Two Central Oregon high school students, Cecily Cooper of Crook County HS and Mariah Reynolds of Redmond HS, are among 11 statewide who won their school’s Poetry Out Loud contests and will compete for the state championship at the 2022 Oregon Virtual Poetry Out Loud State Contest on Friday, March 11 at 5 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ primary that put the 2022 midterm election season in full swing saw no significant issues at polling locations. But although most races were decided by Wednesday, counties that had rejected thousands of mail ballots for not complying with Texas’ strict new
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business A nationwide group of state attorneys general announced an investigation into TikTok’s impact on young Americans Tuesday, adding to the steady drumbeat of political pressure being applied to social media platforms. The probe zeroes in on TikTok’s user engagement techniques and alleged risks that the platform may pose to the
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the man who killed a former NFL player in a road rage incident can be tried again for murder after his conviction on a lesser charge was overturned. Authorities in the New Orleans suburb of Jefferson
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the man who killed a former NFL player in a road rage incident can be tried again for murder after his conviction on a lesser charge was overturned. Authorities in the New Orleans suburb of Jefferson
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — U.S. soldiers are deploying to Europe amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some with barely a week’s notice to ensure bills would be paid and make arrangements for relatives to take care of their children and pets. Dozens of soldiers from the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division based
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Some voters and advocacy groups who successfully challenged previous North Carolina redistricting maps are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an effort by state Republicans to block new congressional lines. They filed briefs Wednesday in response to an emergency request by GOP legislative leaders
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press An Alabama man affiliated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia group has pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy for his actions leading up to and through the Jan. 6 riot. The conviction Wednesday of Joshua James marks the first person involved in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol to be
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has passed a proposal from Gov. Kristi Noem that aims to make the state one of the hardest places in the U.S. to get abortion pills. But it won’t actually be enacted unless the state prevails in a federal court battle. The
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN An Oath Keeper who served as private security for right-wing figures around January 6 pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and is cooperating with the Justice Department, becoming the first person charged with seditious conspiracy related to the attack to strike a plea deal. Joshua James, who
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Most Russian players in the National Hockey League have remained silent about their country’s invasion of Ukraine. That is intentional based on the potential repercussions for them and their families back home. Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is among the very few hockey players from
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud emitió una recomendación para el medicamento antiviral molnupiravir para personas con infecciones no graves por covid-19 que tienen un alto riesgo de hospitalización. Según una guía actualizada de la OMS sobre medicamentos para el covid-19 publicada este miércoles en el BMJ, la organización define el
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Senate Republicans have approved a bill that prohibits transgender females from participating in girls high school sports and women’s college athletics, sending a divisive bill likely to draw legal challenges to the governor. Gov. Kim Reynolds last year lobbied lawmakers to pass a similar
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Senate Republicans have approved a bill that prohibits transgender females from participating in girls high school sports and women’s college athletics, sending a divisive bill likely to draw legal challenges to the governor. Gov. Kim Reynolds last year lobbied lawmakers to pass a similar
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published March 2, 2022, about election year politics, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a national youth organization focused on climate change. It is the Sunrise Movement, not the Sunrise Foundation.
Continue Readingby Brenda Goodman An Omicron-like variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 — one that appears to be highly divergent from circulating strains and sticks out on a long branch of the virus’ family tree — has been discovered in a population of white-tailed deer in Ontario, Canada, according to a new study. The same
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Biden administration continues to be on alert for potential Russian criminal or state-backed cyberattacks against critical infrastructure targets in the US — a posture that Washington assumed months ago but that has grown more acute since Russia invaded Ukraine. The US is “very much on guard” for potential Russian cyberattacks
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans say Zion Williamson’s recovery from a right foot injury has improved to the point where he can gradually resume basketball activities. But the club says there remains no timetable for when he might play in a game. The announcement came after
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City Club of Central Oregon brings its annual “Regional City Managers Forum” on Thursday, March 17 to hear from city managers across the tri counties region on what has been a challenge, and what solutions they are formulating.
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN President Joe Biden tried to assuage Americans’ concerns about high inflation in his State of the Union address Tuesday, while seeking to boost low ratings for how he’s handled the economy. Since there’s not too much a president can do unilaterally to combat inflation, Biden laid out several proposals to help
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