By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin is promising to use his executive powers to withdraw the commonwealth from a multistate carbon cap-and-trade program he says has overburdened ratepayers and businesses. Youngkin said during a speech Wednesday that he would pull Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin is promising to use his executive powers to withdraw the commonwealth from a multistate carbon cap-and-trade program he says has overburdened ratepayers and businesses. Youngkin said during a speech Wednesday that he would pull Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN While many of us will spend the final days of 2021 reflecting on its whirlwind events, global color authority Pantone has already been busy looking ahead — to decide on the shade that will best encapsulate 2022. On Wednesday it unveiled Very Peri, a periwinkle hue that the company says combines the
Continue ReadingCNN Leah Dolan, CNN While many of us will spend the final days of 2021 reflecting on its whirlwind events, global color authority Pantone has already been busy looking ahead — to decide on the shade that will best encapsulate 2022. On Wednesday it unveiled Very Peri, a periwinkle hue that the company says combines
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Miami has announced the hiring of Dan Radakovich as athletic director, completing a busy week of transition for the Hurricanes. Radakovich comes from Clemson, where he spent the last nine years overseeing the Tigers’ rise to football superpower under coach Dabo Swinney. The announcement comes two days
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers’ special teams have been far from special for two straight games. The unit has given up touchdowns on a kick return and fake punt, turned the ball over once, missed a couple of kicks and allowed a few other
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Hillary Clinton has shared for the first time what would have been her 2016 presidential victory speech. In a soon-to-be-released Masterclass episode on “The Power of Resilience,” the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and former secretary of state reads from the remarks she had prepared to give in New
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former boyfriend of a woman who says she was paid to give sexual favors to Jeffrey Epstein starting at age 14 corroborated parts of her account at the sex trafficking trial of the millionaire’s longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell. The man said Wednesday
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Happy Wednesday, Central Oregon! We’re expecting partly cloudy skies, and we will see a colder night for our Wednesday. Lows will range from the mid-teens to mid-20s. Winds turn southwest at a gusty 15 mph. Scattered mixed showers are possible all day Thursday, with highs in the low 40s and lows in the 20s. We get some
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia launched his campaign for governor on Monday with a false claim about his chief opponent in the Republican primary, incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp. In a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Perdue accused Kemp of handing control of Georgia elections to Democrat Stacey Abrams, the
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia launched his campaign for governor on Monday with a false claim about his chief opponent in the Republican primary, incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp. In a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Perdue accused Kemp of handing control of Georgia elections to Democrat Stacey Abrams,
Continue ReadingRIVERVIEW, Fla. (AP) — A body camera video shows that a Florida deputy who fatally shot an 88-year-old man while checking on his welfare repeatedly identified herself, telling him to put his gun down and firing only after he advanced on her and threatened to shoot her. The video released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is asking for help in avoiding having personal data about its users scraped from its platforms and posted to the web. The social media giant announced Wednesday that it is expanding its bug bounty program — which offers rewards for helping
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A recount for a Virginia state House seat has upheld the Republican candidate’s victory in last month’s election. The win cements what will be a 52-48 majority for the GOP when the chamber convenes in January. A court certified Wednesday that Republican A.C. Cordoza had defeated
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Bargaining teams representing Oregon’s seven public universities and classified union employees announced Wednesday they have reached agreement on a five-year labor contract, the longest ever between the two parties.
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is suing the House select committee investigating January 6 and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, asking a federal court to block enforcement of the subpoena the committee issued him as well as the subpoena it issued to Verizon for
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Estamos por obtener una nueva perspectiva de algunos de los objetos más extremos del universo. En la madrugada del 9 de diciembre, la NASA lanzará su misión Explorador de Polarimetría de Rayos X de Imágenes (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), o IXPE, para medir los rayos X liberados por los agujeros negros
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Brasil subastará decenas de aeropuertos del país al sector privado para fines de 2022, con el fin de aumentar las inversiones y la calidad de los servicios, dijo este miércoles el Gobierno en un tuit. “Al final del gobierno, 50 de los aeropuertos más importantes del país habrán sido transferidos al
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says the off week has assisted him in his recovery from a toe injury. But it’s still painful enough to keep the reigning MVP from practicing. Rodgers wasn’t on the practice field Wednesday as the Packers prepared for
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN The House is planning to advance Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s legislation to create a special envoy to combat Islamophobia on Thursday, marking the first step members are taking since Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert’s anti-Muslim comments calling Omar a terrorist. The bill, led by Omar that CNN exclusively reported in July, is
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