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Month: October 2023

Oregon’s Public Health Advisory Board accepting applications for five new members

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Office of Governor Tina Kotek and Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division are seeking applicants for five positions on the state Public Health Advisory Board. PHAB advises and makes recommendations for governmental public health in Oregon. The board focuses on eliminating health inequities through a modern public health system, as described in

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Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleads guilty to misdemeanor for falsely pulling fire alarm in House office building

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat, pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge for falsely triggering a fire alarm in a House office building. Bowman struck a deal with the Washington, DC, Attorney General’s office, in which he pleaded guilty to the single misdemeanor offense. According to the terms

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Supreme Court rejects challenge to DeSantis’ multibillion agreement for online sports betting in Florida

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court rejected an emergency bid Wednesday to block a multibillion-dollar agreement between Florida and the Seminole Tribe to offer online sports betting throughout the state. The court’s order means that sports betting could soon be available in Florida, although other pending legal challenges in state courts

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Forecasters were caught off guard by Otis’ growth. But warming means more hurricanes like it

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Hurricane Otis unexpectedly turned from mild to monster in record time, and scientists are struggling to figure out what happened. Usually reliable computer models and the forecasters who use them didn’t see Otis’ explosive intensification coming as it approached Mexico’s Pacific coast. That created a nightmare scenario of an

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White House wants $56 billion from Congress for disaster relief, child care and high-speed Internet

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is asking lawmakers for nearly $56 billion in emergency spending for disaster relief, child care funding and broadband. The largest portion of the supplemental funding request, sent to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, includes more than $23 billion for disaster relief. The package also

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Kansas court system down nearly 2 weeks in ‘security incident’ that has hallmarks of ransomware

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline for two weeks a “security incident.” While authorities have provided no explanation as of Wednesday, experts say it bears all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack. The

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