HOUSTON (AP) — Darwin Quintero scored a goal in each half to spark the Houston Dynamo to a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS action. Lucas Cavallini notched a goal — Vancouver’s first of the season — in the 14th minute to stake the Whitecaps (0-2-1) to a 1-0 lead. Quintero pulled the
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The island green is the most infamous hole on the TPC Sawgrass. Add gusts approaching 40 mph and it can be a nightmare. There were 29 balls in the water in 6 1/2 hours of golf on Saturday. Brooks Koepka suffered as much
Continue ReadingNOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — The Irish boxer who gestured at 2016 Rio Olympic judges with his middle fingers after losing a controversial decision is “conscious and stable” in a hospital after being knocked out of the ring in a WBA featherweight title fight. Michael Conlan was knocked out in the 12th round by English boxer
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tyson Degenhart scored 13 points and Boise State defeated San Diego State 53-52 to win the Mountain West Tournament and earn the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Aztecs had the ball with 28 seconds left, but Matt Bradley and Trey Pulliam both missed
Continue ReadingHENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police say a woman stabbed her date whom she had met online in retaliation for the 2020 death of an Iranian military leader killed in an American drone strike. KLAS-TV reports Nika Nikoubin, 21, has been charged with attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon and burglary. Nikoubin reportedly stabbed the
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Lester Quinones hit a long contested go-ahead 3-pointer and Memphis held on to beat SMU 70-63 in an American Athletic Conference tournament semifinal game. Quinones’ shot broke the last of six ties over a seven-minute span in the game matching teams still trying to ensure making the NCAA Tournament. Landers
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Happy Sunday, Central Oregon! As our skies began to darken yesterday afternoon, a new cold front is nearing our region, bringing with it plenty of chances for rain and snowfall. we started seeing rain and snow Saturday evening, and especially in higher-elevation areas like Sunriver and La Pine. This is actually the first of two
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri’s Malay party has defeated its allies in the ruling party and the opposition to score a landslide victory in a second state election that could presage early national polls. Saturday’s big win in southern Johor state by the United Malays National Organization mirrored its
Continue ReadingPHILO, Calif. (AP) — Sally Schmitt, who founded The French Laundry restaurant in California wine country and helped launch the region’s farm-to-table movement, has died. She was 90. Schmitt and her husband Don opened The French Laundry in 1978 after spending four years renovating a rustic building that once operated as an actual laundry. They
Continue ReadingGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Robert Hight topped Funny Car qualifying Saturday in the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in his bid to open the season with three straight victories. Hight had a 3.831-second run at 333.41 mph in a Chevrolet Camaro for his first No. 1 qualifier of the season and 72nd overall. He opened
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — All-Star righty Chris Bassitt, who made a remarkable recovery from a frightening line drive to the head last year, has been traded by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Mets for a pair of minor league right-handers. The 33-year-old Bassitt came back late in
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN At gatherings in Washington and Philadelphia this week, President Joe Biden sought to rally Democrats around a midterm message that the party has delivered on its domestic promises. What Democrats need to do, he and other party brass argued, is make sure Americans know what they’ve accomplished. But he also admitted
Continue ReadingCNN By Susannah Cullinane, CNN The man accused of stabbing two employees inside New York’s Museum of Modern Art on Saturday was arrested in Philadelphia, police said Tuesday morning. Information on charges against Gary Cabana, 60, will be announced pending his extradition to New York, a New York Police Department spokesperson said. Cabana was arrested
Continue ReadingBy Mayumi Maruyama, CNN They’re not my parents, but after two years of living in Ukraine, they grew to become my Tato and Mama — Ukrainian for “mom” and “dad.” Five years ago, they welcomed me into their home like a daughter — now they’re living under Russian bombardment, the sound of shelling punctuating every
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Noah Gragson shook off some frustrating finishes over the past few weeks to earn his first win of the season in a dominant performance in the Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway. Gragson passed Brandon Jones with 14 laps left and pulled away
Continue ReadingCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Kaitlyn Chen scored a career-high 30 points and No. 24 Princeton beat Columbia 77-59 to win the Ivy League tournament, earning earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAAs. This will be the first time since the 2019 season that an Ivy League team will play in the NCAAs. The 2020
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Zya Nugent scored 20 points with 12 rebounds plus six assists and top-seeded Stephen F. Austin beat second-seeded Grand Canyon 74-57 to win the Western Athletic Conference tournament in its first year as a league member. Stephen F. Austin is headed to the NCAAs for the 18th time, the previous 17
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago star Zach LaVine missed the Bulls’ game Saturday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers because of lingering soreness in his left knee while guard Alex Caruso returned from a broken right wrist, giving the defense a big boost. Lavine missed the final three games prior to
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard. Iraq’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Emma Tucker, CNN One of the two police officers hospitalized after a deadly shooting in southwest Missouri has died in the line of duty as a result of his injuries, the Joplin Police Department announced Saturday. Officer Jake Reed died Friday, officials said, just a few days after police Corporal Benjamin
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