A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment Thursday charging a Salem man with distributing counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and operating Oregon’s largest known privately made firearm, or “ghost gun” manufacturing workshop from the basement of his home.
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois,” her epic novel about racism, resilience and identity named for the influential Black scholar and activist, has received the fiction prize from the National Book Critics Circle. The critics circle praised Jeffers for “weaving several
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer Keeping pace in the AFC West is turning into quite the arms race. Now it’s the Las Vegas Raiders’ turn to try and one-up the rest of the division. The Raiders made a blockbuster move Thursday by acquiring All-Pro receiver Davante Adams from the Green Bay Packers
Continue ReadingCNN, KOSA By Ray Sanchez, Steve Almasy, Rosa Flores, CNN A 13-year-old boy drove the pickup truck involved in a fiery head-on collision in Texas that killed nine people, including six University of the Southwest golfers and their coach, a National Transportation Safety Board official said Thursday. Preliminary information indicates the left front tire of
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gio Reyna, Jordan Pefok and Ethan Horvath are back for the United States’ final World Cup qualifiers but Sergiño Dest appears likely to miss the three games. A short time before U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter announced his 27-man roster, Dest grabbed his left hamstring and
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Las Vegas Raiders are making a blockbuster move to keep up in the AFC West, acquiring All-Pro receiver Davante Adams from the Green Bay Packers. A person familiar with the move said Thursday the Raiders are sending the No. 22 overall pick in the April draft and
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Brady Manek scored 28 points, Caleb Love had 21 of his 23 points before halftime and North Carolina routed Marquette 95-63 in coach Hubert Davis’ NCAA Tournament debut. The Tar Heels led by 28 before the break a year after sending coach Roy Williams
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Local leaders and voting advocates lashed out at Texas’ tougher new voting laws during a Thursday congressional hearing, citing tens of thousands of rejected mail ballots during the nation’s first primary of 2022 earlier this month as they embarked on a narrower push for
Continue ReadingBy Kristy Kepley-Steward Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Newly unsealed federal search warrants are providing new details in the investigation of a Rutherford County man currently in jail on charges linked to the disappearance of one woman. During the course of the investigation, Daniel Glen Printz has
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia says it will not ask the U.N. Security Council to vote Friday on its draft resolution on humanitarian relief for Ukraine, which has been criticized for making no mention of Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor. Instead, Russia’s U.N. ambassador says it will use the
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Kevin Nickelberry leads No. 6 seed LSU into its first-round matchup with Iowa State in the NCAA Tournament on Friday. The 57-year-old Nickelberry was elevated to interim coach when Will Wade was fired Saturday amid allegations of NCAA violations. Associate head coach Bill Armstrong also was let go. The Tigers faced a
Continue ReadingBy JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Marco Gonzales and the Seattle Mariners finished with a flourish last season, winning 90 games and narrowly missing the playoffs. The expectations are high for the franchise to reach the postseason for the first time since 2001. Seattle has made several moves to boost its roster
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Navy sailor and convicted killer has testified that Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife asked him to kill the former NBA player nearly 12 years ago in Atlanta. Jimmie Martin testified Thursday at the trial of Billy Ray Turner, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Navy sailor and convicted killer has testified that Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife asked him to kill the former NBA player nearly 12 years ago in Atlanta. Jimmie Martin testified Thursday at the trial of Billy Ray Turner, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of
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There are 27 newly reported COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 6,960, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
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Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer has pledged $10 for every 3-pointer made in the NCAA women’s tournament toward humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, and she has challenged anyone else who can give to do so. Veteran Georgia Tech coach Nell Fortner, whose team is playing
Continue ReadingHANFORD, Calif. (AP) — A California court has overturned the conviction and 11-year prison sentence of a woman for causing the death of her unborn child through drug use. A Kings County judge on Wednesday reversed the conviction of Adora Perez, who had a stillbirth in 2017 in Hanford after using methamphetamine. She pleaded guilty
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Central Oregon! Skies will stay mostly cloudy Thursday night, but we will stay dry. Lows will be in the mid-20s to low 30s and northwesterly winds will be up to 10 mph. Mostly cloudy skies will stay with us through the rest of the week and into the start of the
Continue ReadingIn a story published March 16, 2022, about the U.S. Department of Energy approving additional liquefied natural gas exports, The Associated Press erroneously reported that producer Cheniere Energy Inc. would now be allowed to export the equivalent of 0.72 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day. That amount is in addition to what it
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