By Kunyi Yang The hashtag #BoycottLukoil started trending online not long after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 21. The idea is to stop people from filling their tanks at the US gas stations that bear the name Lukoil, the Russian oil and gas giant. The trouble is that most of the 230 Lukoil gas stations
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating last year’s US Capitol attack issued subpoenas Tuesday to six different individuals who have ties to the effort to interrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The group represents a wide range of individuals who played a role in a number of
Continue ReadingRICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to reports of shots fired inside a building at the Hanford Site, but authorities say deputies found no evidence of a shooting and no victims at the decommissioned nuclear production facility. The Tri-City Herald reports employees of the building were evacuated, while others working at the
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — The Batman está a solo unos días de estrenarse. Y vaya que ha generado mucha expectativa: en primera, porque su estreno se atrasó cinco meses (estaba previsto para el 1 de octubre de 2021 y se cambió al 4 de marzo de 2022); y en segunda, por la esperada actuación de
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rocked the global oil market and Central Oregon is feeling the impact.
Continue ReadingBy CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers have given final approval to a Republican-backed bill that would ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports that match their gender identity. The state Senate voted 32-18 on Tuesday in favor of the bill, sending it to Gov. Eric Holcomb
Continue ReadingCNN By Jake Tapper and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden told news anchors during a lunch ahead of the State of the Union on Tuesday that he has a major message he wants to send to the American people: America and its allies will remain united in their response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julia Scoles and Peter Andrews have faced much adversity throughout their college careers but both are hoping their journey to overcome it will help others. Scoles, a beach volleyball player at Southern California, and Andrews, who plays baseball for Butte College, have been named the
Continue ReadingBy Jackson Kurtz Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KMBC) — More than 150 works of art make up the Parade of Hearts, including a symbol of unity from students at Piper Creek Elementary School. “In their own unique style and designs,” said Stacy Haworth, an art teacher at Piper Creek
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer A new government report shows Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine gave children 5 and older strong protection against hospitalization and death even during the omicron surge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the new data Tuesday. A day earlier, a study from New York raised the question of whether
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-hired investigator of Wisconsin’s 2020 election says the state Legislature should “take a hard look at decertification of the 2020 presidential election,” a move that GOP leaders have said they won’t take and that nonpartisan attorneys call illegal. The release of Michael Gableman’s 136-page “interim
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The sound of supportive car horns and song took over the downtown Bend Peace Corner Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, many have come together to protest the action. That includes artists who were scheduled to perform in Russia. The following is a list of musicians who have canceled their shows: Green Day The punk-infused rock band had been scheduled to play Moscow’s Spartak Stadium in
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer A new global supercross series has received backing from an Abu Dhabi-based wealth fund that should have SX Global up and running next year. Mubadala Capital announced a $50 million investment in Australia-based SX Global. The series plans five events next season between September and November of 2022.
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain has banned any ship with Russian connections from entering its ports as part of efforts to isolate President Vladimir Putin’s government because of its war in Ukraine. British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on Tuesday announced “a total ban of all ships with any Russian connection whatsoever from entering British ports.” In
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Bob Baffert has sued Churchill Downs and track leadership in federal court, seeking to overturn the Hall of Fame trainer’s two-year suspension on grounds it violated his due process rights. The suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court names Churchill Downs Inc., CEO William C. Carstanjen and board chair R. Alex
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Kyiv, Ucrania (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, instó a su homólogo estadounidense, Joe Biden, a entregar un mensaje fuerte y “útil” sobre la invasión de Rusia en su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión este martes, en una entrevista exclusiva con CNN y Reuters desde el búnker en
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States says it is expelling a Russian “intelligence operative” working for the United Nations, in addition to the 12 members of the Russian Mission to the United Nations whose expulsions were ordered Monday for engaging in espionage. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden will host Ukraine Ambassador to the US Oksana Markarova in her box at Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, among a number of other guests. Markarova in recent weeks has been an outspoken defender of Ukraine in her country’s fight against Russian invasion. On Monday, Markarova
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal judge will allow a member of the press and the defendant’s wife inside the courtroom for the first January 6 trial, reversing an earlier decision to bar the public from the courtroom during witness testimony. Judge Dabney Friedrich will also allow one family member of defendant
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