BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — The former mayor of Beaverton, Oregon, has been charged with possessing child pornography. Federal prosecutors said Friday “between November 2014 and December 2015, Dennis “Denny” Doyle is alleged to have knowingly and unlawfully possessed digital material containing child pornography, including images depicting minors under twelve.” The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Doyle is expected
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police officers would get pay raises and payments totaling $7,000 under a tentative contract agreement that also includes some provisions related to discipline. Calls to change the contract to give city leaders more authority to fire problem police officers grew after the May 2020 killing of George Floyd. The tentative agreement
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press A group of theologically conservative United Methodists plans to launch a new worldwide denomination on May 1. This will begin the breakup of one of the largest religious bodies in the U.S. The new Global Methodist Church had expected to launch only after the next General Conference of the United
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Former Top 20 tennis player Varvara Lepchenko has been given a four-year doping suspension after testing positive for a banned stimulant at a tournament in 2021. The punishment was announced Friday by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. The 35-year-old Lepchenko has represented the United States in the Summer Olympics
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “The Batman” opens this weekend and theaters are hoping this blockbuster film will help the industry nudge closer toward normalcy. The film stars Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader. It is projected to bring in roughly $100 million for its opening weekend in North America. That would be one of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Rusia ocupó la planta de energía nuclear más grande de Ucrania este viernes, tras una semana de guerra intensa en territorio ucraniano por parte de las tropas lideradas por el presidente de Rusia Vladimir Putin. La guerra llegó a la planta de energía nuclear de Zaporizhzhia, ubicada en el
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain’s Teatro Real, one of Europe’s major opera houses, is canceling a set of upcoming performances by Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet over the war the country is waging on Ukraine. The ballet’s mid-May performances of Ludwig Minkus’ La Bayadere won’t go ahead “due to the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine, which is
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The conditions described by the US Food and Drug Administration at a Family Dollar warehouse in West Memphis, Arkansas, were skin-crawling. “Live rodents, dead rodents in various states of decay, rodent feces and urine, evidence of gnawing, nesting and rodent odors throughout the facility, dead birds and bird droppings.” Foul
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers while also generating ripple effects across a world still struggling to overcome pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, hundreds of tankers and bulk carriers
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers while also generating ripple effects across a world still struggling to overcome pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, hundreds of tankers and bulk carriers
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Tierney Sneed, CNN The United States can continue to swiftly remove migrant families under an emergency pandemic rule, but “only to places where they will not be persecuted or tortured,” a federal appeals court ruled Friday, marking a narrow victory for the Biden administration. The Biden administration has been relying on
Continue ReadingA low pressure center that will skirt the SW corner of our state will deliver a chance of some snow showers to Mt. Bachelor over the next 24 hours. NW winds will pick up to 10-20 mph and temperatures will stay cold. This will break up Saturday morning and we will see fair, but cold
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden on Friday is scheduled to attend memorial services for the father of White House deputy chief of staff Jen O’Malley Dillon and the husband of Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the first lady’s spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The service for Kevin O’Malley, who died on March 1 after
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City and Los Angeles are lifting some of their strictest COVID-19 prevention measures as officials in big cities around the U.S. push for a return to normalcy after two grueling years of the pandemic. New York City, which has had the nation’s toughest
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Russian President Vladimir Putin’s creeping authoritarianism got a lot more overt on Friday when he signed a censorship bill into law making it impossible for news organizations to accurately report the news in or from Russia. The law, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, makes it a crime
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia has been banned from international gymnastics and curling events in response to its invasion of Ukraine. The International Gymnastics Federation says Russian and Belarusian athletes or officials will not be allowed to participate in sanctioned competitions until further notice. The World Curling Federation has banned Russia from its championships for
Continue ReadingBy Tosin Fakile Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Two years after the March 2020 tornadoes, some can say it’s a rebuilt North Nashville. The question for some neighborhoods of North Nashville was rebuild and stay or leave and sell? And two years later, it’s a tale of two neighborhoods
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney+ is creating an ad-supported tier for its streaming service to ramp up its growing subscriber base. Though Disney shared that the new ads tier will join the subscription option in the United States sometime later this year, details are scant. The exact launch date and pricing will be “announced
Continue ReadingGOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… After a clear, cold start to the day, a low pressure system off the Oregon coast will advance and give us a few clouds by the end of the day. Breezes will be gentle out of the north at 5-10 mph. That will help our daytime highs only rise to the
Continue ReadingBy ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine court has sentenced a Roman Catholic bishop to 4 1/2 years in prison for sexual abuse of two former seminarians in a major blow to Pope Francis, who had defended Gustavo Zanchetta following initial allegations. The prosecutors’ office in the northern province of
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