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Month: December 2024

Skip the scams this holiday season: AARP Oregon has tips on how to steer clear of the top rip-offs

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — While many of us take time off during the holidays, scammers don’t rest. According to a new AARP Fraud Watch Network report, fraudsters work even harder during the festive season. Last year, individuals in Oregon lost a total of $97.5 million to fraud, the organization says. “Every day, we hear new ones,”

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Biathlon official apologizes to athletes who have suffered mistreatment

Associated Press The secretary general of the International Biathlon Union apologized to any athlete who was mistreated during his tenure at U.S. Biathlon while speaking to a 90-minute meeting Tuesday that focused on concerns about athlete safety brought to light by multiple Associated Press reports. “I appreciate anyone who comes forward with issues, especially issues

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Biathlon official apologizes to athletes who have suffered mistreatment

Associated Press The secretary general of the International Biathlon Union apologized to any athlete who was mistreated during his tenure at U.S. Biathlon while speaking to a 90-minute meeting Tuesday that focused on concerns about athlete safety brought to light by multiple Associated Press reports. “I appreciate anyone who comes forward with issues, especially issues

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A new neutrino detector in China aims to spot mysterious ghost particles lurking around us

Associated Press KAIPING, China (AP) — Underneath a granite hill in southern China, a massive detector is nearly complete that will sniff out the mysterious ghost particles lurking around us. The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory will soon begin the difficult task of spotting neutrinos: tiny cosmic particles with a mind-bogglingly small mass. The detector is

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Crook County school Superintendent Melissa Skinner

Crook County Superintendent Melissa Skinner is under fire with community members over accusations of suspect hiring decisions and nepotism

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The trouble continues for Crook County Superintendent Melissa Skinner as a group looking to oust her from her role has gathered over 700 signatures and comes after a raucous student protest and packed board meeting. The group accuses her of suspect hiring practices, including the hiring of her family members. Crook

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Pamela Anderson says ‘dealing with beauty and glamour and aging’ was part of her prep for ‘The Last Showgirl’

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Pamela Anderson says preparing for “The Last Showgirl” was a deeply personal experience. Anderson appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” alongside “Anora” actress Mikey Madison, where Anderson opened up about how she pulled from her “whole life” to inform her role in the Gia Coppola-directed drama.

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Corea del Norte ha sufrido hasta ahora “varios centenares” de bajas en Ucrania, según las autoridades

Por Haley Britzky, CNN Corea del Norte ha sufrido hasta el momento “varios centenares” de bajas, tanto muertos como heridos, en los combates junto a Rusia en la región de Kursk desde que envió miles de efectivos a ese país en octubre, declaró este martes un alto funcionario. “Creemos ahora, basándonos en los últimos datos

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Indiana law shrouds executions in secrecy, prompting new pushes for public oversight

Associated Press Executions have historically been carried out with at least some public scrutiny, from public hangings in the town square to lethal injections in prisons witnessed by journalists. Indiana was expected to again diverge from that tradition by barring media witnesses from the execution of Joseph Corcoran. But shortly after state authorities announced his

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Ontario’s premier says Trump’s tariffs would be a disaster for US markets

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The premier of Canada’s most populous province says President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on all Canadian products would be a “disaster” that would hurt U.S. stock markets. Ontario Premier Doug Ford also said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday that he’s “extremely worried”

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New York prosecutors may have trouble proving first-degree murder charge against Luigi Mangione, legal experts say

CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The indictment of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on suspicion of murder as an act of terrorism involved multiple factors, prosecutors say, including a “frightening, well-planned, targeted” killing, as well as an outpouring of praise for the suspect and the tangible fear reported by executives since the

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