By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins apparently ran out of gas and was returning to his vehicle when he was fatally struck by a dump truck earlier this month in Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol released Wednesday a recording of a 911 call Haskins’ wife Kalabrya
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The Wildlands Conservancy, owner of California’s largest nonprofit nature preserve system, announced Wednesday the group’s first out-of-state acquisition: the $26.5 million purchase of the 30,000-acre Cherry Creek Ranch, near Mitchell in Central Oregon, newly named the Enchanted Rocks Preserve, after the landscape’s fascinating geology.
Continue ReadingCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — All-America center Kofi Cockburn of Illinois has declared for the NBA draft and hired an agent. He made the announcement on his social media channels and the Illinois athletic department confirmed it. Cockburn wrote that playing in the NBA has been a longtime dream and that it’s time to make the
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — All-Pro receiver Deebo Samuel told ESPN that he has requested a trade from the San Francisco 49ers as the two sides have been unable to negotiate a long-term deal for one of the league’s top playmakers. Samuel is entering the final year of
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher, Steve Contorno and Rachel Janfaza, CNN The Florida state Senate on Wednesday advanced legislation pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis during the state’s special legislative session: a new congressional map submitted by the governor and a pair of bills aimed at Disney. The DeSantis-backed map — which proposes an aggressively partisan redrawing
Continue ReadingBy KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A woman says she was the target of stalking with an Apple AirTag after a night out with friends in Soulard. The woman, who wants to go by the her first name, Brooke, says she was stalked after having a
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Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A finales de la década de 1970, el gobierno de Estados Unidos desreguló el sector de las aerolíneas, eliminando el control federal sobre las tarifas, las rutas y la entrada de nuevas aerolíneas en el mercado. Como resultado, a partir de la década de los ochenta aparecieron una gran cantidad de
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The growth of Oregon’s wolf population slowed significantly last year because 21 animals were killed by human poaching, were hit by cars or were killed by wildlife officials after eating livestock. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says the 2021 census counted 175 wolves, up just two animals from the
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Amtrak is embroiled in a fight that may have vast implications for the future of US rail service, including the billions of dollars devoted to it from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Amtrak, which typically speaks in a mild-mannered tone on social media, has reinvented itself as a flamethrower that’s launching
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La Comisión Permanente de Derechos Humanos (CPDH), que documentó cientos de denuncias de violaciones a los derechos humanos en el contexto de las protestas antigubernamentales de 2018, fue clausurada mediante un decreto legislativo aprobado este miércoles en la Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua. El decreto, propuesto por la bancada del oficialista
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Six-year-old Journey Marino is no ordinary Redmond girl. Sure, her favorite character is a Disney princess. But she’s also incredibly brave as she fights leukemia, again.
Continue ReadingBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz has defeated Soonwoo Kwon 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 in his opening match at the Barcelona Open. The 11th-ranked Spaniard improved to 19-3 this season. He was coming off an early exit in Monte Carlo after winning in Rio de Janeiro and Miami. The 18-year-old Alcaraz hadn’t played in Spain since
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A court in Austria has ruled that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven of her children should be moved from psychiatric detention to a normal prison. Josef Fritzl was sentenced in 2009 to life imprisonment for incest, rape, coercion, false imprisonment, enslavement and for the
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The Jefferson County sheriff’s race between appointee Marc Heckathorn and challenger Jason Jason Pollock has been filled with tense claims and a bit of controversy, including Heckathorn’s role in a third candidate sharing the ballot.
Continue ReadingCNN, FACEBOOK MYKOLAIV MAYOR OLEKSANDR SYENKEVYCH, TWITTER, TELEGRAM By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States on Wednesday unveiled its latest round of sanctions going after Russia over its war on Ukraine, this time targeting a key commercial bank and “a global network of more than 40 individuals and entities led by U.S.-designated
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon State Treasury has at least $5.3 billion invested in fossil fuel companies, a coalition of environmental groups says in a new report that blames the state for adding to global warming and urged divestment. Oregon is considered a “green” state, through its goal of
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon State Treasury has at least $5.3 billion invested in fossil fuel companies, a coalition of environmental groups says in a new report that blames the state for adding to global warming and urged divestment. Oregon is considered a “green” state, through its goal of
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A new congressional map submitted by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office that will likely swing Florida’s representation in Washington even further to the GOP has been approved by the state Senate. Wednesday’s 24-15 vote was split on party lines. Democrats argued the governor’s office gerrymandered the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is removing the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from his position and replacing him with the U.S. attorney in Arizona. The shakeup comes a little more than a week after President Joe Biden announced he was nominating Steve
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