By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — For the last three days, Howeida al-Hassan and her family have been hunkered down in the first floor of her home in the Sudanese capital, sleeping on the floor as sounds of airstrikes and gunfire surround them. This is the life of millions of Sudanese trapped in
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Some 155,000 federal workers, including 35,000 from Canada’s tax agency, have gone on strike in what their union is calling one of the largest strikes in the country’s history. The Public Service Alliance of Canada said the strike, which began after midnight EDT, was called after talks with the government failed
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The New York Mets are down another starting pitcher after placing right-hander Carlos Carrasco on the 15-day injured list with elbow inflammation. Right-handed reliever Jeff Brigham was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse. Carrasco joins right-hander Justin Verlander and left-hander José Quintana on the IL. Verlander is expected
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Dean Kremer pitched impressively into the seventh inning and Austin Hays singled home the game’s only run in the fourth to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals. Kremer worked out of a second-and-third, nobody-out jam in the third. That was
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The White Sox lost a bid for a combined no-hitter when the Philadelphia Phillies’ Brandon Marsh hit a double off left-hander Aaron Bummer on the first pitch of the eighth inning. Chicago starter Lucas Giolito was pulled after throwing 102 pitches in six hitless innings in the second game of a doubleheader.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Rafael Leão isn’t quite ready to relinquish his slalom title to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. It was the Portuguese winger and not the Georgian dribbling wonder who was more successful at weaving his way around defenders in their three-week showdown. Leão carried AC Milan past Napoli and
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a go-ahead three-run homer and the Miami Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2. Jorge Soler had three hits and Luis Arraez singled twice for the Marlins, who have won six of seven. Marlins starter Edward Cabrera limited San Francisco to two runs and six hits over six
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Noah Chast was live at the game Tuesday evening with interviews from both head coaches. The Storm have three college bound players with outfielder Luke Bents committed to Whitworth, catcher Zach Justice committed to Oregon, and Alex Via committed to the University of Portland. For Mountain View, pitcher David Duvalle is committed to Pacific University,
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 29 points and an emphatic dunk to end a clinching late run and the Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 119-106 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round playoff series. Derrick White added 26 points and seven rebounds, and
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Las autoridades de México investigan bajo el protocolo de feminicidio la muerte de Bionce Amaya Cortez, una joven residente de Estados Unidos reportada como desaparecida a principios de abril en Nuevo León. La Fiscalía General de Justicia de ese estado confirmó en un comunicado este sábado que los estudios forenses
Continue ReadingBy JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Taylor Walls homered twice and drove in four runs and rookie Taj Bradley dazzled in his second start as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-0. Yandy Diaz hit a three-run homer and Randy Arozarena also went deep as the Rays handed Reds lefty Nick
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Bend-La Pine Schools recently announced an expansion of its composting program. KTVZ visited the Green Team at Pine Ridge Elementary who demonstrated how they take care of food waste. On school days during lunch, they guide other students on how to separate garbage from what can be composted. Students weigh and measure what’s composted and keep track
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Megan Thee Stallion is moving forward. The “Savage” rapper, whose legal name is Megan Pete, published an essay on Tuesday for Elle Magazine in which she detailed her healing journey after she was shot in the feet by rapper Tory Lanez in July of 2020. “As I reflect on the past
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El líder de Corea del Norte, Kim Jong Un, ordenó a funcionarios que se preparen para lanzar el primer satélite de reconocimiento militar del país, informó el medio estatal KCNA este miércoles, hora local. Durante su visita a la Administración Nacional de Desarrollo Aeroespacial este martes, Kim dijo que la producción
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has built its first-ever military spy satellite and that he planned to launch it on an undisclosed date, state media reported Wednesday. Previous missile and rocket tests have demonstrated that North Korea can
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor, CNN Five men were indicted in connection with more than a dozen robberies at bars and nightclubs in New York City, including three of whom are also charged with murder, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. The five men were indicted for “robbing individuals outside bars and nightclubs by drugging them
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The longest-running children’s grief camp in Oregon, Camp Sunrise, is back with its traditional three-day free event format at Suttle Lake after a three-year hiatus, Hospice of Redmond announced Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday names five men in connection to the drugging deaths of the two men as part of a criminal operation to steal money. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said the group targeted men at bars and clubs — befriending them
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Charles Stanley, a prominent televangelist who once led the Southern Baptist Convention, died Tuesday at his home in Atlanta at age 90, In Touch Ministries announced. No cause of death was announced. Born in rural Dry Fork, Virginia, Stanley was senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta for 50 years. The
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Social justice activists are calling for police reforms and marching through the streets of Akron, Ohio, a day after a grand jury declined to indict eight police officers in the shooting of Jayland Walker. The 25-year-old Black man was shot 46 times in
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