Redmond planned road closures and delays update: Week of April 23-29
Here is the city of Redmond’s planned road closures and delays for the week of April 23-29.
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Plans underway for Biden to announce bid for second term next week
By Jeff Zeleny, Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak and Arlette Saenz, CNN Plans are in motion for President Joe Biden to formally announce his bid for a second term as soon as next week, with a campaign-style video set to be released to definitively answer the question of whether he will run again and igniting an
Continue ReadingClimate activist killed in ‘Cop City’ protest sustained 57 gunshot wounds, official autopsy says, but questions about gunpowder residue remain
By Nick Valencia, Devon M. Sayers and Pamela Kirkland, CNN An environmental activist killed earlier this year while protesting a planned law enforcement training facility in Atlanta sustained “at least” 57 gunshot wounds, according to a county medical examiner report. One central question the autopsy leaves unanswered is whether there was forensic evidence proving, as
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Homeless Leadership Coalition’s 2023 ‘Point in Time Count’ finds number of homeless veterans nearly doubled in 2022
The Homeless Leadership Coalition released their 2023 Point in Time Count on Thursday. The count taken on Tuesday, Jan. 24 found what might not surprise many Central Oregonians: More people are living on the streets or in vehicles, the woods or vacant lots across the High Desert.
Continue ReadingThursday PM Snow Report – More accumulation from stormy weather
The storm system lingering over the mountains has caused the resorts to report several more inches of accumulation over the last 24 hours. Its Hoodoo’s last open weekend of the season, but it’s Timberline with the most reported fresh powder.
Continue ReadingSmartmatic wants more than Dominion’s $787 million payout, plus a retraction from Fox for its 2020 election lies, lawyer says
By Marshall Cohen, CNN A top lawyer for Smartmatic, the voting technology company whose defamation lawsuit against Fox News is still pending, said Thursday that he won’t accept any settlement smaller than the $787 million Fox agreed to pay Dominion, and that his client needs a “full retraction” from the right-wing network disavowing the lies
Continue ReadingFox agrees to give more Murdoch docs to Smartmatic in its defamation case
CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN Fox News has agreed to provide voting technology company Smartmatic with additional material about its corporate chairman Rupert Murdoch and other top executives, as part of Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against the right-wing network. The agreement was announced Wednesday at a court hearing in Manhattan regarding the defamation case, which
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Wyden, Merkley, colleagues reintroduce legislation to let VA prescribe medical cannabis to veterans
Sens. Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley and Senate colleagues this week reintroduced legislation that would allow doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe medical cannabis to veterans in Oregon and other states and territories where there are established medical cannabis programs.
Continue ReadingKansas governor vetoes 4 anti-trans bills as overrides loom
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor has vetoed a sweeping set of anti-transgender measures that included a ban on gender-affirming care for children and teenagers. However, the Republican lawmakers who pushed the bills appeared Thursday to have the votes to override most of her actions. Gov. Laura Kelly
Continue ReadingWhite Sox’s Hendriks says he’s in remission from lymphoma
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks says he is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hendriks announced Thursday on Instagram that he is cancer-free. Hendriks announced his diagnosis in January and completed his final round of chemotherapy two weeks ago. A three-time All-Star, Hendriks was third in the majors with 37 saves and
Continue ReadingR. Kelly is appealing his 2021 sex trafficking and racketeering conviction in New York and wants a new trial
By Liam Reilly, CNN Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly is appealing one of his two federal convictions — his September 2021 guilty verdicts on sex trafficking and racketeering charges in New York — and is seeking a reversal of that conviction or a new trial, court documents show. In a brief filed Wednesday, the singer’s
Continue ReadingAlec Baldwin charge will be dropped in movie set shooting
By ANDREW DALTON and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday they will dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film “ Rust,” but cautioned that their investigation is not over and the actor has
Continue ReadingMexican man beaten, burned to death for stealing broccoli
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say an impoverished man who went into a field to steal a pair of broccoli stalks has been beaten and burned to death by a mob in central Mexico. Local police managed to take the man away from the village of San Miguel Tianguistenco, but he died later of
Continue ReadingNevada lawmakers await details of A’s land buy in Las Vegas
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada legislative leaders said Thursday that they had little information about the Oakland Athletics’ plans to move to Las Vegas, beyond that a land purchase deal is in place, a funding bill is coming and there is no timeline for action. The Major
Continue ReadingNevada lawmakers await details of A’s land buy in Las Vegas
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada legislative leaders said Thursday that they had little information about the Oakland Athletics’ plans to move to Las Vegas, beyond that a land purchase deal is in place, a funding bill is coming and there is no timeline for action. The Major
Continue ReadingCeltics’ Malcolm Brogdon wins NBA’s 6th man of year award
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics asked Malcolm Brogdon to learn a new role. He mastered it quickly. Brogdon was honored Thursday night as the NBA’s sixth man of the year, after a season in which he came off the bench exclusively and helped the Celtics finish with the second-best record in the NBA. It’s
Continue Reading‘How many more children have to die?’ Myanmar airstrike survivors ask what will it take for the world to act
CNN By Helen Regan, Sandi Sidhu, Anna Coren, Salai TZ and Su Chay, CNN When its helicopter gunships and fighter jets rained fire and bombs on a village celebration last Tuesday, Myanmar’s military junta insisted it was targeting “terrorists.” But among those killed that day — in what was the deadliest attack by junta forces
Continue Reading‘How many more children have to die?’ Myanmar airstrike survivors ask what will it take for the world to act
By Helen Regan, Sandi Sidhu, Anna Coren, Salai TZ and Su Chay, CNN When its helicopter gunships and fighter jets rained fire and bombs on a village celebration last Tuesday, Myanmar’s military junta insisted it was targeting “terrorists.” But among those killed that day — in what was the deadliest attack by junta forces on
Continue Reading‘Ted Lasso’ star Hannah Waddingham tapped for Apple TV Christmas musical special
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Christmas came early on Thursday when Apple TV announced that “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham will headline a new musical special coming this holiday season. “Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas” will feature surprise guests and musical numbers from Waddingham as she performs “festive classics accompanied by her spectacular big band,” according
Continue ReadingLa familia de Michael Schumacher planea emprender acciones legales por una entrevista falsa hecha con inteligencia artificial
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La familia de Michael Schumacher, el siete veces campeón de Fórmula Uno, planea emprender acciones legales después de que una revista alemana publicara una entrevista falsa realizada con inteligencia artificial (IA), según declaró un portavoz de la familia a CNN este jueves. Schumacher no ha sido visto en público desde que
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