ODOT preparing to release new highway safety program for 2022
The Oregon Transportation Safety Committee will meet next week to discuss its proposed highway safety plan for next year.
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US Capitol riot defendant jailed after watching MyPillow CEO’s conspiracy symposium while prohibited from going online
By Marshall Cohen The QAnon supporter who chased Officer Eugene Goodman near the Senate chamber during the US Capitol insurrection was sent back to jail Thursday, in part because he violated the rules of his release by going online to access conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The unusual turn of events means Doug Jensen
Continue ReadingMercer dominates Point University 69-0 with 778 total yards
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Carter Peevy threw for 139 yards and a touchdown and Tommy Pollack ran for 103 yards and two scores and Mercer beat NAIA-member Point University 69-0 in its season opener. The Bears’ total points established a new program record. Mercer amassed a total of 778 yards with 539 coming on the
Continue ReadingCorwin leads Drake in 45-3 romp past West Virginia Wesleyan
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ian Corwin ran for two scores and passed for a third in the first half as Drake opened its season with a 45-3 win over Division II West Virginia Wesleyan. Corwin, who missed one game and struggled with injuries throughout the abbreviated spring season, engineered scoring drives on the Bulldogs’
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Out & About: Gorgeous Central Oregon
Late summer beauty is defined by these pics.
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Big Ol’ Fish: Anglers galore
Once again, the fish didn’t have a chance!
Continue ReadingArgentina, Brazil win World Cup qualifiers; Colombia draws
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Leaders Brazil and second-place Argentina have won their away matches in South American World Cup qualifiers ahead of their superclasico. Brazil beat Chile 1-0 in Santiago in a tense match after Chile lost nine England-based players due to COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. Substitute Everton Ribeiro scored
Continue ReadingRodriguez, Richards combine on 5-hitter, Red Sox beat Rays
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat Tampa Bay 4-0 for a split of their four-game series with the AL East-leading Rays. Garrett Richards replaced Rodriguez with two on and no outs in the seventh, and the
Continue ReadingCoyotes submit proposal for two land parcels in Tempe
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have submitted a bid for two parcels of a 46-acre tract of land in what could be the first step to landing a permanent home. The City of Tempe said it received one response before the deadline to a request for proposals
Continue ReadingExperts call for rigorous audit to protect California recall
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press A group of election security experts is calling on California’s top election official to take an additional step to protect the upcoming gubernatorial recall. This comes after copies of systems used to run elections across the country were released at an event last month sponsored by
Continue ReadingKim orders tougher virus steps after N. Korea shuns vaccines
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to wage a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in “our style” after he turned down some foreign COVID-19 vaccines offered via the U.N.-backed immunization program. State media said Kim told a Politburo meeting the
Continue ReadingKayla McBride, Sylvia Fowles lead Lynx past Sparks, 66-57
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kayla McBride scored 17 points, Sylvia Fowles had 15 points and 17 rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 66-57. Minnesota closed on a 17-4 run, highlighted by a long 3-poiner by Aerial Powers with 3:11 left for a five-point lead. Los Angeles was held to four points in
Continue ReadingTrudeau criticized for calling Canadian election in 4th wave
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his decision to call an election during the pandemic in first debate of the campaign for this month’s election. Trudeau is facing a tough re-election battle against his Conservative Party rival. The vote is Sept. 20. Trudeau called the election last month seeking to win the
Continue ReadingFiscal general de Guatemala anuncia investigaciones tras presunta “develación de información confidencial”
Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — La fiscal general de Guatemala, María Consuelo Porras, acusó este jueves a el ex fiscal especial contra la impunidad Juan Francisco Sandoval de generar una “campaña de revanchismo, desinformación y desprestigio” en medios de comunicación contra el Ministerio Público, al tiempo que dijo que la institución ya realiza varias
Continue ReadingNo. 22 Coastal Carolina, McCall blow out The Citadel 52-14
By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Grayson McCall threw for 262 yards and a touchdown and No. 22 Coastal Carolina scored on its first seven possessions in a season-opening 52-14 victory over The Citadel on Thursday night. McCall was the Sun Belt Conference offensive player of year in 2020 and kept
Continue ReadingEdwards throws 3 TDs, UNH holds off Stony Brook 27-21
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Bret Edwards threw three touchdown passes, two to Brian Espanet, and New Hampshire held off Stony Brook for a 27-21 victory in a season and Colonial Athletic Association opener. Edwards sandwiched two short first-half TD passes to Kyle Lepkowski and Espanet around a 4-yard rushing score by Sean Coyne. Edwards
Continue ReadingWhat it was like to be stranded on subway stations and trains overnight during New York floods
CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN Camilla Akbari boarded a 7:43 p.m. New Jersey Transit train on Wednesday night from New York Penn Station hoping to get to her mom’s place in Princeton, New Jersey. It’s a trip that generally takes about an hour. This ride, though, took about 14. Amid torrential downpours and flooding, the
Continue ReadingWhat it was like to be stranded on subway stations and trains overnight during New York floods
By Eric Levenson, CNN Camilla Akbari boarded a 7:43 p.m. New Jersey Transit train on Wednesday night from New York Penn Station hoping to get to her mom’s place in Princeton, New Jersey. It’s a trip that generally takes about an hour. This ride, though, took about 14. Amid torrential downpours and flooding, the 24-year-old
Continue ReadingBang, bang! Pair of 1st-pitch HRs for 1st time in decades
NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Marlins leadoff batter Miguel Rojas and New York Mets counterpart Jonathan Villar each homered on the first pitch they saw Thursday night, the first time that’s happened in a major league game since at least 1985, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Statisticians at Elias were unable to go back
Continue Reading9 US starters get World Cup qualifying debuts at El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Nine U.S. starters were set to make their World Cup qualifying debuts against El Salvador, matching the most since 1996. Matt Turner was in goal, with DeAndre Yedlin at right back, Miles Robinson and Tim Ream in central defense and Sergiño Dest at left back. Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie,
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