Republican Rep. Aaron Bean won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Bean won a second term representing the 4th District in northeastern Florida, which includes Nassau and Clay counties as well as downtown Jacksonville. Prior to his election to Congress, Bean served in both chambers of the state Legislature. He defeated
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Voters in San Francisco have cast ballots to decide whether to reelect Mayor London Breed in a heated and expensive race against four key fellow Democrats over issues of homelessness and public safety. Breed is the first Black woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco. Her opponents say
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Applications for the OSU Master Gardener™ Program in Central Oregon are now available. The program targets individuals interested in becoming a trained volunteer who wants to learn and share research-based gardening information. The program will be a hybrid training, with both online and in-person learning. Once you apply and have been accepted, you will be
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Luna, a first-term congresswoman and Freedom Caucus member, has been a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, who carried this Gulf Coast district in 2020. She defeated Democrat Whitney Fox, who formerly worked in marketing and communications at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country’s power grid. Massive waves lashed at the shores of Havana as sharp winds and rain whipped at the city’s
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Scott Franklin won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Andrea Kale. The inland 18th District covers much of the Florida heartland, including the city of Lakeland. Franklin was first elected to Congress in 2020. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade in the U.S. Navy.
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Los resultados de las primeras encuestas de salida de CNN están revelando información sobre los votantes en las elecciones generales de Estados Unidos, incluyendo por quién votaron, sus opiniones políticas, los factores que consideran en la elección y sus antecedentes en general. Las encuestas de salida de CNN incluyen entrevistas con miles
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, whose office played a leadership role in a bipartisan coalition of thirty state attorneys general, announced Tuesday the completion of a $1.37 billion national settlement agreement with Kroger, addressing the grocery chain’s pharmacies’ role in the opioid crisis. Oregon will receive up to $40 million for opioid abatement, with
Continue ReadingGRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Oregon, Georgia, Miami and BYU are projected 1st round byes in opening CFP rankings, with Alabama in field at No. 11.
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Byron Donalds won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Donalds was first elected to Congress in 2020 after serving four years in the Florida House of Representatives. He was a member of the conservative tea party. The 19th district covers southwest Florida, including Cape Coral and Fort Myers. It
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Carlos Gimenez won election to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 28th District was created during the 2020 redistricting cycle, as Florida gained a seat following that year’s census. It is the state’s southernmost district, covering the Florida Keys, Miami’s southwestern suburbs and the Everglades. Gimenez, a former mayor of
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Salazar represents a Miami-Dade district that has swung toward Republicans in recent years. While Democrat Hillary Clinton carried the district in 2016 by double digits, former President Donald Trump narrowly carried it in 2020. Salazar defeated Lucia Baez-Geller, who
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. She ran uncontested in the 20th District, which includes Fort Lauderdale and western Broward County in southeast Florida. It’s among the state’s most Democratic districts, as Democrats outnumber Republicans by a nearly 5-1 ratio. Cherfilus-McCormick initially
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Vern Buchanan won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Buchanan, who has served in the House since 2007, represents a Republican-leaning district. It falls southeast of Tampa, including Bradenton and Brandon. In this most recent Congress, Buchanan served as the vice-chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, whose
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The former owner of a Bend-based microbrewery equipment company was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for defrauding nearly two dozen customers out of more than $880,000. Matthew Mulder, 52, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $887,116 in restitution
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. John Rutherford won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 5th District includes most of Jacksonville and its western and southern suburbs, including the historic St. Augustine. Rutherford was first elected to Congress in 2016, after the Republican who held the seat retired. Prior to that, he spent more
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 26th District stretches across southern Florida from Hialeah and the northwestern suburbs of Miami to just west of Naples on the Gulf Coast. It is majority Hispanic. Diaz-Balart is the longest-serving member of the Florida congressional delegation, first elected
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Kathy Castor won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 14th District is centered around Tampa Bay, including the city of Tampa and the eastern part of St. Petersburg. Of the districts along Florida’s Gulf Coast, it’s the only one that consistently sends Democrats to Congress. It is part
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Nuestro sistema solar solía tener nueve planetas. El astrónomo Mike Brown, también conocido como “el hombre que mató a Plutón”, dijo que recibió cartas de odio de niños y llamadas obscenas a las 3 de la mañana durante años después de que su hallazgo más famoso ayudara a cambiarlo. Brown, profesor
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A series of Israeli raids and airstrikes in towns and villages in the occupied West Bank that stretched overnight from Monday into late Tuesday have killed at least eight people, according to Palestinian authorities and local residents. Two Palestinians were killed in the town of
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