Today is Wednesday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2023. There are 333 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:In Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission[Read More…]
Author: Associated Press
FDA declines to regulate CBD; calls on Congress for fix
Jonel Aleccia – AP Health Writer The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday there are too many unknowns about CBD products to regulate them as foods or supplements under the agency’s current structure and called on Congress to create new rules for the massive and growing market.The marijuana-derived products have[Read More…]
Oregon launches abortion hotline offering free legal advice
Claire RushAssociated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is launching a new abortion hotline offering free legal advice to callers, moving to further defend abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer and eliminated federal protections for the procedure.The state’s Department of Justice[Read More…]
Oregon lawmakers show signs of bipartisan harmony — for now
Claire RushAssociated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers in both the Democratic and Republican parties named housing, homelessness and mental health as top priorities on Tuesday as they began the 2023 legislative session on a note of relative bipartisan good will.Whether that lasts, or dissolves into acrimony,[Read More…]
Today in History:
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2022. There are 340 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On Jan. 25, 1945, the World War II Battle of the Bulge ended as German forces were pushed back to their original positions.On this date:In 1533, England’s King Henry VIII[Read More…]
Oregon wants high
court to toss orders blocking gun measure
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The state attorney general has petitioned the Oregon Supreme Court to either toss out a circuit judge’s rulings that block the implementation of a new, voter-approved gun safety measure or else explain why the rulings should stand.Assistant Attorney General Robert A. Koch argued in court filings[Read More…]
Today in History:
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2023. There are 347 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 18, 2020, ahead of opening statements in the first Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, House prosecutors wrote that Trump had “used his official powers[Read More…]
Today in History: The Associated Press
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2023. There are 354 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon National Monument (it became a national park in 1919).On this date:In 1913, the first enclosed sedan-type automobile, a Hudson,[Read More…]
Oregon’s new governor sworn in, declares homeless emergency
By CLAIRE RUSHAssociated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s newly sworn-in Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek said Monday at her inauguration that her first order of business will be tackling homelessness, as she unveiled several measures intended to address one of the state’s most pressing issues.In her inaugural address[Read More…]
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 28, the 362nd day of 2022. There are three days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On Dec. 28, 2014, the war in Afghanistan, fought for 13 bloody years and still raging, came to a formal end with a quiet flag-lowering ceremony in Kabul that marked[Read More…]
