SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Higher Education Coordinating Commission Office of Student Access and Completion is pleased to announce that thanks to the approval of Senate Bill 1522 by the Oregon Legislature and Governor Brown, low-income recipients of the Oregon Promise Grant pursuing community college will receive more funds to help with rising college costs, and
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly and Christina Maxouris, CNN Dominic Taddeo — a Rochester, New York, mobster who fatally shot three people and attempted to kill two others — escaped federal custody this week, less than a year before he was set to be released. Taddeo, 64, was transferred in February from a medium-security prison in Sumter
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A flurry of summits this week across Dubai all focused in one way or another on climate change, or at least acknowledgement that the global energy transition is needed to keep temperatures from rising. Glaring discrepancies on how to achieve this, however, lie in
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A flurry of summits this week across Dubai all focused in one way or another on climate change, or at least acknowledgement that the global energy transition is needed to keep temperatures from rising. Glaring discrepancies on how to achieve this, however, lie in
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Kate Brown has proclaimed April 4-8 Food Waste Prevention Week, and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is encouraging all Oregonians to take simple steps to reduce waste and save money. Spoiled food costs Oregon households on average $1,800 annually (The EPA recently updated this figure from $1,600), and it’s estimated one-third of all
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice:. They’re saying, Follow through on our findings. The
Continue ReadingBy Maya Brown, CNN The NAACP is representing a majority-Black town in Tennessee and helped it file a lawsuit on Friday alleging that the state comptroller exceeded his authority and racially discriminated against the town in its financial dealings. Mason Mayor Emmit Gooden, the Board of Aldermen and the town are accusing Jason Mumpower, Tennessee’s
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — U.S. accident investigators have arrived in China to help authorities look for clues into what caused last month’s crash of a Boeing jetliner with 132 people aboard. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said the seven-member team from the National Transportation Safety Board will participate in the investigation of the crash of
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The South Carolina Gamecocks have had the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll the entire season. The last test for the No. 1 overall seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament will be the Connecticut Huskies on Sunday. Women’s college basketball gets the greats
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump last year of inciting the Capitol insurrection. But neither Trump nor any of his top advisers have faced charges over the attack in a court of law. It’s uncertain if they ever will. But lawmakers on the House committee
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Paige Bueckers scored 14 points and UConn advanced to the national championship game with a 63-58 win over defending champion Stanford. The Huskies will face South Carolina for the national championship on Sunday night. The Gamecocks beat Louisville 72-59 in the first game of the Final
Continue ReadingBy Teele Rebane, CNN Marija Stonyte picks up her phone and anxiously dials in a number. After a couple of rings, a woman picks up. “I’m calling to tell you a very important message. I don’t know if you know a lot about what is actually happening right now in Ukraine,” Stonyte says in the
Continue ReadingBy NEBI QENA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops are moving cautiously to retake territory north of the country’s capital as Russian forces retreat from the area. In at least one town, soldiers used cables to pull the bodies of civilians off the streets Saturday out of fear that Russian
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson and Emma Tucker, CNN Former US women’s soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested in North Carolina on Friday on charges of misdemeanor child abuse, resisting arrest and impaired driving, police said. The Winston-Salem Police Department said in a statement that officers arrested Hope Amelia Stevens, or Hope Solo, on Thursday in the
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Continue ReadingBy Rukshana Rizwie, Sophie Jeong and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a nationwide public emergency following violent protests outside his home over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. The state of emergency came into effect on April 1, according to an official gazette issued Friday, and allows authorities to
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Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves are still polishing their playoff credentials and Karl-Anthony Towns gave a sneak peek Friday night of just what type of challenge they’d present in the postseason. Towns scored 32 points and the Timberwolves overcame Nikola Jokic’s 38-point, 19-rebound performance in a 136-130 win
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