By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country. The bill was approved despite the objections of
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McMINNVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — With 1.3 seconds left on the clock, Summit’s Collin Moore threw an alley-oop to Mac Bledsoe to defeat Wilsonville 52-50 on Saturday and win the first state basketball title in program history. Here’s NewsChannel 21’s Dylan Anderman was on hand at Linfield for the exciting finish, the post-game celebration and comments
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Katie Lineburg, a senior from Hillsboro who attends St. Stephen’s Academy, is Oregon’s 2024 Poetry Out Loud champion. Lineburg received the top score at Saturday’s Poetry Out Loud State Contest, held at the Salem Public Library. She will now represent Oregon at the national Poetry Out Loud competition, to be held April 30
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KURIGA, Nigeria (AP) — Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s northwest, riddled with Islamic extremists and armed gangs. It has been more than two days after her children — ages 7 to
Continue ReadingJuan Carlos Arciniegas CNN (Hollywood) — Es un concepto al que le he estado echando cabeza en los últimos días, justo cuando nos acercamos a la meta final de una larga carrera por la codiciada estatuilla dorada: la globalización del Oscar. La ceremonia del Oscar, según la Academia de Hollywood, es transmitida a más de
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — N’Faly Dante scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to help Oregon beat Utah 66-65 on Saturday night. Gabe Madsen’s 3-pointer pulled Utah to 66-63 with 3:49 remaining, and Deivon Smith’s two free throws capped the scoring with 38 seconds left. Jermaine Couisnard missed a layup on the Ducks’ ensuing possession,
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Casi 50 obras de arte de oro creadas por el escultor italiano Umberto Mastroianni fueron robadas de una exposición cerca del lago Garda, Italia, el miércoles por la noche, dijo a CNN el anfitrión de la exposición, la finca Vittoriale degli Italiani. Se robaron 49 obras de arte por valor
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A Bend artist created a sculpture to break down barriers around pay equity. Outside the Commons Cafe and Taproom in downtown Bend, Cassandra Kehoe wanted to discuss equal pay at Saturday’s event.
Continue ReadingAUBURN, Ala. (AP) — An Auburn University student connected on a long-distance shot, draining a length-of-the-basketball court putt on Saturday to win a car. Conor Boyle made the 94-foot putt, rolling a golf ball from one baseline and through a sign next to the opposite basket during a promotion in the second half of Auburn’s
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, visited Uvalde, Texas on Saturday and met with the family of Irma Garcia, a beloved schoolteacher killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting. Garcia, who had worked as a teacher for 23 years, was one of 21 people
Continue ReadingCNN By Sharif Paget and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, visited Uvalde, Texas on Saturday and met with the family of Irma Garcia, a beloved schoolteacher killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting. Garcia, who had worked as a teacher for 23 years, was one of 21
Continue ReadingCNN By Sharif Paget and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, visited Uvalde, Texas on Saturday and met with the family of Irma Garcia, a beloved schoolteacher killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting. Garcia, who had worked as a teacher for 23 years, was one of 21
Continue ReadingHUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials say no recoverable oil remains in the water after a sheen was reported off the Southern California coast, but the cause remains unclear. Authorities detected the 2.5-mile-long oil sheen Friday morning. Crews on Friday recovered about 85% of it, roughly 85 gallons. The Coast Guard and Huntington Beach officials
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Eddie Lampkin Jr. scored 17 points on 8-for-10 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds and Colorado beat Oregon State 73-57 on Saturday to end the regular season for both teams. Colorado (22-9, 13-7 Pac-12 Conference) has won six straight and its 22 wins marks a program record in 121 years of play.
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “hurting Israel more than helping Israel” in how he is approaching its war against Hamas in Gaza. The U.S. leader expressed support for Israel’s right to pursue Hamas after the
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Snow is likely to overtake the mountains early Saturday and will linger through the next several days. Snowfall totals along the crest of the Cascades are going to be in the 1 – 2 ft range by Monday morning. There is currently a Winter Weather Advisory for Linn and Marion counties for the entire weekend
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, confirmó este sábado el arresto de Emil Brand Ulloa, el director del comando de campaña en el estado Barinas para la líder María Corina Machado, ganadora de las primarias presidenciales de la oposición. Según un comunicado publicado en su cuenta de X
Continue ReadingBy ALI SULTAN Associated Press ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — Authorities in Zanzibar say eight children and an adult have died from eating sea turtle meat on Pemba Island, while 78 others were hospitalized. Sea turtle meat is considered a delicacy by residents of the East African archipelago even though it periodically results in deaths from
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. aerospace company Stratolaunch has conducted the first powered test flight of a new unmanned hypersonic research vehicle. The company says Saturday’s flight of the Talon-A-1 off the coast of California was a success but is withholding specific altitude and speed details. Hypersonic describes flights at
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press The Republican senator who gave the party’s response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address used a harrowing account of a young woman’s sexual abuse to attack his border policies, but the rapes did not happen in the U.S. or during the Biden administration. Alabama Sen. Katie
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