What it’s like to fly into Beijing’s Olympic ‘bubble’
CNN By Selina Wang, CNN The Beijing Winter Olympics is being hosted inside a veritable fortress — known informally as the “bubble”…
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Bend Armory vaccination clinic sees lower numbers than it can handle, for variety of reasons
A free COVID-19 vaccine clinic is taking place at the Bend Armory until Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., but it has not seen the numbers it hoped…
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A matter of degrees: OSU-Cascades set to launch political science, economics programs this fall
Oregon State University–Cascades announced Monday it will offer new bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science, beginning this fall.…
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Winter Olympics preview: Mikaela Shiffrin has had big wins – and a painful, personal loss
For all Mikaela Shiffrin has won ski racing in the last four years, it pales in comparison to what she has lost. The sudden death of her father in…
Continue ReadingTruckers and protesters against Covid-19 mandates block a border crossing. Others tried to take meals away from the homeless in Ottawa, shelter says
CNN, CTV NETWORK, CBC NEWS By Paula Newton and Holly Yan, CNN What started as a convoy of truckers protesting Covid-19 mandates has snowballed into a…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Mike Pence’s former chief of staff testifies in House January 6 investigation
CNN By Jamie Gangel, Gloria Borger and Jeremy Herb, CNN Marc Short, former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, quietly testified before…
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More sun, but cooler temperatures this week
Happy Monday, Central Oregon! Our skies become partly cloudy Monday night, and we stay cold. Lows will be in the mid-teens to low 20s and our…
Continue ReadingRussia responds in writing to US ahead of Blinken-Lavrov call on Ukraine crisis
CNN, ABC, MAXAR, CBC NEWS, DOD, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, UNTV, RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States has…
Continue ReadingA fire captain in California has died after he was shot at the scene of a blaze
KOVR, STOCKTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, STOCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Stella Chan, CNN A captain in the Stockton, California, fire department has died…
Continue ReadingHoda Kotb and fiancé Joel Schiffman break up after 8 years together
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Marianne Garvey Hoda Kotb and her longtime love Joel Schiffman have split. The “Today” host and Schiffman, who share…
Continue ReadingModerna’s Covid-19 vaccine receives full FDA approval
CNN By Naomi Thomas and Ben Tinker, CNN Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine has received full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration,…
Continue ReadingSenators moving ‘aggressively’ on Electoral Count Act reform, but face long way to go before a deal
CNN By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Bipartisan talks to overhaul the Electoral Count Act — an 1887 law under scrutiny in the wake of the…
Continue ReadingBoris Johnson condemned over ‘failures of leadership’ in ‘Partygate’ report
CNN By Rob Picheta and Ed Upright, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to save his flailing premiership on Monday after a damning…
Continue ReadingUnited Airlines has an answer to the pilot shortage: Its own flight school
CNN By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN The United Aviate Academy officially opened Thursday outside Phoenix, putting the school’s first…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Medicare expects to start paying for home Covid-19 tests this spring
CNN By Tami Luhby, CNN Medicare will start paying for home Covid-19 tests purchased at participating pharmacies and retailers, the Centers for…
Continue ReadingGeorge Soros warns China is facing an economic crisis
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Charles Riley, CNN Business China is facing an economic crisis after a real estate boom ended with a bang last year, according…
Continue ReadingBoris Johnson condemned over ‘failures of leadership’ in ‘Partygate’ report
CNN By Rob Picheta and Ed Upright, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to save his flailing premiership on Monday after a damning…
Continue ReadingThey dared to protest last July. Now these Cubans are facing years in jail
CNN By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Days before protests swept across Cuba last July, Marbelis Vázquez Hernández felt that the island was at a breaking…
Continue ReadingThe next winter storm takes aim at the South, while the Northeast digs out of last week’s blizzard
CNN By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist ‘Tis the season for winter storms to line up like parade floats at Mardi Gras. Last week’s storm…
Continue ReadingBiden has selected ambassador to Ukraine but is waiting on Ukraine’s approval
CNN By Kaitlan Collins, Natasha Bertrand and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden is close to publicly naming his ambassador to Ukraine, but his…
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