The Associated Press Stocks managed to end a wobbly day mostly higher on Wall Street Monday as the market regroups after its biggest weekly drop since June. The S&P 500 shook off an afternoon slump and edged higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose and the Nasdaq fell. Financial and energy stocks climbed, helping to
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September is National Disaster Preparedness Month, and the Oregon Department of Justice, the Department of Consumer and Business Services and the Construction Contractors Board have prepared a new resource guide for Oregonians.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Spirit Aerosystems, Hess rise; Dynavax, TransUnion fall
Continue ReadingBy FELIPE DANA Associated Press KABUL (AP) — Kabul’s main prison was once crowded with thousands of Taliban captured or arrested by the government during Afghanistan’s long war. Now the Taliban are in charge. Several dozen fighters are posted at the sprawling complex. It’s now almost entirely empty after the militants set free all the
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Game balls went to newcomers George Paton and Teddy Bridgewater and to old-timer Von Miller following Denver’s 27-13 demolition of the New York Giants in their opener. Paton is the architect of this rebuilt roster and Bridgewater his crowning jewel even though so many
Continue ReadingBy Kerry Flynn, CNN Business TMZ is now part of Fox Entertainment, the companies announced Monday. The news and entertainment brand, best known for breaking news on celebrity gossip and deaths, was previously owned by WarnerMedia, which also owns CNN. But WarnerMedia’s parent company AT&T has been shedding assets to help pay down its debt
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN As we are now at the official peak of hurricane season, I remind myself that hurricane season is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s a long season of constantly looking at forecasts and being nervous about when the next big storm will show up in forecast models. I also wanted to
Continue ReadingATHENS (AP) — Greek authorities say a small private plane has crashed into the sea off Greece’s Aegean Sea island of Samos, killing both people on board. State ERT TV said the victims were a man and a woman from Israel who had been planning to visit the island. There was no further information on
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has observed military exercises in coordination with Belarus that have raised concerns in bordering countries. Putin on Monday attended exercises at a training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 450 kilometers (275 miles) east of Moscow. The exercises included what the Defense Ministry said was the first use
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Longtime assistant Ivin Jasper is staying with the Navy coaching staff after another bad loss left his status in limbo. The Midshipmen did part ways with another member of their staff. Offensive assistant Billy Ray Stutzmann says he’s been dismissed after he was unable to follow the academy’s COVID-19
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Cascade Canine Rescue East and West (CCREW) www.ccrewdog.org is holding an athletic shoe drive fundraiser to raise money for pet rescues. CCREW said it will earn funds based on the total quantity of gently worn, used, and new sneakers collected. GotSneakers, a social enterprise, will issue funds in compensation for the collected sneakers.
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Schneider and Ariane de Vogue, CNN A Texas state judge issued an injunction against anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life, blocking it from trying to enforce the new six-week abortion ban against Planned Parenthood in Texas. The injunction, issued by Judge Karin Crump of the Travis County court, applies to anyone affiliated with
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — No. 6 Clemson is leaning on its defense early in its effort to win a seventh straight ACC title and possibly another trip to the College Football Playoff. The Tigers have not allowed a touchdown in the first two weeks and look to keep that
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — The relatives of a 6-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of a cable car crash this year in northern Italy say they are working to secure his return from Israel as Italian authorities opened a probe into his possible kidnapping. Eitan Biran is at the center of a bitter custody battle
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Vehicle access to the top of Lava Butte is temporarily closed due to construction along the section of road between Lava Lands Visitor Center’s entrance station and the Lava Butte road gate, Forest Service officials said Monday.
Continue ReadingHOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Fire suppression equipment exploded in a South Florida casino as crews performed maintenance work, causing six people to be hospitalized and 20 others to be treated at the scene. Fire officials say none of the injuries Monday morning at Seminole Classic Casino Hollywood were life-threatening. A Seminole Tribe spokesperson says contract
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine has been banned from competition for 10 years by the International Judo Federation after his withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics to avoid a potential bout against an Israeli opponent. Nourine’s coach, IJF Hall of Famer Amar Benikhlef, also received a 10-year ban. Nourine withdrew from
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Mayerle Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Wisconsin teenager is being credited with saving his four sisters from a house fire. It happened on Monday in Webster. The kids’ parents were at the grocery store when the 13-year-old sprung into action. Kelly and Jay had been gone about
Continue ReadingBy KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story ALLEN, Texas (KTVT) — Ten years and hundreds of miles later, a long-lost cat that turned up in the Allen Animal Shelter was reunited with his family. Chuck the cat wandered off from his family home in California in 2011. After a long search, the
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There were some sparks and tense moments for a garbage truck driver Monday morning in northeast Bend when he clipped and took down a power line that fell onto the truck, but a fire official said he did the right thing by staying in the truck and calling for help.
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