A pickup truck stolen from Knife River in Deschutes County Monday morning was spotted in Madras by a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy. Deputies followed it until Warm Springs tribal police flattened both front tires with spike strips and the alleged drugged driver, a Bend man, was arrested after a short foot chase.
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Tina Burnside and Taliah Miller, CNN An Ex-North Carolina police chief accused of faking his suicide was found and arrested in Horry County, South Carolina, the agency said on Facebook. Former Chadbourn Police Chief William Anthony Spivey was located near Loris, South Carolina, near the North Carolina border, on February 24, according
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns hit a 3-pointer with 11.8 seconds left and the Minnesota Timberwolves survived Cleveland’s comeback for a 127-122 win over the Cavaliers. Towns’ first 3 of the game helped the Timberwolves hang on after blowing a 23-point third-quarter lead. One of the league’s best outside
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Daisy Hernández’s “The Kissing Bug,” a memoir about a lethal illness that killed her aunt, has received a $75,000 prize from PEN America. The literary and free expression organization announced Monday that Hernández had won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for a work of “originality, merit and impact.” The author received
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Gabe Vincent and Tyler Herro each scored 20 points, and the Miami Heat improved their standing atop the Eastern Conference by topping the Chicago Bulls 112-99. Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each had 15 points for Miami, which has won nine of its last 10 games.
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scottie Barnes made his first 11 shots and had 28 points and a season-high 16 rebounds, leading the Toronto Raptors to a 133-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in the opener of a home-and-home series. Blown out by Charlotte and Atlanta in their first two
Continue ReadingCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Brady Manek scored 22 points, Caleb Love hit three clutch 3-pointers and North Carolina defeated Syracuse 88-79 in overtime. North Carolina’s win came despite a season-high 36 points from Cole Swider of Syracuse. Love’s 3-pointer gave North Carolina a 70-69 lead with 2:20 remaining in regulation. His 3-pointer with 8
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild and Geneva Sands, CNN Law enforcement in Washington, DC, said Monday that the Russian invasion of Ukraine, potential protests of President Joe Biden and a possible trucker convoy headed to the Washington area are all factoring into a heightened security response for the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Officials spoke
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and killed his three daughters, their chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the girls at a church in Sacramento, California. An official says deputies responding to reports of gunfire around 5 p.m. Monday found five people
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE — Sita Conteh had a career-high 22 points as Coppin State defeated Delaware State 80-67. Mike Hood had 16 points for Coppin State. Dominik Fragala led Delaware State with 24 points.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK — Chuba Ohams scored a career-high 23 points plus 11 rebounds as Fordham defeated UMass 85-73. Josh Colon-Navarro had 14 points for Fordham. Michael Steadman had 13 points for UMass.
Continue ReadingHEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Aaron Estrada had 28 points to help Hofstra fend off College of Charleston 89-84. Omar Silverio had 19 points for the Pride (21-10, 13-5 Colonial Athletic Association), who forced a season-high 28 turnovers. Ben Burnham had 19 points and 13 rebounds to pace the Cougars (16-14, 8-10). Reyne Smith added 19
Continue ReadingTEANECK, N.J. — Nigel Scantlebury had 19 points and six rebounds as Central Connecticut edged Fairleigh Dickinson 67-66 in the Northeast Conference tournament. Scantlebury scored the game’s last five points on a 3-pointer and the tying and go-ahead free throws with 7 seconds remaining. Brandon Rush had 15 points for Fairleigh Dickinson.
Continue ReadingBy DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Wendell Carter Jr. had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and eight Orlando players scored in double figures as the Magic beat the Indiana Pacers 119-103. Tyrese Haliburton had 23 points and seven assists for the Pacers, and Buddy Hield added 18 points. The game marked the
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK and JOHN PYE Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds of thousands more have been told to prepare to flee as parts of Australia’s southeast coast are inundated by the worst flooding in more than a decade. The flooding
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg and Maeve Reston, CNN Texas Republicans will need a May runoff to decide their nominee for state attorney general after incumbent Ken Paxton fell short of clinching a majority in Tuesday’s primary, setting up a showdown with Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush in May, CNN projects. Paxton led the four-candidate
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has denied executive privilege claims made by former Trump administration officials Peter Navarro and Michael Flynn in response to congressional subpoenas from the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol. White House deputy counsel Jonathan Su delivered the rejections
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This past weekend, La Pine and Culver were full of hometown fans watching several wrestlers and their teams win state titles — right on their home mats.
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The jury selection for the first January 6 trial has revealed how shaken Washington residents were watching Trump supporters attack the US Capitol last year — and how that is making it impossible for some to serve on Capitol riot defendants’ juries now. “I live in
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — NaLyssa Smith scored 28 points and grabbed 20 rebounds as No. 5 Baylor clinched at least a share of its 12th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title with an 87-62 win over No. 8 Iowa State. Smith was the catalyst as the Bears (24-5, 14-3 Big 12)
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