By FAY ABUELGASIM Associated Press TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — A week ago, the boat carrying Bilal Dandashi, his relatives and dozens of others hoping to escape Lebanon and reach Europe sank in the Mediterranean. Dandashi still doesn’t know if his wife and children are alive or dead. Their boat sank in the darkness of night
Continue ReadingBy FLORENT BAJRAMI Associated Press PEJA, Kosovo (AP) — Learning to identify and defuse explosives is something Anastasiia Minchukova never thought she would have to do as an English teacher in Ukraine. Yet there she was wearing a face shield, armed with a landmine detector and venturing into a field dotted with danger warnings. Russia’s
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Juan Soto homered and the Washington Nationals pounded out a season-high 22 hits, ending an eight-game losing streak by beating the virus-ravaged San Francisco Giants 14-4. Jason Vosler and Joey Bart homered for the Giants, who played without several regulars due to a COVID-19 outbreak. San
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Just when you thought rush hour couldn’t get any worse. A behemoth 11-foot alligator wandered onto State Road 417 in Florida on Wednesday morning, holding up traffic for almost an hour, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. The “moving speed bump” likely came from Lake Jesup, which is “quite the
Continue ReadingBy DAIMON EKLUND Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Yanni Gourde and Adam Larsson scored in the first period to help Seattle a 3-0 win over the San Jose Sharks in the Kraken’s final home game of the season on Friday night. Victor Rask scored an empty-net goal in the final minute and Chris Driedger had
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A contentious collaboration has come to a close in the desert. The Arizona Coyotes played their final game at Gila River Arena Friday night, ending a 19-year, drama-filled partnership with the City of Glendale. The Coyotes will play at Arizona State’s new hockey arena starting
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The first-round matchups are set for the NHL playoffs that begin Monday. The Carolina Hurricanes open the playoffs at home against the Boston Bruins. Also in the East the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning face the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Florida Panthers open against
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, Andy Rose and Paradise Afshar, CNN At least one tornado tore through the Wichita, Kansas, area late Friday, damaging dozens of buildings, officials said. Worst hit appeared to be the town of Andover, which is about 14 miles east of Wichita. “We’re currently rescuing people from their homes because they’re unable to
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shayne Gostisbehere scored two goals and the Arizona Coyotes rallied from a four-goal deficit to beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 in their final game at Gila River Arena. Nashville scored three goals in the opening three minutes and went up 4-0 midway through the first
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal is excited to announce that it will host a series of webinars in May to help prepare Oregonians for wildfire. The OSFM has brought in experts in their fields to speak. The webinars will focus on insurance preparedness, how homes really ignite during wildfire and
Continue ReadingMICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Andrés Giménez hit his first career grand slam, Josh Naylor’s two-run home run capped a four-run seventh inning and the Cleveland Guardians rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 9-8, snapping a seven-game losing streak. Naylor’s home run off Domingo Acevedo (0-1) came after the Guardians opened the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo and Gleyber Torres all homered and the New York Yankees won their seventh in a row, beat the Kansas City Royals 12-2 in a rain-shortened game. The game was called after eight innings. New York took a 3-2 lead
Continue ReadingBy JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Turner and Chris Taylor each hit their first home runs of the season to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Tyler Anderson earned the win for the Dodgers, allowing one earned run on five hits in five
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies didn’t act their age in this first-round series against Minnesota, especially when they faced a double-digit deficit — all three times — entering the fourth quarter. With another relentless and resolute finish, the Grizzlies finished off the Timberwolves. Their next challenge is coming
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Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, released the following statements after the Senate this week unanimously passed their bipartisan Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act, which would exempt civil damages, restitution, and other monetary awards given to human trafficking survivors from federal income taxes, as well as codify Internal Revenue Service guidance that makes restitution payments to survivors in criminal cases free from federal income taxes.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN Cold french fries are bad enough. But cold, old french fries are even worse. That’s the surprise from Ronald McDonald that one Illinois couple stumbled upon during home renovations. On April 16, Rob and Gracie Jones were doing work on their 1959 Crystal Lake home, located about 50 miles northwest of
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Fifty years ago, two freshly graduated Corvallis college students hatched a plan to open a bike shop in that little mill town on the sunny side of the mountains, Bend, Oregon. Gary Fowles and Jim DeSmet named their shop Sunnyside Touring and opened its doors downtown with a lineup of bike,
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Central Oregon Chapter of OSU Master Gardeners presents a series of free classes at the Central Oregon Builders Association’s Home & Garden Show May 6-8. The classes all will be held in the same classroom in the Middle Sister Building at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center. In addition, the Master
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — William Contreras hit two long home runs, Austin Riley also connected and Travis Demeritte had an inside-the-park homer as the Atlanta Braves beat the Texas Rangers 6-3. Demeritte was emphatically waved home by third-base coach Ron Washington, the baseball lifer who turned 70 on Friday.
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — When a legislative intern came forward with rape allegations against an Idaho state lawmaker last year, she was subjected to months of online harassment and abuse. She later testified about the attack at an ethics hearing, and some of the lawmaker’s supporters filmed her and chased
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