A recent report consisting of dozens of interviews with Oregon farmworkers offers a glimpse into the unsafe, unsustainable and often dehumanizing experiences farmworkers have endured during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue ReadingBy MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A major report says American nursing home residents are subjected to ineffective care and poor staffing, and that facility finances are shrouded in secrecy and regulatory lapses go unenforced. The study out Wednesday from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is calling for
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story SANTA FE, Texas (KTRK) — Santa Fe High School students and staff had to be evacuated from the building Wednesday afternoon because of a gas odor in the cafeteria kitchen, the district said in a tweet. The district sent out the announcement at about 12:10
Continue ReadingBy WPVI Digital Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia police have released surveillance video of a shooting incident where 61 shots were fired. It happened shortly after 7 a.m. on March 18 on the 2500 block of South Shields Street in Southwest Philadelphia. Police say no one was injured,
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — El covid-19 se ha convertido en una enfermedad crónica para decenas de millones de personas. También en una enfermedad muy cara. Según una estimación, el covid-19 prolongado (una enfermedad marcada por síntomas persistentes que pueden afectar a múltiples partes del cuerpo) ha costado un total de US$ 386.000 millones de salarios perdidos,
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed A federal judge said Wednesday that Steve Bannon will not be able to include as part of his trial defense any evidence that he was following the advice of his attorney in refusing to participate in the House January 6 probe. The move by US District Judge Carl Nichols to grant the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home for five days. Garland is the second Cabinet official to announce a positive test result on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo also tested positive for the virus using an at-home antigen test. The
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Denver suburb where police officers and paramedics have been charged in the death of a Black man in 2019 has fired its reform-minded police chief. Officials in Aurora faulted her management of a department at a time of rising crime and officer departures but didn’t give
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The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is extending public comment on proposed Oregon Administrative Rules guiding take-off and landing of drones in state parks and along the ocean shore. The new deadline for comments is 5 p.m. on Friday, April 15.
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Millman and Casey Gannon, CNN A federal judge on Wednesday found Matthew Martin not guilty of four federal misdemeanors related to trespassing — marking the first time a US Capitol riot defendant was acquitted of all charges. Martin, who worked for a government contractor before his arrest following the riot, successfully argued that
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN Senate cafeteria workers — who work long hours serving senators and staffers their meals on Capitol Hill — have been threatened with a round of layoffs, forcing Democratic lawmakers to scramble to help save the jobs of many struggling to make ends meet even as they walk the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Montreal Canadiens veteran Brendan Gallagher has accused Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stützle of embellishing injuries, calling the alleged behavior “embarrassing.” Gallagher spoke out about Stützle laying on the ice, seemingly injured, after Ottawa beat the Canadiens 6-3 in Montreal on Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingBy Bridget Chavez Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in solving a cold case from the 1970s. Sandra Morden’s remains were found in Amboy, Wash., near Fly Creek back in 1980 but it wasn’t until 2019 that deputies were
Continue ReadingBy Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Watching an ad in which former President Donald Trump promoted Covid-19 vaccines was linked to increased vaccinations in US counties with low immunization rates, according to a new study. The study was released Monday as a working paper in the National Bureau of Economic Research that has not yet been peer-reviewed.
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has reinstated for now a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways. In a 5-4 decision, the justices agreed to halt a lower court
Continue ReadingBy Tiffany Anthony, CNN George Mason University unveiled a new memorial this week honoring the people enslaved by the university’s namesake, as the Virginia school attempts to reckon with the prominent statesman’s controversial history. George Mason IV, a prominent figure in Virginia’s history, known for penning the state’s Declaration of Rights, which influenced several later
Continue ReadingBy Charly Edsitty Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man was shot and killed as his common-law wife was inside an apartment with their 2-year-old daughter in east Houston, police say. Officers arrived at about 2:30 a.m. to the Timber Ridge Apartments off I-10 at Federal, where they say
Continue ReadingBy FOX 12 Staff Click here for updates on this story HOOD RIVER COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Search and rescue teams are looking for a man who was reported missing after snowboarding on Mt. Hood. At about 9:30 p.m., on Tuesday, the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office received a report about a missing snowboarder at
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las mentiras de Rusia podrían salir a la luz más pronto de lo que podría haber imaginado. La guerra en Ucrania está desafiando las expectativas del presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, en cada momento, no solo por el fracaso de Rusia de tomar Kyiv, como había planeado, sino con la exposición
Continue ReadingBy Ken MacLeod Click here for updates on this story DRACUT, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Dracut mom said she found a strange man peering through the window of her daughters’ bedroom early Monday morning. She woke up to her young daughters screaming in their apartment on Skyline Drive. When she ran into the room, she
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