Day: March 20, 2025

Carrie Underwood brought people to tears when she passed the microphone to Randy Travis while honoring him at the “Opry 100: A Live Celebration.”

Donald Trump’s idea of U.S. interests taking control of Ukraine’s biggest nuclear power station has a catch for the man who coined the art of the deal: it would be years before there is even a hope of it making a return on investment.

The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup. The sight is extremely difficult to spot without special equipment and a trained eye. “The glare from the sun makes it really, really difficult to see,” said Michelle Nichols with Chicago’s Adler P…

Novartis NVS reported promising new safety and efficacy results from its phase III studies of investigational intrathecal onasemnogene abeparvovec (OAV101 IT) in a broad group of patients aged 2 to under 18 years with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). OAV101 IT is an investigational, one-time gene therapy for patients with SMA. In the registrational phase III STEER study, OAV101 IT treatment resulted in a statistically significant 2.39-point…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has accused some federal judges of trying to “slow-walk” Trump’s political agenda.

Oregon’s spring break is upon us. And while some families will be leaving town on big vacations (maybe to someplace warm and sunny), many people will likely be sticking around, looking for some quick, local day trips to kick off the season. In the Willamette Valley, at least, there’s a lot of local trips to choose from. That includes some big-name destinations like the waterfall corridor, …