Month: February 2022
Sisters Folk Festival announces ‘Going Rogue’ music-themed whitewater rafting trips
Sisters Folk Festival is excited to announce a pair of music-themed whitewater rafting trips on the Rogue River in southern Oregon taking place…
Continue ReadingBoris Johnson’s woes overshadow trip to ease Ukraine crisis
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hasn’t been able to escape his domestic woes during a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why US inflation is so high, and when it may ease
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year, it was a nasty surprise. And it wasn’t supposed to last. But now, inflation has…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why US inflation is so high, and when it may ease
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year, it was a nasty surprise. And it wasn’t supposed to last. But now, inflation has…
Continue ReadingEl Kremlin no confirma los reportes de pruebas de antidopaje positivas y respalda a Kamila Valieva y a patinadores rusos
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Beijing (CNN) — La patinadora artística adolescente rusa Kamila Valieva, que está en el centro de una…
Continue ReadingChris Young leads Academy of Country Music nominations
The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Chris Young combined his skills as an artist and a producer to earn seven nominations at…
Continue ReadingMan upset over Canada’s mask mandates threatens wrong Ottawa
OTTAWA, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a man who wanted to join the protests in Canada’s capital over mask mandates called in a bomb threat but…
Continue ReadingPurdue police review white officer’s arrest of Black student
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A Black Purdue University student says an argument with his girlfriend led to a white campus police officer…
Continue ReadingLatvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution law
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia’s parliament has passed a Holocaust restitution bill that includes funding to revitalize…
Continue ReadingLatvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution law
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia’s parliament has passed a Holocaust restitution bill that includes funding to revitalize…
Continue ReadingBiden acknowledges inflation causing real stress for Americans: ‘We will make it through this challenge’
By Allie Malloy, Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday acknowledged the stress on American families’ budgets…
Continue ReadingThe band Spoon returns with a ‘great rock ‘n’ roll record’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The band Spoon has taken a sonic fork in the road and, appropriately enough, the first…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s US tax bill: $11 billion. Tesla’s: $0
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Elon Musk has repeatedly bragged (or, perhaps, complained) that he’ll pay more in federal taxes for 2021 than…
Continue ReadingSpring skiing! What?
The high pressure ridge bringing such unseasonably warm conditions to Central Oregon this week will also bring fair conditions to the mountains. Mt.…
Continue ReadingDiscovery of what ailed Dolly the dinosaur is a first, researchers say
By Ashley Strickland, CNN About 150 million years ago, a young long-necked dinosaur fell ill, likely coughing and suffering from a fever as it…
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“I love her to death:” Shaun White on his physical therapist
As Shaun White goes for his final ride at the 2022 Winter Olympics, he’ll have Esther Lee by his side. Lee is White’s longtime physical therapist,…
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Brian Boitano takes Jo Ling King to figure skating school
Don’t know your triple toe loop from your lutz? Wonder what all the fuss about quads is about? Jo Ling King, a former figure skater herself, gets on…
Continue ReadingSuper Bowl performers vow to open doors for more hip-hop
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg said the NFL was late embracing hip-hop…
Continue ReadingSuper Bowl performers vow to open doors for more hip-hop
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg said the NFL was late embracing hip-hop…
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