By KERSTIN SOPKE and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of people fleeing the war in Ukraine have been arriving in Berlin. Many of those coming to the German capital are staying in private accommodations with friends, relatives or volunteer hosts. Among them is Emmanuel Oyedele, a Nigerian student who is
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Kansas senior guard Ochai Agbaji is the unanimous pick as The Associated Press Big 12 player of the year. His is the league’s leading scorer at 19.8 points a game and shoots nearly 48 percent from the field. Agbaji is joined on the first team by Baylor guard James
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Keys and James Paxson Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland police say two teenagers have died of suspected accidental overdoses from pills laced with fentanyl. PPB says officers responded to the suspected overdoses of two teenagers, one Sunday and another Monday. Officers say they found fentanyl pills
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Keys and James Paxson Click here for updates on this story MT. HOOD, Oregon (KPTV) — One climber was injured and another died after falling on Mount Hood on Sunday. Shortly after 5 p.m. the two climbers fell 200 feet near the top of the Leuthold Couloir, a long steep chute on the
Continue ReadingCNN, KHOU By Don Riddell, CNN When Jonathan Franks first heard that the American basketball star Brittney Griner had been detained in Russia, his initial sense was one of disbelief. But it wasn’t any kind of incredulity that she’d been arrested accused of possession of some cannabis oil at an airport near Moscow, more that
Continue ReadingBy CNN Sports staff For many years, WNBA players have regularly gone overseas during the WNBA’s off-season to make the most of the higher salaries they can earn in international leagues. Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner — who was detained last month at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after being found with hash oil — has been
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Keys and James Paxson Click here for updates on this story CORUNNA, Michigan (WNEM) — Abbott Nutrition expanded a recall for the formula produced at a Michigan factory after two infants died from a rare infection that can cause blood infections and other complications. Rochella Smith is feeling a range of emotions over
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A local Ukrainian exchange student is now faced with uncertainty about what to do after her time as a high school senior here comes to an end. She started here at Crossroads Academy charter school in the fall as a
Continue ReadingGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers is planning to come back to the Green Bay Packers for an 18th season, a move that keeps the reigning MVP quarterback off the trade market and answers the question that had dominated NFL offseason discussions. NFL Network reported that the 38-year-old Rodgers had agreed to a four-year,
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Indiana has traded center Teaira McCowan to the Dallas Wings in a deal that gives the Fever four first-round picks in the upcoming WNBA draft. The Fever got the fourth and sixth overall picks in the deal announced Tuesday. They also have the Nos. 2 and 10 picks, and would be
Continue ReadingBy Shain Bergan Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — A Belton man has been charged in Monday’s AMBER Alert situation, in which a car was stolen from a Raytown gas station with a child inside. Robert R. Mitchell, 34, is charged with felony child kidnapping and felony stealing. He
Continue ReadingBy JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dylan McDermott says his experiences as a child and later as a waiter helped him reinvent the modern-day gangster on “Law & Order: Organized Crime.” The actor says back then he was “surrounded” by unsavory types and used the experiences to bring criminal mastermind Richard Wheatley
Continue ReadingFrom CNN’s Beijing bureau President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China is willing to “work actively” with the international community to mediate the war in Ukraine, but did not offer details and reiterated his opposition to Western sanctions against Russia. During a virtual call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, Xi
Continue ReadingCNN, STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES OF UKRAINE, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION OF UKRAINE, TELEGRAM From CNN’s Beijing bureau President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China is willing to “work actively” with the international community to mediate the war in Ukraine, but did not offer details and reiterated his opposition to Western sanctions against Russia. During a
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This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against SIM swaps.
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Tierney Sneed, CNN Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right Proud Boys, has been charged with conspiracy in the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday. The superseding indictment unveiled Tuesday includes several other members of the Proud Boys who are
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On Wednesday, Bend-La Pine Schools is offering on-the-spot interviews for positions in Nutrition Services, Custodial, Transportation and Maintenance. Available positions can be viewed at bls.fyi/careers.
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis is The Associated Press player of the year in the Big Ten Conference and the Badgers’ Greg Gard is coach of the year. Davis won top honors over Iowa’s Keegan Murray and both were unanimous picks for spots on the AP All-Big Ten team along with
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Better.com, the embattled online mortgage company, announced Tuesday that it’s taking the “difficult step of streamlining” its operations and laying off about one-third of its workforce, amounting to roughly 3,000 jobs. The company, which gained notoriety last year after its CEO fired 900 employees over Zoom just before Christmas, expanded
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Oregon State Police and Trooper Travis Peterson, accusing them of racial discrimination and other forms of misconduct.
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