Scope out the Olympic slopestyle course at Genting Snow Park
Take a look at the Olympic slopestyle course at Genting Snow Park where slopestyle snowboarders and freeskiers will stomp their best tricks starting Feb. 5.
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Snow and ice cover New England as Midwest digs out from winter storm
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Nearly 40 million people remain under weather watches and warnings in the Northeast, down from 85 million Friday morning, as a winter storm makes its way eastward. Snow fell across much of New York state, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, with freezing rain and ice causing treacherous travel to the south
Continue ReadingDay 1 of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
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Continue ReadingDay 1 of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
By Jack Bantock, Ben Church, John Sinnott, Fernando Alfonso and Adrienne Vogt The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
Continue ReadingJudge says Idaho gov can’t veto clemency for condemned man
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge says Idaho’s governor doesn’t have the power to veto a clemency recommendation by the state’s parole board for a terminally ill man who was expected to be executed this year. The ruling from 2nd District Judge Jay Gaskill on Friday says putting Gerald Pizzuto
Continue ReadingResearchers: COVID hospitalizations in Oregon are peaking
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Oregon will peak this weekend near current levels, and then steadily recede to pre-omicron levels by the end of March. That’s according to a weekly report by Oregon Health and Science University. Meanwhile, the percentage of tests for COVID-19 that were positive dropped
Continue ReadingCDC to recommend faster Covid-19 boosters for certain immunocompromised people
By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is clarifying the Covid-19 vaccination schedule for people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised, it said Friday, to address some of the challenges they may be having in getting an additional dose. The CDC has been recommending that immunocompromised people who got an
Continue ReadingAviones militares de EE.UU. y la OTAN interceptan aviones rusos sobre el Atlántico Norte
Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Aviones de combate estadounidenses, junto con aviones militares noruegos y británicos, interceptaron el jueves aviones rusos cerca del espacio aéreo aliado de la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN), según la OTAN. Un día antes, aviones militares noruegos identificaron e interceptaron aviones rusos en el Alto Norte, según otro comunicado
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Inside the Rings: Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony
The striking images and powerful messaging of the Opening Ceremony kicked off the Beijing Winter Olympics in the Bird’s Nest stadium.
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Crook County sheriff’s deputy on leave after fatal shooting in Juniper Canyon
A Crook County sheriff’s deputy reportedly shot and killed a person in the Juniper Canyon area south of Prineville Friday afternoon. Sheriff John Gautney released limited details Saturday, including that the deputy has been placed on leave as Oregon State Police and the district attorney’s office lead the resulting investigation.
Continue ReadingBettman: NHL going worldwide with revival of Global Series
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NHL is ready to go worldwide again after two years of coronavirus restrictions and a missed Olympics. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the NHL Global Series will return next season with preseason games in Germany and Switzerland, followed by regular season games in Finland
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Amir Locke case shines light on no-knock warrants
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The death of a Black man at the hands of a Minneapolis police SWAT team is shining new light on how police carry out no-knock warrants. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey imposed a moratorium Friday on both requests for and executions of no-knock warrants following the death of
Continue ReadingPence afirma que ‘Trump está equivocado’ al decir que el entonces vicepresidente tenía derecho a anular las elecciones de 2020
Sol Amaya (CNN) — El exvicepresidente Mike Pence llamó a su exjefe por su nombre este viernes y dijo que “el presidente (Donald) Trump está equivocado” al afirmar que Pence tenía derecho a anular las elecciones de 2020 el 6 de enero de 2021. Durante la conferencia de los Capítulos de Florida de la Sociedad
Continue ReadingFormer Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper gets Pentagon’s approval to publish memoir
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has gotten the Pentagon’s sign-off on his memoir of his time working under President Donald Trump and will drop a lawsuit against the department for not clearing his book manuscript for publication, his attorney said Friday. The former Pentagon chief will now
Continue ReadingCalifornia gas utility fined $10M for ratepayer money misuse
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A major California gas utility must pay a nearly $10 million fine and reimburse customers for money it improperly spent related to the development of more energy efficient building codes. The penalties that Southern California Gas Co. faces were issued Thursday by the California Public Utilities
Continue ReadingDictan prisión preventiva por 180 días a acusados de violación grupal que conmovió a Uruguay
Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La justicia de Uruguay imputó este viernes a tres hombres por el delito de “abuso sexual especialmente agravado” y a uno de ellos, además, por “difusión de material de contenido íntimo sexual sin consentimiento de la víctima”. A pedido de la Fiscalía, la jueza Marcela Vargas ordenó la prisión preventiva
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ODOT seeks public input on how to spend over $400 million in flexible federal funding
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Transportation has spent the last several months talking to stakeholders and the public about how to spend the additional $1.2 billion in transportation funding that is coming to Oregon under the federal infrastructure law, known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Here’s their update, issued Friday:
Continue ReadingThe Tokyo Olympics set the record for LGBTQ+ visibility. The Beijing Games aren’t likely to break it
By Hannah Ryan, CNN Last year’s Tokyo Olympics are destined to be remembered for many reasons. They took place amid a state of emergency in the Japanese capital — declared as the city was dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases — and events were staged with little to no spectators to cheer athletes on.
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Warmer on Sunday
The light westerly wind we had Friday night was up to 10 mph Friday and will calm by Saturday morning. From here, it will warm up even more, and we will see plenty of sunshine for the next several days. Highs Saturday will be around 50 degrees once again, but Sunday will see highs in the upper
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and none expected for a while.
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