By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, has now emerged as the leading contender to run the federal prison system, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Peters, who has run the state’s corrections department since 2012,
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers have returned to the Capitol amid mounting frustration to redesign political maps that a federal judge threw out for violating the Voting Rights Act. The Republican-dominated legislature and Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, have been fighting over the boundaries since February. It was
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Las autoridades brasileñas informaron el miércoles durante una conferencia de prensa que uno de los sospechosos, que está bajo custodia, admitió haber matado al periodista británico Dom Phillips y al investigador Bruno Pereira en el Amazonas. La Policía Federal de Brasil identificó al sospechoso como Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira. La
Continue ReadingBy JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Leaders from the New York Mets recently held what’s believed to be an unprecedented meeting with the nonprofit group Advocates for Minor Leaguers to discuss pay and working conditions in the minors, and another meeting is planned soon that will include players from the team’s
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s city council has approved a resolution apologizing for the Massachusetts capital’s role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The resolution approved unanimously Wednesday is non-binding and does not commit the city to funding any specific policies or programs to atone for slavery’s harms. Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson,
Continue ReadingBy JACK SOMMERS Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen pitched seven effective innings despite an early bout of wildness, and the Arizona Diamondbacks used a four-run eighth inning to top the Cincinnati Reds 7-4. Geraldo Perdomo hit a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks, who avoided a sweep after the Reds took the first two
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency says Europe should be more much worried than it is that larger numbers of people from Africa’s Sahel region could seek to move north. Those refugees would be escaping violence, droughts and floods, and threats to food security caused by
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More than a half-dozen earthquakes were reported off the Oregon Coast early Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. KOIN-TV reports a 3.8-magnitude quake was recorded at 2:54 a.m. about 274 miles (441 kilometers) west of Newport. Over the next four hours, seven more earthquakes were recorded in similar areas.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, has now emerged as the leading contender to run the federal prison system, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Peters, who has run the state’s corrections department since 2012,
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Whit Merrifield broke a 2-2 tie with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly and the Kansas City Royals edged the San Francisco Giants 3-2 to avoid a three-game sweep. Andrew Benintendi led off the inning with a pinch-hit double off Giants reliever John Brebbia. Nicky Lopez moved him
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The NFL and NFL Films will donate footage to The HistoryMakers, which has grown to become the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive. Under terms of the agreement announced Wednesday, the NFL will provide two years of funding to The HistoryMakers along with hundreds of hours of footage from
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Central Oregon drug agents concluded a 2-year investigation Tuesday by raiding six Madras and Culver illegal marijuana grows, making five arrests and dismantling an international operation tied to a Chinese cartel that laundered proceeds through Chinese restaurants and other businesses, officials said.
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell say she should face no more than four to five years in prison at sentencing later this month for her role in financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex abuse of teenage girls. They said in court papers Wednesday that Maxwell should not
Continue ReadingBy SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Ryan Jeffers hit an RBI single off the center-field wall to break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning and the Minnesota Twins went on to beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Wednesday. Twins starter Sonny Gray, making his first appearance since going on the injured list
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La administración de Biden organizó un envío adicional de fórmula infantil este jueves, anunció la Casa Blanca, y transportará la fórmula especial desde Suiza a Estados Unidos a través de los esfuerzos en curso de la Operación “Fly Formula”, a medida que el gobierno federal continúa trabajando para abordar la escasez.
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross have advanced to the August special election for the state’s only U.S. House seat. They were among 48 candidates in last Saturday’s special primary for the seat left vacant following the death in March
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president may be having second thoughts about the crypto-currency, whose value has tanked in recent weeks. President Nayib Bukele became the first leader in the world to make the crypto-currency legal tender last year. And Bukele has plowed tens of millions of government money into Bitcoin.
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president may be having second thoughts about the crypto-currency, whose value has tanked in recent weeks. President Nayib Bukele became the first leader in the world to make the crypto-currency legal tender last year. And Bukele has plowed tens of millions of government money into Bitcoin.
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are weighing whether to list the iconic western Joshua tree as a threatened species. It’s a designation that would make it harder to remove the trees for housing and energy projects. The California Fish & Game Commission is expected to vote Thursday. The Center
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert’s summer vacation began Wednesday afternoon when the Los Angeles Chargers ended their offseason program. Even though the Chargers have the next six weeks off before reporting for training camp, Herbert will use that time as more of a working vacation. “I think
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