By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joe Haden is hoping to extend his stay in the Steel City at least one more week. Haden will play in the second playoff game of his 12-year career when the Steelers visit Kansas City in the opening round of the postseason. The
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Business) — Sam Dancy, uno de los millones trabajadores esenciales del país, ha sido testigo de muchas cosas durante sus 30 años en la cadena de supermercados QFC en Seattle. Pero la variante ómicron lo está llevando al límite. Dancy es un supervisor de las cajas registradoras, los quioscos de autopago,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Elected officials and activists are harshly critical of a suburban Philadelphia prosecutor over his handling of the case of an 8-year-old girl hit by police gunfire. Two teens who shot at each other outside a high school football game are facing first-degree murder charges in the death of Fanta Bility.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Autoridades del distrito escolar central de Williamsville, ubicado en las afueras de la ciudad de Buffalo en el norte del estado de Nueva York, emitió un comunicado esta semana en el que condena cualquier material que denigre a sus estudiantes, sus familias y su cultura. Estudiantes del sexto grado
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As part of an ongoing series of discussions on race and equity, Central Oregon Community College is hosting a virtual community forum titled “Forum on Racism: Why are We Still Talking About Racism?” together with Oregon State University-Cascades from 4-5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The last time the Kansas City Chiefs played the Pittsburgh Steelers, their record-setting wide receiver had just recovered from COVID-19 and their star tight end was sitting at home and still dealing with the virus. They still rolled to a 36-10 victory at Arrowhead
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In defending itself against a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, Fox News is seeking access to an expert report filed under seal in a separate Georgia lawsuit that the author says details vulnerabilities in the company’s touchscreen voting machines. Election security expert J. Alex Halderman
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Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Mike Tirico will anchor NBC’s primetime coverage of the Winter Olympics from Beijing and will also host the Super Bowl pregame show from Los Angeles. Tirico is the host of NBC’s “Football Night in America” and he also calls some games throughout the season. He will anchor the Olympics
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press An overturned conviction in Missouri is raising new questions about video testimony in criminal court cases nationwide. And the ruling could have ripple effects through a justice system increasingly reliant on remote technology as it struggles with a backlog of cases during the coronavirus pandemic. Missouri’s highest
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer for ex-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs’ girlfriend says he’ll appeal a Las Vegas judge’s decision to grant prosecutors access to the woman’s medical records after a fatal high-speed crash that cost Ruggs his spot on the team. Attorney Peter Christiansen’s appeal would block access
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer for ex-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs’ girlfriend says he’ll appeal a Las Vegas judge’s decision to grant prosecutors access to the woman’s medical records after a fatal high-speed crash that cost Ruggs his spot on the team. Attorney Peter Christiansen’s appeal would block access
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job. At the same time, the
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN By the time President Joe Biden was climbing into his limousine on Capitol Hill, his Thursday was already going poorly. An hour before he’d arrived to meet Senate Democrats, Arizona centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema declared on the Senate floor she couldn’t support any changes to filibuster rules that would be
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing requirement aimed at large businesses, but it allowed a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers to go into effect nationwide. The decision is a huge hit to Biden’s attempts to use the power of
Continue ReadingRABAT, Morocco (AP) — A United Nations diplomat newly tasked with reviving stalled negotiations for a settlement to the decades-old Western Sahara conflict has met with Moroccan officials during his first visit to the region. U.N. envoy to Western Sahara Staffan De Mistura held talks in the capital Rabat Thursday with Morocco’s foreign minister and
Continue ReadingCRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — In a story published January 11, 2022, about an investigation of a former coach and the North Kingstown School Department, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Rhode Island attorney general was conducting a civil investigation into the school and ex-coach. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island
Continue ReadingCNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing requirement aimed at large businesses, but it allowed a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers to go into effect nationwide. The decision is a huge hit to Biden’s attempts to use the power
Continue ReadingBy Nina dos Santos and Allegra Goodwin, CNN The United Kingdom’s domestic spy agency has warned British lawmakers that a woman connected to the Chinese Communist Party has been working to interfere in the UK political process. MI5 alleges in an alert that Christine Ching Kui Lee has “acted covertly in coordination” with the United
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While dry wells have been a concern for some time across Central Oregon, it’s certainly hitting one Bend mobile home park harder than many these days.
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