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 this summer.
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 trip to Belgium and Poland aimed at increasing pressure on Russia over its troop buildup near Ukraine. Johnson was trying show NATO’s resolve in response to Russia massing troops near its neighbor’s
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 become an ongoing financial strain for millions of Americans filling up at the gas station, lined up at the grocery checkout lane, shopping for clothes, bargaining for a car
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 become an ongoing financial strain for millions of Americans filling up at the gas station, lined up at the grocery checkout lane, shopping for clothes, bargaining for a car
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 controversia sobre pruebas antidopaje en Beijing 2022, recibió el apoyo del Kremlin en Moscú, pero el portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, no confirmó los informes de una prueba positiva entre los patinadores rusos. “Se dispararon
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 the Academy of Country Music Awards, including album of the year and single of the year. The show’s co-hosts Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett announced the nominations on Thursday. Allen
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 called the wrong Ottawa. Officials say a 20-year-old from Akron, Ohio, wanted authorities in the big Canadian city of Ottawa to waste their time chasing the warning. But instead
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 punching him and using his elbow to pin him down by the neck on the snowy ground. Part of the incident last Friday on the school’s campus in West Lafayette, Indiana, was
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 the Baltic nation’s Jewish community, which was almost completely wiped out during World War II. Lawmakers voted 64-21 on Thursday to approve a law that also provides compensation for property that belonged to Lativan
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 the Baltic nation’s Jewish community, which was almost completely wiped out during World War II. Lawmakers voted 64-21 on Thursday to approve a law that also provides compensation for property that belonged to Lativan
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 after a key inflation report showed annual inflation has hit 7.5%. However, Biden claimed, “there are also signs that we will make it through this challenge.” “On higher prices, we have been using every
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 single from their new album mentions another piece of silverware — a knife. “The Hardest Cut” — complete with the line “we live on a knife” — roars with
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 anyone has ever paid — about $11 billion. But Tesla apparently won’t pay a cent. Tesla may not plan to pay federal taxes any time in the foreseeable future — even though
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. Bachelor will see highs in the mid 50’s today and in the mid 40’s through the weekend. Clouds will thicken Sunday night and deliver a chance of snow showers that will turn
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 wandered what is now southwest Montana. The fossil of this dinosaur, nicknamed “Dolly” for Dolly Parton, has revealed what could be the first evidence of a respiratory infection in a dinosaur,
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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, and is in Beijing despite her own serious health battles.
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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 the ice with Brian Boitano for a crash course in skating lingo.
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 and vowed that their Super Bowl halftime show would open more doors for the genre. The trio spoke at a moderated appearance Thursday without their Sunday co-headliners Kendrick Lamar
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 and vowed that their Super Bowl halftime show would open more doors for the genre. The trio spoke at a moderated appearance Thursday without their Sunday co-headliners Kendrick Lamar
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