By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PayPal says that its users will now be able to send money to Ukrainians, both in the war-ravaged country as well as those now refugees across Europe. Previously, people in Ukraine were only able to use the payments platform to send money out of the
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Al Durham had 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists and Jared Bynum made three key free throws with 29.9 seconds left as fourth-seeded Providence snapped the longest winning streak in the country by beating South Dakota State 66-57 in the first round
Continue ReadingBy CHUCK KING Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Washington Nationals signed 41-year-old slugger Nelson Cruz to be their designated hitter, now that the National League will have a DH on a full-time basis. Nationals manager Dave Martinez figures Cruz will provide benefits in the batter’s box and inside the clubhouse. In
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Continue ReadingCNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The stories of sleeping pills gone wrong are legendary. Ask any flight attendant, and you’ll hear amusing tales of people sleepwalking, taking off their clothes or even standing up and peeing into the neighboring airline seat. The use of sleeping pills can also be deadly. Up to a half a
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Frequent napping or regularly napping for extended periods during the day may be a sign of early dementia in older adults, a new study revealed. Elderly adults who napped at least once a day or more than an hour a day were 40% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than those who
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston and Eric Bradner, CNN As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on US officials “to do more” to help his country, governors around the US are mobilizing to bolster shipments of humanitarian aid and other supplies, including at least one state sending personal protective and medical equipment it had been scrambling to acquire
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Senate Speaker Randy McNally says he doesn’t support legislation that would ban abortions and allow almost anyone to file civil lawsuits against violators and collect damages. Earlier this week, Tennessee became the latest GOP-led state to introduce legislation mimicking a law currently enacted in Texas
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A requested exception to a city land-use process was the sole reason Bend city councilors turned thumbs-down on a request by the Deschutes Public Library to clear the path for construction of the 100,000-square-foot Central Library off Highway 20 at the city’s north end, Mayor Sally Russell said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN St. Patrick’s Day may be strongly associated with Irish pride, but the eponymous saint actually wasn’t even from Ireland. St. Patrick was actually born in Roman Britain, according to Catholic Online. As a boy, he was first brought to the country through Irish pirates, captured to take care of sheep. At
Continue ReadingSURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Versatile Brad Miller and Texas have agreed to a $10 million, two-year contract. Miller hit 20 homers for Philadelphia last season and has started games at every infield and outfield position over nine big league seasons with six different teams. The 32-year-old Miller will make $6 million this season and $4
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN With winter finally coming to an end, millions of people in India — and other parts of the world home to Hindus — are gearing up for one of the most joyous celebrations of the year. That celebration is Holi, the Hindu festival of love, color and spring. It’s a time
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Frankie Collins provided the spark Michigan needed in a turbulent year for the Wolverines and coach Juwan Howard. He helped the 11th-seeded Wolverines rally from a 15-point deficit to beat sixth-seeded Colorado State 75-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Collins was pressed
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer Mikaela Shiffrin has soared back to the summit of skiing by clinching the overall World Cup title. The fourth overall title of her career seemed far away from her mystifying struggles at the Beijing Olympics last month. Her season that risked being defined by zero medals from six events
Continue ReadingTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A court in Honduras has convicted former first lady Rosa Elena Bonilla and her private secretary of corruption for the second time. Bonilla was sentenced to 58 years in prison in September 2019 for embezzling more than $1 million in government money between 2010 and 2014, when her husband Porfirio Lobo
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Surveillance camera footage shows maintenance workers using a propane torch prior to a blaze that destroyed a century-old clubhouse at a suburban Detroit country club. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said the Oakland Hills Country Club has estimated the loss of the clubhouse at about $80
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Surveillance camera footage shows maintenance workers using a propane torch prior to a blaze that destroyed a century-old clubhouse at a suburban Detroit country club. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said the Oakland Hills Country Club has estimated the loss of the clubhouse at about $80
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Koch Industries, the conglomerate run by billionaire Charles Koch, is planning to stay in Russia even as hundreds of Western companies have scaled back operations there following the invasion of Ukraine. In a statement on Wednesday, Koch Industries announced its Guardian Industries subsidiary will continue to operate two glass manufacturing
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — An American man was killed in a Russian attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, where he was seeking medical treatment for his partner. The death of Jim Hill, of Diggs, Idaho, was reported Thursday by his sister. In a post on Facebook, she said he was waiting in a bread
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department unsealed charges on Thursday against a 23-year-old Wisconsin man who allegedly told associates it was “satisfying” to assault US Capitol Police officers on January 6, 2021, and threatened to return to Washington, DC, with paintball guns that resembled an automatic rifle. Riley Kasper was arrested
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