By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Apple, Google and other big companies around the world are continuing to add to their massive piles of cash, a sign that corporations are increasingly nervous about how the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 could damage the global economy. The world’s largest nonfinancial companies had a record
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Jo Adell hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the ninth inning for his first homer this season and Kurt Suzuki followed with a solo blast, lifting the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. Miguel Cabrera was 0 for 2 with two
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Oakland Athletics hope for good news Wednesday on Chris Bassitt after the pitcher was carted off the field Tuesday night. Bassitt was struck on the side of the head by a line drive hit by Brian Goodwin of the Chicago White Sox. The right-hander went down on the mound holding
Continue ReadingCNN By Maegan Vazquez, Ellie Kaufman and Mike Conte, CNN White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday said the Taliban have committed to providing a “safe passage” for civilians looking to flee Afghanistan as he defended the US’ chaotic withdrawal from the two-decade conflict. Sullivan said the military is in discussions with the
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, Ellie Kaufman and Mike Conte, CNN White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday said the Taliban have committed to providing a “safe passage” for civilians looking to flee Afghanistan as he defended the US’ chaotic withdrawal from the two-decade conflict. Sullivan said the military is in discussions with the Taliban
Continue ReadingBy Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Only one school district in Utah has so far approved a mask mandate for students. The Grand County School District Commissioners voted Tuesday in favor of the mandate that requires masks for 30 days starting on Thursday, the first day of school for grades K-6. At the meeting, the public
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reported a record 633 new infections as concerns grew about the delta variant’s spread beyond Sydney. The state’s chief health officer said: “I can’t express enough my level of concern at these rising numbers of cases.” Infections were reported in towns in the west, north and central
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reported a record 633 new infections as concerns grew about the delta variant’s spread beyond Sydney. The state’s chief health officer said: “I can’t express enough my level of concern at these rising numbers of cases.” Infections were reported in towns in the west, north and central
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Catcher Riley Adams homered and drove in three as part of a three-hit night in his first game against his former team, Erick Fedde won for the first time in more than two months and the Washington Nationals snapped a season-high, seven-game losing streak with a 12-6
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) – Más de 121.000 casos de covid-19 en niños se reportaron en EE.UU. en la última semana, según un informe de la Academia Estadounidense de Pediatría (AAP, por sus siglas en inglés). Después de disminuir a principios del verano, los casos de niños han “aumentado constantemente” desde principios de julio. Desde el
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc and Andy Rose, CNN Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday that the state would use federal Covid relief money to increase the funding available to public school districts only if they’re open for in-person learning and don’t require children to wear masks. To be eligible for the grant funding — $163
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Live Nation, the company that now brings shows to the Les Schwab Amphitheater in the Old Mill District, soon will require all concert-goers to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccine or a negative Covid test. This change only affects the final four concerts of the season in October, but individual acts can – and have –
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nelson Cruz homered twice and the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays extended the Baltimore Orioles’ losing streak to 13 games with a 10-0 victory. Three Rays pitchers combined on a four-hitter. Drew Rasmussen worked the first four innings, Adam Conley pitched the fifth and Chad
Continue ReadingBy MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Kyle Hendricks became the first 14-game winner in the majors, Ian Happ homered and the Chicago Cubs snapped a 12-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Hendricks gave up three hits in six innings — the only big one a home run
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As the mask mandate is reenacted for Central Oregon, the question of how well masks protect against the more contagious Delta variant is being asked.
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN Biden administration officials say the federal government is thinking about offering boosters to people starting about eight months after they’ve been fully vaccinated. But is it too soon to start talking about boosters for the general public? Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Allisha Gray had 20 points and Arike Ogunbowale scored 10 of her 15 points in the second half to help the Dallas Wings beat the Chicago Sky 80-76. Ogunbowale beat the shot clock with a long 3-pointer to give Dallas a 75-68 lead with 2:20 remaining. Allie Quigley made her sixth 3-pointer
Continue ReadingBy Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Detectives in California have made an arrest in a 40-year-old unsolved killing after using modern DNA technology to test evidence from the case file. Sonia Carmen Herok Stone was a 30-year-old single mother living with her daughter in Monterey County when she was killed in 1981. She had worked as
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Jorge Soler’s two-out RBI single in the eighth inning snapped a scoreless tie and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 2-0. Pinch-hitter Abraham Almonte drew a one-out walk against Miami starter Sandy Alcantara, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Soler hit an opposite-field line drive to right
Continue ReadingRENO, Nev. (AP) — A 43-year-old Nevada man has been convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in the 2018 shotgun slayings of two women on a tribal reservation along the Nevada-Oregon line. Stoney Prior of McDermitt and his two victims in the double murder were members of the Fort McDermitt Shoshone Paiute Tribe. At
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