USA Gymnastics tabs Sacramone Quinn, Memmel for top posts
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer USA Gymnastics is turning to two of its most-decorated athletes to help guide its women’s elite program. Alicia…
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Shell-Pennzoil inks 5-year extension across Penske portfolio
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Roger Penske signed a five-year contract extension with Shell-Pennzoil that covers Team…
Continue ReadingRay Liotta, ‘Goodfellas’ star, dead at 67
CNN By Lisa Respers France and Chloe Melas, CNN Ray Liotta, the actor known for his roles in “Field of Dreams” and the Martin Scorsese…
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As summer travel season arrives, ODOT offers some tips, reminders, advice before hitting the road
Summer travel season is coming fast, and as you make your plans, there are a few things to know before you drive, ride, walk or roll along state…
Continue ReadingIraqi lawmakers pass bill criminalizing any ties with Israel
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi lawmakers have passed a bill criminalizing any normalization of ties and any relations, including business ties, with Israel.…
Continue ReadingFor ‘lockdown generation’ school shootings are their reality
By COLLIN BINKLEY, ANNIE MA and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press A day after the school massacre in Texas, Ohio teacher Renee Coley thought her sixth…
Continue Reading329 years later, last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been…
Continue ReadingState keeps drought emergency status in parts of 8 counties
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Despite a cool and wet spring, the Washington Department of Ecology on Thursday extended a drought emergency declaration for…
Continue ReadingRay Liotta, ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ star, dies
By LINDSEY BAHR and MARTIN ADAMES Associated Press Ray Liotta, the blue-eyed actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Baz Luhrmann on his tragic, razzle-dazzle ‘Elvis’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Baz Luhrmann was first in Cannes exactly 30 years ago with his debut “Strictly Ballroom,”…
Continue Reading7 cifras que muestran la reticencia de los republicanos en el control de armas en EE.UU.
urielblanco (CNN Español) — No se trata de un tiroteo masivo más. El ataque en la escuela primaria Robb, en Uvalde, Texas, es una tragedia…
Continue ReadingJaguars C Luke Fortner signs 4-year, $5.5M rookie contract
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars center Luke Fortner has signed a four-year contract worth $5.5 million. He’s the last of the…
Continue ReadingTrump loses appeal, must testify in New York civil probe
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in the New York attorney…
Continue ReadingWood’s HR gives Penn St. 5-2 win over Iowa in Big Ten opener
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Matt Wood hit a three-run homer, Tyler Shingledecker and Travis Luensmann combined on a two-hitter, and sixth-seeded Penn State…
Continue ReadingCruise ship smokestack catches fire in Turks & Caicos
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The smokestack of a Carnival Cruise ship docked in the Turks & Caicos Islands has caught on fire, and officials…
Continue ReadingExclusive: McConnell says he has directed Cornyn to engage with Democrats on a ‘bipartisan solution’ on gun violence
By Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Clare Foran, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN on Thursday he met earlier in the day…
Continue Reading‘It almost seemed impossible’: Pair of donkeys rescued from island
By Laura Haefeli Click here for updates on this story MARIPOSA COUNTY, California (KOVR) — Donkeys stranded on an…
Continue ReadingUvalde school district had detailed security plan in place at time of elementary school massacre
By Peter Nickeas, CNN The Uvalde school district where 19 children and two teachers were killed by a gunman this week had a safety plan that included…
Continue Reading‘We’re in trouble.’ 80 minutes of horror at Robb Elementary School
CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN Two days before the end of the academic year the students of Robb Elementary School wore their Sunday best for a…
Continue ReadingLos CDC identifican nueve casos de viruela del mono en siete estados de EE.UU.
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés)…
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