By Douglas S. Wood, CNN The Bakersfield Police Department in California will revise its policies after a four-year state investigation found that the department violated the constitutional rights of residents by using unreasonable deadly force and conducting unnecessary arrests, searches, and other practices. The changes include a ban of the use of electronic control weapons
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An air quality alert is in place for Deschutes County until Wednesday at noon.
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has honored the 2020 WNBA champions Seattle Storm at the White House. In doing so, he celebrated their success on the court and hailed the four-time title holders for changing lives with their activism. The visit by the Seattle Storm marks the first time
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has honored the 2020 WNBA champions Seattle Storm at the White House. In doing so, he celebrated their success on the court and hailed the four-time title holders for changing lives with their activism. The visit by the Seattle Storm marks the first time
Continue ReadingBy Erica Orden, CNN Igor Fruman, a Rudy Giuliani associate charged in a campaign finance case, is scheduled to plead guilty during an appearance in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, according to a court filing. Fruman and another Giuliani associate, Lev Parnas, were originally charged in October 2019 in a case alleging they funneled foreign
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley and Sheena McKenzie, CNN Afghans who have applied for special immigrant visas to the US were told to stay away from Kabul’s airport on Monday, as American officials ramped up evacuation flights and the Taliban said all US forces needed to leave by August 31. Western countries are
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Angel City FC has acquired U.S. national team forward Christen Press and hired coach Freya Coombe as the team prepares to begin play in the National Women’s Soccer League next season. The team acquired the rights to Press from Racing Louisville. The Southern California native is coming off
Continue ReadingBy Laura Studley and Taylor Romine, CNN Employees at a Staten Island, New York, hospital are protesting Covid-19 vaccination and testing requirements from their parent healthcare network, as the area leads the city in new cases per capita and as hospitals in the nation’s hotspots are overrun. On August 16, Staten Island University Hospital, which
Continue ReadingBy KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Travis Shaw hit a game-ending grand slam in the 11th inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 8-4. Shaw, who entered as a defensive replacement in the eighth, drove a 3-2 pitch off Dennis Santana over Boston’s bullpen. He flipped his bat and looked
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — The former Canadian Football League player Nick Volpe has died. The Toronto Argonauts confirmed his death but did not give details Monday. Volpe helped.” Volpe played for Toronto from 1949 to 1952, with the Argos winning the Grey Cup in 1950 and 1952. He kicked two field goals in the 1950 title
Continue ReadingLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Drone pilots, beware. Authorities at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories issued a warning Monday that airspace over Los Alamos National Laboratory is off limits. As the birthplace of the atomic bomb, the lab has reported that recent unauthorized drone flights have been detected in restricted airspace in
Continue ReadingLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Drone pilots, beware. Authorities at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories issued a warning Monday that airspace over Los Alamos National Laboratory is off limits. As the birthplace of the atomic bomb, the lab has reported that recent unauthorized drone flights have been detected in restricted airspace in
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– Rimrock Trails Treatment Services, which provides mental health counseling and substance use treatment in Bend, Redmond and Prineville, said Monday it has temporarily closed its adolescent residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment program, until further notice.
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former football great Herschel Walker has registered to vote in Georgia, a possible prelude to him running for U.S. Senate in 2022. Electronic voter registration records show Walker registered Tuesday at an Atlanta house owned by his wife, Julie Blanchard. Former President Donald Trump has been urging
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former football great Herschel Walker has registered to vote in Georgia, a possible prelude to him running for U.S. Senate in 2022. Electronic voter registration records show Walker registered Tuesday at an Atlanta house owned by his wife, Julie Blanchard. Former President Donald Trump has been urging
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans are bringing back their voting bill with no changes as some Democrats returned to the Capitol for the first time since ending their holdout. It was clear during a House hearing Monday that the bill is on track to become law after
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Duke Williams’ three-year bid to restart his career in Buffalo is over after the Bills released the receiver by waiving him because of an injury. The team did not specify the injury, with the move coming after Williams managed an 8-yard catch on three
Continue ReadingSALIDA, Colo. (AP) — Investigators say an unused .22-caliber round was found next to the bed of a Colorado woman who disappeared last year and whose husband is charged with killing her. Testimony during a court hearing Monday for the husband, Barry Morphew, also revealed that a tranquilizer gun and accessories were found in the
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Michail Antonio’s record goal for West Ham was sealed with a kiss. The fun-loving striker became the London club’s all-time leading scorer in the Premier League era by moving onto 49 goals with two in a 4-1 win over 10-man Leicester at the Olympic Stadium. Antonio’s first pushed him past Paolo Di
Continue ReadingBy Pervaiz Shallwani, CNN New York Police Commissioner Dermot Shea sent a message to members of the NYPD on Friday imploring them to get vaccinated after three members of the department died from Covid-19 in a single week. “Yet another member of our family lost their battle with Covid, Police Officer Sony Clerge of the
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