By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — First-year Arizona coach Caitlin Lowe claimed her first Women’s College World Series victory since stepping in for the retired Mike Candrea. Carlie Scupin had three hits and Arizona defeated fellow Pac-12 member Oregon State 3-1 in an elimination game on Friday night. Lowe was more
Continue ReadingBy JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press “The T stands for transgender,” a teacher explains in a video on a Maine Department of Education website launched during the coronavirus pandemic. “A transgender person is someone who the doctors made a mistake about when they were born,” the teacher says in the lesson plan targeted at kindergartners. “But
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Max Fried pitched eight scoreless innings, Matt Olson hit a two-run single in the 10th and the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1 to become the last major league team to win three straight games this season. In only the second game in Coors Field history
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Matt Frey hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to rally Michigan to an 8-6 victory over Oregon in the Louisville Regional on Friday. Michigan (33-26) advances to play Louisville on Saturday. Oregon (35-24) will play an elimination game against Southeast Missouri State earlier Saturday.
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Matt Frey hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to rally Michigan to an 8-6 victory over Oregon in the Louisville Regional on Friday. Michigan (33-26) advances to play Louisville on Saturday. Oregon (35-24) will play an elimination game against Southeast Missouri State earlier Saturday.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Allisha Gray had 18 points, Satou Sabally added 11 points, 11 rebounds and six assists and the Dallas Wings beat the Seattle Storm 68-51 on Friday night. Arike Ogunbowale added 16 points, including eight in the final five minutes to seal the win for Dallas (6-4). Sabally hit a 3-pointer to give
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick is conceding the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz. McCormick ended his campaign Friday night as he acknowledged an ongoing statewide recount wouldn’t give him enough votes to make up the deficit.
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The Bend City Council has approved a concept plan to develop the Stevens Road Tract, a 261-acre parcel of land located southeast of Bend, adjacent to the city’s limits.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been indicted on charges that he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but the Justice Department spared two other advisers, including the ex-president’s chief
Continue ReadingHATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Leadoff batter Dylan Crews had a go-ahead two-run double in a 10-run eighth inning to help rally LSU to a 14-11 victory over Kennesaw State in the Hattiesburg Regional. LSU (39-20) advances to play Southern Mississippi on Saturday. Kennesaw State (35-27) will play an elimination game against Army earlier Saturday. The
Continue ReadingBy LYNN BERRY Associated Press As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells it, when Russia invaded 100 days ago, no one expected his country to survive. World leaders advised him to flee. “But they didn’t know us,” he said in a late-night video address in April when the war hit its 50th day. “And they didn’t
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN A zoo in Rhode Island has welcomed the birth of a critically endangered red wolf pup. There are only an estimated 23 red wolves left in the wild, Amy Roberts, director of animal programs at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island, told CNN. This makes the birth of even
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Saxon’s Fine Jewelers in the Old Mill District had local artist Caitlin McDonough design a “paint by numbers” mural for Brewfest that nearly 200 people took part in, and the finished artwork went on display for First Friday.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Desde que 19 niños y dos maestras fueron asesinados en Uvalde, Texas, las autoridades han cambiado repetidamente su versión sobre lo que sucedió antes, durante y después del sangriento tiroteo en dos aulas contiguas. La masacre del 24 de mayo en la Escuela Primaria Robb marcó al menos el tiroteo
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Alek Thomas hit two of Arizona’s five home runs and the Diamondbacks opened a long road trip by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6. Ketel Marte homered while extending his hitting streak to 15 games and Christian Walker and Jake McCarthy also connected for Arizona. Thomas hit
Continue ReadingAUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Cole Foster hit three home runs, two of them in the first inning from both sides of the plate, driving in nine runs to power No. 14 overall seed Auburn to a 19-7 victory over Southeastern Louisiana in the Auburn Regional. Auburn (38-19) advances to play Florida State on Saturday. Southeastern
Continue ReadingBy DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Randy Arozarena homered, Ji-Man Choi drove in three runs and Shane McClanahan won his fourth consecutive start as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3. Jose Abreu hit his seventh homer and extended his hitting streak to 12 games for the White
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