NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The zoo in New Orleans says near-threatened maned wolves brought to the Audubon Zoo to breed have done just that, and are rearing four puppies. Three are black and one is silver, but they’ll mature to their parents’ coloration — red coats shading to black on muzzles and long, slender legs.
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says there’s no place for antisemitism after a state lawmaker expounded on the sexual habits of Jewish women during a legislative debate. The governor didn’t specify the target of his comments Thursday. He spoke out on social media after the third recent
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Over a hundred minor league baseball and more than a dozen minor league hockey teams are hoping to get COVID-19 relief from the U.S. government to offset millions of dollars of losses from the pandemic. Minor league sports teams and their facilities were left out of
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All-Big Ten offensive tackle Blaise Andries never felt so small than the day in 2018 that Daniel Faalele ducked into the University of Minnesota locker room for the first time. Packing 426 pounds on his 6-foot-8 frame, Faalele towered over everybody. “It’s a little humbling
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Peace Corps says it’ll start sending volunteers overseas again in mid-March after it evacuated them from posts around the world two years ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. government program says an initial group of new volunteers and those who were evacuated in March 2020 as the
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — La guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania lleva ya una semana, y las principales ciudades ucranianas siguen siendo bombardeadas mientras las columnas acorazadas rusas avanzan desde el norte, este y sur. En las semanas previas a la invasión, el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, indicó en varias oportunidades que el origen
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Lady Gaga might have missed out on an Oscar nomination for her turn in “House of Gucci,” but she’ll still be gracing the stage at the Dolby Theatre on March 27. Gaga will be one of the presenters at the 94th Oscars, show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN Business Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families reached a settlement with a group of states this week that would require the Sacklers to pay out as much as $6 billion to states, individual claimants and opioid crisis abatement, if approved by a federal bankruptcy court judge. The new agreement, reached
Continue ReadingBy HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Virginia has dismissed women’s basketball coach Tina Thompson after four seasons. Athletic director Carla Williams made the announcement on Wednesday. It came one day after the 14th-seeded Cavaliers were eliminated 61-53 by Wake Forest in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. The Cavaliers were 5-22
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By doing what she loves, a Bend woman has found a way to keep herself busy: Baking, to take her mind off of what’s happening to her family and friends in Ukraine.
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Best Buy built a retail empire selling TVs and laptops. But to keep growing and fend off rivals like Amazon and Walmart, the company needs new ways to attract customers. Best Buy outlined plans Thursday to expand its footprint into health, fitness, personal electric transportation, outdoor products and other potentially
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La segunda ronda de conversaciones entre las delegaciones de Rusia y Ucrania en Belarús ya concluyó, informó a medios rusos Vladimir Medinsky, jefe de la delegación de ese país. Los diálogos terminan con un acuerdo de corredores humanitarios para civiles, según Medinsky. ¿Qué es un corredor humanitario? “Hemos discutido a fondo tres
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent a truckload of Starlink antennas — which can be used to connect to the company’s satellite-based internet service — to Ukraine this week, responding to a plea from the country’s vice prime minister amid fears that Ukrainians could lose internet access if Russia continues its
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent a truckload of Starlink antennas — which can be used to connect to the company’s satellite-based internet service — to Ukraine this week, responding to a plea from the country’s vice prime minister amid fears that Ukrainians could lose internet access if Russia continues
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop manufacturing ice cream in Israel sparked a lawsuit from its Israeli distributor. American Quality Products (AQP), which distributes Ben & Jerry’s in Israel, said Thursday that it’s suing the ice cream and its parent company Unilever for “unlawfully terminating its 34-year business relationship in
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is ordering new sanctions against Russian oligarchs and others in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle as Russian forces pummel Ukraine. Those targeted by the new sanctions include Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, and Alisher Burhanovich Usmanov, one of Russia’s wealthiest individuals
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Democratic candidate for South Dakota’s congressional seat says he is withdrawing his candidacy after coming under scrutiny for tweets he made from his personal account before he considered running for public office. Ryan Ryder is an Air Force veteran and lawyer from Black Hawk. He
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has formally announced that he will run for a second term in April’s presidential election. In a “letter to the French” published Thursday on French media websites, Macron said: “I am seeking your trust again.” Macron had indicated he wanted to run in the election scheduled to be
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Navy on Wednesday recovered from the bottom of the South China Sea the wreckage of a US military stealth fighter jet that crashed into the deck of a US aircraft carrier in January, the US Navy’s 7th Fleet announced in a news release Thursday. The F-35C crashed into the
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