SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A measure that sought to help students with disabilities get an adequate public education in Oregon won’t advance during this year’s Legislature. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports state Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin said she received a call from Gov. Kate Brown Wednesday that her measure , Senate Bill 1578, would not pass
Continue ReadingBy REBEKKA SCHRAMM Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — State lawmakers in the Georgia Senate are scheduled to vote Thursday on a bill aimed at preventing high school students who are genetically male from competing in girls sports. Senate Bill 435 would require students to participate in high school sports according
Continue ReadingBy Abbas Al Lawati and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Less than a month into his presidency, the White House said Joe Biden would “recalibrate” his relationship with Saudi Arabia, effectively refusing to speak to the Kingdom’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Biden would speak with his counterpart, 86-year-old King Salman, said White House
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden has hit Russia with some of the broadest and toughest financial penalties that the world’s biggest economy can muster. Thursday’s move came hours after President Vladimir Putin launched his military’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. sanctions and penalties announced so far appear to
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden has hit Russia with some of the broadest and toughest financial penalties that the world’s biggest economy can muster. Thursday’s move came hours after President Vladimir Putin launched his military’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. sanctions and penalties announced so far appear to
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A retired U.S. Army soldier has been fined $400 and given a suspended 36-month jail sentence for attempting to carry a gun and ammunition onto a plane in Zimbabwe. Retired Sgt. Maj. Ronald Leon Johnson had been held in the renowned Chikurubi Prison for more than
Continue ReadingBy TONY GARCIA Click here for updates on this story CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Clarksville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a gun store one week ago. Two men drove to Clarksville Guns and Archery on Golf Club Lane around 2:45 a.m. on Feb. 16. Police said the unidentified men exited
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Brazilian soccer players from Ukraine’s two biggest clubs have issued an appeal to the Brazilian government. They say they are trapped by the Russian military attack on Ukraine. A group of players from Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv have posted a video together with their families from a hotel where they
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Formula One champion Max Verstappen has defended Michael Masi. Verstappen says F1′s much criticized former race director was “thrown under the bus” after last season’s dramatic finale. Masi was replaced last week following controversy at the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December. Verstappen won his first world
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Police arrested a 14-year-old Croft Middle School student Tuesday for posting a bomb threat against the school on Instagram. According to police, detectives and Croft school personnel identified the student who was then removed from his classroom and taken into
Continue ReadingIt will be cold and windy on the mountain again today, but we will see some clearing tonight. Highs will reach the upper 20’s to mid 30’s Friday and Saturday, under sunny to mostly sunny skies. The next system pushes in Saturday night, and fresh snowfall is likely from then right through the middle of
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Tennis pro Nick Kyrgios says he had “suicidal thoughts” and dealt with depression and abuse of drugs and alcohol in the past. He is the latest in a series of high-profile athletes to speak publicly and frankly about their mental health. The 26-year-old Australian recently won the Australian Open
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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Clouds pressing into Eastern Oregon will keep us mostly cloudy for much of the day and deliver some scattered snow showers to some. Highs will only reach the mid 30’s and northerly breezes will be gentle at 5-10 mph. Skies will stay mostly to partly cloudy tonight as lows dip to
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A small group of private citizens is suing the Tennessee Republicans over the recent redistricting lines, according to the TNDP which is paying for the lawsuit and associated costs. “Tennesseans should pick their own representatives and not the other way around.
Continue ReadingCNN By Radina Gigova, Victoria Butenko, Josh Pennington and Brad Lendon, CNN A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on a Russian city of more than 400,000 people late Thursday, leaving a crater 20 meters (65 feet) across, blowing a car onto a roof and damaging buildings in what state media called an “accidental” or “emergency”
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily halted a South Dakota rule from taking effect that would have made the state one of the hardest places in the U.S. to get abortion pills. U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier late Wednesday granted a request from Planned Parenthood for a
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans in Georgia have introduced a bill prohibiting the delivery of abortion pills by mail. It would require anyone who wants to use abortion pills to visit a doctor in advance and then return to pick up the pills. Senate Bill 351 would also require physicians to
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By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer The coronavirus mutant widely known as stealth omicron is now causing more than a third of new omicron cases around the world. But scientists still don’t know how it could affect the future of the pandemic. New research is slowly revealing clues about the strain, a descendant of omicron
Continue ReadingMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An alcohol ban designed to curb heavy late night drinking among spring breakers in Miami Beach will be in effect for two weeks in March. The city’s commissioners voted 4-3 Wednesday to prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol after 2 a.m. between March 7 and March 21 along the
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