FORT WORTH, Texas — David DeJulius had 22 points as Cincinnati beat East Carolina 74-63 in the American Athletic Conference tournament first round. Tristen Newton led the Pirates on Thursday with 26 points, nine rebounds and six assists.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los perros ahora también podrían ser los mejores amigos de los médicos. Para los pacientes que sufren dolores en la sala de urgencias, pasar tan solo 10 minutos con un perro puede ayudar a reducir la molestia, según un estudio publicado este miércoles. Los resultados corroboran lo que los amantes de
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Founded in 1993 by Dave and Aleta Nissen, Bend-based outdoor recreation company Wanderlust Tours has sold to longtime employees Courtney Braun and Jared Garfield.
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Stacker compiled statistics about how people in Portland, Oregon feel about climate change policies using data from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
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Stacker compiled a statistics about incarceration demographics in Oregon according to the Sentencing Project.
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is announcing plans to hire 10,000 new workers to help reduce a massive backlog that the Biden administration says will make this tax season the most challenging in history. The IRS plan to work down the tens of millions of filings includes speeding up the
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is announcing plans to hire 10,000 new workers to help reduce a massive backlog that the Biden administration says will make this tax season the most challenging in history. The IRS plan to work down the tens of millions of filings includes speeding up the
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The two missile defense systems that the US delivered to Poland this week are part of a weapons system upon which the US military has heavily relied for nearly 40 years. The deployment, announced Thursday by Vice President Kamala Harris, is intended to deter Russia and boost Poland’s security amid western
Continue ReadingBRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Republican-dominated Florida Legislature has given Gov. Ron DeSantis another victory in what some call his political culture war. The Senate voted 24-15 to send him a bill Thursday that will limit discussions teachers and businesses can have about race. Black senators delivered impassioned and said the
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Continue ReadingBy ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina lawmakers have begun debating a bill needed to approve Argentina’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund on refinancing a $45 billion debt, while protesters opposed to the deal clashed with police outside the Congress building. There’s been widespread criticism of the agreement, which would refinance
Continue ReadingBy ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina lawmakers have begun debating a bill needed to approve Argentina’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund on refinancing a $45 billion debt, while protesters opposed to the deal clashed with police outside the Congress building. There’s been widespread criticism of the agreement, which would refinance
Continue ReadingBy DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted some of America’s most prominent evangelical leaders to raise a provocative question. They’re asking if the world is now in the biblically prophesied “end of days” that might culminate with the apocalypse and the second coming of Christ. Some suggest the answer is
Continue ReadingBy Michael Nedelman, CNN About 1 in 8 US high school students — more than 2 million total — said they had used tobacco products in the previous 30 days, the vast majority being e-cigarettes, according to results from the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey. For middle-schoolers, that number was 1 in 25, or 470,000
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — TCU coach Jamie Dixon and Texas counterpart Chris Beard delivered the exact same message at halftime of their Big 12 quarterfinal: Even though the Longhorns had built an 18-point lead, the game wasn’t over. Their teams took it in wildly different directions. The Horned
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The largest soccer-specific stadium in the United States and Canada will be named GEODIS Park in a naming rights deal between the Nashville Soccer Club and the supply chain operator. Specific terms of the deal were not announced Thursday, though GEODIS also will be the presenting partner for a new soccer
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Nearly every day, Doug Kastner travels half an hour to Carriage Place Memory Care in Prineville, to check on his 93-year-old mom.
Continue ReadingNYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi over heated incidents after the team’s Champions League loss at Real Madrid. The disciplinary case, which also includes sporting director Leonardo, followed reports that Al-Khelaifi went in search of the match officials to protest refereeing decisions on Wednesday night. PSG
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The war in Ukraine has focused the world’s attention on the plight of millions of refugees streaming out of that country. But migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and elsewhere continue to reach ethnically divided Cyprus, where authorities say they’re overwhelmed. Cyprus’ Commissioner for Children’s Rights Despo
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Juwan Howard was on his best behavior. Sure he worked the officials. And yes he spent most of Thursday’s game barking out instructions to Michigan’s players. But after serving a five-game, league-imposed suspension for taking a swing at Wisconsin assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft, the Wolverines coach
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