MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Divant’e Moffitt scored 32 points and Idaho held off Montana State 74-70 on Monday night. Moffitt had seven assists for the Vandals (7-12, 1-5 Big Sky Conference), who snapped a six-game losing streak. Dominique Ford hit four 3-pointers and scored 16. The Bobcats (12-8, 5-2) were led by Raequan Battle’s 22
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About 20 Central Oregon organizations hosted Martin Luther King Jr. Day volunteers on Monday and benefited greatly from their assistance. They included Diversability and the MountainStar Relief Nursery in Bend.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A criminal trial is set to start in federal court for a northeastern Kansas man charged with threatening to kill one of the state’s congressmen. The start of 32-year-old Chase Neill’s trial was to come weeks after a judge concluded evidence of mental illness didn’t mean
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Jackson, CNN Seventeen migrants were taken onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship Saturday after it encountered a small vessel adrift on its way to the Bahamas, according to a statement from the cruise line. The Liberty of the Seas was sailing to the Bahamas when it encountered a small vessel
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen is seeing its longest-ever pause in fighting, more than nine months. Yemeni, Saudi and U.N. officials say Saudi Arabia and its rival, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, have revived back-channel talks, hoping to strengthen the informal cease-fire and lay out a path for a negotiated end to
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By Jennifer Henderson, Andi Babineau and Jason Hanna, CNN A Republican former candidate for New Mexico’s legislature who police say claimed election fraud after his defeat has been arrested on suspicion of orchestrating recent shootings that damaged homes of Democratic elected leaders in the state, police said. Solomon Peña, who lost his 2022 run for
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Dior has named BTS star Jimin as a global brand ambassador, a move that further signals South Korea’s growing importance to the world’s biggest luxury fashion houses. Announcing the partnership via social media Monday, Dior said its appointment “solidifies” the singer’s friendship with the French label, and “continues a bond” with artistic
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY, BROOKE SCHULTZ and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Josh Shapiro has become the 48th governor of Pennsylvania at the inaugural ceremony at the state Capitol. The 49-year-old Shapiro took office Tuesday with more experience in state government than any recent predecessors. Chief Justice Debra Todd administered his oath
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Jackson, CNN Seventeen migrants were taken onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship Saturday after it encountered a small vessel adrift on its way to the Bahamas, according to a statement from the cruise line. The Liberty of the Seas was sailing to the Bahamas when it encountered a small vessel
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and MIKE CORDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that his country plans to “join” the U.S. and Germany’s efforts to train and arm Ukraine with advanced Patriot defense systems. Rutte signaled the Netherlands intentions at the start of a White House meeting on Tuesday with President
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The man who was once Mexico’s top security official and in charge of fighting the drug cartels went on trial Tuesday on charges he accepted millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for helping the powerful Sinaloa Cartel move drugs and its members avoid capture. Genaro
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday after Japan’s central bank kept its lax monetary policy unchanged, contrary to speculation it would yield to pressure to tighten credit to counter rising inflation. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo and Sydney but fell in Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Oil
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday after Japan’s central bank kept its lax monetary policy unchanged, contrary to speculation it would yield to pressure to tighten credit to counter rising inflation. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo and Sydney but fell in Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Oil
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a day of reflection and service to a variety or organizations on the High Desert and across the country. Here are two examples, presented by Tracee Tuesday. Through a Camp Fire Central Oregon project, children and their families came together to make Valentines for Veterans. The tradition dates back
Continue ReadingBy FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — So much for notion that Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys might not be up to the challenge of beating Tom Brady. Prescott played his best game in weeks, throwing for four touchdowns and running for another to answer critics of “America’s Team” with a
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Friday night at Worthy Brewing, during a reception for winners of the 2022 Central Oregon Gives campaign, The Source Weekly announced that the popular end-of-year giving project had topped $1 million in revenues in 2022 for the first time, bringing the total raised by the campaign to nearly $3 million for more than 80 nonprofits since
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Italian tennis player Camila Giorgi has denied allegations that she obtained a false COVID-19 vaccine certificate to allow her to travel. A doctor is under investigation in Italy for supplying false certificates and fake vaccines and Giorgi’s name was revealed in a long list of people implicated by an Italian newspaper.
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN China’s population shrank in 2022 for the first time in more than 60 years, a new milestone in the country’s deepening demographic crisis with significant implications for its slowing economy. The population fell in 2022 to 1.411 billion, down some 850,000 people from the previous year, China’s National Bureau of Statistics
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The Mandalorian and Grogu are back in action. On Monday night, Disney+ debuted the Season 3 trailer for “The Mandalorian,” dropping the highly anticipated first look during the NFL Super Wild Card matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the trailer for the new season, set to debut
Continue ReadingFORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida say eight people were shot during an Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, with one of the victims listed in critical condition. WPBF-TV reports the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office confirmed all the victims in the Monday shooting in Fort Pierce were adults. WPBF-TV reports the shooting
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