By HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Jan. 1, many Americans will qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle. The credit is part of changes enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act and is designed to spur EV sales and reduce greenhouse emissions. But
Continue ReadingBy HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Jan. 1, many Americans will qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle. The credit is part of changes enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act and is designed to spur EV sales and reduce greenhouse emissions. But
Continue ReadingIn the last 24 hours… Mt. Hood Meadows reporter 10 new inches. Timberline reported 12 new inches. Hoodoo reported 4 new inches. Mt. Bachelor reported 10 new inches. Ski Bowl has 7 new inches. No new snow for the other resorts.
Continue ReadingHappy Thursday, Central Oregon! The east slopes of the Cascades, including Sisters, La Pine and Sunriver, are in a winter weather advisory that has been extended into Friday, set to expire around 4 p.m. For Thursday, we see snow lasting throughout the majority of the day taking us into Friday. Temperatures are expected to range
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Apenas 10 dÃas después de perder la final del Mundial 2022, Kylian Mbappé rescató al Paris Saint-Germain con un penalti en el último suspiro cuando su equipo venció al RC Strasbourg 2-1 en la Ligue el miércoles. Mbappé, que terminó en el bando perdedor contra Argentina en la gran final de
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN The late Marvel Comics visionary Stan Lee will be the focus of an upcoming documentary. Disney+ announced on Dec. 28, on what would have been Lee’s 100th birthday, that an original documentary about him will arrive in 2023. Lee, the co-creator of “Spider-Man,” “The Avengers,”X-Men,” along with hundreds of other characters,
Continue ReadingSEMMERING, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin led Paula Moltzan for an American 1-2 finish in a night slalom to become the first ski racer with 50 World Cup wins in a single discipline. No other skier has won an event more than 46 times in the 56-year World Cup history. The result also marked Shiffrin’s
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Benjamin Netanyahu hizo un dramático regreso como primer ministro de Israel, luego de tomar juramento como lÃder de lo que probablemente sea el Gobierno más derechista de la historia del paÃs. Netanyahu y su gobierno prestaron juramento este 29 de diciembre para su sexto mandato como primer ministro, 18 meses después de
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz, CNN Lakefront homes in Ontario were encased in a thick, spiky coat of ice after last weekend’s blizzard whipped frigid waves on shore. Residents of the Fort Erie community, coincidentally named Crystal Beach, said the waves were crashing over their Lake Erie break wall during the storm. “Then the water has frozen
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has dropped its subpoena against former President Donald Trump as it wraps up work and prepares to dissolve next week. Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee’s Democratic chairman, wrote in a letter to Trump lawyer David Warrington on
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press More than 1,100 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas on Thursday as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria. Around 4.2 million residents living in 1,140 small cities, hamlets, towns and villages that lost
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press More than 1,100 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria. The new standards raise the population threshold from 2,500 to 5,000 people and add housing units to
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s foreign ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador to explain why Moscow has placed a Bulgarian journalist working for an international investigative website on a wanted list. Christo Grozev, the leading Bellingcat researcher on Russia, has focused this year on alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Bulgarian Prime Minister Galab Donev said
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon activist Marina Silva will be the country´s next minister of environment. The announcement indicates the new administration will prioritize cracking down on illegal deforestation in the forest even if it means running afoul of
Continue ReadingLeah Asmelash, CNN American Girl’s latest “Girl of the Year” is a spunky Broadway-loving dancer and singer — and also the line’s first-ever South Asian main character. Kavika Sharma, Kavi for short, was unveiled Thursday as American Girl’s 2023 “Girl of the Year.” Unlike other American Girl dolls, “Girl of the Year” dolls are based
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN A former Minneapolis police officer is charged with assaulting a man during nighttime civil unrest following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, according to a complaint filed Wednesday. Former officer Justin Stetson is accused of repeatedly punching, kicking and kneeing Jaleel Stallings in the head and
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By Ben Krumholz Click here for updates on this story GILLS ROCK, Wisconsin (WLUK) — One of the most popular places to visit in our area on Wednesday was all the way at the tip of Door County. Amazing pictures of Simply Scandinavian Gift Shop coated in a thick layer of ice had thousands of
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN A top White House lawyer told two leading Republicans the oversight requests they issued during the last Congress would have to be reissued once the GOP assumes their House majority next week. The letter sent to Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer, the incoming chairmen of the House Judiciary and Oversight
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press No. 19 Notre Dame and 20th-ranked South Carolina will be trying to fill huge holes when they play in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. It’s their first meeting since 1984. The Fighting Irish will be without quarterback Drew Pyne, All-American tight end Michael Mayer, standout edge rusher Isaiah Foskey and cornerback Cam
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — After five elections that have paralyzed Israeli politics for nearly four years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally returned to power with the government he has long coveted: a parliamentary majority of religious and far-right lawmakers who share his hard-line views toward the Palestinians and hostility toward
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