Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she will be calling the Legislature into special session in two weeks, on Dec. 13 to address eviction protections for renters.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Kiely Westhoff, CNN The former dean of Temple University’s business school was convicted Monday on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud for a scheme in which he and others used false data to boost the school’s position on the US News and World Report’s rankings, the US Attorney’s Office said. Moshe
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Two men are set to plead guilty Tuesday to supplying the fentanyl-laced pills which lead to the 2018 overdose death of rapper Mac Miller at his home in Studio City. Stephen Walter, 48, and Ryan Reavis, 38, will each plead
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La agencia de Salud de Brasil, Anvisa, dijo este martes que dos brasileños dieron positivo por la nueva variante del coronavirus ómicron. Este marca los primeros casos de la variante ómicron en América Latina y convierte a Brasil en el vigésimo país en reportar la nueva variante. Un pasajero, que había
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is working on an electronic vaccine verification tool that residents could use to share their COVID-19 vaccination status with businesses that ask for proof of verification. KGW-TV reports the Oregon Health Authority said the tool would be optional and people could volunteer to opt-in. Health officials say Oregon is testing
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is working on an electronic vaccine verification tool that residents could use to share their COVID-19 vaccination status with businesses that ask for proof of verification. KGW-TV reports the Oregon Health Authority said the tool would be optional and people could volunteer to opt-in. Health officials say Oregon is testing
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Health officials in Brazil have reported the country’s first confirmed cases of the omicron variant in two travelers returning from South Africa, the first such cases in Latin America. The Sao Paulo state health secretariat said a 41-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman are in isolation.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Es probable que el video de la cámara corporal de una agente de policía de los suburbios de Minneapolis que disparó mortalmente a Daunte Wright en un automóvil durante un control de tráfico, ampliamente difundido, desempeñe un papel fundamental en el juicio que se celebrará el martes por su papel en
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: R.R. Donnelley, Lithia Motors rise; Intuit, Moderna fall
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court is directing the Justice Department to disclose certain redacted passages from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report that relate to individuals who were investigated by prosecutors but not ultimately charged. The ruling came in a public records complaint from the news organization
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — The NYPD wants your help identifying three people they say are attacking young Jewish children in Brooklyn. The trio has allegedly struck at least three times, and their youngest victim was just 3 years old. All of the victims were wearing
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The Oregon Health Authority confirmed Tuesday it is developing a voluntary and optional digital vaccine verification smartphone app, to provide Oregonians an electronic way to share their vaccination status with businesses that ask for proof of verification.
Continue ReadingHarmeet Kaur, CNN A letter set to go up for auction this week shows that ruler Catherine the Great was one of the early proponents of inoculation against disease. The letter provides a glimpse into the empress’ concern about the smallpox epidemic, which was devastating Europe at the time. In correspondence with a Russian army
Continue ReadingDONCASTER, England (AP) — The England women’s team has posted the biggest win in its history by routing Latvia 20-0 in a World Cup qualifier. There were 10 different scorers and four had hat tricks. Ellen White was one of them and she became the team’s all-time leading scorer. White now has 48 goals for
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN The man who fled after a gunshot set off a panic inside the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport more than a week ago has turned himself in, according to the Atlanta Police Department. Kenny Wells, 42, “has turned himself in to the Clayton County Jail,” a police department news release said. “Wells
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Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — A woman fired from the Springfield Police Department after she was accused of lying about a relationship with a sergeant has filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination and a hostile work environment. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports fired recruit Amanda McIntyre noted that the sergeant and detective she had sex with while off duty
Continue ReadingSALEM (AP) — A group of former Republican elected officials have dropped their challenge to new Oregon congressional districts. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the move comes after a judicial panel last week unanimously dismissed a challenge to the new maps pushed through by state Democrats. That means that a new plan that could lead to
Continue ReadingSALEM (AP) — A group of former Republican elected officials have dropped their challenge to new Oregon congressional districts. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the move comes after a judicial panel last week unanimously dismissed a challenge to the new maps pushed through by state Democrats. That means that a new plan that could lead to
Continue ReadingSALEM (AP) — A group of former Republican elected officials have dropped their challenge to new Oregon congressional districts. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the move comes after a judicial panel last week unanimously dismissed a challenge to the new maps pushed through by state Democrats. That means that a new plan that could lead to
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