After weeks of hearings in Salem, the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response outlined their proposal for legislation to fix the much-criticized flaws in Measure 110 that they say will expand addiction treatment, deter public drug use, and improve community safety.
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is asking a judge to toss out much of the evidence in the prosecution against him, saying investigators illegally searched his residence to get back at him for defeating a prior prosecution. The arguments were contained in papers filed late Monday
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Year-end stats recently released by the Bend Police Department show their K-9 officers were deployed on nearly 250 calls in 2023.
Continue ReadingBy Dominic Garcia Click here for updates on this story ROCKLIN, California (KOVR) — A local artist is representing the Greater Sacramento region in a nationwide art auction with one amazing mission. All proceeds will go toward disability awareness in the workplace. Despite the smile, life for Brenna Kandoll has not been easy. The Rocklin
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s influential Orthodox Church has voiced strong opposition to the center-right government’s plans to legalize same-sex civil marriages. It says it will present its views to congregations nationwide and to lawmakers who will be debating the proposals. A statement by the Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, says that while legislation
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Wilson Click here for updates on this story CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — It’s been about two and a half weeks since Matthew Harris officially took over as the Clear Creek County sheriff. He’s wasted no time trying to change the public’s perception of the sheriff’s office, which is currently experiencing a
Continue ReadingBy AJ Walker Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — Jacob Efthemiou is just 7 years old, but he knows what it means to have to be brave. In 2020, he was diagnosed with the medical condition Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP), which is inflammation of the blood vessels in your skin, joints, intestines,
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The title might be “Griselda” and the promotion all about Sofia Vergara, but this limited series devoted to a real-life drug kingpin could easily be dubbed “Narcos,” Season 4. Having a female protagonist in the 1970s and ‘80s does filter the narrative through a misogynistic prism, but despite
Continue ReadingBy Beret Leone Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Monday marks another trip around the sun for John Worley. But instead of cutting the cake for the milestone, he’s pumping iron. He does a push-up for each year he’s been alive, a tradition he’s done for the last decade. This year
Continue ReadingBy Adam Harrington Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A U.S. Postal worker was arrested last week charges of driving drunk and trying to bribe the police officers who pulled him over in the Portage Park neighborhood. On Tuesday evening last week, two officers were on patrol in a squad car
Continue ReadingBy Megan Shinn Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 42 million Americans have disabilities. So it’s difficult for them and their families to get around day to day. That’s why it’s a new year full of possibilities for 25 children and their families.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Last weekend’s four NFL divisional round playoff games averaged 40.0 million viewers on television and digital platforms, the highest on record dating back to 1988. The viewer average is a 7% increase over last year and a 5% jump from two years ago. Sunday night’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hundreds of Homeless Leadership Coalition staff members began the Central Oregon 2024 Homeless Count & Survey on Tuesday, a week-long, federally required project to count all houseless individuals in the region that provides crucial data and is key for funding of efforts to provide support and a safe path out of
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Guay Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When cancer threatened to silence a local musician, the surgery to save his life could also have ended his career. So two UPMC doctors worked to re-imagine his surgery to make sure he wouldn’t have to hang up his guitar. For musician
Continue ReadingBy Marcella Baietto Click here for updates on this story ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Kids have a lot of stress these days. A school district in the Lehigh Valley asked how it could help, and students requested resources they could use on their phones. Mental health resources in different languages are now just a few
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian judge has ruled that the government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quell weeks of protests by truckers and others angry over COVID-19 restrictions in 2022 was unreasonable and unconstitutional. The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it will appeal. The protests eventually encompassed
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Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Osgood, a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who anchored “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades, hosted the long-running radio program “The Osgood File” and was referred to as CBS News’ poet-in-residence, has died. He was 91. CBS reported that Osgood died Tuesday at
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Lily Gladstone’s high school classmates knew she was destined for moviemaking greatness. The “Killers of the Flower Moon” actor – who earned a milestone lead actress Oscar nomination for her performance in the Martin Scorsese epic on Tuesday – posted a photo to her Instagram page in 2017 of
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge won’t block a part of a state law that doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution if they perform an abortion to save a patient’s life or health. The judge ruled Tuesday, but the lawsuit will continue to play out in
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