KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jillian Hollingshead has transferred to Tennessee after her freshman season, giving coach Kellie Harper four players from the transfer portal. Harper announced Hollingshead’s commitment Monday. The 6-foot-5 forward is a 2021 McDonald’s All-American from Powder Springs, Georgia. Tennessee already added forward Rickea Jackson from Mississippi State, point guard Jasmine Powell from
Continue ReadingCNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN In this week’s travel news roundup, we look at space hotels through the ages, Sicily’s new “Little America” and a new glass-bottomed bridge in Vietnam that might just be the world’s longest. Connection restored CNN Travel often covers beautiful and touching moments between passengers on life’s journey. But every so
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Tracy Peck was running errands Saturday when she got a series of texts and calls that shocked her — first from her tennis coach, then from her best friend. “Have you seen the CNN story?” both of them told her. “That has to be you.” At first, Peck brushed it
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Game 1 between the Grizzlies and the Warriors showed that the results of the 1-on-1 scoring competition between Memphis’ Ja Morant and Golden State’s Stephen Curry doesn’t mean their team will win the game or their Western Conference semifinal. Supporting casts are crucial at
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Dylan Cease struck out 11 to match a career best and gave up just one hit in seven sparkling innings, propelling the Chicago White Sox to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout struck out in all four at-bats, three against Cease. The Angels star, who
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Mark Thompson, CNN Business The European Union is proposing to ban all oil imports from Russia by the end of this year and remove the country’s biggest bank, Sberbank, from the SWIFT international payments network. But the plan immediately ran into opposition from EU countries seeking a longer transitional period, including Hungary,
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon rainforest have endured years of scant recourse when prospectors and landgrabbers do violence in their territories. But social media is beginning to reach some remote villages giving residents the chance to alert authorities to illegal incursions and the power to
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Real Betis has been held at Getafe to 0-0 in the Spanish league and missed another chance to gain momentum in the fight for a Champions League spot. Manuel Pellegrini’s team celebrated the Copa del Rey title last week but was coming off a 1-0 home loss to Elche and a another
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County commissioners have appointed Judy Trego and Jim Fister to serve on the Deschutes County Budget Committee. Trego and Fister will serve as two of the committee’s three citizen members. The budget committee, which includes the Board of County Commissioners, reviews the County’s proposed budget and recommends a final version
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN Latinos in the United States with darker skin are experiencing discrimination from fellow Latinos and from non-Latinos at nearly the same rate, a new poll from the Pew Research Center says. The report, published Monday, is based on a survey conducted in March 2021 among a randomly selected sample of 3,375
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Wind-whipped flames raced across more of New Mexico’s pine-covered mountainsides on Monday, closing in on a town of 13,000 people where some residents hurried to pack their cars with belongings, others hustled to clear brush from around their homes, and police
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo continues to be the shining light in an otherwise disappointing season for Manchester United. Make that 18 goals in the English Premier League for the Portugal superstar after he converted a penalty in a 3-0 win over Brentford. Ronaldo also had a goal disallowed at Old Trafford for a
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New lobster fishing rules intended to protect a rare species of whale are now in effect, but enforcement has yet to begin. The rules are designed to protect the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 340 in the world and is vulnerable to lethal entanglement in fishing gear. The
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New lobster fishing rules intended to protect a rare species of whale are now in effect, but enforcement has yet to begin. The rules are designed to protect the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 340 in the world and is vulnerable to lethal entanglement in fishing gear. The
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Arizona Cardinals three-time All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins has been suspended six games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. It’s a stunning blow for the Cardinals, who finished with an 11-6 record last season but faded down the stretch when Hopkins was out of the lineup because of
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge in Kentucky has extended a temporary ban on the enforcement of a new state abortion law. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings is giving the clinics more time to explain their objections to the law. Jennings extended a temporary restraining order until May
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lowered the Covid-19 travel risk for one of the most popular destinations in the Western Hemisphere on Monday. Mexico was moved down a level on the CDC’s scale from “high” risk to “moderate” risk on May 2, along with four
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A late equalizer has earned Atalanta a 1-1 draw with relegation-threatened Salernitana in Serie A. The result kesps alive Atalanta’s chances of extending its five-year streak of playing in Europe. Atalanta remained eighth but moved level on points with seventh-placed Fiorentina. Only the top seven are likely to qualify for Europe. Atalanta
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani was held out of the starting lineup Monday, a day after the AL MVP exited a win over the Chicago White Sox because of tightness in his groin. Ohtani made a pinch-hitting appearance in the eighth inning and grounded out. Angels trainer Mike Frostad said Ohtani
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen has consolidated third place and Leipzig has dropped out of the Bundesliga top four after contrasting fortunes for both in their quest for Champions League qualification. Leipzig has slipped to its second consecutive defeat after 10-man Borussia Mönchengladbach won their game 3-1 to move
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