By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have secured their majority in the Senate for the next two years. But holding on to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s seat in Georgia’s runoff next month could be crucial to their success. If Warnock wins the runoff against Republican Herschel Walker, Democrats will have 51
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Mohor, CNN When she was a child, Marileu Avendaño used to go to the river with her friends to play. She was born and raised in Petorca, a rural town of more than 10,500 inhabitants in central Chile. “I used to swim in the river,” the now 30-year-old agroecologist and president of Chile’s
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Led by Camden Vander Zwaag’s 20 points, the Air Force Falcons defeated the South Carolina Upstate Spartans 83-56 on Monday. The Falcons moved to 2-3 with the win and the Spartans fell to 2-3.
Continue ReadingWINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Josh Morrissey’s second goal of the game came 2:10 into overtime, giving the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. The Jets were ahead 3-0 before the Hurricanes scored three goals in the final 4:48 of the third period, two after pulling goalie Pyotr Kochetkov for the extra attacker
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — American consumers and nearly every industry will be affected if freight trains grind to a halt next month. One of the biggest rail unions rejected its deal Monday, joining three others that have failed to approve contracts over concerns about demanding schedules and the lack
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — American consumers and nearly every industry will be affected if freight trains grind to a halt next month. One of the biggest rail unions rejected its deal Monday, joining three others that have failed to approve contracts over concerns about demanding schedules and the lack
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 28 points, Zach LaVine added 22 and the Chicago Bulls stopped Boston’s nine-game win streak, beating the Celtics 121-107. Patrick Williams scored a season-high 17, and the Bulls made it look rather easy against the team with the NBA’s best record. They led
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Grammy-winning Cuban balladeer Pablo Milanes has died in Spain at age 79. He helped found Cuba’s “nueva trova” movement and toured the world as a cultural ambassador for Fidel Castro’s revolution — though he also sometimes criticized policies he saw as too hardline. He was one of
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was recently seen in public for the first time at a missile launch site is his second child aged about 10, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Tuesday, as speculation swirled about his motives for
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A team of 22 scientists from the Oregon State University-led Center for Oldest Ice Exploration, or COLDEX, is headed to Antarctica for the first field season in its pursuit of the Earth’s oldest ice — and the climate records preserved in it.
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SALEM, Ore. – On Friday, Senate Democrats met at Salishan Resort to choose their nominee for Senate president, in the wake of Peter Courtney’s retirement. The choice of Senator Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, “suggests a concerning new direction,” according to Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, who issued this statement: “Oregonians are facing a number of crises that
Continue ReadingBy TONY SELLARS Associate Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored a season-high 34 points while RJ Barrett and Julius Randle had 25 points each to lead the New York Knicks to a 129-119 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Just eight days ago, the Thunder beat the Knicks in Madison Square Garden, scoring
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Te-Hina Paopao scored 17 points and No. 18 Oregon defeated Southern Utah 66-54 on Monday night. Paopao had a solid all-around game, making 7 of 10 from the field, including all three of her 3-point tries. She also had four assists, three rebounds and two steals. Grace VanSlooten had 12 points,
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Te-Hina Paopao scored 17 points and No. 18 Oregon defeated Southern Utah 66-54 on Monday night. Paopao had a solid all-around game, making 7 of 10 from the field, including all three of her 3-point tries. She also had four assists, three rebounds and two steals. Grace VanSlooten had 12 points,
Continue ReadingDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kario Oquendo scored 15 points and Georgia posted a comfortable 66-53 victory over Saint Joseph’s at the Sunshine Slam. Oquendo made 4 of 10 shots with a 3-pointer and added five rebounds for the Bulldogs. Terry Roberts and reserves Jabri Abdur-Rahim and Justin Hill all scored 12. Abdur-Rahim scored all
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cody Glass scored off the right arm of Arizona goalie Connor Ingram in the seventh round of the shootout, and the Nashville Predators rallied to beat the Coyotes 4-3. Arizona’s Shayne Gostisbehere had a final chance to keep the shootout going. Nashville goalie Juuse
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nico Hischier had three assists and the no-name New Jersey Devils beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 to tie a franchise record with their 13th consecutive win. Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer, Damon Severson, Tomas Tatar and Yegor Sharangovich scored for the Devils, who haven’t lost since
Continue ReadingEDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Marcus Carr had 17 points and four assists as fourth-ranked Texas beat Northern Arizona 73-48. It was the first game the Longhorns ever played in the Rio Grande Valley in far South Texas, about 300 miles south of their Austin campus. Carr had 10 points when the 4-0 Longhorns scored 17
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Si haces parte de las 54 millones de personas que van a viajar esta semana del Día de Acción de Gracias, necesitarás una lista de tareas para el viaje. Por suerte, los viajes HASTA el Día de Acción de Gracias parecen estar libres en su mayor parte de preocupaciones meteorológicas. Pero
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Beijing Bureau A fire at a factory in central China killed dozens of people on Monday, according to Chinese state-media, the latest in a string of fatal industrial accidents to hit the country in recent years. State run-newspaper Henan Daily reported Tuesday that two people previously reported missing had been found dead following
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