BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have painted Bill Russell’s No. 6 in the free throw lanes of their parquet floor as part of the season-long tribute planned for the Hall of Famer who died this summer. The team said it was a fitting tribute for the player who dominated the paint during a career
Continue ReadingBy DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Scott Harris was hired as the Detroit Tigers’ president of baseball operations, leaving the San Francisco Giants after three years as general manager. The 36-year-old Harris takes over for general manager Al Avila, fired on Aug. 10. The Tigers went 404-573 under Avila, who failed to take
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State ended the Herm Edwards experiment a day after an ugly home loss. The Sun Devils are hoping the change will help them straighten out a season that still has nine games left. Interim coach Shaun Aguano will be at the helm of this
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The Bend-La Pine Schools Board of Directors is seeking applicants to fill a vacant seat, Zone 7 at large, recently vacated by the resignation of Janet Sarai Llerandi-Gonzalez.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Sherri Papini, la madre californiana que fingió su propio secuestro en 2016 en un engaño que quedó al descubierto con la ayuda de avances en la tecnología del ADN, fue condenada este lunes a un año y medio de prisión, según un comunicado del Departamento de Justicia. El juez William B.
Continue ReadingBy Zachary B. Wolf, CNN President Joe Biden made multiple unequivocal and controversial statements in an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday. Among them: The coronavirus pandemic is over. The US would defend Taiwan if China invaded the island. The US would punish Russia if President Vladimir Putin resorted to chemical or nuclear weapons
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis-area prosecutors say a convicted murderer serving a life sentence for killing a man in 1995 has confessed to strangling four women five years earlier. Prosecutors from Lincoln, St. Charles and St. Louis counties, which was where the victims’ bodies were found, said Monday that
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press Republican governors have been sending more migrants released at the U.S. border with Mexico to Democratic strongholds, raising questions about their legal status, how they are lured on board buses and planes, and the cost to taxpayers. The immigrants are at least temporarily allowed to be in the U.S. to
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN The vast majority of deaths among pregnant women and new mothers in the United States are preventable, according to a new report. For more than 4 out of 5 women who died during pregnancy, during delivery or up to a year postpartum — more than 84% — death could have been
Continue ReadingForrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday moved three tropical island getaways and one Middle Eastern nation into its “moderate” risk category for Covid-19. There were no new additions to its “high” risk category this week. The four new places now at “moderate” risk, or Level
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into allegations of discrimination against Black officers by the Kansas City Police Department that reportedly begins during hiring and extends to promotions and discipline. The federal agency announced the inquiry in a letter sent Monday to the Board of Police Commissioners
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say they are battling the worst flooding the West African nation has seen since 2012 after floods this year killed more than 300 people this year, including 20 this week. In the northwest Jigawa state where floods have killed 91 people including 20
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed’s conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” a true-crime series that transfixed listeners and revolutionized the genre.
Continue ReadingBy MALLIKA SEN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — How high are the barriers to entry at the U.N. General Assembly? Less than 4 feet (1.2 meters), technically. While the barricades encircling the perimeter of the United Nations headquarters in New York are scarcely hip-level, the sea of gray grilles makes it clear that —
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — County clerks in Oregon are inundated with public records requests stemming from “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen, even while they’re already busy preparing for the November election, the secretary of state said Monday. Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has been visiting Oregon’s
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — County clerks in Oregon are inundated with public records requests stemming from “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen, even while they’re already busy preparing for the November election, the secretary of state said Monday. Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has been visiting Oregon’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Brenda Goodman, CNN There are signs that the United Kingdom could be heading into a fall Covid-19 wave, and experts say the United States may not be far behind. A recent increase in Covid-19 cases in England doesn’t seem to be driven by a new coronavirus variant, at least for now, although several
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Even as the US prepares for a potential winter surge of Covid-19, President Biden roamed the cavernous halls of the Detroit Auto Show for an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and, gesturing to the mostly maskless attendees, told the nation, “the pandemic is over.” “We still have a problem with Covid.
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US Customs and Border Protection encounters along the US-Mexico border have already topped 2 million so far this fiscal year, according to newly released agency data, with migration from countries like Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba driving numbers up. In August, migrant encounters jumped to 203,598 along the US southern border, data
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Data from two weeks into the school year shows student enrollment is up overall at the Redmond School District, officials said Monday.
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