By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — From his days stoking anti-European Union sentiment with exaggerated newspaper stories, to his populist campaign leading Britain out of the bloc and reneging on the post-Brexit trade deal he signed, outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been the bane of Brussels for all
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — It took more than 1,000 career games, but Eugenio Suárez finally got to experience the exhilaration of hitting a game-ending home run. So, how did it feel? “I just enjoyed the game and like I always say, I keep my energy even. Even if I didn’t
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister agreed to resign Saturday after the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with protesters storming both officials’ homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the nation’s severe economic crisis. Prime
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister agreed to resign Saturday after the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with protesters storming both officials’ homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the nation’s severe economic crisis. Prime
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Weekend warriors can still stave off disease even if they are packing their workouts into a couple of days, according to a new study. Adults should get 150 minutes of physical activity and two days of muscle strengthening activity a week, according to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. If you
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Emiko Jozuka and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Police in Japan have launched a murder investigation into the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe — but little is known about the suspect who was arrested at the scene of the fatal shooting on Friday. Abe, 67, was pronounced dead by doctors at
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A top police official on Saturday acknowledged possible security lapses that allowed an assassin to fire his gun into former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while he was addressing a campaign rally, raising questions how could the attacker get so close behind him. Abe was shot in
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a tying sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, just missing a grand slam, and Will Smith hit a winning single in the 10th to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Cubs 4-3 for their eighth straight win against Chicago. Los Angeles trailed
Continue ReadingBy JACK SOMMERS Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kris Bryant had his first multi-homer game of the season, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Bryant hit solo homers in the first and seventh, his second and third homers of the year. It was his 17th game with two more
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bethlehem Inn announces the promotion of Liz Clemens, LCSW and Tara Feurtado to directors. Both have been with the organization since 2011, though Clemens started in 2010 as an AmeriCorps volunteer. Clemens obtained her Master of Social Work degree from Portland State University and is now a Licensed Social Worker. She achieved
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny Machado hit a three-run homer hours after he was named the NL starter at third base for the All-Star Game and Blake Snell struck out 11 for his first victory of the season, leading the San Diego Padres to a 6-3 victory over the
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Despite his prominence as Japan’s longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe may have enjoyed his biggest moment at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics before 70,000 at the city’s renown Maracana stadium. As a video was shown with Abe portrayed running late
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Kemar Lawrence, Luis Amarilla and Franco Fragapane scored second-half goals and Minnesota United beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on Friday night for its third straight victory. Lawrence tied it in the 71st minute to end Vancouver’s MLS shutout streak at 342 minutes, taking a pass from D. J. Taylor and
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Emiko Jozuka and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN The body of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived back at his home in Tokyo on Saturday, a day after he was assassinated in a daylight shooting, sending a nation unaccustomed to gun violence into a state of shock and anger. His widow, Akie Abe,
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The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service have confirmed the state’s fourth detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a non-commercial backyard flock in Linn County of about 40 chickens.
Continue ReadingMICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif (AP) — José Urquidy allowed four hits over a career-high eight innings to win his third straight decision, helping the Houston Astros keep rolling with an 8-3 win over the Oakland Athletics. Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer and Martín Maldonado connected for a three-run drive on a night
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump considers another White House run, polls show he’s the most popular figure in the Republican Party. But it wasn’t always that way. Competing at one point against a dozen rivals for the presidential nomination in 2016, Trump won only about one-third of the
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget, CNN More than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine were seized this week after authorities in San Diego County tracked and intercepted a truck that crossed the US border from Mexico, officials said Friday. Four men from Tijuana, Mexico, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute the highly addictive drug in what officials
Continue ReadingYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — In a story published July 9, 2022, about a California wildfire, The Associated Press erroneously reported, based on information from a park spokesperson, that trees at the park were wrapped in fire-resistant foil. The trees were not wrapped.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Daniel Charles Wilson believes the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were an inside job. The war in Ukraine is “totally scripted” and COVID-19 is “completely fake.” The Boston Marathon bombing? Mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas? “Crisis actors,” he says. Wilson, a 41-year-old from
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