By Dan Merica, Jessica Dean and Jeff Simon, CNN When Mehmet Oz was vying for the GOP Senate nomination in Pennsylvania, his argument was simple: He could do better than any other Republican in the populous and politically moderate counties around Philadelphia in a general election. The argument — along with an endorsement from former
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray and Allison Chinchar, CNN Canadians are bracing for what could be the strongest storm to ever hit their country’s coast. “Every Nova Scotian should be preparing today and bracing for impact,” John Lohr, the minister responsible for the provincial Emergency Management Office, said in a Thursday news conference. Hurricane Fiona has lashed
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Business) — Tesla informó que detectó una falla en las ventanas de 1,1 millones de autos que podrían pellizcar a los ocupantes mientras se cierran. Se supone que las ventanas se detienen si detectan un obstáculo en su camino, pero Tesla dijo que las pruebas descubrieron un posible problema en algunas de
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Julio Rodríguez doubled and scored before leaving with lower back tightness, and the Seattle Mariners overcame the loss of the rookie center fielder to beat the Oakland Athletics 9-5 on Thursday and avoid a three-game sweep. Rodríguez slowly walked off the field with a trainer in
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, CNN White House correspondent The Biden administration is continuing to closely monitor the possibility of Republican governors transporting, without notice, groups of migrants to Democratic cities, an administration official told CNN on Thursday. The official stressed that the White House was fully expecting — and continuing to prepare for — the possibility
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Fifteen female soccer players are expected to quit Spain’s national team after their demand for a coaching change was rejected by the Spanish federation. The federation said it received identical emails from the players saying they would renounce their places on the team if coach Jorge
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have admittedly made plenty of rookie mistakes so far. However they insist their young punt returner failing to take the field for a punt return Sunday wasn’t one of them. Special teams coordinator Dwayne Stukes said rookie Montrell Washington actually did
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Garrett Wilson has watched the replays of his two-touchdown breakout performance in the New York Jets’ victory last Sunday at Cleveland. But the rookie wide receiver has focused even more in the film room on the plays he didn’t make. The No. 10 overall pick in April
Continue ReadingYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A Yakima County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man after the deputy chased him into a cornfield north of Toppenish on Thursday, police said. The deputy tried to stop the man’s car around 2:25 a.m. and began a pursuit, The Yakima Herald-Republic reported. Selah police Chief Dan Christman, who heads
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The Ochoco National Forest said Thursday it has invested $300,000 in the replacement of cattle guards across the forest with funding from the Great American Outdoors Act this year. The two-year project will replace or complete deferred maintenance on about 65 cattle guards.
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brendan Donovan hit a grand slam in the seventh inning to lead Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 victory against the San Diego Padres, snapping a three-game losing streak. Pujols remained at 698 career homers, although he did drive two balls
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — For the players and staff who were around a season ago when the Seattle Kraken were racing to make their debut as an expansion franchise, what happened Thursday felt downright normal. The Kraken started training camp with a group of players who had been on the
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A man accused of using an AK-47 to kill a woman and wound her boyfriend as they walked their dog in Denver in 2020 has been convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder. Jurors reached the verdict for Michael Close on Thursday. Prosecutors alleged he had gotten into a “verbal exchange” with
Continue ReadingBy MALLIKA SEN and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As a NATO member and neighbor of Russia, Norway’s geographical and geopolitical location has proved relevant in the context of the war in Ukraine. It’s also an elected member of the U.N. Security Council, with a few months before its term elapses.
Continue ReadingBy MALLIKA SEN and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As a NATO member and neighbor of Russia, Norway’s geographical and geopolitical location has proved relevant in the context of the war in Ukraine. It’s also an elected member of the U.N. Security Council, with a few months before its term elapses.
Continue ReadingCNN, KOAT, WDIV By Bob Ortega, Curt Devine, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Audrey Ash and Drew Griffin, CNN Months after Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Donald Trump in Michigan had been certified, and confirmed by audits and voting reviews, a clerk in rural Barry County received an unusual and confusing request from Matthew DePerno, an attorney in
Continue ReadingBy Bob Ortega, Curt Devine, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Audrey Ash and Drew Griffin, CNN Months after Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Donald Trump in Michigan had been certified, and confirmed by audits and voting reviews, a clerk in rural Barry County received an unusual and confusing request from Matthew DePerno, an attorney in Kalamazoo. DePerno, who’d
Continue ReadingHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s health department has restored the ability for transgender people to apply to correct the gender marker on their birth certificate. That comes after a judge blocked enforcement of a law that would have required them to have surgery first. Officials say processing applications for changes to birth certificates can take
Continue ReadingBy Adrienne Broaddus and Christina Maxouris, CNN Roughly two and a half months after getting shot in the Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July attack and after multiple surgeries and weeks of rehabilitation, 8-year-old Cooper Roberts is back home — and the road to his “new normal” begins. “There was a time, not all that
Continue ReadingThe City of Bend will bring together a variety of stakeholders at two roundtable meetings next week to receive feedback regarding the camping code currently in development.
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