SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – In 2025, Oregon employers, on average, will pay less for workers’ compensation coverage, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Thursday. The decline in costs marks 12 years of average decreases in the pure premium rate – the base rate insurers use to determine how much employers must pay for
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — A major defamation case against Newsmax will proceed to trial later this month, a judge ruled Thursday, dealing a blow to the right-wing network and setting the stage for the 2020 election to be relitigated during the final stretch of the 2024 race. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis rejected Newsmax’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The once-wonky Georgia State Election Board has burst into the limelight this year as a new Republican majority – made up of a retired obstetrician, a former state senator who put out feelers for a Trump administration job and a right-wing media personality – push
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – High Desert Chamber Music announces auditions for the Spotlight Chamber Players will be held on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21. This program is devoted exclusively to the study and performance of chamber music skills and techniques and is offered at no cost to the students selected. Auditions are open to violin,
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, Marc Stewart and Martha Zhou, CNN Beijing/Hong Kong (CNN) — Married for seven years, Hansen and his wife Momo care for six little ones at their apartment in downtown Beijing. But they adopt a slightly different parenting routine from your typical mom and dad: They play fetch with them and take them
Continue ReadingFERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement with students and parents. The agreement reached Thursday settles a lawsuit that argued that the district unlawfully decided to limit access to dozens of titles containing LGBTQ+ content. Under the agreement
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest announced Thursday it has updated and enlarged two temporary emergency fire closure areas on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District due to the Bachelor Complex, Flat Top Fire and Firestone Fire. The Bachelor Complex includes the Little Lava Fire and Backside Fire, as well as 30+ smaller fires within
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Biden administration officials have discussed the future of artificial intelligence with a group of executives from OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft and other companies. There was a focus on building data centers in the United States and the infrastructure needed to develop the technology. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A pharmacist who survived a 2021 mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket says she heard him say, “This is fun” at least three times during the shooting. Sarah Chen revealed the chilling detail for the first time Thursday while testifying at the trial of Ahmad Alissa. He has pleaded
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Este jueves, un juez desestimó tres cargos en el amplio caso de subversión electoral de Georgia, entre los que se encuentran dos cargos que enfrenta el expresidente Donald Trump. La decisión aún no se ha aplicado formalmente a Trump porque su caso está suspendido en espera de apelaciones. En un fallo
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes consideran la idea de forzar un cierre del gobierno por el tema de los no ciudadanos que votan en las elecciones de EE.UU. La autoridad de financiación del gobierno vence el 30 de septiembre, y el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to study the city’s significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people. If signed into law, the package of bills passed by the City Council would follow in the footsteps of several other municipalities across the U.S. that have sought
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out another presidential debate against Kamala Harris as her campaign announced a massive fundraising haul in the hours after the two candidates met on stage. Trump, the Republican nominee, posted on Truth Social that “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” following Tuesday’s debate against Harris and his June
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer against a conservative news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election appears headed to trial in Delaware. Smartmatic is suing cable network Newsmax over on-air statements implying that Smartmatic participated in rigging the results, and that
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Adeolu Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Joppatowne High School has announced that bookbags and all other bags and purses large enough to carry a laptop have been banned until new lockers are installed next week. The announcement comes less than a week after a tragic school shooting left
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Al atacante de 14 años, quien confesó haber matado a cuatro personas en la escuela secundaria Apalachee, se le permitió salir de su salón de clases con sus pertenencias antes de que regresara con un rifle en su mochila, dijo este jueves la Oficina de Investigaciones de Georgia. La revelación respalda
Continue ReadingCNN By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes, Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — As Donald Trump mingled and posed for pictures with firefighters on Wednesday – one of several stops to observe the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States – a small entourage of the former president’s inner
Continue ReadingCNN By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes, Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — As Donald Trump mingled and posed for pictures with firefighters on Wednesday – one of several stops to observe the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States – a small entourage of the former president’s inner
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday donned a Trump hat in what the White House described as a good-natured gesture of bipartisan unity during the anniversary of the September 11 attacks – a light-hearted moment in what has otherwise been an extremely toxic political campaign. The interaction took place at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s request to halt postconviction proceedings in his hush money criminal case, leaving a key ruling and the former president’s sentencing on track for after the November election. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan cited
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