Afghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal
By ALEX SANZ Associated Press For weeks, the Afghanistan national girls soccer team had been waiting for word they could leave. On Sunday, the…
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Afghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal
By ALEX SANZ Associated Press For weeks, the Afghanistan national girls soccer team had been waiting for word they could leave. On Sunday, the…
Continue ReadingOregon to charge out-of-state RV campers 25% more
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon will charge campers from outside the state a 25% surcharge for RV sites in dozens of campgrounds because of increased…
Continue Reading‘Star Wars: Visions’ brings George Lucas’ galaxy full circle in striking anime shorts
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN George Lucas freely discussed how director Akira Kurosawa’s 1958 samurai classic “The Hidden Fortress”…
Continue ReadingMATCHDAY: Man United, West Ham meet again; no Messi for PSG
Manchester United plays West Ham for the second time in the space of four days when they meet in the third round of the English League Cup. Man…
Continue ReadingFour bodies found on Polish-Belarus border as spat over migrant crisis worsens
By Antonia Mortensen, Allegra Goodwin and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Four people have died on Poland’s border with Belarus in recent days, amid…
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Wildfires explored through art in new exhibit set to open at Bend’s High Desert Museum
Across the American West, drought, dense forests and extreme weather exacerbated by climate change are contributing to catastrophic fires. The…
Continue ReadingKansas starting RB Velton Gardner enters transfer portal
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas running back Velton Gardner, who led the Jayhawks in rushing last season, has entered…
Continue ReadingFIFA punishes Hungarian Football Federation following racist behavior of ‘numerous’ fans
By Ben Morse and David Close, CNN The Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) will play its next FIFA-sanctioned home match without supporters and has…
Continue ReadingExclusive: ESPN to debut its first all-women baseball broadcast
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Melanie Newman and Jessica Mendoza aren’t done making history. The two sports announcers will be ESPN’s…
Continue Reading6 tribes sue Wisconsin to try to stop November wolf hunt
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press Six Native American tribes are suing Wisconsin to try to stop its planned wolf hunt in November. They assert that…
Continue ReadingBillionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief’s red glare
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is a no-go for launching billionaires into space. Guterres called out…
Continue ReadingBillionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief’s red glare
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is a no-go for launching billionaires into space. Guterres called out…
Continue ReadingFirst round WNBA playoff capsules
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Phoenix hosts New York and Dallas visits Chicago in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The postseason begins…
Continue ReadingUS Capitol rioter who stormed Senate floor reports to prison while trying to undo his felony guilty plea
By Marshall Cohen, CNN The first January 6 rioter to be sentenced for a felony reported to prison on Monday to serve his eight-month sentence, while…
Continue ReadingGabby Petito story boosted by social media, true-crime craze
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The disappearance and death of Gabby Petito and the police hunt for her…
Continue ReadingKoeman under direct attack for no ‘tiki taka’ at Barcelona
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — There were no signs of Barcelona’s famous “tiki-taka” style of ball possession in the team’s…
Continue Reading‘The Many Saints of Newark’ is more than a ‘Sopranos’ origin story
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Fourteen years after “The Sopranos” ended in much-debated fashion, “The Many Saints of Newark”…
Continue ReadingLatinos vastly underrepresented in media, new report finds
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A new government report has found that Latinos are vastly underrepresented in newsrooms, Hollywood…
Continue ReadingHow to avert — and prep for — the next pandemic: Q&A with Dr. Scott Gottlieb
By Andrea Kane, CNN During the pandemic, Dr. Scott Gottlieb — like a handful of public health experts — became a household name and his…
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