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic is headed and whether vaccines are working. And there’s no way to make use of one of the most important tools for fighting infectious diseases: contact tracing. “While the public may
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After a year of COVID-19 delays, Honor Flight of Central Oregon is hopeful restrictions will be lifted in time for a September trip by World War II, Korean and Vietnam veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the war memorials and monuments that honor them.
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it should dismiss pending cases concerning “sanctuary cities,” which limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. In letters filed with the court in all three cases related to sanctuary cities, the Justice Department said it had come to an agreement with the
Continue ReadingNew York Attorney General Letitia James was only a few months into her second term as New York City’s public advocate when, over a few hours during a dinner party with friends, a stunning twist of fate put her on a collision course with the state’s most powerful man, Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In a report
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It’s one of our most popular features on NewsChannel 21, and you can see why. Here’s a gorgeous slideshow for you again this week.
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