MILWAUKEE (AP) — Max Scherzer pitched six perfect innings for the New York Mets in his return from the injured list before Milwaukee Brewers star Christian Yelich doubled in the seventh off reliever Tylor Megill. Trying for his 200th career win as the NL East-leading Mets look to clinch a playoff spot, the 38-year-old Scherzer
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami has awarded $73 million in damages to the family of a prominent opponent of Venezuela’s socialist government who died while in custody in what he described as a “murder for hire” carried out by a criminal enterprise led by President Nicolás Maduro.
Continue ReadingDevelopers and city officials are pushing back on family members’ expectations for a memorial for 98 people who died last year when a beachfront Florida condominium building collapsed. Surfside Mayor Shlomo Danzinger hosted a meeting Monday for representatives from DAMAC Properties and people whose loved ones died when the Champlain Towers South building fell. Danzinger
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who broke windows and security cameras at a Planned Parenthood clinic in southwestern Oregon because he opposed abortion has pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Devin Kruse, 27, of Grants Pass, Oregon, pleaded guilty Monday, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Kruse
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who broke windows and security cameras at a Planned Parenthood clinic in southwestern Oregon because he opposed abortion has pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Devin Kruse, 27, of Grants Pass, Oregon, pleaded guilty Monday, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Kruse
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who broke windows and security cameras at a Planned Parenthood clinic in southwestern Oregon because he opposed abortion has pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Devin Kruse, 27, of Grants Pass, Oregon, pleaded guilty Monday, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Kruse
Continue ReadingPECOS, Texas (AP) — A U.S. judge in West Texas has ruled unconstitutional a federal law banning those under felony indictments from buying guns. U.S. District Judge David Counts, whom then-President Donald Trump appointed to the federal bench in Pecos, Texas, dismissed a federal indictment against Jose Gomez Quiroz that had charged him under the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills cornerback Dane Jackson suffered a neck injury in a collision with a teammate on Monday night and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. Jackson had full movement in his limbs, but coach Sean McDermott didn’t have an update beyond that on
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — Detroit Tigers left-hander Tyler Alexander’s bid for a no-hitter ended when Baltimore’s Ryan Mountcastle led off the seventh inning with a single. The Tigers lead 9-0 at Camden Yards on Monday night. Alexander allowed only two runners, walking Ryan Mountcastle in the fourth inning and Austin Hays in the sixth, before Mountcastle
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Long-time science and math teacher Joe Padilla is excited to start the school year at La Pine High School with a $500 donation from Mid Oregon Credit Union through the One Class at a Time program.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Blake Lively decidió que si alguien iba a compartir sus fotos de embarazo, sería ella. La actriz publicó este fin de semana una serie de fotos de su embarazo en su cuenta verificada de Instagram. Blake Lively publicó sus propias fotos de embarazo. Crédito: Blake Lively “Aquí hay fotos de mí
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — France’s foreign minister is urging Iran to take the last offer on the table to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, saying the window of opportunity is about to close.” But a high-ranking European Union official says he doesn’t expect any progress this week. French Foreign
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Government helicopters have attacked a school and village in north-central Myanmar, killing at least 13 people including seven children, a school administrator and an aid worker said Monday. Civilian casualties often occur in attacks by the military government on pro-democracy insurgents and their allies. However, the number
Continue ReadingBURIEN, Wash. (AP) — King County Executive Dow Constantine on Monday proposed measures to boost public safety in Washington state’s most populous county with alternatives to traditional law enforcement. Many of the proposals for the county including Seattle focus on alternatives to incarceration and law enforcement oversight, as both the county sheriff department and correctional
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN Kalani David, a Hawaiian-born professional surfer and skateboarder, died after he suffered a seizure while surfing off Costa Rica on Saturday, according to his father, David David. He was 24. Kalani David was accomplished in both sports, having competed worldwide in both disciplines. His X Games profile highlights his multi-sport talents
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August. At the same time, migrants from Mexico and some Central American countries were stopped less frequently. Venezuelans surpassed Guatemalans and Hondurans to become the second-largest nationality after
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Gobierno de EE.UU. le está restando importancia a los comentarios del presidente Joe Biden en los que declaraba que la pandemia de coronavirus “ha terminado”, sugiriendo que sus comentarios señalan una continuación de la postura de la Casa Blanca hacia la pandemia en los últimos meses. “La pandemia ha terminado.
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Texas Tech linebacker Bryce Ramirez has undergone a second surgery on his broken left leg and will remain hospitalized a few more days after sustaining the gruesome injury in a game against North Carolina State. The school says Ramirez is expected to return to the Lubbock campus from Raleigh, North Carolina,
Continue ReadingCNN, WBZ, WHDH, WCVB, WEAR By Amy Simonson, CNN A Texas sheriff said Monday evening his agency will open an investigation into the transportation of 48 Venezuelan migrants from the state to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, told reporters at a Monday news conference that his understanding was that on
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Paul LeBlanc, CNN An Ohio man who pretended to be a Ghanaian prince and conned at least 14 people out of more than $800,000 over several years was convicted by a federal jury of fraud on Friday. Daryl Robert Harrison, who went by Prince Daryl R. Attipoe and Prophet
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