By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press A home that was a fixture of Bobby Fouther’s childhood is now a parking lot, the two-story, shingle-sided house having been demolished in the 1970s along with many other properties in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. “Growing up there was just all about love,” Fouther said. Fouther and
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt’s aching ribs could force him to miss Sunday’s game against Baltimore. The team listed the reigning AP Defensive Player of the Year as questionable after he was limited in practice on Wednesday and Friday and sat out on Thursday. Wide receiver Diontae Johnson is also questionable with
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The 10th annual open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act is going on now, but you must enroll by next Thursday, Dec. 15 for coverage starting Jan. 1, 2023, Oregon Health Authority officials reminded Friday.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Bad Bunny cierra un año de resultados espectaculares con un anuncio que ha dado la vuelta al mundo: hará una pausa en 2023. “Me tomaré un descanso en 2023”, dijo el Conejo Malo en una entrevista exclusiva con Billboard. “El 2023 es para mí, para mi salud física, para
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Kyrsten Sinema, senadora por Arizona, abandona el Partido Demócrata y se registra como independiente, según declaró a Jake Tapper, de CNN, en una entrevista exclusiva. “Me registré como independiente en Arizona. Sé que a algunas personas les puede sorprender un poco esto, pero en realidad, creo que tiene mucho sentido”, dijo
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is falling down on the job of policing online tobacco retailers, according to a highly critical new report from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. The report criticizes the FDA for its lack of oversight, saying that children’s use
Continue ReadingLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — New Nebraska coach Matt Rhule has hired Tony White as the Huskers’ new defensive coordinator. White spent the past three seasons as the defensive coordinator at Syracuse. The Orange ranked 29th nationally this season in allowing 338.1 yards per game. Rhule also says Donovan Raiola will remain Nebraska’s offensive line coach.
Continue ReadingEAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (AP) — A 76-year-old Minnesota man is facing criminal charges because he was shooting at a squirrel and a bullet went through a child’s bedroom window in a neighboring home. East Grand Forks police say they arrested the man Sunday after his neighbor reported some bullet holes in the siding of
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Officers found the decomposing body of a pregnant woman at the Silver Spring home of a man suspected of shooting and killing a gas station store clerk Thursday, Montgomery County police said. Torrey Moore, 31, is charged with first-degree murder and possession
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Pulled from a sunken trunk at an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that auction officials describe as the oldest known pair of jeans in the world have sold for $114,000. The white, heavy-duty miner’s pants with a five-button fly were among
Continue ReadingCNN By Josh Campbell, CNN Andrew Do was afraid to play sports his last two years of high school. “I didn’t want to walk home alone after practices and be harassed, and beat up, and strangled,” he said in an interview with CNN. After law school, while out running for exercise, he said motorists would
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s lead investigative agency is seeking $2 million in contracts with outside labs to process 1,000 rape kits it says need to be tested before the end of June. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued the request for proposals for up to three contractors, as the
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amy Adams Strunk’s evaluation of Jon Robinson’s performance as the Titans’ general manager never stopped, and the Tennessee controlling owner saw no reason to wait once she decided her franchise needed a change. Strunk told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Friday
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man who authorities say came to Washington ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot ready for violence in a car full of weapons and assaulted officers who were trying to defend the Capitol has been sentenced to more than five years behind bars. Ronald Sandlin, of Millington, Tennessee, pleaded guilty
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s surprise decision to become an independent has Democratic leaders struggling to answer a basic question: How should they deal with her if she runs for reelection in Arizona? In interviews with top party leaders and rank-and-file members on Monday, Democrats were sidestepping
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You could call choreographer Annie-B Parson a “downtown” choreographer. She’s known for her work on David Byrne’s “American Utopia” and as co-founder of Big Dance Theater, based in Brooklyn. Now, she’s trying her hand at the opera for the first time, with “The Hours” at
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Concerns are rising after several downtown Asheville businesses have been vandalized. Plywood and tape now cover a broken windowpane at Empire Tattoo and Piercing on Patton Avenue. Greg Phipps, manager of the shop, says a man kicked his foot through
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Friday, Elections Director Deborah Scroggin submitted her letter of resignation to Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan. A copy of the letter can be found here: Deborah Scroggin Resignation “Deborah has a lot to offer elections administration at a time when this work is so critical for our country,” Secretary of State
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KPIX) — A federal grand jury has added murder counts to a list of previously filed racketeering charges against five inmate members of the California Aryan Brotherhood for four state prison yard slayings from 2011 to 2018. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert said all
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s first retail recreational cannabis sales will begin as soon as Jan. 10. State regulators announced Friday that nine medical marijuana operators have successfully completed the steps needed to expand their businesses to include the new market for adults 21 and over. As many as 40
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