March 2022

Long-term mortgage rates rise again; 30-year breaches 4.5%

March 31, 2022 8:54 am Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose again this week as the key 30-year loan rate breached 4.5% and attained its highest…

Vacancies, lack of staff vex Portland police oversight panel

March 31, 2022 8:53 am Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has proposed that the city’s community police oversight committee go on a two-month hiatus…

Family of woman who died after boat sank near Florence speaks out

March 31, 2022 8:52 am CNN Newsource

By Bridget Chavez Click here for updates on this story FLORENCE, Oregon (KPTV) — The U.S. Coast Guard said a woman has…

NSA employee charged with mishandling classified material

March 31, 2022 8:52 am Associated Press

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A National Security Agency employee has been charged with emailing classified national security information to…

Medical charity says 5 abducted workers are freed in Nigeria

March 31, 2022 8:50 am Associated Press

By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The French medical organization Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, says that five of its…

Crews work to contain wildfire near Smoky Mountains

March 31, 2022 8:49 am Associated Press

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say firefighters from across Tennessee are working to contain a wildfire near the Great Smoky Mountains…

UN chief names panel to probe companies’ climate efforts

March 31, 2022 8:48 am Associated Press

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations has announced the appointment of an expert panel to scrutinize…

Sunny, cold today

March 31, 2022 8:47 am Bob Shaw

After morning snow flurries that are more concentrated on the northern Cascades, the mountains will also see clearing skies. The high temperature for…

Ohio officer killed trying to stop fleeing car on highway

March 31, 2022 8:46 am Associated Press

BLUFFTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio say a police officer has been killed by a fleeing car on Interstate 75. It happened during a chase…

Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa condena ataques a periodistas en México, Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador

March 31, 2022 8:46 am CNN Newsource

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) condenó los ataques a periodistas en Guatemala, El…

Deputies rescue pregnant woman from Tualatin River

March 31, 2022 8:46 am CNN Newsource

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Washington County Sheriff’s…

Federal prosecutors expand criminal probe into January 6, examining rally planning and fake electors

March 31, 2022 8:42 am CNN Newsource

By Katelyn Polantz, Zachary Cohen, Paula Reid and Whitney Wild, CNN Federal criminal investigators have expanded the January 6 investigation to…

Judge refuses to block grazing in eastern Oregon pastures

March 31, 2022 8:41 am Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge this week denied a temporary restraining order sought by environmental groups that would block grazing in six…

Women’s soccer celebrates record crowd of 91,533 at Camp Nou

March 31, 2022 8:40 am Associated Press

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Wednesday’s record crowd of more than 91,000 people at the Champions League game between…

More sun; chilly

March 31, 2022 8:36 am Bob Shaw

GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… After starting the day under fairly cloudy skies, we will see some clearing that will have us mostly sunny by the…

World Bank allocates $300 million to help Yemen key services

March 31, 2022 8:31 am Associated Press

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The World Bank has approved an additional $300 million for desperately needed aid for the poorest…

Atlanta mayor launches Midnight Basketball League to curb crime

March 31, 2022 8:30 am CNN Newsource

By Patrick Quinn Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — On Wednesday, Atlanta Mayor Andre…

American teacher who taught Ukrainian mom English raises funds to help her flee

March 31, 2022 8:25 am CNN Newsource

By Marianne Garvey Julia Temchenko and her two young children were in their living room in Kyiv, Ukraine when a rocket flew past, shattering the…

‘Gold mine’ of census records being released from 1950

March 31, 2022 8:25 am Associated Press

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from…

Russians hear FIFA Congress plea from Ukraine to end the war

March 31, 2022 8:23 am Associated Press

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The appearance by video of the head of Ukrainian soccer, wearing an armored vest from the…

Month: March 2022