By ROD McGUIRK and MARK BAKER Associated Press RICHMOND, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday. Emergency response teams made 100 rescues overnight of people trapped in cars on flooded roads or in
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez homered with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6 for their seventh straight win. Led by Kyle Tucker and Alvarez, AL West-leading Houston erased a five-run deficit on the way to its 15th victory in
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The advice of a friend to stay near the door of a semi-trailer may have saved Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás from the deadly end that 53 other migrants met when the truck was abandoned last week on the outskirts of San Antonio. Cardona Tomás, a
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s chief executive Oliver Kahn has defended the German soccer club’s contentious sponsorship agreement with Qatar. Kahn says he’s sure their partnership has helped bring positive change to the oil-rich Persian Gulf state. Bayern president Herbert Hainer says “it doesn’t happen overnight.” They were speaking
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s chief executive Oliver Kahn has defended the German soccer club’s contentious sponsorship agreement with Qatar. Kahn says he’s sure their partnership has helped bring positive change to the oil-rich Persian Gulf state. Bayern president Herbert Hainer says “it doesn’t happen overnight.” They were speaking
Continue ReadingBy CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves paid tribute to their longtime public address announcer, Casey Motter, in a ceremony before the team’s first home game since Motter’s death. Following a video tribute to Motter, a moment of silence was observed in his memory before the game against the St.
Continue ReadingSANTIAGO (AP) — Chile’s Constitutional Convention has presented the formal draft of a proposed constitution to the president, who has set a plebiscite for Sept. 4. The charter is meant to replace the constitution imposed by a military dictatorship 41 years ago and remake the country’s structure. But the ceremonial handover Monday to President Gabriel
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Happy 4th of July, Central Oregon! Our skies will be mostly cloudy Monday night, with lows in the mid-40s to low 50s and calm winds. These cooler temperatures will stay with us through the middle of the week. We will see more scattered showers Tuesday and a chance of pop-up thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday. This
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit filed in West Virginia. Judge David Faber issued the ruling Monday nearly a year after closing arguments were held in a bench trial in a lawsuit filed by Cabell
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco couple that has parked their car for decades on a paved part of their property in front of their home is now banned from doing so. KGO-TV reported Monday that city officials sent a letter to Judy and Ed Craine telling them they can’t park there and threatening
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco couple that has parked their car for decades on a paved part of their property in front of their home is now banned from doing so. KGO-TV reported Monday that city officials sent a letter to Judy and Ed Craine telling them they can’t park there and threatening
Continue ReadingCNN By Rosa Flores, Jacqueline Rose and Alexa Miranda, CNN WNBA star Brittney Griner, in a handwritten letter to President Joe Biden, said she fears she will be detained in Russia indefinitely and pleaded with the President not to forget about her and other American detainees. “(As) I sit here in a Russian prison, alone
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Aunque Estados Unidos aprueba una gran mayoría de las solicitudes para obtener una visa de no inmigrante —para ciudadanos extranjeros que buscan ingresar a Estados Unidos de manera temporal— existe la posibilidad de ser rechazado. Por ejemplo, de las 3.148.323 solicitudes realizadas para obtener una visa en 2021, 56.240 (11,32%) fueron
Continue ReadingBy MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox talked to Major League Baseball about postponing their game against the Minnesota Twins after a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least six people. After the team’s contact with MLB and local authorities, the game began
Continue ReadingBy MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox talked to Major League Baseball about postponing their game against the Minnesota Twins after a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least six people. After the team’s contact with MLB and local authorities, the game began
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man punched a father and his 5-year-old daughter riding bikes on Portland’s Eastbank Esplanade near the Hawthorne Bridge in an alleged anti-Asian bias crime Saturday, police said. The suspect approached a family from California on the bike path south of the bridge about 3:45 p.m. and started making comments about
Continue ReadingVIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Ian Poulter and two other players who signed up for the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series are allowed in the Scottish Open this week. That’s after they won a stay Monday from a British court. Poulter, Adrian Otaegui of Spain and Justin Harding of South Africa had challenged their suspension. That
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia say the 17-year-old daughter of Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski died in a tubing accident in Richmond over the weekend. A spokesperson for the Department of Wildlife Resources says Julia Budzinski was one of two girls who fell off a tube being pulled behind a
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia say the 17-year-old daughter of Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski died in a tubing accident in Richmond over the weekend. A spokesperson for the Department of Wildlife Resources says Julia Budzinski was one of two girls who fell off a tube being pulled behind a
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s peso has fallen on the first day after left-leaning Silvina Batakis was named economy minister. Her appointment late Sunday followed the surprise resignation over the weekend of Martín Guzmán, who was largely seen as a moderate voice within President Alberto Fernández’s Cabinet. Guzmán had
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