MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Pauline Roussin made a hole-in-one and teamed with fellow rookie Dewi Weber to take a three-stroke lead Thursday in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, leaving Annika Sorenstam and Madelene Sagstrom five shots behind. Tied with the 51-year-old Sorenstam and Sagstrom after an opening 5-under 65 in alternate-shot play Wednesday, Roussin
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Happy Thursday, Central Oregon! Our skies will be mostly clear Thursday night, with lows in the upper 40s to mid-50s. After what remaining clouds we have today, we are looking at sunny skies for the weekend. Highs will be in the upper 80s to low 90s Friday and Saturday. We come out of the weekend with some
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday again said he was initially misled about the police response to the Uvalde school massacre, calling newly leaked video of officers hesitating for more than an hour “shocking” and not what he had been told when he originally lauded
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China is urging the U.N. Security Council to try to cut off the supply of small arms, light weapons and ammunition to gangs in Haiti, which has been unable to stem an upsurge in criminal violence and kidnappings. Beijing also called Thursday for the council
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN No amount of alcohol is healthy if you are younger than 40, mostly due to alcohol-related deaths by auto accidents, injury and homicide, according to a new global study. If you are 40 or older without underlying health conditions, however, the new research found small amounts of alcohol might reduce the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Mike Moustakas has been placed on the injured list by the Cincinnati Reds without an injury designation. That indicates the move was likely related to COVID-19 protocols. The team recalled infielder/outfielder Max Schrock from Triple-A Louisville before its series finale against the New York Yankees. Moustakas, a corner infielder and designated
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Barclay Brown had a tee time at the top of the morning and he finished his opening round at the British Open near the top of the leaderboard. The 21-year-old English amateur shot a 4-under 68 and was the clubhouse leader when he sank
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The dry conditions at the British Open turned a beautiful day for golf into a long slog for many of the players. The moderate temperature and average wind during the first round on the east coast of Scotland combined to make the dry fairways
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Redmond Fire & Rescue’s Fire Marshal’s Office has launched its new cutting-edge fire inspection software from ESO. This new software will allow the Fire Marshal’s Office to improve efficiencies when out conducting fire inspections at businesses. Currently, inspectors will complete a fire inspection using a paper form, then return to the office and input the
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The state of Texas is suing the federal government after the Biden administration said earlier this week that federal rules require hospitals to provide abortions if the procedure is necessary to save a mother’s life. The lawsuit, which names the Department of Health and Human Services and
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN A Florida woman accused of pepper spraying four Asian women while yelling xenophobic comments was indicted on 12 hate crime charges, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Madeline Barker, 47, was indicted on eight counts of assault in the third degree as a hate crime and four counts of aggravated
Continue ReadingBy CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Darby in the Pacific is expected to weaken over the next two days as it moves south of Hawaii’s Big Island. Darby, which was southeast of Hilo on Thursday, will weaken into a tropical storm as it moves south of the state Saturday. Forecasters say the
Continue ReadingBy JAY REEVES and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 says she neither identified him to the killers nor wanted him murdered. In an unpublished memoir obtained by The Associated Press,
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Ellie Kaufman and Kylie Atwood, CNN A new report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe found that patterns of violent acts by Russian forces in Ukraine meet the qualification of crimes against humanity, detailing horrific actions by Russian forces including the discovery of torture chambers at a summer camp
Continue ReadingBy TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara met with his predecessors on Thursday in a rare meeting of adversaries in an effort to ease the national socio-political climate ahead of elections in 2025. The meeting between Ouattara and his longtime rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bedie
Continue ReadingST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Boston Red Sox are set to get pitching reinforcements for their weekend series at the New York Yankees. Starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi and reliever Garrett Whitlock are expected to return from the injured list on Friday. In addition, Boston manager Alex Cora hasn’t ruled out second baseman Trevor Story
Continue ReadingST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Opening round of the British Open at St. Andrews at a glance
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN The cultural phenomenon that was pre-2020 Victoria’s Secret, with its televised lingerie catwalks and salacious TV ads, may be at times hard to fathom in a post-#MeToo world. What was once a multi-million-dollar fantasy of womanhood — exclusively svelte, athletic models in lace-trimmed thongs or diamante push-up bras, each framed by a
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Twitter Inc.’s lawsuit to force billionaire Elon Musk to make good on his promise to buy the social media giant will be resolved in a small but powerful Delaware court that specializes in high-stakes business disputes. Twitter is seeking an order of “specific performance” directing
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Twitter Inc.’s lawsuit to force billionaire Elon Musk to make good on his promise to buy the social media giant will be resolved in a small but powerful Delaware court that specializes in high-stakes business disputes. Twitter is seeking an order of “specific performance” directing
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