By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Selina Wang, CNN The unprecedented protests that swept China late last month, posing the biggest challenge to leader Xi Jinping’s authority since he came to power, had a peculiar focal point: a Chinese Twitter account with a cat avatar. As people took to the streets to call for greater
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Officials with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have determined Oregon State Hospital is now in substantial compliance with the findings CMS cited earlier this year, the facility said Friday.
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks snapped their four-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Erik Karlsson and Nico Sturm scored eight seconds apart in the Sharks’ three-goal second period. Timo Meier and Karlsson had a goal and an assist apiece, and Scott
Continue ReadingEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers beat Minnesota 5-2 to snap a seven-game skid against the Wild. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each had a goal and an assist. Derek Ryan and Kailer Yamamoto also scored for the Oilers, who have won six of their
Continue ReadingBy JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — D’Angelo Russell scored 20 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, Rudy Gobert had 22 points and 13 rebounds in his return to Utah and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Jazz 118-108 on Friday night. Rudy Gobert was traded Minnesota over the summer. The
Continue ReadingBy TIM CRONIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Blake Wheeler scored early in the second period, David Rittich stopped 22 shots and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 for their fourth straight win. Cole Perfetti and Adam Lowry also scored and Josh Morrissey had two assists to help the Jets win for the
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Victoria Butenko, CNN What Russia cannot win on the battlefield, it is seeking to win by casting Ukrainian cities into the dark and cold as a long winter sets in. The result is a grinding battle of attrition: Barrages of Russian missiles fly across Ukraine, and Ukrainian power engineers
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Lawson Crouse scored his second goal with 13.5 seconds left in the third period and the Arizona Coyotes returned home to end a 19-game losing streak to the Boston Bruins with a 4-3 victory. The Coyotes returned from a 14-game trip to play at Mullett
Continue ReadingBy NUHA DOLBY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Drought in California meant Raquel Krach, a rice farmer and graduate student in the Sacramento Valley, planted very little. Using groundwater, she and her husband planted 75 acres this year to maintain their markets. The rest of the 200 acres she typically sows remained empty due
Continue ReadingBy CRAIG MEYER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin scored in the shootout, giving the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. Braden Schneider scored in regulation and Igor Shesterkin stopped 41 shots through overtime and both Colorado attempts in the tiebreaker to help the Rangers win their
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A uniquely Bend event was back again Friday evening on the snowy Deschutes River — the Holiday Lights Paddle Parade, put on each year by Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe.
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Less than three days after Democrats celebrated victory in the final Senate contest of the 2022 midterms, the challenges facing the party heading into the next campaign came into sharp relief. The decision by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona to leave the Democratic Party on Friday
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — When Pedro Castillo won Peru’s presidency last year, it was celebrated as a victory by the country’s poor — the peasants and Indigenous people who live deep in the Andes and whose struggles had long been ignored. His supporters hoped Castillo, a populist outsider of
Continue ReadingBy CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr. had 20 points and four blocks and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Detroit Pistons 114-103 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory. Brandon Clarke added 17 points for Memphis, missing only one of his eight shots. Dillon Brooks had 16 points, and
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los aficionados más acérrimos a Wimbledon saben lo difícil que puede ser entrar en el recinto del famoso torneo de tenis, donde los espectadores a menudo acampan durante la noche para colocarse en primera posición y unirse a una fila aparentemente interminable solo para tener la oportunidad de ver el campeonato.
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 38 points and 12 rebounds, De’Anthony Melton scored a career-high 33 points off the bench and the Philadelphia 76ers recovered after blowing a nine-point lead in the final 30 seconds of regulation to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 133-122 in overtime. Anthony Davis
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAINT GEORGE, Utah — Led by Noa Gonsalves’ 19 points, the Utah Tech Trailblazers defeated the Chapman Panthers 99-58 on Friday night. The Trailblazers are now 5-5 on the season, while the Panthers moved to 0-2.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Argentina y Croacia ya esperan a sus rivales para las semifinales del Mundial de Qatar 2022: este sábado se juegan los partidos de cuartos de final que definen esos lugares. Los dos duelos restantes de cuartos tienen como protagonistas a dos selecciones campeonas del mundo (Inglaterra en una ocasión y Francia
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Harrison Barnes scored 20 points and Domantas Sabonis had 18 points, 18 rebounds and six assists as the Sacramento Kings rallied for a 106-95 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kevin Huerter made two 3-pointers in 56 seconds late in the fourth quarter, fueling a 19-0 game-ending run
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another winter storm packing heavy snow and powerful winds was moving into the northern Sierra Nevada late Friday where as much as 4 feet (1.2 meters) of snow is forecast in the upper elevations around Lake Tahoe over the weekend. The National Weather Service issued a
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