By DAVE COLLINS HARTFORD, Conn. A Connecticut woman who stormed the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection has been sentenced to five weekends in jail, 60 days of home confinement and a $2,500 fine, while her daughter will serve 90 days of home confinement. Jean Lavin and her 20-year-old daughter, Carla Krzywicki, were sentenced
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The trial of a self-published romance writer accused of fatally shooting her chef husband in 2018 has been paused because of a positive COVID-19 test. Nancy Crampton Brophy was arrested in September 2018, facing a murder charge in the death of Daniel Brophy. KOIN-TV reported Friday that her trial, which began
Continue ReadingLA PINEDA, Spain (AP) — Scott Jamieson has taken a two-shot lead of the ISPS Handa Championship in Spain after the second round. Jamieson shot a 7-under 63 after hitting an eagle on the 18th hole to go with six birdies at the Lakes Course in eastern Spain. Overnight leader Tapio Pulkkanen is his nearest
Continue ReadingSTUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has ended U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu’s first clay tournament run by 6-4, 6-4 to move into the Stuttgart Open semifinals. Swiatek extended her win streak to 21 matches and moves closer to what would be a fourth consecutive title after victories in Doha, Indian Wells and Miami.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Epic business failures — the Edsel, Quibi, New Coke — have some new company. CNN’s parent company ordered the CNN+ streaming service shut down before it had even completed a month of operation. It’s a spectacular failure, with the idea of a paid streaming service
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Epic business failures — the Edsel, Quibi, New Coke — have some new company. CNN’s parent company ordered the CNN+ streaming service shut down before it had even completed a month of operation. It’s a spectacular failure, with the idea of a paid streaming service
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Nota del editor: esta galería contiene imágenes perturbadoras. Se recomienda la discreción del espectador. Después de meses de preparación militar y acumulación de tropas, Rusia lanzó un ataque sin precedentes contra Ucrania a fines de febrero de 2022. Las explosiones resonaron en varias ciudades ucranianas, incluida la capital, Kyiv, en una amplia
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — George Paton doesn’t own a first-round pick in the upcoming NFL draft and he couldn’t care less. “That first day, we’ll watch Russell Wilson highlights,” he said. Paton traded his first- and second-round picks to Seattle as part of the blockbuster trade for Wilson
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President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to sign an executive order protecting some of the nation’s largest and oldest trees.
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill dissolving Walt Disney World’s private government, after the entertainment giant criticized a measure that critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. DeSantis signed the bill on Friday. It would eliminate the 55-year-old Reedy Creek Improvement District and
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Tannehill has been the easy scapegoat for fans angry that the Tennessee Titans’ Super Bowl hopes ended in the divisional round. Coach Mike Vrabel made clear after the loss by AFC’s No. 1 seed that the Titans must help Tannehill by being
Continue ReadingAGOURA HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Construction has begun on what is billed as the world’s largest wildlife crossing for mountain lions and other animals caught in Southern California’s urban sprawl. Officials held a ceremony Friday to mark the construction of a $90 million bridge over a freeway and feeder road about 35 miles northwest of
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Police in northeastern Spain say they are treating the slaying of a Russian woman and her daughter this week as a case of domestic violence. They say the husband, Russian businessman Sergei Protosenya, who was also found dead, is the main suspect. Girona regional police said investigators
Continue ReadingBy GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe quickly learned that achieving his dream of being an NBA draft lottery pick requires more than being college basketball’s best player. So even after becoming an imposing inside presence on both ends of the floor, the junior forward plans to
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Brandon Stutzman began running 100 miles around the three-mile Dry Canyon Loop in Redmond on Friday, also doing 1,000 pull-ups along the way, to raise money and awareness for a cause that’s very important to him.
Continue ReadingBy DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has thrown out 44 more convictions tied to a notorious former Chicago police sergeant who regularly framed people for drug crimes they didn’t commit. Victim advocates say the exonerations Friday would be among the last from one of the most disgraceful chapters in the department’s
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Voting rights groups have sued Florida over a congressional map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis and passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature. The opponents say the map will diminish the state’s Black representation and benefit Republicans. Several groups filed the suit in a state court in the
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A violent, two-vehicle crash closed the Bend Parkway for hours on Friday morning and sent both drivers and two injured children to St. Charles Bend, police reported.
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stocks plunged Friday. The Dow fell about 980 points, or 2.8%, following comments about likely aggressive interest rate hikes from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. A poor earnings outlook from Dow component Verizon didn’t help matters. All 30 stocks in the Dow ended the day lower, led by
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