ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks have committed to De’Andre Hunter as one of the key players on a team looking to return to championship contention, signing the small forward to a $95 million, four-year extension. The new deal begins with the 2023-24 season. Hunter could have become a restricted free agent following this season.
Continue ReadingBy DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Phillip Danault scored 1:12 into overtime for his second goal of the game, and the Los Angeles Kings handed the Detroit Red Wings their first loss with a 5-4 victory. Danault’s winning shot in front hit a defender’s skate and bounced into the net. Anze Kopitar had
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Gabriel Pereira, Maxi Moralez and Heber had second-half goals and New York City FC beat Miami 3-0 at Citi Field. NYCFC, the reigning MLS champions, advances to play at Montreal on Sunday in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Pereira opened the scoring in the 63rd minute and Moralez made it 2-0 six
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored twice, and the Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-4. Ovechkin’s goals 56 seconds in and with 2:58 left bookended the comeback victory. Dylan Strome got it started with a power-play goal early in the third before John Carlson tied it and Conor
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed by rain after a 2 1/2-hour delay and rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. Both teams took batting practice ahead of the scheduled 7:07 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has taken her husband’s unity agenda to an unlikely venue, sitting for an interview with conservative cable station Newsmax about cancer research. It was a friendly conversation on a channel that’s better known for its excoriations of President Joe Biden and his fellow
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ODOT and a host of dignitaries broke ground Monday on the $175 million Bend North Corridor Project that will add two roundabouts on Highway 20, shift the Bend Parkway (Highway 97) eastward and turn the current Highway 97 segment into a Third Street extension into the major shopping area. Learn more here: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=21229
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary Cohen and Kara Scannell, CNN The Trump Organization charged the Secret Service “exorbitant rates” — upwards of $1.4 million over four years — to protect the former President and his family at properties they owned, according to documents released by the House Oversight Committee on Monday. The committee found that the Trump
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El anuncio realizado la semana pasada por el presidente de Belarús, Alexander Lukashenko, de que su país y Rusia formarían una fuerza regional conjunta y realizarían ejercicios, disparó las alarmas en Kyiv. La última vez que las fuerzas de Belarús y Rusia realizaron ejercicios conjuntos, en febrero, muchas de esas fuerzas
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars will have to wait for a reunion with the coach who took them to the Stanley Cup Final just more than two years ago. Rick Bowness is now Winnipeg’s coach. The 67-year-old coach missed the Jets’ game in Dallas on Monday night because
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California man who pleaded guilty to plotting to firebomb the state Democratic Party’s headquarters and other buildings in Northern California must undergo a psychiatric examination, a judge said. The court wants more information about the mental state of Ian Benjamin Rogers before he is sentenced, Senior U.S. District Judge Charles
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Continue ReadingBy Vedika Sud, Rishabh Pratap and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Standing in a row outside the gates of Godhra remand center in Gujarat, western India, the 11 middle-aged men could have been mistaken for visiting dignitaries receiving sweets and blessings from local admirers. In reality, they were part of a 2002 Hindu mob who had just
Continue ReadingEL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schröder will be sidelined for several weeks after undergoing surgery on his right thumb. The German point guard had surgery to repair a ligament in his thumb, the Lakers announced. He will be re-evaluated by team doctors in three weeks. Schröder re-signed with the Lakers
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A northeast Bend resident encountered a stranger in his backyard early Monday morning who refused to leave and instead went inside, police said. The resident said the man threatened him, prompting him to fire a warning shot and officers to arrest the homeless intruder on a burglary charge. Officers responded shortly
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A former Japanese soldier who suffered sexual harassment while serving in the army says she has accepted apologies from four servicemen in a groundbreaking case that prompted a Defense Ministry-wide investigation into growing reports of assaults in the military. Rina Gonoi filed a sexual harassment case with
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Big ships entering and leaving Puget Sound will be asked to slow down to reduce underwater noise this fall in an effort to help the Pacific Northwest’s critically endangered orca whales. Washington state is importing the voluntary slowdown from British Columbia for container ships, tankers, freighters, cruise ships and car carriers coming
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Nearly 110,000 voters in a southern Colorado county will be receiving general election ballots that were mistakenly labeled as primary election ballots. The blunder led the state’s secretary of state to appoint a supervisor to oversee November’s election in a county that also had issues
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — La investigación sobre la desaparición de de cuatro hombres después de salir en bicicleta de una casa en Okmulgee, Oklahoma, la semana pasada es ahora una investigación de asesinato, dijo el jefe de policía local, después de que cuatro cuerpos desmembrados sacados de un río fueran identificados positivamente como los hombres
Continue ReadingBy DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. attorney general during President Jimmy Carter’s administration, Benjamin R. Civiletti, has died at age 87. The current attorney general, Merrick Garland, announced the death of his former boss and hailed what he called Civiletti’s “skill, integrity and dedication.” The Baltimore Sun reports that Civiletti
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