By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Angels snapped a six-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros. Ohtani tried to score the winning run during Wednesday night’s 9-5 loss to Houston in 12 innings,
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Hungary’s right-wing government is attracting conservative thinkers from the United States who admire its approaches to migration, LGBT issues and national sovereignty. Those are all matters that have put the country at odds with its European partners who see not a conservative haven in Hungary but
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer If it seems as if the Packers have transferred to the NFC West or the 49ers moved to the NFC North, blame the schedule makers at league headquarters. When Green Bay visits San Francisco on Sunday, it will be the fourth trip to the Bay Area for the
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court seemed to indicate it would wait until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a separate Mississippi abortion case before ruling on the appeal of a lower court’s ruling blocking a restrictive Georgia abortion law. A federal judge ruled last year that the law
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Republican-backed election review in Arizona’s largest county has failed to come up with proof to support former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election. The result Friday is the climax of a widely criticized quest to find evidence that Trump
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For a second night, a crowd gathered in downtown Bend Thursday night, this time a celebration of life for shooting victim Barry Washington Jr., including playing some of his own music.
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Federal and local officials say an encampment in a Texas border town where thousands of Haitian migrants gathered in recent days is now empty. Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano said at a news conference Friday that it was “phenomenal news” that all
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Brianna Turner made the winning free throw with less than a second to play, giving the Phoenix Mercury an 83-82 win over the New York Liberty in a first-round WNBA playoff game. Sophie Cunningham hit 6 of 9 3-pointers for a career-high 21 points for Phoenix. The Liberty had tied the game
Continue ReadingCNN By Paula Hancocks and Salai TZ, CNN Five-year-old Su Htet Waing often wakes up crying for her mother and older sister. Hiding in the mosquito-infested jungles of Myanmar in a makeshift tent with her father, her young world has been torn apart. “I want to sleep with mummy, but the police have taken her,”
Continue ReadingBy Paula Hancocks and Salai TZ, CNN Five-year-old Su Htet Waing often wakes up crying for her mother and older sister. Hiding in the mosquito-infested jungles of Myanmar in a makeshift tent with her father, her young world has been torn apart. “I want to sleep with mummy, but the police have taken her,” she
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — California Republicans are looking ahead to 2022 races for Congress and the Legislature, after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom soundly defeated an attempt to remove him from office in a recall election. Party delegates gathered in San Diego for a three-day convention to work on
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Everyone at NewsChannel 21 is sad to see our Max Goldwasser, a fine young man of many talents, moving on — but also happy for him, as he takes on a new position with the Fox station in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We’ll miss ya, Max!
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — The top U.S. military officer says America should explore ways to expand its military contacts with the Russians, potentially to include allowing observers from each country to watch the other’s combat exercises. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Continue ReadingBy Laura Smith-Spark, James Frater, Saskya Vandoorne, Livia Borghese and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Most European countries have Covid-19 vaccination rates that would be the envy of much of the world. But even here, hesitancy in certain areas is causing governments to take action — or risk stalling their efforts to control the spread of the
Continue ReadingCNN, WDIV, WBTV, BOONEOAKLEY, REX CHAPMAN, WILMOREFUNERALHOME.COM, THE FLORIDA CHANNEL, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY By Laura Smith-Spark, James Frater, Saskya Vandoorne, Livia Borghese and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Most European countries have Covid-19 vaccination rates that would be the envy of much of the world. But even here, hesitancy in certain areas is causing
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed four advisers and associates to former President Donald Trump who were in contact with him as hundreds of his followers violently broke into the building and tried to overturn
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation passed by the House on Friday would guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion. But it’s a largely symbolic gesture because Republican opposition will doom the measure in the Senate. The House vote is part of an effort by Democrats to circumvent
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has met with other leaders of an Indo-Pacific alliance known as “the Quad” as he wraps up a week of diplomacy with both allies and adversaries. The White House meeting Friday with leaders from India, Japan and Australia gave Biden a
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“Really, I don’t feel that old,” Lucille Hewett said of becoming Bend’s newest centenarian, listing the many ways she keeps herself busy.
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Liberty and Fraternity, sure, Equality, not so much. Born of a revolution fought for liberty, ties between the United States and its oldest ally, France, have long been fraternal. But they’ve also been marked by deep French unease over their equality. French concerns
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