By Kacey Cherry and Taylor Romine, CNN An officer in Baytown, Texas, who fatally shot a woman with schizophrenia in 2019 was found not guilty of aggravated assault by a public servant on Tuesday, a court document shows. Officer Juan Delacruz shot Pamela Shantay Turner, 45, after initially trying to arrest her because she had
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Museum at Warm Springs has kicked off its 2022 year-end fundraising campaign. Designed and built to Smithsonian Institution standards in 1993, The Museum at Warm Springs is a very special place of cultural and historical importance to the Warm Springs people.
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole dreamed of this moment growing up in California, winning a postseason game in pinstripes at Yankee Stadium. Harrison Bader had a similar fantasy while sitting in the first base seats as a 15-year-old and watching New York’s last championship team. They combined to
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has agreed to accept up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants, similar to how Ukrainians have been admitted since Russia’s invasion. Meanwhile, Mexico has agreed to accept some Venezuelans who are expelled from the United States. The U.S. and Mexico announced the plans Wednesday. In
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens and Karolina Pliskova, a one-time U.S. Open runner-up, won their opening matches at the San Diego Open WTA. Stephens is a wild-card entrant from the United States who won the 2017 U.S. Open. She got her second win in 2022 over lucky loser Jil Teichmann
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The Oregon Lottery is bringing a Mexican tradition to life with a specially designed Day of the Dead Scratch-it ticket, now available. Players can win up to $50,000 by playing the game, designed to honor elements of the Mexican holiday, which is celebrated annually on Nov. 1.
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Xi Jinping is poised to cement his role as China’s most powerful leader in decades, as members of the country’s ruling Communist Party meet for a twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle that begins Sunday. In recent years, these meetings have seen a streamlined transfer of power: the convention is for the top party
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES (AP) — South American soccer leaders have given their backing to Gianni Infantino’s bid for re-election as FIFA president as they prepare a four-nation bid to host the 2030 World Cup. Infantino took part in a CONMEBOL council meeting on Tuesday that involved the leaders of the 10 associations. He will seek his
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said he’s been “blown away” by the calls for him to launch a White House bid, but maintained that his focus at the moment is raising his family. “I’m just really grounded and humbled by the interest on both sides. But the No.1 job, and my
Continue ReadingCNN By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The mother of Nika Shahkarami, a 16-year-old protester who was found dead in Tehran last month, says her daughter was killed by Iranian security forces at a protest. In interviews with Iranian newspaper Etemad and BBC Persian and a video message published by US-funded Radio Farda, Shahkarami’s mother, Nasrin Shahkarami,
Continue ReadingBy MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Donaldson went into a home run trot too soon, and his latest failure to hustle turned into an embarrassing out in the playoffs. Leading off the fifth inning for the New York Yankees in their Division Series opener Tuesday night, Donaldson sent an opposite-field
Continue ReadingBy MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Donaldson went into a home run trot too soon, and his latest failure to hustle turned into an embarrassing out in the playoffs. Leading off the fifth inning for the New York Yankees in their Division Series opener Tuesday night, Donaldson sent an opposite-field
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Jessie Yeung, CNN Tesla CEO Elon Musk has denied a claim that he spoke directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent weeks about the war in Ukraine and a proposed “peace plan” to end the conflict. Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, American political scientist Ian Bremmer, president of political consulting
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TravelPerk examined a 2021 Business Travel Association report to understand how travel management companies are trying to meet the U.N.’s sustainable development goals.
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Stacker used a variety of sources to compile a list of words that are used in the United States but mean something different abroad.
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Thistle analyzed 30 years of livestock emissions data from the Environmental Protection Agency to unpack how agriculture has contributed to greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. over the past three decades.
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said in an exclusive CNN interview Tuesday he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “rational actor” who nonetheless badly misjudged his ability to invade Ukraine and suppress its people. “I think he is a rational actor who has miscalculated significantly,” Biden told Jake Tapper as Russian
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paolo Banchero scored 17 points in the No. 1 pick’s first home appearance, and the Orlando Magic beat the Memphis Grizzlies 109-105. Wendell Carter Jr. led the Magic with 18 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, Terrence Ross scored 17 points and Franz Wagner finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds and
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Rue McKenrick of Bend created the American Perimeter Trail Conference. It’s a conservation nonprofit that sent him on a three-year, 14,000-mile trek around the nation, concluding back in Bend’s Drake Park last Saturday, after scouting out a new connected path that circles America.
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The Humane Society of Central Oregon has taken in 14 cats from Hurricane Ian in Florida. They need loving homes. So too do the 11 cats taken in from La Pine recently on a forfeit.
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