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☆ Who could buy TikTok?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Still, the company is under such close scrutiny that it would be a poor candidate to buy TikTok, experts say. If you were to tell me it’s Verizon, or AT&T, maybe it’s not as big of a problem.”Jasmine Enberg, principal analyst at Emarketer, highlighted a paradox: Only the largest, most dominant tech giants may have the resources to buy TikTok. Microsoft had been one of the handful of contenders to buy TikTok in 2020 when President Donald Trump first pushed for a sale. A former Trump Cabinet official enters the frayIn a move that caught many by surprise, former Trump Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced last month that he is putting together a team of investors to buy TikTok. As with Mnuchin, O’Leary has said a potential acquisition of TikTok may have to exclude TikTok’s algorithm.

Persons: Joe Biden, There’s, ”, Gene Kimmelman, Jasmine Enberg, ” Enberg, TikTok’s, Donald Trump, TikTok, Steven Mnuchin, Mnuchin, ” Oregon Democratic Sen, Ron Wyden, Trump, who’ve, Kevin O’Leary, O’Leary Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Google, Meta, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Department, YouTube, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Verizon, Emarketer, Activision Blizzard, Walmart, Oracle, Project Texas, Texas, Trump Cabinet, Trump Treasury, Trump, ” Oregon Democratic, Washington Post, O’Leary Ventures Locations: United States, TikTok, ” Oregon

The reversal comes as other high-profile liberal jurisdictions are also getting tougher on drugs and crime. And on Super Tuesday, San Francisco voters approved ballot measures that expand police powers and impose mandatory drug-screening and treatment requirements for welfare recipients. San Francisco had more than 800 motor vehicle thefts per 100,000 residents and – though a decline from 2022 – more than 20,000 car break-ins, according to The San Francisco Standard . In 2019, the year before voters approved the decriminalization measure, Oregon saw 280 accidental opioid overdose deaths, according to state public health authorities . “If you were to ask the public at large I think there’s a perception that it hasn’t worked,” says Hansen.

Persons: ” Kassandra Frederique, “, ” Leo Beletsky, –, Bob Lee, Henry Cuellar, Democrat –, Mayor London Breed, It’s, ” Beletsky, Tina Kotek, George Floyd’s, ”, Ben Hansen, hasn’t, Hansen Organizations: Drug Policy Alliance, Washington , D.C, San Francisco, Northeastern University, D.C, San Francisco Standard, Republican, Democrat, Mayor London, University of Oregon Locations: Oregon, Washington ,, Washington, carjackings, San Francisco, downtown San Francisco, Portland, Portland –, West Coast

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Five of the six major conferences have a leader or co-leader that failed to make the NCAA Tournament last season. Four of the major-conference leaders that got left out of March Madness last season have reached a Final Four within the last decade. 4 North Carolina, which went 20-13 and turned down an NIT bid last season, is unbeaten in Atlantic Coast Conference competition. “No matter what we’re going through — ups and downs — we’re just connected.”Oregon also added a few transfers during the offseason. But for now, it also could assure that the Badgers don't get let out of the field for a second straight season.

Persons: ”, John's, AJ Storr, Grant McCasland, Warren Washington, Devan Cambridge, Chance McMillian, Joe Toussaint, Darrion Williams, Pop Isaacs, ” McCasland, “, Caleb Love, Cormac Ryan, Notre, Harrison Ingram, Jae'Lyn Withers, Paxson Wojcik, RJ Davis, Armando Bacot, “ We’ve, ” Bacot, It’s, ” Seton Hall’s, Dylan Addae, Jaden Bediako, Seton, Kadary Richmond, Amir Dawes, Dre Davis, hasn't, ” Dawes, Kario Oquendo, Mahamadou Diawara, Stetson, Jesse Zarzuela, Jackson Shelstad, N’Faly Dante, Nate Bittle, you’re, Dana Altman, that’s, Storr, Greg Gard, they'll, they're, Gard, Aaron Beard, ___ Organizations: Big, NIT, Atlantic Coast Conference, Texas Tech, Seton Hall, UConn, Arizona State, Notre Dame, Stanford, North, Seton Hall’s, Syracuse, Clemson, Pirates, Seton Hall's, Ducks, Badgers, NBA, NCAA, AP Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, Oregon, Carolina, Arizona, West Virginia, Nevada, Cambridge, Louisville, Santa Clara, ” Oregon, Georgia, Central Michigan

5 Oregon 34-31 for a spot in the College Football Playoff, those emotions also were tempered about what's being left behind. “It is sad to see it happen, for that to be the last football game,” DeBoer said. I don't think there's anyone else in the country that's gone through what we've gone through.”Now the Pac-12 becomes the Pac-2 with only Oregon State and Washington State sticking around. Oregon State and Washington State could agree to some kind of merger with the Mountain West or look to rebuild Pac-12 by taking the top teams from the Group of Five leagues. “The Pac-12 has been an historical conference for a long time,” Oregon quarterback Bo Nix said.

Persons: — George Kliavkoff, Kalen DeBoer, ” DeBoer, “, we've, Bo Nix, Jason, Kelli Baucom, They've, ”, what's, Kelli, Lincoln Kennedy, Kennedy, ” ___, W.G, Ramirez Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Huskies, College Football Playoff, Big Ten Conference, Oregon State, Washington State, Washington, The, Conference, Could've, College Football, Big, Atlantic Coast Conference, UCLA, Oakland Raiders, Las Vegas Raiders, AP Locations: Washington, Oregon, Vegas

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State promoted defensive coordinator Trent Bray to head coach on Tuesday night, quickly replacing Jonathan Smith after he left for Michigan State. Bray, who also played at Oregon State, had served as the Beavers' defensive coordinator since midway through the 2021 season. “The connection and trust he has built with our student-athletes is unmatched,” Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes said in a statement. Political Cartoons View All 1270 ImagesBray has had two stints as an assistant at Oregon State, the first from 2012-14. After working as the linebackers coach at Nebraska Bray from 2015-17, he returned to Oregon State in 2018 as linebackers coach and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2021.

Persons: Trent Bray, Jonathan Smith, Scott Barnes, Bray, Smith Organizations: —, — Oregon State, Michigan State, Oregon State, Beavers, ” Oregon State, Washington State, Nebraska Bray, AP Locations: CORVALLIS, Ore, — Oregon

☆ Mystery canine disease: A respiratory illness is spreading among dogs and baffling veterinarians. Here’s what owners can do
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Chris Boyette | Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The mysterious illness is described as an “atypical canine infectious respiratory disease,” the Oregon Department of Agriculture said in a November 9 news release. In other words, dogs with the unidentified illness show similar signs of an upper respiratory disease but generally don’t test positive for common respiratory diseases. The Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has also reported cases of a mysterious canine disease, the lab’s director told CNN in an email. While the news may be concerning, “We suggest caution rather than worry,” the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association’s website says. While this particular disease is unusual, “Periodic outbreaks of Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex (CIRDC) can occur in a dog population.

Persons: Ryan Scholz, David B, ”, Kevin Snekvik, Snekvik Organizations: CNN, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon, American Veterinary Medical Association, New, Diagnostic Laboratory, University of New, Disease, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon Veterinary Locations: New Hampshire, Oregon, Colorado , Illinois, University of New Hampshire, Washington

A judge granted Oregon State and Washington State a preliminary injunction Tuesday in their legal battle with 10 departing Pac-12 schools, giving the Pacific Northwest rivals control of the conference and millions of dollars in assets. “Oregon State and Washington State will be the sole members of the board,” Libey said, ruling quickly after hearing arguments for about 2 1/2 hours. Political Cartoons View All 1247 ImagesThe outgoing Pac-12 schools said they will appeal the ruling. Washington State athletic director Pat Chun and university president Kirk Schulz attended the hearing, along with Barnes. The clock is ticking for Oregon State and Washington State to make definitive plans for next season.

Persons: Jayathi Murthy, Scott Barnes, Gary Libey, ” Libey, “ Nothing's, “, Pat Chun, Kirk Schulz, Barnes, Chun, Schulz, George Kliavkoff, Eric MacMichael, Libey, ” MacMichael, we’re, Ralph D, Russo Organizations: Oregon State, Washington State, Oregon, ”, Court, Washington State's Pullman, Washington, UCLA, Big, USC, Washington Supreme, ACC, NCAA, AP Locations: Pacific Northwest, Whitman County, Washington State's, Oregon, Southern California, Washington, ”

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders stood up for Henry Blackburn on Tuesday after the Colorado State safety received death threats for a late hit that sent Colorado's two-way star Travis Hunter to the hospital with a lacerated liver. Sanders said he has forgiven Blackburn and so has Hunter, who doesn’t have a definitive timeline for a return. “Henry Blackburn is a good player who played a phenomenal game,” said Sanders, whose 19th-ranked Buffaloes (3-0) travel to No. “I’m saddened if there’s any of our fans, that’s on the other side of those threats," Sanders said. It was the most-watched late-night college football game ever on ESPN, the network said.

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☆ Opinion | Learning About Freedom at a Black Rodeo
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Tressie Mcmillan Cottom | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed of the Civil War’s end and their newfound freedom. The Eight Seconds Juneteenth Rodeo organizers thought a lot about those questions. Jones-Dixon wants Black Portlanders to see a version of themselves in a rodeo that is fun but that also makes them proud. Frederick says there remains a notion among Black Portlanders that the flooding was a convenient excuse for displacing the city’s thriving Black enclave. Having the rodeo near Vanport is a way of saying that this is an event for you, for us.

Persons: Juneteenth, —, Biden, Vince Jones, Dixon, McClellan, Jones, Black Portlanders, Ivan, Lew Frederick, Frederick, ” Organizations: Expo, Oregon, Oregonian Locations: Juneteenth, Galveston , Texas, Portland, Gresham, American, Vanport, Black

The first was Democrat Wes Moore, who beat Republican Dan Cox, becoming Maryland’s first Black governor, and only the third Black governor in the country. Black female candidates hoped to make history across gender and racial lines in several states, from Rep. Val Demings and Aramis Ayala in Florida to Chelsea Clark in Ohio and several women bidding to be the country’s first Black female governor. Although many of these key races ended in upsets for the Black female Democratic candidates, some states have ushered in new progressive representation. And in Massachusetts, Democrat Andrea Campbell beat out Republican Jay McMahon to become the state’s first Black female attorney general. “What we just saw in the midterms is that these Black women were able to inspire multiracial coalitions that enabled their wins.

☆ Slavery rejected in some, not all, states where on ballot
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Voters in three states approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fourth state rejected the move. The measures approved Tuesday curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Tennessee and Vermont. In Louisiana, a former slave-holding state, voters rejected a ballot question known as Amendment 7 that asked whether they supported a constitutional amendment to prohibit the use of involuntary servitude in the criminal justice system. After Tuesday’s vote, more than a dozen states still have constitutions that include language permitting slavery and involuntary servitude for prisoners. Several other states have no constitutional language for or against the use of forced prison labor.

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