VALE, Ore. (AP) — An Australian company has started drilling at southeast Oregon site that could eventually host a large lithium mine. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports mineral-exploration company Jindalee Resources Ltd. announced this week that it’s working to determine the extent of a lithium deposit in Malheur County. The company said the Oregon Department of
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has postponed a deposition with a former Justice Department official Saturday until Dec. 16 due to a “medical condition that precludes his participation.” Jeffrey Clark had aligned himself with former President Donald Trump last year as he
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Portland Trail Blazers have fired General Manager and President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey, effective immediately. The team announced the decision Friday morning and said the termination is due to “violations of the Portland Trail Blazers’ Code of Conduct” that
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana State Prison inmate serving a 100-year sentence for killing his wife in 1983 has confessed to killing a 19-year-old Helena woman in 1968. The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office announced that 79-year-old Courtney Brooke Atlas confessed Wednesday to killing Pamela Dorrington. She
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN US Central Command has launched an investigation after a drone strike against a senior al Qaeda leader in northwest Syria on Friday may have killed civilians, according to a spokesman for Central Command. The strike in Idlib, Syria, was carried out by an MQ-9 Reaper, targeting a senior al Qaeda leader
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket earlier this year has been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial for now. A judge on Friday ordered 22-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa to be treated at the state mental hospital to see if he can
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Investigadores en Sudáfrica informaron este jueves que encontraron alguna evidencia de que las personas que habían sido infectadas una vez con el coronavirus tenían más probabilidades de volver a infectarse con la variante ómicron que con las variantes beta o delta. Dijeron que es demasiado pronto para saberlo con certeza,
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has denied clemency for a death row inmate sentenced to die for the 1985 shooting death of a Putnam City schoolteacher. Stitt’s decision clears the way for Bigler Stouffer II to receive a lethal injection on Thursday at the Oklahoma State
Continue ReadingBy ANGIE RICONO Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — Kevin Strickland spent 43 years in prison for a Kansas City triple murder he swears he didn’t do. He was recently freed after Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker took another look at his case. Her conviction integrity unit
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The state of Nevada plans to fully cooperate with federal efforts to investigate the history of Native American boarding schools. Governor Steve Sisolak on Friday apologized for the state’s role in funding the construction of and relocation of children to the Stewart
Continue ReadingBy Mallika Kallingal and Stella Chan, CNN Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) must pay $125 million for its role in the 2019 Kincade Fire in Sonoma County, according to a settlement with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). PG&E shareholders will pay $40 million to the state’s general fund and $85 million will go toward
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — ¿Quiénes pueden trabajar en Canadá, y cómo se obtiene un permiso de trabajo o visa como extranjero? De acuerdo con el gobierno canadiense, para trabajar en Canadá como extranjero normalmente se requiere un permiso de trabajo, aunque existen excepciones. Por ejemplo, si eres un líder religioso, un artista, orador público
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Police say the drivers involved in two car-to-car shootings are also believed to have committed a hit-and-run that took out a pick-up truck in Del Rey. According to the LAPD, radio calls of a shooting in progress in the 5000
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN On paper, there’s nothing particularly new about “Harlem,” which focuses on yet another quartet of 30-something women navigating life and love in the big city. But the execution of this Amazon series from “Girls Trip” writer Tracy Oliver lifts it above the norm, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments — starting
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Cascades Academy’s Teen MUSE Club is doing its part to make the world a better place by hosting a virtual fundraiser to benefit Ten Friends, a local organization that works to educate young women and bring health services to remote villages in Nepal.
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A 34-year-old Nevada man has been arrested on multiple charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, including assaulting law officers with what prosecutors say appeared to be a table leg with a protruding nail. A U.S. magistrate in Reno ordered Josiah Kenyon
Continue ReadingBy Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Jen Christensen, CNN With the Omicron variant showing up in more states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told CNN Friday that her agency is working hard to understand exactly what kind of threat this new variant poses. But she points out that the
Continue ReadingCNN, WDIV By Theresa Waldrop and Mallika Kallingal, CNN The parents of the suspect in a shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan that left four students dead this week are facing involuntary manslaughter charges in those deaths. Legal experts were quick to point out that such charges are far from the norm — it
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has health officials in some U.S. communities reviving contact tracing operations in an attempt to slow and understand its spread. In New York City, officials quickly reached out to a man who tested positive for the variant
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN The January 6 select committee announced Friday that the deposition with Jeffrey Clark originally scheduled for Saturday has been postponed until December 16 due to a “medical condition that precludes his participation in tomorrow’s meeting.” “Through his attorney, Mr. Clark has informed the Select Committee of
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