By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law that restricts transgender health care in the state, immediately making it a crime to give gender-affirming care to people younger than 18. Gender-affirming care for minors has been available in the U.S. for more than a decade
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Lamar Jackson’s contract situation looms over all aspects of Baltimore’s offseason. The draft is certainly no different. Baltimore used the franchise tag on Jackson. So if he reaches an agreement with another team and the Ravens don’t match it, they could receive two first-round
Continue ReadingMore snow is likely in the Cascades for the next couple days. Mt. Bachelor is expecting 8-16″ of fresh snow over the next 48 hours. Winds will be gentle today, but westerly winds will ramp up tonight and make for wind driven snow Friday. Those winds will reach 15-25 mph, with gusts to 35-40 mph.
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe and Nadine Schmidt, CNN The family of seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is planning legal action after a German magazine published a fake artificial intelligence (AI) interview, a family spokesperson told CNN on Thursday. Schumacher has not been seen in public since he suffered a brain injury in a skiing accident
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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… A cold, wet system pressing into the Pacific NW will thicken our clouds and deliver some showers that may begin as snow, but will turn to rain as our highs reach the low to mid 40’s. Fortunately, we will not see a lot of wind with this system. Southerly breezes will only
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles and Danya Gainor, CNN Since SpaceX’s inaugural test flight of the most powerful rocket ever constructed, the company’s engineers, federal regulators and environmentalists have been trying to assess the aftermath of the spacecraft’s explosion and what happens next. “The outcome was roughly in (line) with what I expected and, maybe slightly
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The family of Formula One great Michael Schumacher plans to take legal action against a German magazine for publishing what it claims to be an artificial intelligence-generated interview with Schumacher. Family spokesperson Sabine Kehm has confirmed to The Associated Press by email that legal action is being planned over a “fake
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Tres no son multitud para Justin Theroux. De hecho, le está dando la bienvenida. Este lunes, Theroux dijo a Entertainment Tonight que creó un vínculo bromántico con su coprotagonista de “White House Plumbers”, Woody Harrelson, a pesar de tener una dura competencia. “Tuvimos un poco de bromance”, dijo Theroux sobre Harrelson, añadiendo
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or women’s sports teams. The legislation approved by a 219-203 vote is unlikely to advance further
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British boxer Conor Benn has been charged with the alleged use of a prohibited substance. UK Anti-Doping says the 26-year-old Benn was charged on April 3 for using clomifene. It is a female fertility drug that is on WADA’s list of banned substances and is known to elevate testosterone levels in men.
Continue ReadingBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz has overcome windy conditions to advance to the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut. Alcaraz was broken once in the first set and twice in the second but still managed to close out the match at the
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN The Earth’s ice sheets lost enough ice over the last 30 years to create an ice cube 12 miles high, according to new research. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold almost all of the world’s freshwater ice, are shrinking at a frighteningly rapid pace, according to a report on
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has been ordered to shell out $5 million to an expert who debunked his data related to the 2020 election, according to a decision by the arbitration panel obtained by CNN. Lindell, a purveyor of election conspiracies, vowed to award the multimillion-dollar sum to any cyber
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, took off from a launchpad in South Texas at 9:33 a.m. ET Thursday but exploded midair before stage separation. Thursday’s launch marked the vehicle’s historic first test flight. “As if the flight test was not exciting enough, Starship experienced a
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Jean-Luc Picard and his crew fought the Borg again in the finale of “Star Trek: Picard,” but despite the oft-used phrase about the futility of fighting them, the highly sentimental ending to the Paramount+ series — including 15 minutes of character-driven material after the battle — likely gave many fans
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN US home sales fell in March, after a turnaround in February that followed a full year of declining home sales due to surging mortgage rates, according to a National Association of Realtors report released Thursday. Sales of existing homes in March — which include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops —
Continue ReadingMUNICH (AP) — Alexander Zverev’s was eliminated from the BMW Open in straight sets by Christopher O’Connell after they waited an extra day to get on court because of rain delays. Zverev never built much momentum and struggled to land his first serves as he was defeated 7-6, 6-4. The match was played in cold
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked House Republicans from questioning a former Manhattan prosecutor about the criminal case against ex-President Donald Trump, the latest twist in a legal battle between Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office and the House Judiciary Committee.
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Badminton has upheld its ban on Russian and Belarusian players in international competitions on the eve of the start of Olympic qualifying. The Badminton World Federation cites security concerns and says it needs “more clarity” on proposals from the International Olympic Committee to readmit athletes from Russia and Belarus. The
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Badminton has upheld its ban on Russian and Belarusian players in international competitions on the eve of the start of Olympic qualifying. The Badminton World Federation cites security concerns and says it needs “more clarity” on proposals from the International Olympic Committee to readmit athletes from Russia and Belarus. The
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