By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Domantas Sabonis had 23 points and 13 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings used a dominant performance from their starters to beat the Detroit Pistons 122-113 on Friday night. Sacramento’s starting five outscored Detroit’s 99-66. De’Aaron Fox had 24 points and nine assists for the Kings, and Keegan
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Trae Young scored 31 points, Bogdan Bogdanovic had 28 points on 7-of-10 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc and the depleted Atlanta Hawks handed the Charlotte Hornets their seventh straight loss, 125-106. AJ Griffin had 13 points and Frank Kaminsky added 12 for the Hawks,
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Cowboy and Jesse are two of three 2-month-old pit bull mixes waiting for a new home at the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by several Republican-led states to keep the so-called Title 42 rule in force, after a district court struck the controversial Trump-era border policy down. The new ruling from the DC Circuit US Court of Appeals sets the stage for the case to
Continue ReadingBAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Officials now say that a Mississippi police officer shot and killed a woman even as the woman was fatally shooting the officer and his partner in the parking lot of a Gulf Coast motel on Wednesday. Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell says body camera footage, autopsies and other
Continue ReadingOLEAN, N.Y. — Chase Johnston came off the bench to score 22 ponts and help Florida Gulf Coast turn back St. Bonaventure 71-58. Johnston added four steals for the Eagles (9-3). Isaiah Thompson scored 12 points with six assists. Andre Weir scored 10. Daryl Banks III led the way for the Bonnies (6-5) with 18
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El cuerpo humano tiene más de 600 músculos, y es imposible fortalecer todos y cada uno de ellos. Sin embargo, hay muchos cuya fuerza puedes potenciar, y hacerlo es clave para disfrutar de una vida sana y activa. Unos músculos fuertes ayudan a combatir la diabetes, mejoran la salud cardiovascular, musculoesquelética
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El desplome de los precios de la gasolina alcanzó otro hito este viernes en EE.UU., con el promedio nacional hundiéndose al nivel más bajo desde septiembre de 2021. El fuerte descenso de los precios en las gasolineras es una noticia alentadora para los consumidores después de un año de precios altos
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The last time Jake Haener played in a game in Southern California, he was carted off the field with what appeared to be a season-ending ankle injury. On Saturday, he can lead Fresno State to the biggest in-season turnaround in Football Bowl Subdivision history when
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California has reached an agreement with some 36,000 graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers for increased pay and benefits that could potentially end a monthlong strike at the prestigious state system. The strike was the largest of its
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A suburban Seattle man was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for threatening to shoot Black customers at grocery stores in Buffalo, New York, and at businesses in other states. Joey George of Lynnwood pleaded guilty in November to making interstate threats and the hate crime of interference with
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A suburban Seattle man was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for threatening to shoot Black customers at grocery stores in Buffalo, New York, and at businesses in other states. Joey George of Lynnwood pleaded guilty in November to making interstate threats and the hate crime of interference with
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A suburban Seattle man was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for threatening to shoot Black customers at grocery stores in Buffalo, New York, and at businesses in other states. Joey George of Lynnwood pleaded guilty in November to making interstate threats and the hate crime of interference with
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Taking the pulse of holiday retail on another cold, snowy December day, NewsChannel 21’s Blake Mayfield found two downtown Bend retailers reporting strong sales — and Santa drawing big crowds, too.
Continue ReadingMIDLAND, Texas (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes in Texas history struck Friday evening in a western region of the state that’s home to oil and fracking activity. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the temblor had a magnitude of 5.4 and struck at 5:35 p.m.,
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge is promising to rule quickly on whether to grant public access to records detailing the treatment of a death row prisoner who cut off his penis while on a suicide watch. In a lawsuit filed in Nashville, inmate Henry Hodges has accused the
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The word “crisis” ended a Colorado River conference that drew representatives from Southwest U.S. states, tribes and Mexico to Las Vegas this week. A top Interior Department official closed the Colorado River Water Users Association conference on Friday calling the next three months critical for agreements
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia grand jury has indicted a now-retired Atlanta police officer on murder charges stemming from a 2019 shooting. Jeff DiSantis, a spokesperson for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. says Sung Kim was indicted for felony murder, involuntary manslaughter and other charges Friday in the death
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Freshman Cotie McMahon scored a season-high 24 points and No. 3 Ohio State beat Albany 82-57. Ohio State improved to 11-0 for the first time since the 2011-12 team started 15-0 before losing on Jan. 7. McMahon, the Big Ten freshman of the week, reached 20-plus points for the third time
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has taken action to end sentencing disparities that have imposed harsher penalties for different forms of cocaine and worsened racial inequity in the U.S. justice system. Garland wrote in a memo to federal prosecutors that powder and crack cocaine aren’t scientifically different, but
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