SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek on Wednesday ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff, pursuant to a Presidential Proclamation as a mark of respect for the memory of former First Lady of the United States, Rosalynn Carter. The flag should be flown at half-staff from Saturday, November 25, until sunset on
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Crook County has open board and committee positions for Ag Extension Service District, Budget Committee, Building Code of Appeals, Compensation Committee, Fair Board, Museum Advisory Board, Natural Resource Advisory Committee, Special Transportation Committee, and Vector Control District. If you are interested in serving on any of these boards, please stop by
Continue ReadingBy Anna Coren, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Jessie Yeung, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — As Serhiy Ostapenko hunkered down in his pickup truck, hiding under trees for cover in the dead of night, the crashing booms of Russian bombardment rumbled around him. “The enemy is shelling us 24 hours a day. I don’t remember the last
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — For many Oregonians, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the perfect time to check items off their holiday shopping lists. For others, it’s an opportunity to trick people out of their money and sensitive personal information. “In the midst of all the holiday excitement, it is important to be aware of
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The Redmond Walmart Supercenter, like many stores, will open early on Black Friday, at 6 a.m., for holiday bargain-hunters, and offers Plus members early access to online deals. There’s also 2 hours daily of calmer, quieter ‘sensory-friendly’ in-store shopping.
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole on Friday, more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world. He will be released from prison on
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Brazil forward Rodrygo has been the target of racist abuse on social media following the World Cup qualifying game against Argentina. “The racists are always out there,” Rodrygo, who is Black, said in a message posted Thursday. “My social networks have been invaded with insults and all kinds of absurdity. It’s all
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An area of low pressure to our south and east is in just the right spot to allow a dry flow of air from the northeast to enter Oregon. This pool of cold air from Canada will keep our temperatures below normal until Sunday. The low pulls away and that will open the door for
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, Susannah Cullinane, Alberto Moya and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Search crews in southern Alaska located the remains of another person who went missing in a November landslide, the state’s Department of Public Safety said in a news release Friday, leaving a 12-year-old as the last person still unaccounted for after the
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Un estudiante resultó herido en la cabeza y cuatro personas quedaron detenidas este jueves tras la irrupción de un grupo de encapuchados a la Facultad de Contaduría y Administración de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), según informó la institución educativa. De acuerdo con un comunicado difundido
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s increasingly isolated and repressive government thought it had scored a rare public relations victory last week when Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe competition. But the “legitimate joy and pride” President Daniel Ortega’s government expressed in a statement Sunday after the win quickly
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Prepárate para soltar una risa, una risita o incluso una carcajada, porque este es el momento más importante del año para los apasionados por las fotos divertidas de animales. El jurado de los premios Comedy Wildlife Photo, con sede en el Reino Unido, revisó más de 1.800 imágenes enviadas desde 85 países
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with a second lawsuit in as many weeks, accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman who claims she was also a victim of alleged “revenge porn” by the music artist. The civil suit filed under the New York Adult Survivors Act names
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, “Nini”, es señalado como presunto jefe de seguridad de Los Chapitos, una facción del cartel de Sinaloa, por lo que su extradición a Estados Unidos este sábado, medio año después de su arresto, es un nuevo golpe para la organización delictiva. Nini fue arrestado en noviembre en el
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A woman has alleged in a lawsuit that actor, singer and comedian Jamie Foxx sexually assaulted her at a rooftop bar in New York in 2015, an incident the actor says “never happened.” The lawsuit filed Wednesday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan by a woman known in the documents only
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Las autoridades de salud de China le respondieron este jueves a la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) que el aumento en los casos de niños con neumonía o enfermedades respiratorias en la parte norte del país se debe a gérmenes estacionales típicos y no a cualquier patógeno nuevo o desconocido, informó
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Right-wing populist Javier Milei has been president-elect just four days and already Argentina’s unions and social organizations are vowing pushback and even protests if he makes good on his promises to slash the size of the state and privatize companies. Milei says radical measures are
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Merrins was known as “The Little Pro” because of his 5-foot-7 stature. The nickname surely had nothing to do with his giant influence on golf. Merrins died Wednesday after a long illness, according to UCLA, where he coached golf for 14 years. Merrins was famous for his driving cap and
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Todo empezó con una ley sobre bombas de calor y terminó con pedradas contra los políticos y un aumento de la popularidad de la extrema derecha. Para ver un ejemplo de cómo el cambio climático se convierte cada vez más en un punto álgido de la guerra cultural, Alemania es un buen
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis alderman has been charged with a misdemeanor on accusations that he lied to police when he said a woman tried to carjack him last year. Court documents say Brandon Bosley said the woman tried to rob him, while the woman told police that Bosley hit her with
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