Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El director Christopher Nolan creó la imagen de una explosión nuclear para “Oppenheimer” sin utilizar efectos especiales generados por computadora. Nolan explicó en una nueva entrevista con Total Film cómo recreó la devastación de la primera bomba atómica. “Creo que recrear la prueba Trinity sin utilizar gráficos por computadora fue un
Continue ReadingBRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australian police are investigating the extremist views of three people who shot and killed two officers and a neighbor at a rural property before they were killed hours later by police in a gunfight. Investigators will look at the possible extremist links of the killers after a series of posts under
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Chaitali Aggarwal had long dreamed of visiting New York from her home in the Indian capital, New Delhi. And so in 2020, she applied for a tourist visa for herself and her father. Two years later, they’re still waiting. Of course, as with all globetrotting, Covid-19 got in the way. But
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Happy Tuesday evening, Central Oregon! Our skies will stay mostly clear Wednesday and we will see cold temperatures staying with us. Lows will be in the single digits to mid-teens. Winds will remain calm. A northerly flow for the next few days will be keeping us cold, despite seeing plenty of sunshine. Highs will be in
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News primetime last week and dinged his counterpart across the Capitol: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell. Republicans are “wrong” if they want to cut a year-end spending deal with Democrats, McCarthy told Fox News host Laura Ingraham, saying they should
Continue ReadingWEED, Calif. (AP) — A lumber company that owns a Northern California wood veneers manufacturing plant linked to a deadly fast-spreading blaze that killed two people and sent thousands fleeing for their lives has reached a settlement agreement with more than 700 people who filed wrongful death, personal injury, and property loss claims. Roseburg Forest
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Jay Leno has opened up for the first time about the accident that left him with severe burns to his face and body. In an interview with Hoda Kotb from “Today,” his first since the November 12 incident, the comedian, 72, said he was working underneath an antique 1907 car alongside
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Aledmys Díaz and Jace Peterson, who both can play the infield and outfield, reached agreements with the Oakland Athletics on two-year contracts through the 2024 season.The A’s announced the deals one day after trading away catcher Sean Murphy to the Braves in a three-team swap. Oakland acquired catcher Manny Piña and
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she is commuting the sentences of all of the state’s 17 inmates awaiting execution, saying their death sentences will be changed to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Brown, a Democrat with less than a month remaining
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she is commuting the sentences of all of the state’s 17 inmates awaiting execution, saying their death sentences will be changed to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Brown, a Democrat with less than a month remaining
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she is commuting the sentences of all of the state’s 17 inmates awaiting execution, saying their death sentences will be changed to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Brown, a Democrat with less than a month remaining
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Coming off perhaps his worst performance of the season, Geno Smith decided he’s been a little too greedy of late. As in too many risky throws by the Seattle Seahawks quarterback. “I think I’ve been too aggressive as of late and so I’ve got to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is defending her decision to rally behind a high-ranking agency official who climbed the ranks after beating Black inmates, saying Tuesday that she feels he’s shown contrition and deserves a second chance. Colette Peters, making her first comments
Continue ReadingWETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama women have been convicted of misdemeanor crimes because they fed and trapped stray cats. Wetumpka Municipal Judge Jeff Courtney on Tuesday found 85-year-old Beverly Roberts guilty of criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct. The 61-year-old Mary Alston was found guilty of criminal trespassing and interfering with governmental operations. Courtney sentenced
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A trial has started to determine whether an Alaska lawmaker is disqualified from holding office because of ties to the far-right Oath Keepers group. Republican Rep. David Eastman was reelected but the race has not yet been certified. The lawsuit points to a provision of the
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Spain’s Queen Letizia was in Los Angeles on Tuesday where she celebrated the opening of a center that promotes the Spanish language and culture throughout the world. Letizia Ortíz opened the West Coast’s first branch of the Cervantes Institute, which was founded by the Spanish government in 1991 to further the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden firmó este martes una ley federal que establece nuevas protecciones para las parejas del mismo sexo e interraciales, culminando así una evolución personal y nacional en un tema que ha gozado de creciente aceptación en la última década. Biden firmó la Ley de Respeto al Matrimonio ante
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Zooey Zephyr worked behind the scenes during Montana’s 2021 legislative session to oppose an ultimately unsuccessful effort to ban transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming health care. When the 2023 session starts next month, she’ll face a similar challenge because a Republican lawmaker says he’s going
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Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she will use her executive clemency powers to commute the sentences of the 17 individuals on Oregon’s death row to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The City Council was disrupted Tuesday by another round of boisterous, foul-mouthed protests after a councilman facing widespread calls to resign for his involvement in a racism scandal defiantly returned to the chamber and took his seat. Councilman Kevin de Leon’s appearance prompted some
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