Oregon school districts are projected to pay $670 million more to the state’s public employee pension program over the next two years, potentially wiping out all increases to school funding proposed by Gov. Tina Kotek.
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Costa Rica decretó emergencia nacional por las intensas lluvias que afectan el país y la probabilidad de inundaciones y deslizamientos en las zonas más afectadas, especialmente el Pacífico, con alerta roja desde el martes. El Valle Central, la región Norte y el Caribe norte de este
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Diamond Sports Group has reached a multiyear agreement with Prime Video to make its 16 regional sports network channels available as an add-on subscription. FanDuel Sports Network RSNs will be available for customers living within each team’s designated geographic area. The 16 networks cover fans in 31 states. Prime Video announced
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) –– La vicepresidenta de Ecuador, Verónica Abad, pidió este miércoles a la Asamblea Nacional de su país pronunciarse en contra de la resolución del Ministerio de Trabajo que la suspendió del cargo por 150 días con el argumento de que se ausentó de sus funciones injustificadamente. Durante una comparecencia virtual ante
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans have voted in a parliamentary election that’s key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the September presidential election in a rejection of the traditional political parties that have governed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse is scheduled to stand trial on Jan. 13 in Las Vegas. It’s a major development in his sweeping sexual abuse case after more than a year of stalled court proceedings while he challenged it. Chasing Horse has pleaded not guilty to
Continue ReadingDemocrat Dave Min won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday, holding a competitive district for House Democrats. Democratic Rep. Katie Porter left this Orange County seat open to run for U.S. Senate, backing Min to take her place. Min, a state senator, defeated Republican Scott Baugh, who came up short in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tech consultant charged in Cash App founder Bob Lee’s stabbing death has testified that the famous entrepreneur suddenly attacked him in a rage. Nima Momeni said in court Wednesday that Lee pulled a knife on him after he tried to put an end to a late night of
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El embajador de Estados Unidos en México, Ken Salazar, criticó este miércoles la estrategia de seguridad que promovió el expresidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador y que continúa con su sucesora, Claudia Sheinbaum, durante una rueda de prensa ofrecida este miércoles en la sede de la legación estadounidense en la
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The flurry of contract agreements announced early this fall — including two more Wednesday — offer evidence that major railroads and their unions are working to avoid the standoffs that led them to a brink of a national strike two years ago. Both sides are also now keenly
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The Summit boys soccer team is headed to their fifth state championship game in the past six seasons. The Storm will go for their third title in four years after a3-1 semifinal win over Woodburn. The Storm will play in the state title game Saturday against La Salle. The Bend High girls soccer team, meanwhile,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia correctional officer has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail. Quantez Burks was booked into the Southern Regional Jail on a wanton endangerment charge in March
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Los votantes latinos en los estados clave fueron cruciales para otorgar al presidente electo Donald Trump su victoria sobre la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris. La economía también fue un tema principal para los votantes en las elecciones de este año. Los candidatos republicanos han ganado terreno constantemente en los últimos años con
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Black and Latino families who were displaced from a Southern California neighborhood in the 1960s have reached a tentative settlement agreement with the city of Palm Springs. The $5.9 million deal is much smaller than the $2.3 billion former residents and descendants previously sought as restitution for
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un hombre se suicidó al detonar explosivos tras intentar entrar en la Corte Suprema de Brasil, según informaron las autoridades este miércoles, en un ataque contra el corazón político del país que provocó la evacuación del personal del tribunal y de los legisladores en la capital, Brasilia. Los agentes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for the state of Louisiana are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to immediately block a judge’s ruling ordering education officials to tell all local districts that a law requiring schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms is unconstitutional. A judge found the law unconstitutional
Continue ReadingBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A judge has found that the man charged with shooting and wounding three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont last year is fit to stand trial. The decision on Jason Eaton’s status came during a hearing at Chittenden County Superior Criminal Court on Tuesday by Judge John Pacht, who also
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has denied an effort to temporarily block enforcement of a constitutional amendment Arkansas voters approved that revokes the state’s license for a planned casino. Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. on Tuesday denied Cherokee Nation Entertainment’s request to block the measure voters approved last week that blocks its
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Shepherd’s House Ministries’ Redmond Center, an essential resource for individuals facing homelessness and hardship, will celebrate its first anniversary this Friday. Since opening partially on November 15, 2023, as an overnight shelter offering breakfast and dinner, the Redmond Center expanded its services on February 5, 2024, becoming a 24/7 facility providing
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque, among other institutions and individuals. Swatting is the practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police
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