GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow after destroying more than 1,000 buildings, nearly half of them homes, while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities. The east end of Northern California’s Dixie Fire flared up as winds increased. In southeastern
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — For the first time since the end of the 2019 season, the New York Giants played in MetLife Stadium in front of their fans. It was just a training camp practice, but it was obvious it meant a lot for the players and fans
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a California surfing school owner has been charged with killing his two young children with a spear gun in Mexico because he thought they would become monsters. The U.S. attorney’s office says Matthew Coleman of Santa Barbara was charged Wednesday with the foreign murder of U.S. nationals. Prosecutors say
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Denver Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has returned to Minnesota this week for joint practices with the Vikings in advance of their preseason game. Bridgewater is competing with Drew Lock to be the starter. Bridgewater approaching the five-year anniversary of the knee injury that nearly
Continue ReadingOAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Ricky Castillo is the only player who finished his match in the opening round of a U.S. Amateur delayed by storms at Oakmont. Mark Goetz was the medalist among the 64 qualifiers. He only got in four holes in his match before the round was suspended by darkness. It resumes Thursday
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Más del 98% de los residentes de Estados Unidos vive ahora en una zona en la que existe un riesgo “alto” o “sustancial” de transmisión comunitaria de covid-19, frente al 19% de los residentes de hace solo un mes. Este brusco giro se produjo en gran parte por la variante delta, altamente
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to host a virtual ”summit for democracy” in December as he aims to assemble government, civil society and private sector leaders in what he’s cast as a global faceoff against rising autocratic forces. About a year after the Dec. 9-10 event, the president
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats who have spent years investigating Donald Trump are entitled to some of the former president’s financial records. That’s according to a ruling Wednesday from a federal judge in Washington. The ruling empowering Congress to have records from 2017 and 2018 is the latest development in
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican icon Vicente Fernandez is in critical but stable condition after being hospitalized for a fall last week, according to an Instagram post made by his medical team on Wednesday. While the 81-year-old king of ranchera music is on a ventilator, his brain function is intact, according to his doctors. They
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The heat advisory we have been talking about all week is finally here and will be with us the next few days. Across the region, we can expect temperatures in the triple digits up until Saturday. We are also seeing some mild smoke in the area causing moderate air quality in some parts of Central
Continue ReadingANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A judge has agreed to keep in place a Sept. 28 sentencing date for the gunman found criminally responsible in the shooting deaths of five people at a Maryland newspaper. The judge ruled on Wednesday against changing the date for Jarrod Ramos. He had written the judge last week expressing the
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Real estate heir Robert Durst testified at his murder trial that he has changed his mind many times, but has concluded that he didn’t actually see his wife step onto a commuter train the night she disappeared in 1982. Durst also testified that he lied
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Gobierno de Biden envió cientos de respiradores a Florida en los últimos días, mientras el estado responde a un nuevo y dramático aumento de casos de covid-19 y hospitalizaciones, confirmó a CNN un funcionario del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos. Pero el gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis asegura que no
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans are ratcheting up efforts to end a 31-day standoff with Democrats over new voting measures. Civil arrest warrants were delivered Wednesday to the offices of absent Democrats by officers of the Texas House. But there remained few signs the stalemate
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — The McCaffrey family connection in Greeley, Colorado, features quarterback Dylan McCaffrey transferring in from Michigan and his big brother Max putting NFL tryouts on the backburner to serve as offensive coordinator. They’re joining forces with their dad, Ed, the longtime NFL receiver who was hired
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto left in the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodger after he took a foul tip to his mask. Realmuto was checked on by team trainers but stayed in the game to catch the rest of the first. Andrew Knapp pinch-hit for Realmuto in the first
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Public Safety Chaplaincy on Wednesday was named a finalist among Fire Safety & Rescue organizations in the Land Rover ‘Defender Above and Beyond Service Awards.’
Central Oregon Public Safety Chaplaincy on Wednesday was named a finalist among Fire Safety & Rescue organizations in the Land Rover ‘Defender Above and Beyond Service Awards.’
By Devan Cole, CNN Adult Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender experience higher rates of food and economic insecurity than their non-LGBT counterparts, according to the findings of a key coronavirus pandemic survey released Wednesday by the Census Bureau. The latest Household Pulse Survey, which asks about things like child care, food
Continue ReadingBy MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pinch-hitter Brandon Drury delivered a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the New York Mets rallied from a pair of three-run deficits to defeat the Washington Nationals 8-7, completing a game suspended by rain the night before. Pete Alonso broke out of an 0-for-21
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Steve Almasy, CNN It was just a few trips around a hospital bed but for Agnes Velasquez, seeing her 15-year-old daughter off a ventilator and able to walk a little brought tears to her eyes. It was the first time Paulina had walked since she was hospitalized with Covid-19. “It was
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