Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department said he had a “wonderful conversation” with Maine Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday as he still pushing to win enough votes for confirmation and said he will not back down after allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. Collins said after
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — More than 650 people turned out to support St. Charles Foundation’s annual Prineville Hospice Auction on Saturday, Dec. 7, which raised more than $180,000 to support hospice programs. The popular annual event held at the Crook County Fairgrounds Indoor Arena included a festive live auction of handmade quilts and Christmas trees
Continue ReadingPor Steve Contorno y Kristen Holmes, CNN Donald Trump una vez especuló públicamente sobre que Time nunca lo nombraría la “Persona del Año” de la revista. Ahora, el honor le fue otorgado por segunda vez. La revista Time nombró este jueves a Trump como la persona de este año, reconociendo al presidente electo como el
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CHICAGO (NBC) — Thousands of Instagram and Facebook users across the country Wednesday reported outages with the platforms, with parent company Meta saying “technical issues” were impacting some users. Reports started appearing on the site Down Detector as early as 10 a.m. PT, as more than 100,000 outage reports poured in across both platforms. Nearly an
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — William J. Hennessy Jr., a veteran sketch artist who gave Americans striking views from inside courtrooms during some of the nation’s most important legal dramas, died on Monday. From the Supreme Court to high-profile criminal trials to the Senate chamber during President Donald Trump’s impeachment in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge has ordered a CIA analyst charged with leaking top secret details ahead of a planned Israeli attack on Iran earlier this year to remain jailed pending trial. The ruling Wednesday by federal Judge Patricia Giles overrules a magistrate who said last week that 34-year-old Asif Rahman could
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Wednesday a federal investment of $2 million for the Warm Springs Housing Authority to build more affordable housing for low- and moderate-income Tribal members. “There is a serious need for more affordable housing across Oregon, but especially in Tribal communities like Warm Springs,” Wyden said. “I applaud
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics says it was far less polluting than recent Games but is not claiming to have been “carbon neutral” despite funding projects to compensate for its emissions. Organizers said Wednesday that this summer’s Olympics and Paralympics generated 1.59 million tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide. That’s including everything from
Continue ReadingPor Ramishah Maruf, CNN La persona más rica del mundo acaba de alcanzar un hito aún mayor. El patrimonio neto de Elon Musk alcanzó los US$ 400.000 millones, según Bloomberg, lo que le convierte en la primera persona en cruzar esa marca. Detrás de su salto de casi US$ 20.000 millones en riqueza está un
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. in the 2022 killing of Jimmy “Jay” Lee, a gay man who was prominent in the LGBTQ+ community at the University of Mississippi. Jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict after over nine and a half hours
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Gerry Turner, star of the inaugural season of ABC’s senior dating show “The Golden Bachelor,” says he has been diagnosed with cancer. Turner told People magazine in an interview published on Wednesday that he has a type of bone marrow cancer called Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia in March. Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia is
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — David Letterman is no longer a late night talk show host, but he’s definitely not ready to stop working. In a recently published interview with GQ, Letterman talked about his career, including the fact that he plans to continue it. “Retirement is a myth,” he said when asked
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta said Wednesday that it is close to resolving a technical issue that is causing a widespread outage of its apps, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps. We’re working to get things back
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Tonight on Holiday Lights, we feature a special ranch scene on Stevens Road. You can submit photos of your special setting, see a photo album and enter our sweepstakes from the Contest tab, at https://ktvz.com/marketplace/contests-rules/2024/11/25/holiday-lights-photo-contest-2024/.
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Lopez’s highly anticipated “Kiss of the Spider Woman” remake is set to premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Institute on Wednesday announced their full lineup for the upcoming fest, with projects from Lopez, Benedict Cumberbatch, A$AP Rocky and Olivia Colman, among many others, set to
Continue ReadingEnjoy the new snow this week as several inches of snow are forecast to arrive. Starting late on Wednesday and into Thursday the first in a series of snow events will arrive. The snow lingers early Thursday then followed by a bit of sun and mostly clouds. More snow arrives late Friday and into Saturday.
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Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Portland, Oregon.
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Truck Parking Club tapped into the Alternative Fuels Data Center and White House data to visualize the expanding EV infrastructure in the U.S. and in Oregon
Continue ReadingPor Erick E. Beltrán, CNN en Español Este miércoles 11 de diciembre llega “Cien años de soledad” a la plataforma de Netflix. La serie es una de las más esperadas en Latinoamérica y está basada en la magistral obra del mismo nombre del escritor colombiano y premio Nobel Gabriel García Márquez. “Cien años de soledad”
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $135 million in grants to fund 13 projects in California to help the state phase out big rigs that run on diesel. The money will go to state transportation department, cities and school districts to purchase 455 zero-emission vehicles. It’s part of an EPA program
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