Ángela Reyes (CNN) — La reina Isabel II experimentó “algunas molestias” durante el desfile de cumpleaños conocido como Trooping the Colour este jueves, dijo el Palacio de Buckingham en un comunicado, y añadió que no asistirá al servicio de acción de gracias del viernes en la Catedral de San Pablo. “La reina ha disfrutado mucho
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Texas freshman Mia Scott went 4 for 4 and helped the unseeded Longhorns defeat No. 5 seed UCLA 7-2 in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series. Scott had a triple, a double and two singles for the Longhorns. Texas hadn’t won a
Continue ReadingEATONTON, Ga. (AP) — Lawyers for a Georgia prisoner on trial for murdering two prison guards admit their client pulled the trigger but say jurors should find he is mentally ill. They made that plea Wednesday in opening statements for the trial of Ricky Dubose, who is accused of killing a guard and a driver
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — State and federal authorities in Mexico say they have arrested a suspected serial killer accused of luring women on Facebook with false job offers. Authorities said Thursday they have surveillance camera footage from two states showing the man meeting with the victims in public places. They
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Fisher, CNN The US Air Force’s decision-making process to move Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Alabama had “significant shortfalls in its transparency and credibility,” according to a report released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Space Command is the nation’s newest warfighting combatant command, responsible for all military operations in
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A letter from an anonymous group of Bend-La Pine Schools teachers calls for the grading “floor” to move from 50%, where it’s been during the COVID-19 pandemic, back to 0%.
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman accused of illegally collecting early ballots during the 2020 primary election has pleaded guilty in an agreement with state prosecutors that saw more serious forgery and conspiracy charges dismissed. Thursday’s plea means 66-year-old Guillermina Fuentes could get probation. Reports from the Arizona attorney general’s
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Many Oregon wildlife rehabilitators are currently not accepting waterfowl at present, due to the spread of avian flu in wild birds, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — K’Lavon Chaisson has two sacks in two seasons while playing in two schemes for two defensive coordinators. He’s the latest in a long list of disappointing first-round draft picks for Jacksonville. The Jaguars have essentially already found his replacement. But Chaisson insists adding Travon
Continue ReadingCNN By Stephanie Busari, CNN Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over three days. But it is his latest adventure that is creating a buzz after he successfully completed a motorcycle ride from London to Lagos. The journey took 41 days as he
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — A Massachusetts man got a surprise he will never forget while playing one of his favorite songs on a public piano in Boston. Sam Spencer was playing “Ophelia” by The Lumineers when someone walking by decided to stop and listen. That person
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business The obituaries for the shooting victims of Robb Elementary took up three full pages in the Uvalde Leader-News on Thursday. The rest of the paper contains haunting questions about why they died. The newest edition of the paper makes clear that many Uvalde-area officials are steadfastly declining to comment,
Continue ReadingBy Leticia Ordaz Click here for updates on this story ROCKLIN, California (KCRA) — Evan Beauchamp calls himself a walking miracle. Doctors told the young Rocklin man he would never walk again after shattering his back during an ATV crash in 2020. “I was riding the quad one minute and woke up the next, and
Continue ReadingWINSEN, Germany (AP) — Li Haotong and Joakim Lagergren both shot a 5-under 67 to share the lead after the first round of the European Open. Li of China got off to a strong start with birdies on the first three holes early in the morning, but Sweden’s Lagergren caught up with him late in
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, Caroll Alvarado, Amanda Watts and Christina Maxouris, CNN A patient who sacrificed his life to save his wife. Two gifted doctors cherished by their communities. A receptionist with a “true servant’s heart.” Those were the four people killed Wednesday in a shooting inside an Oklahoma medical building. A gunman, who was also
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday declined to take up a challenge to the state’s new congressional map, making it increasingly likely that elections this year will be conducted under the aggressively partisan congressional boundaries championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The 4-1 decision represents a setback for Democrats and voting
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — This year’s winner of the International Booker Prize, Geetanjali Shree’s novel “Tomb of Sand,” will be released in the U.S. this winter by an imprint of HarperCollins Publishing. “Tomb of Sand,” the story of an elderly widow thinking back on the 1947 partition of British India into India and Pakistan, was
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Hayden Homes Amphitheater in Bend is finishing up Phase 2 of its upgrades and renovations as it gets the 8,000-capacity riverfront venue all set for summer concertgoers, with a record of 50-plus acts due to visit and perform.
Continue ReadingBy CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press Reparations experts and advocates largely welcomed a move by California to acknowledge in writing its role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans. The 500-page document released Wednesday details the harms suffered by descendants of enslaved people and how federal, state and local laws, public officials and the courts were active
Continue ReadingBy MARCOS ALEMAN and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press LA LIMONERA, El Salvador (AP) — Esmeralda Domínguez was about 100 yards from home when soldiers and police blocked her on a small bridge. The authorities had waited there for hours. Dominguez, neighbors said, was the only person they stopped. Her aunt, who lived nearby, protested. Dominguez
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