New Paid Leave Oregon program starts accepting applications; benefits to start next month
Employees in Oregon started applying for benefits for Paid Leave Oregon Monday in the new system Frances Online.
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Spain reaches Women’s World Cup final for the first time with stunning win over Sweden
By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Spain created more history at the Women’s World Cup, shocking favorite Sweden to reach the final for the first time thanks to a dramatic 2-1 win in Auckland, New Zealand. After the majority of the match ticked by without much of consequence to write about, three goals in the
Continue ReadingAP African American Studies course won’t count toward graduation credit in Arkansas
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas education officials say an Advanced Placement course on African American studies won’t count toward a student’s graduation, prompting criticism from Black lawmakers. The Arkansas Department of Education stopped short of barring schools from offering the course, but said it can’t include the course as
Continue ReadingThe EPA is investigating how California manages its water following complaints from tribes
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has agreed to investigate how California manages its water. Some Native American tribes and environmental groups say the state has discriminated against them. They say the state’s outdated water quality rules prevent tribes from performing their religious and cultural practices in the
Continue ReadingAt least 99 people were killed in Maui’s wildfires. With only 25% of the burn area searched, officials worry the death toll will climb
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — With only a quarter of the Maui wildfire burn area searched, the death toll of what’s already the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century still could rise significantly, Hawaii authorities said Monday. At least 99 people have been confirmed dead from the wildfires, and the number
Continue ReadingHow a devastating combination of conditions triggered America’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century
By Casey Tolan, Isabelle Chapman and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — As gale-force winds rushed down the slopes of Maui’s Mauna Kahālāwai mountains early Tuesday morning, Shane Treu stood outside his home with a garden hose – one of the first people in Lahaina to fight what would become America’s deadliest wildfire in more than
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Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing plans F-15 Eagle night training missions this week, possibly over Central Oregon
The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing will conduct routine F-15 Eagle night training missions for the next four nights, and some could fly in the skies over Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingVideo shows Texas US Rep. Ronny Jackson berating officers after being wrestled to ground at rodeo
By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Police video released Monday shows U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas being taken to the ground by officers, profanely berating them and threatening to report them to the governor during an altercation at a rodeo last month. In body camera video, the former
Continue ReadingEl precio de la gasolina en EE.UU. alcanza su nivel más alto en casi 10 meses
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN) — Los precios en las estaciones de gasolina de Estados Unidos se acercan a US$ 4 por galón en todo el país. El promedio nacional de la gasolina corriente alcanzó US$ 3,85 por galón este lunes, según la Asociación Estadounidense del Automóvil (AAA, por sus siglas en inglés). La cifra
Continue ReadingMichael Oher, depicted in ‘The Blind Side,’ alleges he was never adopted by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, but signed into a conservatorship
By Jennifer Henderson and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Former NFL player Michael Oher, whose life story was portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie “The Blind Side,” has filed a petition in a Tennessee court to end Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy’s conservatorship over him. Oher claims the Tuohys told him they were going to adopt
Continue ReadingWoman charged in Vanessa Guillen case receives 30-year sentence for role in death of Army soldier
By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Cecily Aguilar, the woman charged in connection with the 2020 killing of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Aguilar pleaded guilty last year to one count of accessory after the fact, and three counts of making a false statement. Aguilar’s boyfriend at
Continue ReadingUtah man accused of threatening president pointed gun at agents, FBI says
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden before a trip to Salt Lake City last week pointed a handgun at FBI agents attempting to arrest him, the agency said on Monday. Craig Robertson, a 75-year-old Air Force veteran, was killed
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Gov. Kotek tells C. Oregon leaders she won’t support managed homeless camps outside urban growth boundaries
Gov. Tina Kotek has told three Central Oregon elected officials at a meeting on homelessness issues that she is not willing to support managed camps located outside of Bend’s or Redmond’s urban growth boundaries. But she said the talk “yielded common ground and, I hope, a path forward.”
Continue ReadingQuién es Christian Zurita, el candidato que reemplazará a Fernando Villavicencio en la carrera presidencial en Ecuador
Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — “Mataron a mi amigo”, escribió Christian Zurita en su cuenta de X —antes Twitter— el 9 de agosto pasado, cuando el crimen contra el candidato a la presidencia Fernando Villavicencio estaba a punto de convertirse en la noticia que cambiaría las elecciones presidenciales del próximo 20 de agosto. Menos de
Continue ReadingDozens of news organizations condemn police raid on Kansas newspaper and call for seized materials to be returned
CNN, KWCH-DT By Jon Passantino, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of news organizations on Sunday condemned a police raid on a Kansas newspaper and its publisher’s home, sending a letter to the local police department’s chief urging him to immediately return all seized materials. The four-page letter, sent by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the
Continue ReadingTexas woman who helped hide US soldier Vanessa Guillén’s body sentenced to 30 years in prison
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison for helping dispose of the body of a U.S. soldier, whose 2020 killing sparked a movement of women speaking out about sexual abuse in the military and led to changes in how they can report
Continue ReadingLouisville students to return to school on Friday, more than a week after bus schedule meltdown
By BRUCE SCHREINER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Students in Louisville’s public school district will return to class starting Friday as part of a staggered reopening that stretches into next week, as administrators reboot a new bus schedule after the system melted down on the first day of school, the superintendent
Continue ReadingA fiery explosion in a market area in the Dominican Republic kills 3 and injures dozens
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A powerful explosion in a bustling market area near the capital of the Dominican Republic has killed at least three people and injuring more than 30 others. The explosion occurred Monday afternoon at a bakery in the city of San
Continue ReadingReportan la desaparición de 5 jóvenes en Jalisco
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Las autoridades de México buscan a cinco jóvenes reportados como desaparecidos el sábado en el municipio Lagos de Moreno, una ciudad localizada al este de Guadalajara, informó el lunes Ricardo Sánchez, coordinador estatal de seguridad de Jalisco. Según el funcionario, los cinco jóvenes acudieron el fin de semana a la
Continue ReadingPerros rastreadores de cadáveres llegan a Maui para ayudar a encontrar a los fallecidos. ¿Por qué es una tarea tan difícil?
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Metal retorcido. Automóviles calcinados. Restos carbonizados de lo que alguna vez fueron hogares, prósperos negocios y lugares de interés cultural. Las autoridades de Maui siguen buscando entre los escombros a las numerosas personas que continúan desaparecidas tras los incendios que asolaron la isla, ahora con una nueva herramienta: los perros detectores
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