By MARIAM FAM and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Dona-Maria Nammour was looking for a love story. The night she met Mazen Jaber for the first time, they ended up dancing for hours. But their tale is about more than a meet-cute to happily-ever-after romance. It is also about frictions in their native
Continue ReadingHappy Sunday, Central Oregon! We hope you enjoyed another warm and sunny day over the region. There have barely been any clouds all day Saturday — just sunshine. Winds are coming out of the north from a light system that has not reached us yet. We’re seeing the possibility for some clouds on Sunday. Otherwise,
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — For the second straight night, Seattle manager Scott Servais was not going to let Mike Trout make an impact with runners on base. The ninth-inning decision worked, but it might result in some bad blood for awhile between the Mariners and Los Angeles Angels. Trout
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Bryce Harper will be sidelined indefinitely with a broken left thumb after he was hit by a pitch from Blake Snell in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. The reigning NL MVP checked his swing as the 97-mph fastball from Snell
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Central Oregon’s amateur operators staged Ham Radio Field Day Saturday in Sisters and La Pine. People were able to learn more about the hobby from the High Desert Amateur Radio Group. Amateur or ham Radio is a means of communicating when other methods can fail in disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes and storms.
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Some roads in downtown Bend were closed for the Deschoops basketball 3 by 3 tournament Saturday morning. The streets were lined with basketball hoops for the inaugural event. Many families came out to see and support the players. The tournament for all ages and skill levels continues Sunday, and participants can play for fun or
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Hundreds of people gathered at Bend’s Drake Park Saturday with lots of smiles, colorful clothing, and rainbow flags. There was entertainment, vendor booths and plenty of activities. The day started with a Bend Pride 5k fun run and walk, drag dash, the Central Oregon Pride Festival and the day’s concluding Hey Honey Dance Party.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La primera nave espacial de la NASA diseñada para estudiar un asteroide metálico no será lanzada este año como estaba previsto, según anunció la agencia este viernes. La ventana de lanzamiento de la misión Psyche para 2022, que se abrió el 1 de agosto y se cierra el 11 de octubre,
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BORDOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kody Clemens hit his first major league home run to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Clemens, the 26-year-old son of seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens, hit a three-run homer in the top of the sixth inning off Arizona
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — “Creemos que cortando rutas y utilizando otros métodos de lucha es de la única forma que se pueden cambiar las cosas acá, en Argentina”, afirmaba en 2002 Darío Santillán, un joven hasta el momento ignoto, que había decidido sumarse a los llamados movimientos piqueteros que desde los años 90 venían
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Rusia transferirá sistemas de misiles Iskander-M con capacidad nuclear a su aliado Belarús en los próximos meses, dijo el sábado el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. Putin le dijo al presidente de Belarús, Alexander Lukashenko, en una reunión en San Petersburgo que los sistemas de misiles “pueden usar tanto
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Sebastián Blanco converted a tiebreaking penalty kick in first-half stoppage time just after 19-year-old goalkeeper Abraham Rodriguez made his Major League Soccer debut in place of injured William Yarbrough, and the Portland Timbers beat the Colorado Rapids 3-0 on Saturday night. Yarbrough, a 33-year-old who has made three international appearances for
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Sebastián Blanco converted a tiebreaking penalty kick in first-half stoppage time just after 19-year-old goalkeeper Abraham Rodriguez made his Major League Soccer debut in place of injured William Yarbrough, and the Portland Timbers beat the Colorado Rapids 3-0 on Saturday night. Yarbrough, a 33-year-old who has made three international appearances for
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Alysha Clark scored 20 points, Elena Delle Donne added 19 and Natasha Cloud sank three free throws in the final 11.7 seconds of overtime to help the Washington Mystics hold on for an 87-86 victory over the Las Vegas Aces. Clark hit four 3-pointers for Washington (12-9), adding eight rebounds and
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez and Sharif Paget, CNN Rhode Island Democratic state Senate candidate Jennifer Rourke was punched in the face by her GOP opponent — a police officer who was off-duty — during an abortion rights rally at the State House in Providence Friday night, Rourke told CNN in a statement. Rourke said she was
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a speech about his own inspirational dream for the Black community, Sean “Diddy” Combs channeled the spirit of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while accepting the BET Awards’ highest honor Sunday night. After Combs received his Lifetime Achievement Award, the music mogul
Continue ReadingSANDY, Utah (AP) — Eloy Room finished with four saves to help the Columbus Crew earn a scoreless draw with Real Salt Lake. Zac MacMath had two saves for Real Salt Lake (8-4-5). Real Salt Lake took 11 shots overall, five more than Columbus (4-5-6). RSL had a 4-2 edge in shots on goal.
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate. It was the Senate Republican partnership with President Donald Trump to confirm conservative judges, and transform the federal judiciary, that paved the way for the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to overturn the constitutional right to abortion.
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press ELMAU, Germany (AP) — President Joe Biden and Western allies opened a three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday intent on keeping economic fallout from the war in Ukraine from fracturing the global coalition working to punish Russia’s aggression. Britain’s Boris Johnson warned the
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press ELMAU, Germany (AP) — President Joe Biden and Western allies opened a three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday intent on keeping economic fallout from the war in Ukraine from fracturing the global coalition working to punish Russia’s aggression. Britain’s Boris Johnson warned the
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