The Oregon Ducks are the No. 1 team in the national headed into the college football playoffs. The Ducks beat Penn State 45-37 in Indianapolis on Saturday to become 13-0 and win their first ever Big 10 title in their first season in the conference. Now they have a first-round bye and play the winner
Continue ReadingPor Andrea Kane, CNN Vivimos en la era del plástico. Ya sea en los alimentos y su envasado, en nuestras viviendas, muebles y ropa o incluso en nuestro entorno, casi no hay forma de evitar el plástico. Aunque el plástico nos facilita la vida de innumerables maneras, ¿se imaginan la vida sin zapatos, computadoras o
Continue ReadingBy Pooja Mamnoor Click here for updates on this story 12/9/24 (LAPost.com) — California has completed the statewide rollout of its Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court program. This marks a significant expansion of the state’s efforts to provide treatment and housing support for individuals with untreated schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. The program,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration has given approval for the sale of oil and gas leases in Alaska, leaving the door open for drilling in a portion of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The sale will be held next month, less than two weeks before Biden leaves office. It will
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By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek doubled down Monday on her requests for more funding and more attention for housing, homelessness, behavioral health and education ahead of a legislative session likely to be dominated by transportation debates. Kotek said that people — including some of the business
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writers DALLAS (AP) — Shortly after striking a record $765 million, 15-year contract for Juan Soto with the New York Mets, agent Scott Boras walked into Nick & Sam’s, a restaurant near the winter meetings hotel, with about a dozen of his staff. They were given a bottle of celebratory champagne and dined
Continue ReadingAP College Football Writer Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty and Miami’s Cam Ward were announced as the Heisman Trophy finalists on Monday night. The Heisman has been given to the nation’s most outstanding college football player since 1935. This year’s winner will be announced Saturday in New York. The top
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By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle ASTORIA Ore. (KTVZ) — Just before a tour of an Astoria homeless shelter late last month, Gov. Tina Kotek met with a single father living there with his children. He’d been paying rent for five years in nearby Seaside when his landlord terminated his lease without giving a reason.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Americans are realizing that “tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive” and says he would retaliate if Donald Trump imposes them. Trump later responded by calling Canada a U.S. state and Trudeau the governor. Trudeau also said Monday that
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel and Miami’s Cam Ward were named 2024 Heisman Memorial Trophy finalists, organizers announced Monday. The prestigious trophy is awarded annually to college football’s most outstanding player. Hunter, a junior wide receiver and cornerback for the No. 23 Buffaloes, caught
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Nobel Prize winners are urging the US Senate to oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services in a letter dated Monday. It was first reported in the New York Times. The letter – signed by 77 laureates in
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WATCH LIVE: House Interim Committee on Education – see agenda items in schedule below. SALEM. Ore. (KTVZ) – Legislators have returned to Salem Tuesday through Thursday, Dec. 10-12 to engage in the final series of interim legislative committee hearings prior to the 2025 legislative session. Hearings will focus on a variety of issues and top
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The field of candidates has been set for two special elections in Florida to replace members of Congress nominated for positions in President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration. Two dozen candidates have filed to run for the seats of outgoing Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, though
Continue ReadingAP College Football Writer Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty and Miami’s Cam Ward were announced as the Heisman Trophy finalists on Monday night. The Heisman has been given to the nation’s most outstanding college football player since 1935. This year’s winner will be announced Saturday in New York. The top
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. prosecutors are accusing two senior Syrian officials of overseeing a notorious Syrian torture center that abused peaceful protesters, including a 26-year-old American woman who was later hanged. The indictment was released Monday, two days after a shock rebel offensive overthrew Syrian President Bashar Assad. The U.S., U.N. and others
Continue ReadingBy Lindsay Ward Click here for updates on this story VERONA, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh-area man volunteers at a local children’s center in Verona to honor his late wife. For some, retirement doesn’t always involve relaxing. It can help people find another purpose. A purpose is what 86-year-old Paul Huber found after spending time
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez had the most heartwarming reactions to news of their Golden Globe nominations. On Monday, Saldaña and Gomez both earned nominations for their respective performances in the Netflix thriller-musical “Emilia Pérez” in the best performance by a female actor in a supporting role category. In
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A snowboard company donated a year ago to Oregon State University–Cascades by its founders has brought its first boards to market under its new student leadership.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Pastrana Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Not long ago, a Stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis was considered a death sentence. But survival rates are improving and one Miami man is living proof! Manny Garcia has a second chance at life and he’s making sure to live it to
Continue ReadingPor Casey Tolan, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken y Jeff Winter, CNN Meses antes de que la Policía identificara a Luigi Mangione como el hombre del que se sospechaba que había matado a tiros a un alto directivo de una aseguradora médica y que luego se había esfumado aparentemente del centro de Manhattan, otra
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