FBI Director Chris Wray will finally have to answer questions about the January 6 insurrection when he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, his first public testimony since the deadly riot occurred nearly two months ago. The hearing will also mark Wray’s first public appearance since the White House announced in January that he
Continue ReadingCalifornia leaders have reached an agreement to encourage schools to resume in-person classes by the end of March. The agreement combines proposals from Gov. Gavin Newsom and from California’s legislature to provide $6.6 billion to help return schools to in-person learning. “We incentivize opening up our schools by providing real resources to do it,” Newsom
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift is over the jokes. The singer tweeted Monday to express her displeasure with a joke included in the Netflix series “Ginny & Georgia.” “Hey Ginny & Georgia, 2010 called and it wants its lazy, deeply sexist joke back,” Swift tweeted along with a close caption of the joke “What do you care? You
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And then there were three. There are now three Covid-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration, manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. All three will be distributed across the United States. Many people are wondering which Covid-19 vaccine they should get: Is one better for certain groups
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was hit with more charges Monday, as protesters returned to the streets in a show of defiance following the deadliest day since the military seized power in a coup in early February. Suu Kyi appeared in a court hearing via video conference where she was charged with
Continue ReadingChina’s Nio is continuing its turnaround and even eyeing a push abroad. But the wannabe “Tesla killer” isn’t on completely sure footing just yet. Sales for the automaker climbed significantly higher in the fourth quarter of 2020, it reported Monday, though losses also widened more than expected. Nio posted a net loss of almost 1.4
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Hundreds of schoolgirls that were kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria have been rescued, authorities said. The 279 girls were abducted on Friday by armed men who raided their state-run school in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara State, a high-ranking government official with knowledge of the incident told CNN. Yusuf Idris, a spokesman for the regional governor, said
Continue ReadingThe US is at risk of losing all its recent gains in the battle against Covid-19 as highly contagious variants take advantage of Americans getting lax with safety measures. “Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained,” said Dr. Rochelle
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Starting this month, the Early Learning Division will be publishing a monthly report detailing the Emergency Child Care facilities reporting a confirmed or presumptive positive COVID-19 case to the Office of Child Care.
Continue ReadingA batch of Covid-19 vaccines had to be rescued by boat after heavy rains threatened the power supply at a Kentucky health facility, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The doses were rescued from the Lee County Health Department in Beattyville and moved to Wolfe County, Beshear said during a press conference Monday. Not a single
Continue ReadingA batch of Covid-19 vaccines had to be rescued by boat after heavy rains threatened the power supply at a Kentucky health facility, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The doses were rescued from the Lee County Health Department in Beattyville and moved to Wolfe County, Beshear said during a press conference Monday. Not a single
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Damian Lillard had 23 points and 10 assists and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a four-game losing streak Monday night with a 123-111 victory over the Charlotte Hornets.
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Chris Duarte scored 22 points, Eugene Omoruyi added 21 and Oregon ended Arizona’s season with an 80-69 win on Monday night.
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The Better Business Bureau has teamed up with federal, state, and local agencies for the launch of this year’s National Consumer Protection Week, going on through Friday.
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We had a wonderful February, in terms of stellar sunrises and sunsets. But if Night 1 is any indication, March will be just as super, if not more so. Thanks for your photos from around the region – please send us yours from the Share tab at KTVZ.COM.
Continue Reading Addiction to smartphones will result in poor sleep, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in Frontiers in Psychiatry, looked at smartphone use among 1,043 students between the ages of 18 and 30 at King’s College London. Researchers asked the students to complete two questionnaires on their sleep quality and smartphone usage, in
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Parent groups across the Bend-La Pine Schools are uniting for the month of March to raise funds for the Family Access Network.
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A stretch of long-idle railroad tracks in Prineville are now being turned into about a half-mile walking and biking path, from Northeast Juniper Street to Combs Flat Road.
Continue ReadingHundreds of protesters risked arrest to demonstrate outside a Hong Kong court, where 47 pro-democracy activists appeared Monday charged with subversion under the national security law, as authorities step up their crackdown against opposition voices. The protest was the largest seen in the city for months, with those gathered chanting the banned slogan, “Liberate Hong
Continue ReadingEarlier this year tensions between ABC News anchors George Stephanopoulos and David Muir boiled over to the point that Stephanopoulos threatened to walk to a rival network, according to sources close to the matter. In an unusual intervention, Disney executive chairman Bob Iger flew across the country to broker peace at ABC News. Iger smoothed
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