By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bobby Wagner wants everybody to know he didn’t sign with the Rams after the acrimonious end to his decade in Seattle simply because Los Angeles is in the Seahawks’ division. Returning to his native Southern California with the chance to play for a Super Bowl
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Por segunda semana consecutiva, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) no añadieron ni un solo destino nuevo a su categoría de nivel 4 de mayor riesgo para viajar. Más de una docena de destinos, entre ellos Canadá y varios
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REDMOND, Ore. – Redmond Proficiency Academy’s thespian troupe recently competed in the annual Oregon Thespians State Festival in Salem, where they earned awards, scholarships and advancement to the International Thespian Festival. The State Festival is the signature event for Oregon thespians, attended by over 1,500 theater students and teachers from around the state and features
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff was fined $15,000 by the NBA for criticizing the officials following Sunday night’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Bickerstaff was upset by inconsistency in calls and the Sixers taking 42 free throws. He said the game “was taken” from the Cavs, who
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated South Korea for touting preemptive strike capabilities against the North, saying her country’s nuclear forces would annihilate the South’s conventional forces if provoked. It was the second recent statement Kim Yo Jong directed at South
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The Oregon State University Food Drive raised the equivalent of 447,393 meals in February, equating to 71 meals raised per university employee, the most of any participating public university in the state.
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man was killed in a fiery explosion at a commercial building in southwestern Washington, according to the Clark County Fire Marshal’s Office. The Columbian reports Clark County Fire District 10 responded at about 2:15 p.m. Friday to reports of a fire southeast of the Lewis River Golf Course. Assistant Fire
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies selected the contract of left-hander Ty Blach in a series of moves. The team also placed right-hander Peter Lambert on the injured list with inflammation in his forearm and placed lefty Ryan Rolison on the 60-day injured list due to a strained shoulder. Colorado opens the season Friday against
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Hoodoo Ski Area will offer free lift tickets from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Thursday for guests who donate a minimum of four non-perishable food items. Food donations go to The Giving Plate in Bend and Food for Lane County in Eugene. Donations can be taken any time this week to Team Kia at 611 NE Purcell Blvd.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN As we enter our third week in a row with the potential for severe weather, it’s starting to feel a bit like a broken record. It’s not only the third week in a row with the potential for severe weather, but it’s also happening in the same places over and over.
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Dolan and Matt Rivers, CNN It’s a normal school day for students at the Korosi Baptist High School in Budapest, Hungary — studying, presenting classwork, laughing with friends. Among them is 17-year-old Alla Renska, a tall girl with long blonde hair, carrying her hot pink backpack from class to class. But Renska
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The trial of a self-published romance writer accused of fatally shooting her chef husband started Monday. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Nancy Crampton Brophy has remained in custody since her arrest in September 2018, facing a murder charge in the death of 63-year-old Daniel Brophy. He was killed as he prepped for work
Continue ReadingWACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor and athletic director Mack Rhoades have agreed on a 10-year contract that officials say will allow him to “complete his career” at the Big 12 school. Rhoades joined Baylor in 2016 after Ian McCaw resigned following an investigation that found the school had mishandled allegations of sexual assault. The scandal
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Las grotescas imágenes que surgen del suburbio de Bucha en Kyiv son algunas de las evidencias más sólidas hasta el momento de lo que parecen ser crímenes de guerra cometidos por las fuerzas rusas en Ucrania: civiles muertos en la calle, algunos con las manos atadas y baleados al estilo de
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Former McDonald’s workers who alleged rampant sexual harassment at their Michigan restaurant have reached a $1.5 million settlement agreement with the restaurant’s former owner. The American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights Project announced the settlement deal Monday. It must still be approved by a federal judge. Former McDonald’s worker
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Nearly 30 shallow earthquakes — too small to be felt — have occurred in the past week and a half beneath the eastern shore of Paulina Lake at Newberry Volcano, but U.S. Geological Survey seismologists said Monday they are not a cause for alarm and are “likely the result of fluids moving in the hydrothermal system.”
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nike co-founder Phil Knight made another large contribution — $750,000 — to the Oregon independent gubernatorial campaign of Betsy Johnson. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Knight’s donations to Johnson’s campaign now total $1 million, according to state campaign finance records. Oregon remains one of five states without any political donation caps. Johnson is
Continue ReadingKALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Western Michigan has hired longtime Michigan State assistant Dwayne Stephens to lead its basketball program. Stephens is scheduled to have his first news conference as Broncos coach on Wednesday. The former Spartans forward was on Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo’s staff for 19 seasons, including the last decade as an
Continue ReadingBy Tiffany Anthony and Nicole Chavez, CNN A judge in Los Angeles has ruled a law requiring public companies headquartered in California to diversify their boards violates the state’s constitution, court documents show. On Friday, Judge Terry Green of Los Angeles County Superior Court sided with Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group that filed a
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah said Monday evening they will vote to confirm President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson. “My support rests on Judge Jackson’s qualifications, which no one questions; her demonstrated judicial independence; her demeanor and temperament; and the important perspective
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