By Web staff Click here for updates on this story TALLAHASSEE, Florida (WFOR) — Florida Lottery players who win $250,000 or more could keep their identities private for 90 days under a proposal approved in the Florida House. The proposal would give big jackpot winners time to set up their finances before their names go
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Catarina Macario is returning to the U.S. women’s national soccer team for the SheBelieves Cup after missing the team’s camp in January to play for French club Lyon. Veteran defender Becky Sauerbrunn is also back on the roster for the four-team tournament later this month after missing camp
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASCAR is in Los Angeles a week ahead of the Super Bowl with its wildest idea yet. The exhibition Clash has always been the unofficial season-opening NASCAR version of the Pro Bowl. For the firs time, it has been moved out of Daytona Beach,
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Gov. Kate Brown delivered her final State of the State address on Thursday, highlighting key policy and budget initiatives focused on helping working families, including workforce development and career training, affordable housing, and child care.
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Stacker compiled a list of the most valuable crops produced in Oregon using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Continue ReadingBy Hande Atay Alam and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the decision by a major European human rights group to begin infringement proceedings against Ankara over its failure to free Osman Kavala, a Turkish businessman and philanthropist who has been behind bars for more than four years. Erdogan accused the
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN Members of the Republican National Committee’s resolution committee unanimously passed a motion on Thursday to formally censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger over their service on the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol. The resolution will advance to the full 168-member voting
Continue ReadingCNN By Katia Hetter, CNN A new subvariant of Omicron is spreading rapidly in some parts of the world. This spinoff from the original Omicron variant, called BA.2, has been found in at least 49 countries, including the United States. In some countries, like Denmark, BA.2 has already surpassed the original Omicron (BA.1) as the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Central Michigan left tackle Bernhard Raimann is hoping the next stop in his long journey to a football career is the NFL. The Austrian-born Raimann is among the NFL prospects at the Senior Bowl trying to improve their draft stock. Raimann arrived in the United
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Short track speed skater Maame Biney thinks short track is better than long track. Long track speed skater Erin Jackson thinks long track is better than short track.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — En Bolivia, el gobernador de La Paz, Santos Quispe, será imputado por la Fiscalía paceña por los presuntos delitos de uso indebido de bienes y servicios públicos y obstrucción de la justicia, según informó este miércoles la estatal Agencia Boliviana de Información (ABI). Esto se da luego de que un
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A firefighter injured in an explosion while battling a fire at a barn in rural Oregon has died. Crews responded to the blaze around 4 a.m. Thursday. The injured firefighter later identified as by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office as 30-year-old Austin Smith was airlifted to
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, Gabby Orr and Alex Rogers, CNN Donald Trump recently extended an enticing offer to Vernon Jones: drop your flailing gubernatorial bid to run for a US House seat in Georgia, and you’ll earn the former President’s endorsement. Jones is still debating whether to stick with the uphill race against former Sen. David
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The Central Oregon Irrigation District is raising its rates over the next four years because it is losing hydropower contracts.
Continue ReadingTHESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police have raided multiple soccer supporters’ clubs in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki in the wake of attack linked to violent fan rivalry that left a 19-year-old man dead. The raids were carried out at venues suspected of being used for organizing attacks, and police set up roadblocks in the
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Seven residents, three dogs and two cats escaped a fire late Wednesday night that destroyed a mobile home south of Madras, but five other cats perished in the blaze, likely caused by a portable electric heater, officials and a resident said.
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Sealy, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a Listeria outbreak linked to Dole packaged salads that has resulted in two deaths. The outbreak has also sickened 17 people and resulted in 13 hospitalizations across 13 states. The recalls began at the end of December and are for products
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says his concerns about political interference in Albanian soccer elections were alleviated after meeting with the country’s prime minister on Thursday. Ceferin also committed to staging the inaugural Europa Conference League final in Tirana after a meeting with Prime Minister Edi Rama
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meatpacking giant JBS has agreed to a $52.5 million settlement in a beef price-fixing lawsuit that some say supports their concerns about how the lack of competition in the industry affects prices. Colorado-based JBS didn’t admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement and a spokeswoman
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