By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cody Bellinger’s grand slam broke a tie in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 for their ninth straight win at home. Bellinger connected on a curveball over the plate from Sam Long with two outs and an
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — International human rights groups on Saturday urged Sri Lanka’s new president to immediately order security forces to cease use of force against protesters after troops and police cleared their main camp following months of demonstrations over the country’s economic meltdown. A day after President Ranil
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Balloons Over Bend is back for another year, with early-morning launches through Sunday at R.E. Jewell Elementary School in southeast Bend and nightglow festivities in Bend and Redmond.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Luis Urías hit a bloop single to bring home the winning run in the 13th inning after Hunter Renfroe slugged a game-saving homer in the 10th as the Milwaukee Brewers edged the Colorado Rockies 6-5. Milwaukee extended its NL Central lead to 1 1/2 games over
Continue ReadingSONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Leah Pruett led Top Fuel qualifying Friday night in the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway. Coming off a victory last week in Colorado, Pruett had a 3.689-second run at 327.59 mph in her Tony Stewart Racing dragster during the lone qualifying session of the day. Robert Hight led in
Continue ReadingZoe Sottile, CNN If just one diamond isn’t enough, SWA Diamonds might have the perfect ring for you. The India-based jewelry company broke a Guinness World Records title for the most diamonds set in one ring with a whopping 24,679 diamonds. The spectacular ring was designed to mimic a pink oyster mushroom, according to a
Continue ReadingCNN, HLN Zoe Sottile, CNN If just one diamond isn’t enough, SWA Diamonds might have the perfect ring for you. The India-based jewelry company broke a Guinness World Records title for the most diamonds set in one ring with a whopping 24,679 diamonds. The spectacular ring was designed to mimic a pink oyster mushroom, according
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it’s taking emergency action to save giant sequoias by speeding up projects that could start within weeks to clear underbrush to protect the world’s largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires. The move to bypass some environmental review could
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — All-Star Andrés Giménez homered, Josh Naylor drove in three runs and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 8-2. The Guardians rolled to their fourth straight win, pounding White Sox starter Lucas Giolito in the opener of a four-game series between two of the top
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Cole Irvin struck out eight and didn’t allow an earned run over seven sparkling innings for his first back-to-back wins this year, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 5-4. Ramón Laureano hit a go-ahead homer on a full-count with two out in the
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Skylar Diggins-Smith scored a career-high 35 points, Diana Taurasi hit 6 of 10 from 3-point range and finished with 28 points and the Phoenix Mercury used a dominant fourth quarter to beat the Seattle Storm 94-78 Friday night. Sophie Cunningham hit five 3-pointers — her 10th consecutive game with at least two
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen threw seven innings of shutout ball, Ketel Marte added a three-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks started their second half of the season with a 10-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Gallen took a no-hit bid into the sixth before eventually giving up two
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Shohei Ohtani threw six dominant innings, only to surrender homers to Matt Olson and Orlando Arcia in an outburst that carried the Atlanta Braves to an 8-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels. The reigning World Series champions resumed their winning ways after the All-Star break.
Continue ReadingBy AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yandy Diaz hit a three-run double, Drew Rasmussen allowed one run over five innings and the Tampa Bay Rays returned from the All-Star break with a 7-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Diaz capped a four-run fourth inning with his bases-loaded bloop down the
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ALTO, Georgia (AP) — After a bruising opening to his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate, Georgia Republican Herschel Walker is trying to deflect attention back onto Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. He’s trying to saddle the incumbent with the weight of high inflation and President Joe Biden’s poor standing
Continue ReadingBy CALVIN WOODWARD and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To understand how Donald Trump’s desperation and lies became a potent danger to democracy, consider the ginger mints. Mints featured in one of the absurdist but toxic episodes fleshed out in the Jan. 6 hearings, which now pause even as the Justice Department presses
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Through eight hearings, 20 live witnesses and dozens of hours of recorded testimony, the House Jan. 6 committee has focused its case squarely on former President Donald Trump. The committee has disclosed stunning evidence about the Capitol insurrection over six weeks of hearings, laying out in vivid detail what it calls
Continue ReadingBy CALVIN WOODWARD and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To understand how Donald Trump’s desperation and lies became a potent danger to democracy, consider the ginger mints. Mints featured in one of the absurdist but toxic episodes fleshed out in the Jan. 6 hearings, which now pause even as the Justice Department presses
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk is being traded to the Florida Panthers, part of a blockbuster that sends Jonathan Huberdeau to the Calgary Flames in a swap of players who are each coming off the best season of their respective careers. Tkachuk signed an eight-year contract with Florida
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis On paper, it looked like a fantastic deal. In 2017, the Chinese government was offering to spend $100 million to build an ornate Chinese garden at the National Arboretum in Washington DC. Complete with temples, pavilions and a 70-foot white pagoda, the project thrilled local officials, who hoped it would attract thousands of
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