By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The NHL playoff race is going into its final few days with both Western Conference wild-card slots still unsettled. They could be wrapped up as early as Tuesday, or take the rest of the week. Dallas can clinch one of the two wild-card spots with
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has a history of making deals early in drafts and has more trade options than usual this year with four of the top 59 overall picks. The Packers already were picking 28th and 59th before they acquired
Continue ReadingCNN By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Just before the start of Alexandra Rudkovskaya’s shift on Saturday, her mom gave her a big, long hug. The kind mothers give their kids when they don’t know when — or even if — they’ll see them again. Rudkovskaya, 24, works as a paramedic in
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Gov. Kate Brown signed an executive order Monday that declared “a state of drought emergency” for Deschutes, Grant, Lake and Malheur counties, bringing to 11 the number of Oregon counties that have sought and received such orders for access to federal and state assistance.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s most populous county has moved from a “low” community COVID-19 level to “medium,” per federal guidance, as infection rates increase, officials said. The Seattle Times reported the King County’s top health officer said Monday that despite the movement within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention community levels, there are
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Sharon Osbourne compartió que su estiramiento facial más reciente le hizo sentir que se veía como un cíclope. La personalidad de la televisión de 69 años se sometió a un procedimiento cosmético de cinco horas y media en octubre. Sin embargo, cuando le quitaron las vendas, se quedó sorprendida por los
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jack Eichel came to Las Vegas to get back on the ice and get into the playoffs. Eichel’s desire to reach the playoffs for the first time in his seven-year career hasn’t been fulfilled, though the Golden Knights are mathematically still alive entering the final week
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference changed significantly last football season with Pitt winning the league title, Wake Forest winning the Atlantic Division and conference powerhouse Clemson largely out of the championship picture by mid-October. Panthers coach Pat Narduzzi and Demon Deacons coach Dave Clawson believe their teams worked hard this
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago police are searching for the gunman who killed one person after an argument in Bronzeville. The man was shot across the street from the Snipes store in the 4700 block of South Cottage Grove just before 1 p.m. The road was
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kylie Jenner testified that she expressed concerns to her brother Rob Kardashian about dating Blac Chyna, because she had heard Chyna had a tendency to abuse drugs and alcohol and become violent. Jenner testified in a Los Angeles courtroom Monday that her ex-boyfriend, the rapper
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story TEMPLETON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A plane may have been shot while landing at Gardner Municipal Airport in Templeton Monday afternoon. A student pilot and the instructor on the Cessna 172M heard the plane get hit. On the ground, they observed a hole and fuel leaking
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After two years at the front of the line for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, the U.S. could soon have to begin taking a number. The White House is warning that other countries are already moving ahead of the U.S. in putting in their advance orders for the
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court cleared the way for the admissions policy of an elite public high school in Virginia to remain in effect Monday, even though critics say it discriminates against Asian American students. The court denied a request from a coalition of parents to block the program
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Beginning Tuesday, fuels specialists with the Deschutes National Forest will begin doing prescribed burns near Hole in the Ground in northern Lake County. If weather conditions remain favorable, the work will continue through Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer No position in the NFL has undergone more changes to the style of player over the years than tight end. Long gone are the days of the blocking specialists who serve mainly as an extra offensive lineman. While guys such as Rob Gronkowski, George Kittle and Travis Kelce
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As Virginia-based Dominion Energy seeks to build what it calls the country’s largest offshore wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean, the company and its supporters have touted the economic development opportunities expected to accompany the 176-turbine project. But state regulators say the economic picture might not
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As Virginia-based Dominion Energy seeks to build what it calls the country’s largest offshore wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean, the company and its supporters have touted the economic development opportunities expected to accompany the 176-turbine project. But state regulators say the economic picture might not
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Central Oregon Community College is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with free community events in May, including a virtual book discussion group on “Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America,” by Sharmila Sen, beginning May 6, and a film viewing and discussion about the award-winning documentary “Rabbit in the Moon” on May 20.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Once días después de los disturbios del 6 de enero de 2021 en el Capitolio de EE.UU., y solo tres días antes de que Joe Biden asumiera el cargo como el 46º presidente, la representante de Georgia Marjorie Taylor Greene envió un mensaje de texto a Mark Meadows, secretario general del
Continue ReadingCNN By Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A live-streamed, mid-air “plane-swap” stunt that ended with a plane crashing in the Arizona desert is under federal investigation after organizers allegedly defied a government order. Event organizers said two pilots on separate aircraft planned to skydive into each other’s planes, leaving each aircraft pilotless for less
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