Month: August 2022

The senator visited West Main Pharmacy in Medford on Tuesday to discuss the new Inflation Reduction Act U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, greets Grants Pass Pharmacy’s Michele Belcher, left, Don Bruland and Michael Le Tuesday before a news conference at West Main Pharmacy in Medford. [Jamie Lusch/Mail Tribune] Highlighting a series of changes for Medicare beneficiaries that lower out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, joined pharmacy owners Tuesday in Medford to praise the passage of the Inflation reduction law. Wyden called the act signed Tuesday by President Joe Biden “a big dose of good news for…

The primaries are an exciting time for voters who belong to a party, because it allows them to choose who they think is the best candidate for the November primary election. What you need to know More than 3.8 million registered voters in Florida have no party affiliation. In Central Florida, 29% of all voters are affiliated with a party. NPA voters can cast ballots for judges, local races and school board members by Tuesday. Non-party-affiliated voters, however, do not have a say in statewide races during the primary, but their votes do count for local races, county and circuit…

This trail camera photo shows an adult wolf with five pups photographed on July 4, 2022 at the Upper Deschutes Wildlife Management Unit in Klamath County. [ODFW photo] An adult male wolf captured southeast of Bend in February 2021 and fitted with a GPS radio collar was found in the Keno area east of Ashland. As a result, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has designated a new Known Wolf Activity Area, or AKWA, in the Klamath County Keno Management Unit. The wolf is known as OR103. ODFW officials said OR103 originally dispersed to Northern California and resided there…

Survivor remembers the freak storm that killed 13, including her grandfather, 50 years ago Dave Shinkle stands near the Brookings-Harbor monument that remembers those who lost their lives in a freak windstorm in southern Oregon and the northern California coast 50 years ago. Shinkle, 16 at the time, survived despite spending nearly 4 hours in the frigid ocean. [Breeana Laughlin/Curry Pilot] Dave Shinkle stands near the Brookings-Harbor monument that remembers those who lost their lives in a freak windstorm in southern Oregon and the northern California coast 50 years ago. Shinkle, 16 at the time, survived despite spending nearly 4…

Washington: President Biden signed Inflation reduction law Tuesday at the White House, finalizing a signature law aimed at fighting climate change, reducing health care costs and raising corporate taxes just weeks before the midterm elections. The House and Senate passed the bill along party lines last week, after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reached an agreement after months of negotiations. Both senators were on hand for Tuesday’s signing ceremony. “Let me say from the beginning, with this law, the American people won and the special interests lost,” Biden told the crowd gathered at the White…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA Another hectic day of trading on Wall Street ended Tuesday with a mostly higher finish for stocks adding to the market’s recent streak of gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, its third straight gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7%, extending its winning streak to a fifth day. The Nasdaq fell 0.2%. Bond yields gained ground. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 2.81% from 2.79% late Monday. The latest market moves came as traders cautiously reviewed encouraging financial results from major retailers. Walmart rose 5.1% after the nation’s largest retailer reported strong…

A Nassau County police detective was among nine alleged members and associates of the Genovese and Bonanno organized crime families charged in connection with alleged illegal gambling operations in Lynbrook, Valley Stream, Hempstead, West Babylon and Queens , federal prosecutors said Tuesday. “Today’s arrests of members of two La Cosa Nostra crime families demonstrate that the Mafia continues to pollute our communities with illegal gambling, extortion and violence while using our financial system in the service of its criminal schemes” , U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said in a statement. “The defendants tried to hide their criminal activity by operating from…