Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un jurado fue destituido en el juicio por homicidio de Kyle Rittenhouse este jueves por después de que hizo una broma a un agente a principios de esta semana sobre el tiroteo de la policía a Jacob Blake. El incidente ocurrió cuando un hombre del jurado que estaba siendo escoltado
Continue ReadingGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have claimed goalie Scott Wedgewood off waivers from the New Jersey Devils. The move gives the Coyotes some goalie depth after Carter Hutton suffered a lower-body injury last week. The 29-year-old Wedgewood went 0-2-1 with a 3.19 goals-against average in three games with the Devils this season. He
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A North Dakota-based organization representing Native Americans has sued Colorado for a measure banning American Indian school mascots. The law was passed last year amid a nationwide push for racial justice following George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis. The Native American Guardian’s Association’s lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court and names
Continue ReadingBy Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Kari Lake, the Arizona gubernatorial candidate recently endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has embraced fringe far-right figures in her campaign events, including publicly thanking a Nazi sympathizer for his support and appearing with figures linked to the QAnon conspiracy, a CNN KFile review of her appearances has
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Happy Thursday, Central Oregon! We get a short break from the rain Thursday night. With lows scattered through the 30s, southwest winds will stay at a gusty 15-20 mph then calm overnight. The rain and breezy conditions return Friday, with highs in the 40s and 50s and our lows dropping to freezing and a little below. Some have the chance
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is suing Texas over new voting rules that outlasted a summer of dramatic protests by Democrats. The lawsuit filed Thursday comes as the party faces dimming hopes of overhauling the nation’s election laws in response to a wave of new restrictions in
Continue ReadingBy ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Pew Research Center has found that skin tone impacts the everyday lives and the long-term success of Latinos in the U.S. The nonpartisan organization released findings of a survey on Thursday. Colorism, or discrimination based on skin tone, often from within someone’s own ethnic group, is
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Major League Soccer has engaged Janice Rubin and Melody Jahanzadeh of Rubin Thomlinson LLP to conduct an independent review of the Vancouver Whitecaps’ handling of misconduct allegations brought by members of the organization’s women’s team against former coaches Bob Birarda and Hubert Busby. U.S. player Malloree Enoch detailed allegations of
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Ruth Ann Minner, the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86. Agriculture Secretary Michael Scuse a close friend and former chief of staff for Minner, said she died Thursday morning. Minner was a sharecropper’s daughter and a high school dropout who
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that more than $13.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will be heading to airports in Medford, Eugene, Redmond, Newport, Klamath Falls, Lake County and Grant County to help them cover costs incurred during the pandemic and support rent and minimum annual guarantees for airport concessions.
Continue ReadingBy WILSON RING Associated Press A Montreal man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he was part of an effort to smuggle 1,500 kilos of cocaine from Peru to Vermont and then to Canada. Georges Yaghmour entered the plea Thursday during a video hearing in Vermont. Prosecutors say Yaghmour was part of the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press No. 25 Fresno State returns to the Top 25 after more than a month away and is close to clinching a spot in the MWC championship game. The Bulldogs are 4-0 at home and are coming off back-to-back wins over Nevada and previously ranked San Diego State. Boise State is looking
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press No. 25 Fresno State returns to the Top 25 after more than a month away and is close to clinching a spot in the MWC championship game. The Bulldogs are 4-0 at home and are coming off back-to-back wins over Nevada and previously ranked San Diego State. Boise State is looking
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Embattled Broncos offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur received measured support this week from both his head coach and his general manager, but also admonitions to score more points. This weekend would be an ideal time. The Broncos (4-4) travel to Dallas to face a Cowboys
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Calling all Central Oregon students: Entries are now being accepted for Inventerprise. Your challenge for this year is to improve sports.
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Sirianni’s experience as an assistant coach with the Chargers helped prepare him to be a head coach. He’ll try again for his first home win in four tries when the Philadelphia Eagles host those Chargers on Sunday. Sirianni spent five seasons with the Chargers
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business dealings have convened a new grand jury to hear evidence as the previous panel’s term was set to run out. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who not authorized
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press No. 23 SMU needs a win to bounce back from its first loss this season as the Mustangs visit Memphis. That loss to Houston on a late kickoff return for a touchdown dropped SMU four spots in the Top 25. Another loss would end the Mustangs’ hopes for the league title
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Robert Santos as director of the Census Bureau, making him the first person of color to hold the position in a permanent capacity. Santos, who is Mexican American, was confirmed in a 58-35 vote. Ten Republicans joined Democrats in voting to confirm him. Santos
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN The NBA and WNBA have hired a law firm to investigate allegations in an expansive ESPN report that Phoenix Suns and Mercury managing partner Robert Sarver used racist and sexist language for years. NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said in a statement that New York-based Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which investigated
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