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Oregon Dept. of Education releases new guidance for schools returning to in-person learning

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Oregon Department of Education released updated guidance and metrics Tuesday for when schools can return to in-person learning. ODE first released “Ready Schools, Safe Learners” guidance in Aug. 2020 for public schools across the state. The guidance was developed under the direction of

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US accuses China of ‘genocide’ of Uyghurs and minority groups in Xinjiang

The US has officially determined that China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims and ethnic and religious minority groups who live in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. “This genocide is ongoing, and…we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uyghurs by the Chinese party-state,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said

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Navajo Nation identifies 75 communities with ‘uncontrolled’ Covid-19 spread in first weeks of January

The Navajo Nation has identified 75 communities with an “uncontrolled spread” of Covid-19 in the first two weeks of January, according to a Tuesday news release. That’s more than double the number of communities with uncontrolled spread the Nation had identified in November. At the time, Navajo leaders said the spread was “largely due to

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Iran’s Rouhani hopes Biden will return to Obama-era nuclear deal as he dubs Trump a ‘tyrant’

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect, Joe Biden, to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by Donald Trump’s administration. Speaking at a televised cabinet meeting Wednesday, Rouhani said the ball was “in the US court now.” “If Washington returns to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, we

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