By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Shaka Smart was voted the AP men’s basketball coach of the year after leading Marquette to regular-season and Big East Tournament titles. He received 24 of 58 votes from a national panel to beat out Kansas State coach Jerome Tang, who had 13 votes, and Kelvin Sampson of Houston,
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Shaka Smart was voted the AP men’s basketball coach of the year after leading Marquette to regular-season and Big East Tournament titles. He received 24 of 58 votes from a national panel to beat out Kansas State coach Jerome Tang, who had 13 votes, and Kelvin Sampson of Houston,
Continue ReadingBy KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — A good relegation fight can keep things interesting at the bottom of the Premier League. Usually it doesn’t involve nine teams though. Just four points separate last-place Southampton from 12th-place Crystal Palace heading into the final stretch of the season as the threatened clubs and a
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California’s plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state’s efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast. The decision by
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Meet Astro, an adult cat that arrived at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center in mid-February and is doing fine after eye surgery.
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An annual report on Social Security and Medicare says the financial safety nets millions of older Americans rely on and millions more young people are counting on will run short on funds to pay full benefits within the next decade. The Social Security and
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Americans’ Social Security checks will get a lot smaller in 2034 if lawmakers don’t act to address the pending shortfall, according to an annual report released Friday by the Social Security trustees. That’s because the combined Social Security trust funds — which help support payouts for the elderly, survivors and disabled
Continue ReadingWe have already seen some intermittent snow showers in the Cascades this morning and this will only intensify as we go through the day. The National Weather Service has placed a Winter Storm Warning in place for the mountains beginning at 5:00 pm today and lasting through 11:00 pm Sunday. During that time, Mt. Bachelor
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Half of Americans support a US government ban on TikTok, while 22% oppose the idea and more than a quarter are unsure, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Friday. The survey results — collected in the days before and after TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified before Congress on March
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GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… The next system advancing on the NW has caused the National Weather Service to put a Winter Storm Warning in place for much of the region beginning at 5:00 pm today. It is currently scheduled to expire at 11:00 pm Sunday. Our clouds will thicken today and deliver a chance of pm
Continue ReadingAmy Woodyatt, CNN Vogue Philippines has revealed Apo Whang-Od as the cover star of its April issue, a move that makes the 106-year-old tattoo artist from the Philippines the oldest person ever to appear on the front of Vogue. Whang-Od — also known as Maria Oggay — has been perfecting the art of hand-tapping tattoos
Continue ReadingBy JOHN SEEWER Associated Press The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers. The U.S. Department of Justice said it’s seeking to hold the company accountable for “unlawfully polluting the nation’s waterways
Continue ReadingBy LEFTERIS PITARAKIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say two men accused of planning a Passover attack on a Jewish center in central Athens have appeared in court to answer to terrorism charges and have been ordered to remain in pre-trial detention. Greek officials announced the arrests of the suspects earlier this
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday approved an agreement with the state to revamp policing, nearly three years after a city officer killed George Floyd. The state Department of Human Rights issued a blistering report last year that said the police department had engaged in a pattern
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Political observers say the indictment of former President Donald Trump will likely have little impact on the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race to be decided next week. They pointed out Friday that Trump has not been directly involved in the race, did not endorse anyone,
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By Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to the people of Mississippi as he visited the state on Friday, formally announcing that the administration will cover the full cost of the state’s emergency response to the deadly tornado-spawning storms that hit the southeast US last week. The announcement, which case
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leaders of five European Union members helping the transit of Ukrainian farm produce to third countries are calling for EU action over a glut that resulted from the goods not leaving for their destinations, bringing down prices in their own markets and angering farmers. Poland, Romania and other countries stepped
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leaders of five European Union members helping the transit of Ukrainian farm produce to third countries are calling for EU action over a glut that resulted from the goods not leaving for their destinations, bringing down prices in their own markets and angering farmers. Poland, Romania and other countries stepped
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — As Mike Pence approaches a likely 2024 run for president, he’s opening up to audiences about the parts of his career before he served as Donald Trump’s vice president. He hopes his 12 years in Congress and four years as Indiana governor will project the
Continue ReadingBy Livvy Doherty and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Regulators in Italy issued a temporary ban on ChatGPT Friday, effective immediately, due to privacy concerns and said they had opened an investigation into how OpenAI, the US company behind the popular chatbot, uses data. Italy’s data protection agency said users lacked information about the collection of their
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