By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Ukraine’s national basketball team had to play a World Cup qualifier in Spain after waking up to the news of their country being invaded and scrambling to find out if their relatives were safe back home. The game went on as scheduled despite the requests by
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Happy Thursday, Central Oregon! Skies will stay mostly to partly cloudy Thursday night as lows dip to the single digits and low teens. Skies will clear Friday afternoon. A combination of sunshine and a fairer airflow will help our highs to climb into the mid-40s. Clouds will gradually thicken Saturday and bring us a chance of
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The nation’s strictest abortion law went before the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday but an attorney representing abortion clinics said he no longer sees a way in this case to halt the law. The Austin-based court took no immediate action over Texas’ restrictive law, which since September
Continue ReadingCNN By Kara Scannell, CNN The abrupt resignations of two top prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump and his business cast into doubt the future of the long-running probe as the clock winds down on the current grand jury and prosecutors debated whether they have a case. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been gearing
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN The abrupt resignations of two top prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump and his business cast into doubt the future of the long-running probe as the clock winds down on the current grand jury and prosecutors debated whether they have a case. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been gearing up
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Daniella Diaz, CNN Key Republican voices from across Capitol Hill — who have been coordinating their messaging on the crisis in Ukraine — have been purposely measured in their criticism of President Joe Biden in the immediate wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with top GOP lawmakers deliberately critiquing the
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo have announced new coronavirus policy recommendations that discourage mask wearing and push physicians to use off-label medications to treat the virus. The guidance issued Thursday is the Republican governor’s latest break with federal COVID-19 policies, a feud
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House unanimously passed a bill that would require statewide recertification of any condo building above three stories high in response to the Surfside condominium collapse that killed 98 people. The legislation passed Thursday would require recertification after 30 years, or 25 years if the
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – Cientos de personas han sido detenidas hasta el momento en varias ciudades de Rusia por participar en las protestas contra la guerra, después de que las fuerzas rusas invadieron Ucrania en un amplio ataque que comenzó antes del amanecer este jueves. Al menos 1.705 personas habían sido detenidas en al
Continue ReadingMt. Hood Meadows reported 3 new inches. No other reports have come in with reports of anything more than trace amounts of new snow.
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A review of whether North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn is disqualified to run for Congress based on the U.S. Constitution won’t happen because of redistricting changes finalized this week. The State Board of Elections on Thursday told lawyers for a dozen or so voters who
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter. That will mean most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings. The new metrics will still consider
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Los expolicías de Minneapolis Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng y Thomas Lane fueron declarados culpables de violar los derechos civiles de George Floyd por un jurado federal en St. Paul, Minnesota, este jueves. Los 12 miembros del jurado, que deliberaron durante aproximadamente 13 horas durante dos días, encontraron a Lane, Kueng
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The largest auction of offshore wind sites in the nation’s history is drawing strong interest from companies in an indication of the industry’s potential. At the end of the second day of the auction by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, bids had exceeded
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed Planned Parenthood clinics in the five states neighboring Texas saw a nearly 800% increase in abortion patients from the Lone Star State after a six-week ban went into effect in September, the organization said Thursday. Colorado and Oklahoma clinics saw some of the biggest surges in Texas abortion seekers, the organization said.
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok videos, propagandized headlines and tweets being shared on smartphones and screens around the globe are confusing millions about the reality of how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unfolding on the ground. Russian state media is making misleading claims on its social media channels
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Imágenes en vivo desde la plaza Maidan en Kyiv, Ucrania, después del la invasión rusa a Ucrania. Minuto a minuto: Rusia ataca Ucrania: últimas noticias y reacciones en vivo MÁS: ¿Qué países son aliados de Rusia y cuáles de Ucrania? Cómo se desarrolló la invasión rusa de Ucrania: lo que sabemos
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference is bringing its women’s basketball tournament back to South Carolina. The league announced Thursday that the postseason event will be held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The city hosted the previous three SEC women’s events. Next week’s tournament will take
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Working with the help of a federal grant from the USDA Forest Service, the Oregon Department of Forestry has been gathering seeds from Oregon ash trees from throughout the state. The goal is to preserve its gene pool before a destructive pest arrives which may wipe out the tree.
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Catarina Macario is looking to make more of an impact in her second year with the U.S. national soccer team and she’s off to a fine start. Macario started all three games of the team’s SheBelieves Cup tournament at center forward and scored a pair of goals in
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