By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets can’t deny the dismal numbers their defense put up last season. They were downright ugly. A year after being ranked last in nearly every key category, the Jets look to bounce back in a big way after drafting
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Jamie Dimon no es meteorólogo, pero el CEO de JPMorgan Chase predice un “huracán” económico generado por la guerra en Ucrania, las presiones por el incremento de la inflación y los aumentos de las tasas de interés de la Reserva Federal. “En este momento las cosas están algo
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN The Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will cancel $5.8 billion in student loan debt for 560,000 borrowers who attended the now-defunct network of for-profit schools known as Corinthian Colleges. The cancellation amounts to the largest one-time discharge ever made by the Department of Education. Some of Corinthian’s former students
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Erika McCalpine, an experienced diversity, equity and inclusion professional who most recently led diversity efforts at Oregon State University – Cascades, will serve as the new Assistant Director for the Office of Social Equity at the Oregon Department of Transportation. Carolyn Sullivan, who has spent the last decade managing operations at
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Star forward Drew Timme and wing Julian Strawther said Wednesday they will drop out of the NBA draft and return to the Gonzaga basketball team next season, a decision announced a day after guard Rasir Bolton also said he would return to the Bulldogs. Timme is the reigning West Coast Conference
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Bend, OR — Each year, the current cohort of Leadership Bend, a program of the Bend Chamber, works on a class capstone project as a means of providing a meaningful impact to the community. This year, the class of 2022 took on two impact projects. Working in partnership with the City of Bend, one impact
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Justin Verlander took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Yordan Álvarez cleared the bases with a go-ahead double in the ninth and the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 to complete a three-game sweep. Elvis Andrus broke up Verlander’s no-hit bid with an RBI double
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore is suing one of the country’s largest manufacturers of “ghost gun” kits. Mayor Brandon Scott announced the suit Wednesday, the same day Maryland’s ban on the untraceable weapons went into effect. News outlets reported that the suit was filed in Baltimore Circuit Court against Nevada-based Polymer80, which sells kits for customers
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore is suing one of the country’s largest manufacturers of “ghost gun” kits. Mayor Brandon Scott announced the suit Wednesday, the same day Maryland’s ban on the untraceable weapons went into effect. News outlets reported that the suit was filed in Baltimore Circuit Court against Nevada-based Polymer80, which sells kits for customers
Continue ReadingBy JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Austin Riley hit a three-run homer, William Contreras had three hits and Kyle Wright threw six scoreless innings in the Braves’ 6-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Riley’s homer broke open a close game in the seventh for the Braves, who salvaged the final game and avoided
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Christina Maxouris, CNN At least four people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said in a news conference Wednesday evening. The gunman is also dead, police said. Authorities believe the shooter’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted, Tulsa Police Department Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish said
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is leaning towards making a visit to Saudi Arabia — a trip that would likely bring him face-to-face with the Saudi crown prince he once shunned as a killer. The White House is weighing a visit that would also include a
Continue ReadingWOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a suburban Chicago woman who pleaded guilty in her 5-year-old son’s beating death cannot challenge her conviction and 35-year sentence. Thirty-nine-year-old JoAnn Cunningham claimed in her petition for post-conviction relief that she was suffering from postpartum depression and psychosis when she killed her son AJ. McHenry
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain will automatically get their federal student loans canceled, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, a move that aims to bring closure to one of the most notorious cases of fraud in American higher education. Under
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s carbon emissions have dipped notably over the past three quarters — but it’s not clear how long the drop will continue. An analysis of China’s economic data shows emissions dropped 1.4% in the first three months of the year, compared to the prior year, making
Continue ReadingBy R.J. RICO Associated Press As a public figure, Johnny Depp faced a high bar to win his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. According to seven unanimous jurors, he cleared it. The Virginia civil jury ruled in favor of Depp on all three of his counts Wednesday afternoon, finding that Heard had not
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no mystery about how millions of fans of Netflix’s sci-fi drama “Stranger Things” spent their Memorial Day weekend. The service says seven episodes of the show’s much-awaited fourth season were streamed for 286 million hours, a record for an English-language show. It beat the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no mystery about how millions of fans of Netflix’s sci-fi drama “Stranger Things” spent their Memorial Day weekend. The service says seven episodes of the show’s much-awaited fourth season were streamed for 286 million hours, a record for an English-language show. It beat the
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The second of two self-described members of an anti-government extremist group accused in Minnesota of dealing firearm components to informants acting as members of Hamas is headed to prison. A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Benjamin Ryan Teeter, of Hampstead, North Carolina, to four years behind bars. He pleaded guilty in December
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez and Laura Studley, CNN A panel in California considering reparations for Black Americans released its first report Wednesday detailing the “innumerable” harms of slavery in the state that “have snowballed over generations.” In a 500-page interim report, the California Reparations Task Force detailed California’s involvement in slavery and how it continues to
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