By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Max Homa thinks every golfer worries to some degree about losing their game when they step away. He went through a terrible slump in 2017 and now is riding high. He says the difference is having good people around him and the work he put in to get to
Continue ReadingCNN By MJ Lee and Betsy Klein, CNN One Sunday morning in May of 2012, Vice President Joe Biden shocked the country with an unexpected declaration delivered in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”: He came out in public support of same-sex marriage for the first time. “I am absolutely comfortable with the fact
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Oregon State University-Cascades has launched a new Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry and molecular biology in response to industry need and student feedback.
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A Los Angeles jury met for an eighth day Tuesday in the second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul accused of using his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them. After about 32.5 total hours of deliberations without reaching a
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. scientists declared Tuesday that two active Hawaii volcanoes — one where lava destroyed hundreds of homes in 2018 and another where lava recently stalled before reaching a crucial Big Island highway — have stopped erupting. “Kilauea is no longer erupting,” the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian missiles, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The approval is likely to come
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Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Incarnate Word quarterback Lindsey Scott, who started his college football career at LSU in 2016, leads The Associated Press FCS All-America team. Scott has thrown for 4,404 yards and a Championship Subdivision record 59 touchdowns. The Division I record is 60 set by LSU’s Joe Burrow in
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A trio of US lawmakers has introduced new legislation that aims to ban TikTok from operating in the United States. The new bill by Sen. Marco Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and a bipartisan pair of congressmen in the House, reflects the latest escalation by US policymakers
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business TikTok may surface potentially harmful content related to suicide and eating disorders to teenagers within minutes of them creating an account, a new study suggests, likely adding to growing scrutiny of the app’s impact on its youngest users. In a report published Wednesday, the non-profit Center
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the deal tells AP the Cleveland Guardians have reached agreement with free agent catcher Mike Zunino on a $6 million, one-year contract. Zunino will sign once he completes medical tests, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Vatican cardinal is suing a Canadian woman for defamation after she accused him of sexual assault while he was archbishop of Quebec. Cardinal Marc Ouellet is head of the Vatican’s bishops’ office. He is seeking 100,000 Canadian dollars (US$74,000) in compensatory damages for “injury to his
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Curt Simmons, the last surviving member of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies Whiz Kids team, has died. He was 93. His death on Tuesday at his Ambler, Pennsylvania home was confirmed by the Phillies, who did not specify a cause. One of the greatest pitchers in franchise history, the lefty posted a record
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La mejor oportunidad de ver la lluvia de meteoros más intensa del año será esta semana. Las Gemínidas, conocidas por sus meteoros brillantes e intensamente coloreados, llevan surcando el cielo nocturno desde finales de noviembre, y la lluvia alcanzará su punto máximo la noche del 13 al 14 de diciembre, según
Continue ReadingBy EVA VERGARA The Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile is going to try again to replace its constititution, which was imposed by a military dictatorship four decades ago. Fourteen of Chile’s political parties, from the left to the right, agreed Monday night to a new institutional process, to begin next year. The next
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The company operating a pipeline that leaked about 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek is recovering at least a small part of it. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that Canada-based TC Energy had recovered almost 2,600
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The German defense ministry has announced plans to make it easier to dismiss suspected extremists from the military without lengthy disciplinary proceedings. The change has been in the works for months, but Tuesday’s announcement followed the uncovering last week of an alleged coup plot in which more than 20 people linked to
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A towering whirlwind of dust passed right over the Perseverance rover as it explored the site of an ancient lake on Mars — and the rover recorded the first sounds of this Martian dust devil using its microphone. Dust devils, or dust whirlwinds, are common on Mars, and they’re part of
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Amanda Musa, CNN Criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will be dismissed, a recent court order shows. Snyder was previously indicted in January 2021 on two misdemeanor charges of willful neglect in connection to the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, the court document said. The charges were punishable with up
Continue ReadingBy Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A scientist at The Stower’s Institute in Kansas City has been able to manipulate memories in animals. His groundbreaking research could have major implications for how Alzheimer’s and dementia patients are treated. Dr. Kausik Si genetically altered
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