NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco left-hander Carlos Rodón, Boston designated hitter J.D. Martinez and Miami first baseman Garrett Cooper have been added for next week’s All-Star Game. They replaced Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper and Houston’s Yordan Álvarez, who are hurt, and Milwaukee closer Josh Hader, who is skipping the July 19 game at Dodger Stadium
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say a woman and a 7-year-old child were killed when the chartered boat capsized in the Hudson River. Nearby ferries rushed to the scene to help police and fire department rescuers get people out of the water. Twelve people wet into the water, and three others were
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans say second-round draft choice E.J. Liddell has been diagnosed with torn knee ligaments that will keep him out indefinitely. The injury to the 6-foot-6 forward out of Ohio State occurred during the third quarter of a Summer League game in Las Vegas on Monday night against the
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The revelation that the House January 6 committee notified the Department of Justice of an alleged attempt by former President Donald Trump to contact a witness is the latest product of the panel’s probe to involve law enforcement. The detail, presented by Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney, a
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Before he fled Sri Lanka on Wednesday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the last of six members of the country’s most influential family still clinging to power. For decades, the powerful land-owning Rajapaksa family dominated local politics in their rural southern district. Rajapaksa followed in the
Continue ReadingYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A famed grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park survived its first wildfire in more than a century, thanks to efforts to regularly burn the undergrowth beneath the towering trees, a forest ecologist who toured the site said Tuesday. Small, intentionally lit fires over the past 50 years
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El diario Austin American-Statesman publicó este martes partes editadas de un video de vigilancia que muestra a los agentes de policía retirándose de los disparos en el pasillo de la Escuela Primaria Robb en Uvalde, Texas, durante el tiroteo mortal que sucedió allí en mayo. El video editado dura poco más
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN Three men accused of having stolen and attempting to sell handwritten notes and lyrics by the Eagles’ Don Henley have been indicted on multiple charges, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Office announced Tuesday. About 100 pages of notes and lyrics for songs including “Hotel California,” “Life in the Fast Lane” and
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Local officials in Haiti say dozens of people have died in four days of gang battles in a violent neighborhood of the capital. It is the latest eruption of bloodshed in a wave of inreasing violence sweeping Haiti. The deputy mayor in the capital’s Cite Soleil district said Tuesday that at
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s largest charter-school chain improperly received about $790,000 in state funds when it enrolled more than 60 4-year-olds in kindergarten, according to the state’s charter school oversight agency. KUOW reports the agency referred the matter to the State Auditor’s Office for investigation, which could result in repayment of the funds to
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County announced Tuesday an opportunity for communities or neighborhoods to apply for grants that will provide funding for projects that reduce the risk of wildfire. The county’s Fuel Reduction Grant Program is designed to assist communities with specific, short-term projects related to reducing fuels and improving defensible space in Deschutes County.
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission can’t agree on what guidance, if any, to give the state’s more than 1,800 local clerks to help them understand how to implement a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling outlawing absentee ballot drop boxes. The commission repeatedly deadlocked Tuesday on what to tell
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in Mexico City say four police officers were wounded when police engaged in a a shootout with more than a dozen gunmen armed with a .50 caliber sniper rifle, grenades and a machine gun. City police chief Omar Garcia Harfuch said Tuesday that one of the officers was in serious
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente de Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, abandonó el país, según un funcionario de seguridad de alto rango, solo unas horas antes de su renuncia formal. Rajapaksa y su esposa volaron fuera del país a la capital maldiva de Malé en un avión de transporte de tropas AN32 de la Fuerza
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Shawna Mizelle, CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday announced a task force aimed at identifying ways to protect reproductive rights in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that struck down the federal right to abortion. Called the Reproductive Rights Task Force and chaired by Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In early 2022, the Deschutes Trails Coalition proposed to Deschutes County commissioners to invest a portion of Transient Room Tax funds* to support trails and trail-related infrastructure throughout Deschutes County. Commissioners unanimously voted to contribute $600,000 of TRT funds toward this purpose. The DTC used these funds to develop the Deschutes
Continue ReadingBEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A Houston man has been indicted on charges accusing him of trying to use a heavy-duty drone to drop forbidden items to inmates at a federal prison in Texas. Federal officials unsealed an indictment Tuesday accusing Davien Philip Turner of two counts of unlawfully flying an aircraft. Each count is punishable
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Mark Morales, CNN A New York City correction officer has been fired after an inmate died in the city’s Rikers Island jail, according to a Tuesday statement from the city Department of Correction. The inmate, identified as Elijah Muhammad, 31, was found unresponsive in his cell and declared dead on Sunday
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Happy Tuesday, Central Oregon! Our skies will be partly cloudy Tuesday night, with lows in the mid-50s to low 60s. Breezes become light and variable after midnight. We may see a few thin clouds Wednesday and Thursday, but there will be no chance of showers or thunderstorms. Highs will return to the mid to upper 80s,
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — In the days after his unexpected draft night slide, Shane Wright’s phone lit up with a constant stream of text messages and calls from unfamiliar numbers. Some were expected, like new teammates with the Seattle Kraken reaching out. Others caught the 18-year-old by surprise, like when
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