KENT, Wash. (AP) — Steve Torrence led Top Fuel qualifying Friday in the Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways. Torrence had a 3.819-second run at 321.50 mph in the NHRA’s first event at the track since 2019. The four-time defending series champion is winless this season. “We were very pleased to make a nice,
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday reported no new fever cases for the first time since it abruptly admitted to its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak and placed its 26 million people under more draconian restrictions in May. There have been widespread outside doubts about the accuracy of
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Ron Guidry, Bernie Williams and Tino Martinez highlight the Yankees alumni set to appear at Old-Timers’ Day in the Bronx prior to a matchup with the Kansas City Royals. There won’t be a playful reunion game this season, with New York calling off the exhibition because too many of the retired
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(Update: Adding news release with details) Senator Jeff Merkley paid a visit Friday to the Three Sisters Irrigation District as it was celebrating the completion of a 25-year effort to upgrade its water delivery system, which supplies water to a 129 farms. It included piping 64 miles of canals, installing a Farmers Screen (horizontal fish
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells, Preston Fore and Celeste Noraian, CNN Just days after 22 states filed a lawsuit fighting the new US Department of Agriculture policy seeking to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Florida’s top education official is advising schools in his state to ignore the guidance. In a letter, Florida
Continue ReadingBy LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bonnie Hunt is bringing a popular children’s book character to TV. Hunt is the writer and director of the new comedy series “Amber Brown,” based on the mop-topped character created by author Paula Danziger. There are some differences between the character on the page and
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A fire that left $200,000 in damage to a southwest Bend home Friday afternoon had a familiar cause: improper disposal of oil-soaked rags from a staining operation, officials said.
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Oregon’s three candidates for governor had their first debate Friday afternoon. They agreed on some issues, and clashed on others. Republican Christine Drazan, Democrat Tina Kotek, and non-affiliated candidate Betsy Johnson, appeared at the event, hosted by Oregon’s Newspapers Publishers. Drazan said Democrats have led the state for four decades, and have shown they cannot
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers are being investigated by the NBA for possible tampering in offseason free-agency moves involving James Harden, P.J. Tucker and Danuel House, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Friday night. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah left a start against Detroit in the sixth inning after he was hit on the right elbow by Jonathan Schoop’s comebacker. A first-time All-Star this season, Manoah came in 11-4 with a 2.24 ERA in 19 starts. Schoop’s one-hopper deflected off Manoah to shortstop Santiago Espinal, who
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung, CNN Reports that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning a visit to Taiwan have sparked tense exchanges between the United States and China — and growing speculation over how Beijing might react. While Pelosi — a forthright critic of Beijing — has so far declined to confirm the reports, she has
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Nurses at St. Charles are voicing frustration over how the hospital system is handling an ongoing staffing shortage, after it was learned of a recently declared, then withdrawn “crisis standards of care” emergency.
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum each scored 22 points and the Las Vegas Aces handed the Indiana Fever their club-record 13th straight loss, 93-72 on Friday night to open a two-game series. The teams will meet again in Indiana on Sunday. Wilson was 10 of 15 from the field and had six
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — La reciente ola de calor en el Reino Unido fue el “Great British Bake Off” que nadie deseaba, y se hizo al menos 10 veces más probable por el cambio climático causado por el hombre, según un nuevo análisis. Pero el proyecto World Weather Attribution (WWA), autor del análisis, también
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado, Sharif Paget and Christina Maxouris, CNN Early Thursday morning, 17-year-old Chloe Adams woke up to a nightmare. Rushing waters were coming out of the bathroom drains, bubbling up through the kitchen tiles and quickly surrounding her home. Chloe, who lives with her grandfather in Whitesburg, Kentucky, was alone, with no one but
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press/Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Tudor Dixon in Michigan’s Republican primary for governor, just days before the election that will determine the party’s opponent for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Dixon is a conservative commentator and actress. She’s emerged as a leading candidate in a
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Amanda Jackson, CNN Amid record-breaking rainfall, St. Louis resident Margaret Shellert is facing the full brunt of devastating back-to-back flooding events this week. After the region was hit with torrential rains Monday and Tuesday, a second round of storms Thursday exacerbated conditions even further for her and many in the city.
Continue ReadingBy Payton Major and Judson Jones, CNN Extreme heat or flooding could affect your weekend. Heat alerts are extended through Sunday in the Pacific Northwest, flash-drought conditions will worsen across the southern Plains, and the Mid-South is bracing for more weekend rainfall following days of devastating floods. Oregon and Washington are ending July in the
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN At least 16 people are dead, including children, and the toll is “going to get a lot higher” following catastrophic flooding in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday. An unknown number of people were missing, Beshear said at a news conference Friday morning, as rescuers scrambled to reach
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN At least 16 people are dead, including children, and the toll is “going to get a lot higher” following catastrophic flooding in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday. An unknown number of people were missing, Beshear said at a news conference Friday morning, as rescuers scrambled to
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