PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Clackamas County is facing a triple threat Thursday night as flood warnings hit at least three different rivers and major creeks. Molalla officials said the city could soon find itself cut off if those rivers — the Clackamas River, the Pudding River and Johnson Creek — rise further. LIVE Updates: Atmospheric … Read more
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed Friday to provide massive interest-free loans to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, but failed to bridge differences with Belgium that would have allowed them to use frozen Russian assets to raise the funds. After nearly four years of war, the … Read more
Authorities on December 18 announced that they had tracked down the man responsible for both the fatal shooting at Brown University and the shooting death of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno FG Loureiro two days later, finding him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Salem, Massachusetts, storage unit. Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, … Read more
A Kansas tribe said it has walked away from a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with preliminary designs for immigrant detention centers after facing a wave of online criticism. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation’s announcement Wednesday night came a little more than a week after the economic development leaders who built the … Read more
Sea otters living along the coast of British Columbia are exposed to and absorb high levels of “perpetual chemicals,” or PFAS. Otters living near dense human populations and shipping areas are most affected by PFAS, indicating greater threats to marine ecosystems. What’s going on? A new study has found that toxic and synthetic chemicals are … Read more
A Kennedy Center board member has accused the White House of lying about the organization’s “unanimous” vote to change the center’s name to the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” claiming her dissent was censored. On Thursday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the Trump-controlled board “voted unanimously” for the name change. The rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), who sits … Read more
Doctors in Arkansas are sounding the alarm about a dangerous disease that is becoming an increasing concern in the state. What’s going on? According to 4029 News, doctors are urging caution during the winter months due to a sharp increase in cases of Alpha-gal syndrome in Arkansas. It is spread by tick bites, and is … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday for his criminal past in the state, acknowledging the Nashville native’s long road back from drugs and prison through soul-searching, songwriting and second-chance advocacy. The rapper-turned-singer whose legal name is Jason Deford has been talking about his redemption arc for years in … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) – Speaker Mike Johnson had a pointed back when asked why Republicans weren’t moving to extend federal health care subsidies: their party wanted to help 100% of Americans with their costs, not just the 7% of Americans enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans. But not 100% of his conference agreed. A rare revolt … Read more
The White House has finally been called on to fabricate its pharmaceutical savings—and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick didn’t take it well. For months, Donald Trump has seemingly plucked numbers out of thin air to impress an ignorant public—or his sycophantic followers—on his supposedly big pharmaceutical deals, he boasts which “reduced drug prices by 1,200; 1,300; … Read more