By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals. Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals next week and the final eight go to the College World Series in Omaha beginning June 19. Tennessee is the No. 1 national seed and leads
Continue ReadingCNN By Amir Vera, Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan and Chris Boyette, CNN Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez raised questions in a news conference on Thursday about whether information on 911 calls from inside Robb Elementary School was relayed properly to responders at the scene of the shooting. Gutierrez said he spoke with the agency that
Continue ReadingCANTON, Ohio (AP) — Howard Katz has been selected as the recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. The Pro Football Hall of Fame presents the award annually in recognition of longtime and exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football. Since joining the NFL in 2003, Katz has served as chief operating officer
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El pésimo historial del presidente de Brasil Jair Bolsonaro en materia de medio ambiente no es nada nuevo ya que sus políticas fueron instrumentales en el retroceso de las otrora estrictas protecciones ambientales del país y el debilitamiento de sus agencias ambientales. Bajo el mandato de Bolsonaro, la destrucción de la
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes rookie Seth Jarvis and goaltender Antti Raanta are starting the offseason in recovery mode. Jarvis suffered an apparent concussion on a jarring hit that knocked him out of a Game 7 loss to the New York Rangers in the second round of the
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS and TED WARREN Associated Press RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who has recently criticized the slow pace of cleaning up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, toured the former nuclear weapons production site on Thursday and said more federal money is needed to finish the job. Hanford created more than
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Estados Unidos vuelve a vivir la pesadilla de un tiroteo masivo: esta vez en un hospital de Tulsa, Oklahoma, donde un hombre armado, identificado como Michael Louis, abrió fuego este miércoles y cobró la vida de cuatro personas. Las víctimas fueron el Dr. Preston Phillips, la Dra. Stephanie Husen, la recepcionista
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group, as expected. White House COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha outlined the administration’s planning for the
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Cameron Young remembers meeting Jack Nicklaus for the first time at the U.S. Open three years ago at Pebble Beach. It was brief. And memorable only for Young. He’s starting to make a name for himself. The rookie had a 67 at the Memorial and
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Stacker compiled a list of the lowest earning counties in Oregon using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Stacker compiled the highest paying jobs that require a bachelor’s degree in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers are drawing attention to a rise in poisonings in children involving the sleep aid melatonin — including a big jump during the pandemic. Last year, U.S. poison control centers received more than 52,000 calls about children consuming worrisome amounts of the dietary supplement —
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal and state leaders have agreed to try to avoid closing schools and child care facilities if there is another surge in coronavirus cases this fall. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said after meeting Thursday with the governors of Germany’s 16 states that the goal would be to prevent “another blanket closure” of
Continue ReadingBy ALAIN POUPART Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa hit Tyreek Hill with two long completions during the Miami Dolphins’ minicamp practice Thursday. And afterward, Tagovailoa hit back at critics. The third-year quarterback, aware that there are often questions on social media about his arm strength and deep passing ability, went on
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery rose $1.61 to $116.87 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for August delivery rose $1.32 to $117.61 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for July delivery rose 12 cents to $4.19 a gallon. July heating oil rose 7 cents to $4.21 a gallon. July natural gas fell 21
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — La reina Isabel II experimentó “algunas molestias” durante el desfile de cumpleaños conocido como Trooping the Colour este jueves, dijo el Palacio de Buckingham en un comunicado, y añadió que no asistirá al servicio de acción de gracias del viernes en la Catedral de San Pablo. “La reina ha disfrutado mucho
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Texas freshman Mia Scott went 4 for 4 and helped the unseeded Longhorns defeat No. 5 seed UCLA 7-2 in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series. Scott had a triple, a double and two singles for the Longhorns. Texas hadn’t won a
Continue ReadingEATONTON, Ga. (AP) — Lawyers for a Georgia prisoner on trial for murdering two prison guards admit their client pulled the trigger but say jurors should find he is mentally ill. They made that plea Wednesday in opening statements for the trial of Ricky Dubose, who is accused of killing a guard and a driver
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — State and federal authorities in Mexico say they have arrested a suspected serial killer accused of luring women on Facebook with false job offers. Authorities said Thursday they have surveillance camera footage from two states showing the man meeting with the victims in public places. They
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Fisher, CNN The US Air Force’s decision-making process to move Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Alabama had “significant shortfalls in its transparency and credibility,” according to a report released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Space Command is the nation’s newest warfighting combatant command, responsible for all military operations in
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