Top Japanese CEO says hosting the Olympics amounts to a ‘suicide mission’
The CEO of Japan’s top e-commerce company said Friday that it would be a “suicide mission” for the country to host the Olympic…
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‘No regard for human safety’: Police chief says 7 people remain hospitalized from Rhode Island shooting
Seven of the nine people who were injured in Thursday’s shooting in Providence, Rhode Island, remained hospitalized Friday, the city’s…
Continue ReadingA fire on a capsized cargo ship off the Georgia coast has been extinguished using seawater
The fiery wreckage of a cargo ship off the Georgia coast has been extinguished, according to a press release from the St. Simons Sound Incident…
Continue ReadingJay Barbree, space journalist and ‘Moon Shot’ author, dies at 87
Pioneering space journalist Jay Barbree died Friday, according to his former employer, NBC News. He was 87. Barbree joined NBC News in 1958 and…
Continue ReadingThree Nashville police officers are suspended without pay over botched apartment raid in 2020
Three Nashville police officers who raided the wrong apartment last summer will be suspended without pay as well as face other disciplinary measures,…
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Fagan hosts talk on voting rights of formerly incarcerated Oregonians
Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan met Friday with Multnomah County Elections Director Tim Scott, advocates from the Oregon Justice Resource…
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Sisters Folk Festival announces summer creativity camps
Registration opens Wednesday, May 19 for Sisters Folk Festival’s in-person music and creativity camps for middle and high school-aged students…
Continue ReadingTwo workers were killed in an explosion while doing maintenance on an Oklahoma dam
The bodies of two contract workers were recovered Friday after they died following an explosion in an Oklahoma dam that was undergoing maintenance,…
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Lawsuit seeks $103M from public utilities over wildfire
A lawsuit filed on behalf of 70 landowners in Oregon’s McKenzie River Valley seeks $103 million from Lane Electric Cooperative and Eugene Water and…
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Oregon Division of State Lands releases updated essential salmonid habitat map
The state of Oregon on Friday released a newly updated essential salmonid habitat map, which shows streams where activities like building docks or…
Continue ReadingNine people injured in shooting that Rhode Island police chief says was between feuding groups
Nine people in Rhode Island’s capital were injured in a shooting Thursday, Providence Police Chief Hugh Clements said during a news conference.…
Continue ReadingSeawater being used to put out fire on a cargo ship wreckage off the Georgia coast
The wreckage of a cargo ship off the Georgia coast caught fire during salvage operations on Friday and seawater is being used to extinguish the…
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Gov. Brown revises order; flags to remain at full-staff Saturday for Peace Officers Memorial Day
Gov. Kate Brown has ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, May 15, in…
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St. Charles: No change to policies after CDC updates mask guidance
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control announced that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can stop wearing masks and physically…
Continue ReadingWater crisis ‘couldn’t be worse’ on Oregon-California border
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A severe drought is creating a water crisis not seen in more than a century for farmers and federally protected fish along…
Continue ReadingWhat’s the science behind CDC’s decision to say fully vaccinated people don’t need masks?
A fresh batch of data from a big study of health care workers across the country helped prompt the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to…
Continue ReadingChina has successfully landed a rover on Mars, state media says
China has successfully landed its rover on Mars, according to state media, becoming the second country in history to have a rover on the red planet.…
Continue ReadingFederal trial for three other ex-officers charged in George Floyd’s killing set for August
The federal trial for former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane, accused of civil rights violations in the…
Continue ReadingHow to protect your information from ransomware attacks
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Last week’s ransomware attack on the U.S.…
Continue ReadingCanadians can look forward to small, outdoor summer gatherings if vaccine targets are met: officials
Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has…
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