Skip to Content
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland man who was arrested for a 1999 cold case last year has now been charged with a second murder, according to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office. The district attorney’s office announced Wednesday that Christopher Charles Lovrien, 53, was indicted by a
Continue ReadingThere’s a story President Joe Biden likes to tell about himself. It’s from a time when he was a first-term senator. He had objected angrily to some remarks from archconservative Sen. Jesse Helms, who was opposed to a proposal for broader rights for people with disabilities. Biden was furious, and let Senate Majority Leader Mike
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion stimulus package Congress passed this week into law Thursday. That’s welcome news for Americans in need of aid because of the pandemic. But it’s also a big plus for investors. Stocks have resumed their rally this week — following a brief pullback after bond yields spiked and inflation
Continue Reading
Stacey Plaskett, a Black Democratic delegate, on Wednesday forcefully rebuked her White Republican colleague in the House of Representatives for accusing the Black Lives Matter movement of being a “group that doesn’t like the old-fashioned family,” a statement she derided as racist. In speaking against President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan, Wisconsin GOP
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — In an effort to distribute more COVID-19 vaccines in communities of color, Walgreens is partnering with Uber to help parishioners of three metro-Atlanta churches get vaccinated. “Uber picked us up at our home this morning,” said Ronald Stevens. He and his wife Venus are parishioners
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — Salem Police Department responded Tuesday to a call of a man firing his gun inside a backyard on Capitol Street Northeast, hitting the house’s natural gas meter. “There was nobody out here I could see he was shooting at,” Gary Hunter said. Gary Hunter
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The shootings in Portland are becoming more brazen, after a man died from a gunshot wound in Dawson Park Tuesday afternoon. Portland Police identified the victim as 42-year-old Titus McNack. Several leaders in the Black community are joining the conversation about the spike in
Continue ReadingAll living former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and their respective former first ladies — with the exception of the Trumps — are part of a newly released ad campaign urging Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine when it is their turn, a push that is aimed squarely at combating
Continue ReadingRosie Arguello spent the past couple of months glued to her cellphone and landline, calling a hotline to get a Covid-19 vaccine. When she heard the busy signal, she called again, and again, and again. The 66-year-old who lives in San Antonio’s South side would only put her phones down to take her 2-year-old grandniece
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MAUD, Texas (KTBS) — Stress from the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on people’s mental health. But for military veterans already suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, it can be even worse. Tony Vargas has been living at the Lancer Legacy Ranch since the beginning of the pandemic.
Continue ReadingStaggering numbers of health care workers — more than one in five — have experienced anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder during the pandemic, new research has revealed. Health care workers have been working for long hours under strenuous conditions. Because of this, Nathaniel Scherer, co-lead author of the systematic review and meta-analysis published Wednesday
Continue Reading
Despite a busy start to Joe Biden’s administration, Republicans are struggling to find effective lines of attack against the new Democratic president. No Republicans on Capitol Hill supported the Biden-backed Covid stimulus package, but the GOP also did relatively little to marshal public opposition to the bill beyond calling it a “liberal wish list.” That’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TOBYHANNA, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Springtime means baby season: bear cubs, fawns, baby squirrels, and many more. “It starts in a wave across the springtime. It starts with squirrels and then bunnies, and then we get baby owls and hawks and then fawns and raccoons and skunks, and last
Continue ReadingThe NBA fined Miami Heat’s Meyers Leonard $50,000 on Thursday after the center used an anti-Semitic slur while livestreaming a video game. The league also suspended Leonard from team facilities and activities for one week. Leonard was playing “Call of Duty: Warzone” on Monday when he said: “F**king cowards. Don’t f**king snipe at me. You
Continue ReadingFormer professional baseball player Johnny Damon mentioned his support for former President Donald Trump and the Blue Lives Matter movement during a traffic stop and subsequent DUI arrest on February 19, bodycam video released by the Windermere Police Department in Florida shows. Damon was initially charged with one count of driving under the influence and
Continue Reading
Months after former President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress attempted to overturn Arizona’s election results, Republicans in the state’s legislature are trying to make it harder for some residents to vote, targeting different elements of the system with almost two dozen separate measures. A handful of the bills — including two that would
Continue Reading
Wall Street is on a tear again Thursday, with tech stocks surging and both the Dow and the S&P 500 on track for new record highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite registered the biggest gains, up 2.5% midday. The Dow, meanwhile, climbed 1.1%, or nearly 350 points, while the S&P is up 1.4%. Spring has sprung
Continue ReadingThe death that sparked a worldwide movement took center stage in a heavily fortified Minneapolis courtroom on Tuesday as jury selection began in Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, then a Minneapolis Police officer, placed his knee on Floyd’s neck
Continue ReadingA 96-year-old man accused of being an SS guard at the Stutthof camp in Nazi-occupied Poland has been deemed “unfit to stand trial.” The man, named only as “Harry S.,” is alleged to have been stationed at the concentration camp — where it is estimated 65,000 people were murdered during the Holocaust. The court in
Continue ReadingTeen Vogue’s newly appointed editor in chief isn’t slated to start until March 24, but she has already issued two apologies this week and has drawn the ire of her soon-to-be staff, advertisers and celebrities. Alexi McCammond, who was a political reporter at Axios before being appointed to lead the Condé Nast-owned progressive magazine last
Continue Reading