By MARY CLARE JALONICK, BECKY BOHRER and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic nomination to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden’s nominee a new burst of bipartisan support to become the first Black woman on
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The Oregon Zoo said goodbye to one of its oldest and most beloved residents Monday. Leah, a chimpanzee who was known for her sweet demeanor, and who helped launch a decades-long friendship with renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, passed away in her sleep Sunday night, according to care staff.
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government is urging Vietnam to free on health grounds a 72-year-old Vietnamese-born Australian serving a 12-year prison sentence for supporting a pro-democracy group. Chau Van Kham had been sentenced in 2019 on terrorism convictions related to his support for democracy group Viet Tan. Foreign
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A city official says the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest metropolis of Shanghai remains “extremely grim” amid an ongoing lockdown confining 26 million people to their homes. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to aid the city, including 2,000 from the military, and is mass testing
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A city official says the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest metropolis of Shanghai remains “extremely grim” amid an ongoing lockdown confining 26 million people to their homes. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to aid the city, including 2,000 from the military, and is mass testing
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Saskatchewan, Canadá (CNN) — El cielo nocturno ha sido una fuente de información y maravillas desde los albores de la humanidad, y se ve casi igual ahora que entonces. Pero el cielo nocturno, tal como lo conocemos, está a punto de cambiar drásticamente debido a la proliferación de satélites a solo unos cientos
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says that an alleged leader of a Sudanese militia known as “devils on horseback” took a “strange glee” in his ruthless reputation during the Darfur conflict. Prosecutor Karim Khan made the comments Tuesday as the man’s trial
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, Dakin Andone and Stella Chan, CNN Police have arrested a third suspect in connection to a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, this weekend that left six people dead and a chaotic crime scene littered with more than 100 shell casings. The suspect was taken into custody for “being a prohibited person
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A law enforcement official says a second suspect arrested in connection with the mass shooting that killed six people in Sacramento posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun hours before the shooting. The official told The Associated Press on Tuesday
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — Este martes, durante la reunión entre el presidente Pedro Castillo y la mesa directiva en el Congreso de Perú, el mandatario anunció que deja sin efecto el decreto de inmovilización, sin embargo, no especificó si levantaría el Estado de Emergencia. “Debo anunciar que a partir del momento vamos a dejar sin
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The deadline to file state and federal personal income tax returns — April 18 — is just two weeks away, and the Oregon Department of Revenue estimates that it will receive a few hundred thousand more returns between now and then. More than 1.1 million Oregonians have already filed their state
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Living conditions for many in Sudan have rapidly deteriorated since an October military coup sent the country’s already battered economy into free fall. Other factors are also causing prices to skyrocket, including the war in Ukraine and dry spells that have hurt crops. The U.N. has warned
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Living conditions for many in Sudan have rapidly deteriorated since an October military coup sent the country’s already battered economy into free fall. Other factors are also causing prices to skyrocket, including the war in Ukraine and dry spells that have hurt crops. The U.N. has warned
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — North Carolina big man Armando Bacot never looked like himself in the national championship game against Kansas because he was battling an ankle injury. Bacot finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds, but most of that production came in the first half of the 72-69
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The five Republican candidates seeking to represent Oregon’s newly drawn Fifth Congressional District — Jimmy Crumpacker, Laurel Roses, Madison Oatman, Lori Chavez-DeRemer and John Di Paola — each addressed what they see as top challenges during Monday evening’s debate on KTVZ.
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Sacramento County coroner has released the identities of the six people killed in the weekend mass shooting in California’s capital. The three women were 21-year-old Johntaya Alexander, 57-year-old Melinda Davis and 21-year-old Yamile Martinez-Andrade. The three men were 38-year-old Sergio Harris, 32-year-old
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames extended their lead in the Pacific Division with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Elias Lindholm also scored for the Flames, who have 91 points and a five-point advantage over the
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PORTLAND, OR (KTVZ) – The U.S. Forest Service is hiring hundreds of positions in recreation and archaeology across the nation in a variety of exciting and rewarding locations, including National Forests in Washington and Oregon, and in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Applications will be accepted beginning Wednesday, April 6 through www.usajobs.gov. Review the job
Continue ReadingBy RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two Harvard University freshmen have launched a website designed to connect people fleeing Ukraine to those in safer countries willing to take them in. The platform, UkraineTakeShelter.com, is generating offers of help and housing worldwide. Eighteen-year-old Marco Burstein of Los Angeles and 19-year-old Avi Schiffmann of
Continue ReadingBy RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two Harvard University freshmen have launched a website designed to connect people fleeing Ukraine to those in safer countries willing to take them in. The platform, UkraineTakeShelter.com, is generating offers of help and housing worldwide. Eighteen-year-old Marco Burstein of Los Angeles and 19-year-old Avi Schiffmann of
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