LEADING OFF: Key showdown at Fenway, Cards on 12G streak
By The Associated Press Yankees ace Gerrit Cole starts the opener of a crucial three-game series at Fenway Park with the Red Sox two games ahead of…
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It’s far from over, but Delta coronavirus wave might be the last major wave of infection, former FDA commissioner says
By Jason Hanna and Madeline Holcombe, CNN The current wave of Covid-19 cases driven by the Delta coronavirus variant has the potential to be the…
Continue ReadingDrive for Britain! UK scrambles for truckers amid supply woe
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain doesn’t have enough truck drivers. The shortage is contributing to scarcity of…
Continue ReadingDrive for Britain! UK scrambles for truckers amid supply woe
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain doesn’t have enough truck drivers. The shortage is contributing to scarcity of…
Continue ReadingThese Chinese villages are paying couples to have more children
By Jessie Yeung, CNN With China facing a looming demographic crisis, the government last month passed into law a three-child policy raising the…
Continue ReadingJailbreak shines light on mass incarceration of Palestinians
By JOSEPH KRAUSS and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The cinematic escape of six Palestinians who tunneled out of an…
Continue ReadingEurope: Team without a country but many wins at Ryder Cup
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A few things have changed since the last time Europe and the United States gathered for…
Continue ReadingBarring ‘extreme long shot,’ Arlington Park racing is ending
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Racing at Arlington Park is on the brink of ending after a run of almost a…
Continue ReadingUnderdog Euros have Yanks where they want ’em
By JIM LITKE AP Sports Writer SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — No team in sports embraces the underdog label like Europe’s Ryder Cup squads. Their…
Continue ReadingChinese banks try to calm fears about developer’s debts
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Trying to dispel investor fears, some Chinese banks are disclosing what they are owed by a real…
Continue ReadingEurope: Team without a country but many wins at Ryder Cup
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A few things have changed since the last time Europe and the United States gathered for…
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Bend Preschool says it has open slots available, free for eligible families
Preschool and child care can be hard to find right now. Â Many families spend weeks or months frustrated looking for a position, only to end up on a…
Continue ReadingWeek 4 Preview: Hogs-Aggies, Badgers-Irish featured games
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer No. 16 Arkansas’ game against No. 7 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and No. 18…
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Sisters Ranger District begins hazardous fuels reduction work
Starting Friday, Sisters Ranger District fuel specialists will work with contractors to mow about 2,000 acres of brush across three project…
Continue ReadingBradley’s disciples helping mentor young Raiders defenders
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders defense has shown dramatic improvement from last season, much in part…
Continue ReadingNY hospitals, schools fear staff shortage from vaccine rules
By MICHAEL HILL, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the nation’s most aggressive COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingNY hospitals, schools fear staff shortage from vaccine rules
By MICHAEL HILL, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the nation’s most aggressive COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingChinese banks try to calm fears about developer’s debts
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Trying to dispel investor fears, some Chinese banks are disclosing what they are owed by a real…
Continue ReadingHaitians see history of racist policies in migrant treatment
By AARON MORRISON, ASTRID GALVAN and JASEN LO Associated Press The images — men on horseback with long reins, corralling Haitian asylum seekers…
Continue ReadingTexans done in by inability to run ball in loss to Panthers
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans got a solid performance from rookie quarterback Davis Mills in his first…
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