By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns kicker Cody Parkey is being placed on injured reserve, meaning Chase McLaughlin will likely begin the season as Cleveland’s starter. Parkey, who had a solid season for the Browns in 2020 and is best known for his “double doink” miss for Chicago in the 2018
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, Enrique Tarrio, has been sentenced to five months in jail. Tarrio was convicted of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington and for bringing two high-capacity firearm magazines into the
Continue ReadingVERSAILLES, Ind. (AP) — A southeastern Indiana teenager has been convicted of suffocating two of his young siblings months apart in 2017, when he was 13 years old. A Ripley County jury deliberated about six hours Friday before convicting Nickalas Kedrowitz, 17, of two counts of murder in the killings of his 23-month-old half-sister, Desiree
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Here is the Oregon Department of Transportation Region 4 construction report for the week of August 23-27.
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The New York Post, the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid that has peddled a high volume of anti-mask rhetoric during the pandemic, informed employees this month that they are required to wear a mask while at the office, according to a memo obtained by CNN Business. “Masks are required while walking the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Ayad Akhtar’s acclaimed novel “Homeland Elegies,” Ben Ehrenreich’s environmental warning “Desert Notebooks” and an illustrated edition of the late William Melvin Kelley’s postmodern narrative “Dunfords Travels Everywheres” are among this year’s winners of American Book Awards for works that highlight the country’s diversity. The awards are presented by the Before Columbus
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A bold program, more than doubling PacifiCorp’s wind energy production by adding new wind resources, upgrading its existing wind turbine fleet and constructing a key segment of the company’s Energy Gateway transmission projects, is now complete, the company announced Monday.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” is back to guest hosts after the resignation of new host Mike Richards, and actor Mayim Bialik will return as the first behind the podium. Sony Pictures Television announced Monday that Bialik will take the podium for three weeks of episodes. The 45-year-old “Big Bang Theory” actor was one of
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings are bringing back defensive end Everson Griffen. The signing represents another attempt to revive the defense from a dismal 2020 season. The 33-year-old was at the team facility for a tryout last week. He is a four-time Pro Bowl pick with 80
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild and Chandelis Duster, CNN The US Capitol Police officer who shot and killed pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt on January 6 will not face any disciplinary action, the department said Monday. “USCP’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) determined the officer’s conduct was lawful and within Department policy, which says an officer may use
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Store closures in America are expected to drop to a five-year low in 2021– but that’s not exactly good news. The reason is that the industry, which has been hurt in recent years by a shift to online shopping, may have bottomed out last year, when closures were the highest
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some members of Congress want protections put in place to address ongoing intergenerational trauma as more information comes to light about the troubled history of Indigenous boarding schools in the United States. A group of 21 Democrats sent a letter last week to the Indian
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney is releasing more details about the financial performance of “Black Widow” as the company pushes to have a lawsuit brought by Scarlett Johansson — the film’s star — go to arbitration. The company revealed in a court filing on Friday that the Marvel superhero film has made more than
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Connie Hamzy, a rock ‘n’ roll groupie from Arkansas who was immortalized as “sweet, sweet Connie” in the 1973 Grand Funk Railroad hit “We’re an American Band,” has died. She was 66. In 2019, the Little Rock woman told KTHV: “I was determined to become a famous groupie. I really
Continue ReadingBy Stella Chan, CNN Police in the California town of Guadalupe fatally shot an “uninvolved” bystander Saturday night as officers pursued a suspect to serve a felony arrest warrant, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department (SBSD). A Guadalupe officer fired his service weapon at the wanted suspect “but instead struck an uninvolved resident
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality extended an air quality advisory Monday for Southern and Central Oregon due to smoke from wildfires in the Southern Oregon Cascades and Northern California. Smoke is mostly affecting communities near and downwind of existing fires.
Continue ReadingBy Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business Dealing with the loss of a loved one can be difficult. And, in many cases, having to deal with their financial affairs can make it even harder. It’s for that reason that many financial experts and lawyers recommend people get their finances in order before it’s too late. “A little
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Si sigues con la nostalgia porque terminaron los Juegos Olímpicos, es momento de que la dejes atrás, pues estamos a un día de que comiencen los Juegos Paralímpicos de Tokio 2020 (2021). La ceremonia de inauguración de los Juegos Paralímpicos de Tokio se llevará a cabo el martes 24 de agosto
Continue ReadingLYON, France (AP) — Switzerland playmaker Xherdan Shaqiri has ended his three-year spell at Liverpool by joining Lyon for a reported fee of $13 million. Shaqiri scored eight goals in 63 appearances for Liverpool, with whom he won the Premier League and Champions League. Shaqiri helped Switzerland reach the quarterfinals at Euro 2020. He failed
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN Legendary Black entertainer Josephine Baker is set to become the first Black woman to have her remains buried in the Panthéon monument in Paris — one of the highest honors in France. French president Emmanuel Macron made the announcement on Monday, writing that Baker “held high the motto of the French
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