Oregon Adaptive Sports’ ‘Ski for All’ Challenge: Do 24 miles over 24 days, your way
Spring is around the corner, but Covid is still hanging around. Oregon Adaptive Sports wants to invite the entire community to a challenge: From…
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Asian man recalls unprovoked attack at subway station
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — Police are investigating yet another unprovoked attack on a…
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Senate begins marathon Covid relief push as debate opens with reading 600-page bill aloud
The Senate is now engaged in a marathon effort to take up President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, a process that could…
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Square to acquire majority stake in music service Tidal for $297 million
Jay-Z has 99 problems but figuring out a buyer for his struggling music streaming service is no longer one. Square, the payments company founded and…
Continue ReadingMississippi moves one step closer to banning transgender athletes from women’s sports
Mississippi moved one step closer to banning transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports after the state House approved a bill on…
Continue ReadingFauci calls loosening Covid-19 restrictions inexplicable as variants threaten another surge
While tens of thousands of Americans are infected with the coronavirus each day and more research suggests variants threaten another surge, some…
Continue ReadingItaly blocks export of Covid-19 vaccine doses to Australia, using EU powers for the first time
Italy invoked European Union powers to block the export of 250,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Australia on Thursday, in a dramatic escalation of a…
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West Virginia man charged with stealing C-SPAN employee equipment during Capitol riot
Federal prosecutors have charged Eric Gene Barber of West Virginia in connection to the Capitol riot, alleging he stole C-SPAN employee equipment…
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Gov. Brown to give 2-week extension for counties facing move back to ‘Extreme Risk’
Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday a modification to the process for assigning county risk levels, specifically for counties facing moves back to…
Continue ReadingWoman gets part-time job at nursing home so she can visit her dad during pandemic
Lisa Racine hasn’t been able to visit her dad in-person at the nursing home he lives at because of the coronavirus pandemic. So, she decided to…
Continue ReadingLawsuit says university did not act to stop a professor from sexually harassing student
Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — A former University of Nebraska-Lincoln…
Continue ReadingFederal investigators are examining communications between US lawmakers and Capitol rioters
Federal investigators are examining records of communications between members of Congress and the pro-Trump mob that attacked the US Capitol, as the…
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Oregon reports 32 more COVID-19 related deaths, 4 in Central Oregon
There are 32 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,284, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingArrest made in murder of a Racine woman in the Rocky Mountains in 1982
Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — She was training a once-wild mustang. She…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Rand Paul’s comparisons of genital mutilation and gender confirmation surgery
Last week, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky used part of his allotted time during the Senate confirmation hearing for Dr. Rachel Levine,…
Continue ReadingOil prices surge as OPEC and its allies extend production cuts
A group of major oil producers has agreed to extend production cuts for another month despite a recent price surge, choosing to limit supply until…
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Oregonians urged to weigh in at upcoming hearings on redistricting process
Legislative and congressional districts are redrawn once every decade to ensure each district is fairly represented in the Oregon Legislature and in…
Continue Reading Blinken and Austin will travel to Japan and South Korea later this month
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Japan and South Korea later this month, marking the first…
Continue ReadingFormer police chief is facing charges over fires authorities say were linked to people he had disagreements with
A former Maryland police chief is facing multiple arson and attempted murder charges in connection with 11 fires spanning from 2011 to 2020,…
Continue ReadingYouTube CEO says Trump’s account will be restored when risk of violence recedes
Former President Donald Trump’s YouTube account will eventually be restored in accordance with the platform’s current policies, the…
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