PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three schools in Portland, Oregon, were closed on Friday due to staffing shortages and “excessive” absences caused by COVID-19. Officials from Portland Public Schools, the state’s largest school district, said 431 staff members had called out by Thursday evening. At least 175 of the positions were unable to be filled by
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three schools in Portland, Oregon, were closed on Friday due to staffing shortages and “excessive” absences caused by COVID-19. Officials from Portland Public Schools, the state’s largest school district, said 431 staff members had called out by Thursday evening. At least 175 of the positions were unable to be filled by
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN The Cyber Ninjas firm that oversaw the problem-plagued review of the 2020 results in Arizona’s Maricopa County is shuttering. Rod Thomson, a representative for the Cyber Ninjas, confirmed to CNN that company is shutting down. Thomson said, “$2 million debt from the Arizona audit and endless legal and character attacks on
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top Republican lawmaker in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin says there is “zero chance” the GOP-controlled Legislature will take over awarding the state’s 10 presidential elector votes in 2024, even as Democrats worry that is their goal. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told The Associated
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden has accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s invitation to deliver the annual State of the Union address to Congress on March 1. On Friday, Pelosi sent Biden a letter inviting him to give the speech on that day “to share your vision of the State of
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found in a Houston bayou in 2020 has pleaded guilty for her role in the child’s death. Court records show Sahara Ervin pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence, a human corpse, during a court hearing Wednesday. Maliyah Bass had been playing in her
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1, the White House confirmed Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the president a formal invitation to speak to Congress and the American public one year into his term. It will mark the
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business 2021 was a historically great year for jobs. So why didn’t it feel that way? The short answers: Economists were befuddled. You were paying closer-than-usual attention. And months after a series of bad headlines subsided, the job situation quietly improved. Confused? Don’t worry. Pretty much everyone is. We’ll take you
Continue ReadingBRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Former players David Cone and Eduardo Perez are joining Karl Ravech to form a new broadcast team for ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” telecasts. Alex Rodriguez, the scandal-tainted three-time MVP who had been on the telecasts during the past four seasons, will shift to eight Sunday night alternate telecasts on ESPN2 with
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A Berlin teacher has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison for the killing of another man that the court said was carried out as part of “cannibalism fantasies.” The 42-year-old also was convicted of disturbing the peace of the dead after a trial that opened in August. The
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN en Español) — El ministro de Salud de Colombia, Fernando Ruiz, anunció este viernes que las personas con síntomas relacionados a covid-19 deben guardar aislamiento de 7 días y no de 10 ni 14 como era antes, independientemente de su estado de vacunación. Si se trata de población joven, no es
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz say a heap of nine bodies has been found piled on a roadside. The state public safety department calls the killings “a reaction to the results of work being done to fight crime.” Veracruz Gov. Cuitláhuac Garcia said Friday that a total of
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Un grupo de científicos descubrió la presencia de cuatro nuevos virus en las tortugas gigantes de las Islas Galápagos, en Ecuador. Los científicos evaluaron a 454 animales y emplearon una técnica similar a la utilizada para detectar el covid-19 en los humanos recolectando muestras de los ojos, boca y
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing for tougher bail policies after a man who is charged with driving his SUV through a suburban Milwaukee Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring more than 60, had been released on $1,000 bail in a domestic violence case. There have been bipartisan calls for bail
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ AP / Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The challenges facing former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller as he runs for Nevada governor were on full display on Thursday at the first gubernatorial debate leading up the June 2022 Republican primary election. Heller was booed multiple times over claims about his conservative
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Si en 2020 se renovaron los llamamientos a la igualdad racial al tiempo que estallaban las protestas de Black Lives Matter en toda Europa, en 2021 se produjo una reacción violenta cuando algunos sectores de la clase política emprendieron la llamada “guerra contra el woke”. Despojado de su significado original de
Continue ReadingCAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Rex Dearmont Rust, co-president of the Missouri-based media company Rust Communications, has died. The company’s flagship newspaper, the Southeast Missourian in Cape Girardeau, reported that Rust died Thursday evening after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 52. Rust grew up in Cape Girardeau and graduated from Harvard University in
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A judge has awarded nearly $1 million in damages to the families of four fishermen who died when their Maine-based boat mysteriously sank off the Massachusetts coast in 2020. The 82-foot Portland, Maine-based Emmy Rose went down early Nov. 23, 2020, as it was heading to port after a seven-day fishing
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The Bend Park and Recreation District has over 730 kids playing on 73 teams in the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade basketball league this season. With 34 games being played every Saturday this winter, there is a great need for paid officials.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The Flame Nebula is one of many gems included in the Orion constellation, and astronomers have now captured a new perspective of this striking celestial feature. While the Flame Nebula appears to live up to its name, the fiery image actually represents what the interstellar clouds look like in radio waves.
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