Aspen Ridge Memory Care in Bend has been categorized as putting residents in “immediate jeopardy condition” by the Oregon Department of Human Services, in the wake of a resident’s recent tragic death.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — The question of whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi can stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild was resolved Thursday when the Massachusetts governor stepped in to protect Nibi. The state issued a permit to Newhouse Wildlife Rescue
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Los estadounidenses que tardan para planear viajar al extranjero ahora tienen un poco más de margen de maniobra que antes. El Departamento de Estado anunció este jueves que el tiempo habitual de tramitación de los pasaportes estadounidenses se redujo a entre cuatro y seis semanas. Previamente, la demora era de entre
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — They began a pilgrimage that thousands before them have done. They boarded long flights to their motherland, South Korea, to undertake an emotional, often frustrating, sometimes devastating search for their birth families. These adoptees are among the 200,000 sent from South Korea to Western nations as children. Many
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Korean adoptees, many in tears, have responded to an investigation led by The Associated Press and documented by Frontline (PBS) last week on Korean adoptions. The investigation reported dubious child-gathering practices and fraudulent paperwork involving South Korea’s foreign adoption program, which peaked in the 1970s
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti joined a chorus of major conference leaders suggesting the NCAA Tournament be expanded beyond the current 68 teams. “I think there are some positive feelings towards expansion in our league,” Petitti said Thursday at Big Ten Media Day. The NCAA presented a plan
Continue ReadingBy Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexican soldiers opened fire at a pickup truck carrying migrants, killing six people from Egypt, El Salvador, and Peru, in an incident that the country’s President Claudia Sheinbaum described as a “regrettable.” The tragic event occured on Tuesday evening when soldiers spotted a vehicle carrying 33 migrants “going at
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is targeting red and rural counties in the final sprint to Election Day, according to campaign aides, with her appearance in Ripon, Wisconsin, on Thursday just part of a strategy to compete everywhere and narrow Donald Trump’s margins in those counties. “We got to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. Judge has ruled that the National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at two sites in New Mexico and South Carolina in violation of environmental regulations. Environmental groups on Thursday have applauded the ruling. South Carolina-based Judge Mary Geiger
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Thursday, Governor Tina Kotek and Oregon Housing and Community Services announced current and projected outcomes as a result of the governor’s homelessness initiative work since her first day in office. This includes her Emergency Homelessness Response and collaboration with the agency and local partners to implement a transparent, outcomes-oriented budget
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Eminem asumirá un nuevo papel en su vida: será abuelo. El rapero anunció que su hija Hailie Jade, de 28 años, está esperando su primer hijo. Lo comunicó este jueves a través de un nuevo video musical para su canción “Temporary”, con Skylar Grey. En un momento del video, Jade, una
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Music superstar Bruce Springsteen is throwing his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz in the US presidential election. In a video posted to his official Instagram on Thursday, Springsteen said he is supporting Harris in the election, calling it “one of the most
Continue ReadingJoaquin Doria (CNN Español) — La marcha federal de este miércoles en defensa del presupuesto universitario en Argentina buscó enviar otra vez el mismo mensaje al Gobierno de Javier Milei. Miles de manifestantes repitieron una fórmula ya probada para defender a la educación pública mientras desde la Casa Rosada esgrimen distintos argumentos para llevar el
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio Nueva York (CNN) — Los miembros en huelga de la Asociación Internacional de Estibadores (ILA, por sus siglas en inglés) volverán a trabajar en los puertos el viernes, anunció el sindicato el jueves por la noche, ya que el sindicato y el grupo de gestión que representa a las líneas navieras, operadores
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN (CNN) — After an outstanding season in which she undoubtedly exceeded lofty expectations following a historic career at the University of Iowa, Caitlin Clark was named the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote. The Indiana Fever guard’s achievements this year were groundbreaking. She became the WNBA single-season
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York(CNN) — Hace una semana, pocos fuera del movimiento obrero o de la industria naviera conocían a Harold Daggett, el pintoresco y duro jefe del sindicato que ahora está en huelga en los puertos de las costas este y del Golfo. Desde luego, ya no es así. Daggett es el presidente de
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — New before-and-after aerial photos paint a grim picture of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in parts of western North Carolina that have been hard to access after the storm swiped away the state’s roads and bridges. The monstrously sized Category 4 hurricane carved a more than 500-mile path of destruction across
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for a New York City subway rider who was inadvertently shot in the head by police at a station has filed a legal claim against the city, accusing the officers of showing “carelessness and reckless” disregard for bystanders’ lives when they opened fire on a man holding
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Country music star Garth Brooks has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a lawsuit from a “Jane Roe” who says she worked as a hairstylist and makeup artist for the award-winning singer. The complaint, filed in a state court in California on Thursday and obtained by
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer DETROIT (AP) — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, is to resume working immediately. The temporary end to the
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