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 level since the end of 2018. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported that the average rate on the 30-year loan this week rose to 4.67% from 4.42% last week. That contrasts with
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has proposed that the city’s community police oversight committee go on a two-month hiatus to figure out how to fill nearly half of the group’s vacancies and hire more staff. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the idea comes five years after the predecessor of the Portland Committee on
Continue ReadingBy Bridget Chavez Click here for updates on this story FLORENCE, Oregon (KPTV) — The U.S. Coast Guard said a woman has died and a man is missing after their boat sank off the coast of Florence on March 26. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office said the man, Mike Morgan, was the captain. The 68-year-old
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A National Security Agency employee has been charged with emailing classified national security information to someone no longer authorized to receive it. Mark Robert Unkenholz of Hanover, Maryland, was arrested Thursday but ordered released after an initial court appearance in Baltimore. The 26-count indictment says Unkenholz held “top secret” security
Continue ReadingBy CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The French medical organization Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, says that five of its employees have been released in Nigeria after being kidnapped last month in neighboring Cameroon. Armed men broke into MSF’s base in Fotokol in Cameroon’s Far North region on Feb. 24 and abducted
Continue ReadingPIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say firefighters from across Tennessee are working to contain a wildfire near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that spread overnight despite rain from storms that passed through the area. The blaze began in the Wears Valley community of Sevier County Wednesday morning as a brush fire. Sevier County
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations has announced the appointment of an expert panel to scrutinize companies’ efforts to curb climate change. Businesses have made a flurry of pledges in recent years to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with growing consumer expectations for greener processes.
Continue ReadingAfter morning snow flurries that are more concentrated on the northern Cascades, the mountains will also see clearing skies. The high temperature for today at Mt. Bachelor will be at or a little below freezing. Mostly sunny conditions will prevail going into the weekend, with highs in the upper 30’s to low 40’s. Snow showers
Continue ReadingBLUFFTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio say a police officer has been killed by a fleeing car on Interstate 75. It happened during a chase Thursday that reached speeds up to 120 mph. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says Bluffton Officer Dominic Francis was struck while setting up a roadblock. Three suspects inside the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) condenó los ataques a periodistas en Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras y México. A través de un comunicado, el presidente de la comisión de Libertad de Prensa e Información de ese organismo, Carlos Jornet, dijo que estas agresiones deben ser tomadas muy en serio
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies saved a pregnant passenger early Wednesday after a stolen truck crashed into the Tualatin River. A WCSO sergeant first encountered the truck shortly after 2 a.m. when they found the vehicle parked on the side
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Zachary Cohen, Paula Reid and Whitney Wild, CNN Federal criminal investigators have expanded the January 6 investigation to gather information about fundraising and organizing for the political rally held immediately before Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, as well as the effort to subvert the Electoral College vote count, multiple sources tell
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge this week denied a temporary restraining order sought by environmental groups that would block grazing in six eastern Oregon pastures. The Capital Press reports U.S. District Judge Michael Simon said the plaintiffs haven’t shown that turning cattle out on the pastures will cause irreparable harm to sage grouse
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Wednesday’s record crowd of more than 91,000 people at the Champions League game between Barcelona and Real Madrid was being celebrated by women’s soccer everywhere as a demonstration of how far the sport has come and bringing hope about how far it can go. Nadine Kessler,
Continue ReadingGOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… After starting the day under fairly cloudy skies, we will see some clearing that will have us mostly sunny by the afternoon. Northerly and NW winds will be gentle at 5-10 mph, and they will also serve to keep us cool. Highs today will only be in the low 50’s, once
Continue ReadingBy NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The World Bank has approved an additional $300 million for desperately needed aid for the poorest and most vulnerable households in war-torn Yemen, as well as for helping the country fight the coronavirus pandemic. Thursday’s announcement comes after humanitarian efforts in Yemen were dealt a blow earlier
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Quinn Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — On Wednesday, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens launched a Midnight Basketball League to help curb crime. “You can get people out of a lot of trouble if they are in an activity that they love and people are watching, and they have
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Julia Temchenko and her two young children were in their living room in Kyiv, Ukraine when a rocket flew past, shattering the window. For so long, she believed Russia wouldn’t actually invade. Then it was reality. Temchenko, who moved with her family to Kyiv from Bucha, is a lawyer and human rights
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees.
Continue ReadingBy 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 streets of Kyiv, brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress. Andriy Pavelko used a recorded message to the gathering in Qatar to talk about the
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