By The Associated Press A rematch between No. 16 Southern California and No. 17 UCLA should serve as a nice capper to the final week in Pac-12 hoops. The Trojans won the first meeting at home 67-64 behind Drew Peterson’s career-high 27 points, but this one will be at Pauley Pavilion. Both teams have locked
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A rematch between No. 16 Southern California and No. 17 UCLA should serve as a nice capper to the final week in Pac-12 hoops. The Trojans won the first meeting at home 67-64 behind Drew Peterson’s career-high 27 points, but this one will be at Pauley Pavilion. Both teams have locked
Continue ReadingBy HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Former WNBA champion Tina Thompson has not been able to enjoy that kind of success with the Virginia women’s basketball program. The Cavaliers have struggled mightily during Thompson’s tenure, raising questions about whether she’ll be back for the fifth year of her contract. Virginia
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A recent Bend City Council decision to purchase the Rainbow Motel for a homeless shelter has upset some nearby businesses in the Central Business District. City Councilor Megan Perkin says it’s one of several moves to get people off the streets and into safe places, and on the path to stable housing. But the Bend
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Milestone wins are nice, but in 14 years of coaching in the NHL, Peter DeBoer has come to appreciate the monumental victories a bit more. Tuesday night he enjoyed both. DeBoer earned his 500th career coaching win as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin’s defiant posture during the invasion of Ukraine with a mixture of toughness and sarcasm. It’s President Vladimir Putin who single-handedly shapes the country’s foreign policy. And few doubt it was his decision to launch the attack. But Lavrov
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin’s defiant posture during the invasion of Ukraine with a mixture of toughness and sarcasm. It’s President Vladimir Putin who single-handedly shapes the country’s foreign policy. And few doubt it was his decision to launch the attack. But Lavrov
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis says Germany has agreed to extend another $720 million (647 million euros) to provide supportive services for vulnerable Holocaust survivors. The New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also referred to
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis says Germany has agreed to extend another $720 million (647 million euros) to provide supportive services for vulnerable Holocaust survivors. The New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also referred to
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Two of the biggest names in Texas politics could be headed to overtime in their efforts to fend off primary challengers. Texas kicked off the nation’s 2022 midterm election calendar Tuesday, holding the nation’s first primaries. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott easily defeated two vocal but poor-performing rivals and is now set
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police say they have seized more than half a ton of methamphetamine at the border and arrested six people in one of the nation’s biggest drug busts. Police said they intercepted the shipment of 613 kilograms (1,351 pounds) of meth at Auckland Airport on Thursday and
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Oregon’s topography is spectacular, making it one reason many call this state home. But with our coastal access, mountain ranges and high desert canyons and ravines, comes the need for many large bridges, tailored to the area they serve.
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s White House is outlining a strategy it says will allow Americans to return to many normal activities safely after two years of pandemic disruptions. It’s time to stop letting the coronavirus “dictate how we live,” the White House said Wednesday. The 90-page National COVID-19
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee says hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will begin March 21. Sen. Dick Durbin, the committee chairman, announced the hearing schedule on Wednesday as Jackson was holding her first meetings with senators on Capitol Hill. As is tradition, the hearings
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Officials uncovered 169 potential unmarked graves on the grounds of a former Catholic residential school in Canada, an Indigenous tribe in Alberta said Tuesday. The Kapawe’no First Nation, which is located over 200 miles northwest of Edmonton, said the discovery was made at the former St. Bernard Mission
Continue ReadingSenate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement Tuesday on the next steps to hold Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine.
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bennedict Mathurin scored 19 points and Kerr Kriisa added 18 to help No. 2 Arizona wrap up its first Pac-12 Conference regular-season title in four seasons with a 91-71 rout of No. 16 Southern California. Justin Kier scored 12 points as the Wildcats (26-3, 16-2) rebounded
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and MALAK HARB Associated Press KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Dissidents still languish in prison or exile and authorities have snuffed out all hints of opposition over a decade after uprisings known as the Arab Spring reached autocratic sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf. But Kuwait, home to the most powerful parliament among its
Continue ReadingCNN By Julia Hollingsworth and Matthew Chance, CNN Russia’s brutal onslaught of Ukraine is raging on multiple fronts, but despite desperate pleas for more international assistance, the country faces Moscow’s offensive largely alone. Key cities in Ukraine were attacked from several sides Tuesday, with Russia launching strikes on buildings in the center of the capital
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