By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now comes the test: Will baseball players be happy with their new collective bargaining agreement in 2026? They clearly were unhappy with the just-expired five-year contract, which saw payrolls drop to their lowest level since 2015. The new agreement raises the competitive-balance tax threshold by
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Daylight saving time begins this Sunday, and the American Red Cross Cascades Region reminds everyone to TURN your clocks forward one hour — and TEST your smoke alarms.
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau China is fighting its biggest Covid-19 outbreak since the early days of the pandemic, with discontent spreading on social media after one university cluster left students reportedly without access to bathrooms or drinking water. The country reported 1,100 new locally-transmitted cases on Thursday — which, though nowhere near
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia’s airstrike on a children’s and maternity hospital in Ukraine is stirring memories of the Kremlin’s past aerial campaigns waged in Chechnya and Syria. For now, comparisons with the destruction of the Chechen capital of Grozny, or Aleppo in northern Syria, are premature: The invasion of Ukraine
Continue ReadingDARWIN, Australia (AP) — A police officer has been acquitted on all charges after shooting dead an Indigenous Australian in a case that was highlighted during protests following American George Floyd’s murder in custody. Constable Zachary Rolfe, 30, denied murdering Kumanjayi Walker after the 19-year-old stabbed the police officer with scissors on Nov. 9, 2019.Rolfe
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boogie Ellis scored 17 points and No. 21 Southern California overcame a rash of turnovers to hold off Washington 65-61 in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals. The third-seeded Trojans had trouble stopping Terrell Brown Jr. in the first half and struggled with turnovers all night, allowing
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Chad Baker and reserve Adam Seiko scored 11 points apiece to propel San Diego State to a 53-46 victory over Fresno State in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament. Trey Pulliam added 10 points for the third-seeded Aztecs (22-7). Orlando Robinson had 25 points and 11 rebounds for the
Continue ReadingHENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Junior Madut hit a go-ahead layup and two late free throws, finishing with 17 points, to help send Hawaii get past UC Riverside 68-67 in the quarterfinals of the Big West Conference tournament. Jerome Desrosiers pitched in with 14 points and 12 rebounds and he added a basket between Madut’s final
Continue ReadingPARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Mahki Morris had a career-high 22 points to spark Abilene Christian to a 76-62 victory over Stephen F. Austin in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic Conference tournament. Morris hit 8 of 10 shots from the floor for the sixth-seeded Wildcats (21-9). Gavin Kensmil had 15 points and seven rebounds for
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota will scale back domestic production over the next three months because of a supply crunch in chips and other parts that have slammed the global auto industry. Company spokeswoman Shiori Hashimoto says vehicle production in Japan will be lower by about 20%
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota will scale back domestic production over the next three months because of a supply crunch in chips and other parts that have slammed the global auto industry. Company spokeswoman Shiori Hashimoto says vehicle production in Japan will be lower by about 20%
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business Popular Chinese tech stocks have plunged after the US regulator named five Chinese companies that could be removed from American stock markets for failing to meet audit requirements. The names cited by the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday are fast-food company Yum China Holdings, tech firm ACM Research,
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The longest experimental study on corals to date, a 22-month project that replicated current and future ocean conditions, suggests Hawaiian corals can remain resilient as climate change makes seawater warmer and more acidic.
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The mayor of Portland recently banned camping on the sides of certain roadways, and officials are exploring other aggressive options to combat homelessness.
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tomas Hertl scored 1:13 into overtime, Zach Sawchenko made 33 saves to get his first career win, and the San Jose Sharks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-3. Brent Burns and Nick Bonino each scored on the power play, Alexander Barbanov had a goal, and the
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has accused Russia of using a U.N. Security Council meeting for “spreading disinformation” as part of a potential false-flag operation by Moscow for the use of chemical or biological agents in Ukraine. Russia accused the U.S. of “biological activities” in Ukraine —
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) is pleased to announce the addition of Steve Curley to its dedicated team, in the position of Redmond Economic Development, Inc. (REDI) director, effective March 23.
Continue ReadingBy JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Animal rights activists praised an annual rattlesnake roundup in south Georgia that recently changed the format of this month’s event to celebrate living snakes without skinning and butchering them. But no such changes are occurring at a huge rattlesnake roundup beginning this weekend in Texas, a
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of closure is mixing with anger and pain for some of the nearly two dozen people who told their personal stories to members of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. It happened via video Thursday at an extraordinary bankruptcy
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of closure is mixing with anger and pain for some of the nearly two dozen people who told their personal stories to members of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. It happened via video Thursday at an extraordinary bankruptcy
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