By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s House gave final passage Friday to a bill banning the social media app TikTok from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America many national lawmakers
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Eliud Kipchoge will make his Boston Marathon debut on Monday in the 127th edition of the world’s longest-running long run. A victory would give him wins in an unprecedented five of the six major marathons. The 38-year-old Kenyan has already won Berlin, London, Chicago and Tokyo.
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday he will shut down Notimex, a national news agency that has been locked in a years-long strike against the woman he appointed to run it. Founded in 1968, Notimex was generally a service that mainly sent news reports from Mexico’s 32 states,
Continue ReadingBRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — Petra Nieminen had three goals and an assist and Finland routed Germany 8-2 on Friday to advance to the fifth-place game in the women’s world hockey championship. Finland will face Sweden, a 1-0 winner over Japan in the night game, on Sunday. In the semifinals Saturday, the United States will face
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The New York Knicks couldn’t land Donovan Mitchell last summer. They’re getting him now. Just not in the way they hoped. Mitchell, who in his first season with Cleveland has pushed the Cavs back into the NBA playoffs for the first time since LeBron James split
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Oregon’s labor commissioner announced Friday that Oregon’s three levels of minimum wage will each go up 70 cents an hour on July 1, based on increases in consumer prices measured over the past year
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX has cleared the final regulatory hurdle standing before the inaugural launch of its Starship rocket — the most powerful rocket ever constructed. The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, announced Friday that it granted the company’s request for an uncrewed flight test of the rocket out of the
Continue ReadingCNN, WRAL, KXAN, KEYE By Taylor Romine, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN As the Texas pardons board considers a request from Gov. Greg Abbott to pardon a man convicted last week of fatally shooting a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally, newly unsealed documents show the Army sergeant talked about killing people and
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press The tiny rain-fed wildflowers, no bigger than a few inches, are so vivid and abundant across California this year that their hues of purple, yellow and orange look like paint swatches from space. From the mist-shrouded San Francisco Bay Area to the Mexican border and across the deserts of Arizona
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; former Gov. Asa
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Happy weekend, Central Oregon! We’ll continue warming Saturday into the highest temperatures of the week. Temperatures in the low 60s will be felt across the High Desert. Some cloud cover will roll into Central Oregon, but we look to stay dry throughout the day. Lows overnight will also continue to warm into the upper 30s
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge has won a dispute over trademarks used to promote the New York Yankees slugger. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled against a Long Island man who attempted to register ”All Rise” and “Here Comes the Judge,” claiming it would cause confusion with slogans
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge has won a dispute over trademarks used to promote the New York Yankees slugger. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled against a Long Island man who attempted to register ”All Rise” and “Here Comes the Judge,” claiming it would cause confusion with slogans
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Veteran striker Alexandre Lacazette was involved in both goals as Lyon secured a third straight French league win with a 2-1 victory at Toulouse. He netted his 19th league goal when he scored a penalty in the 34th minute as Lyon moved up to sixth place in the chase for a Europa
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Libertarians lined up with Democrats on Friday against a proposal that would effectively block third party candidates from next year’s Montana U.S. Senate election. Republicans are trying to consolidate opposition to incumbent Jon Tester in a race that’s pivotal for control of the Senate. State GOP
Continue ReadingCNN By Fredreka Schouten, Jeremy Herb, Maegan Vazquez, Melissa Holzberg DePalo and Kate Sullivan, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Friday filed his personal financial disclosure report with the Federal Election Commission — offering the public a first look at his post-presidential finances. The reports, however, provide an imprecise financial picture because candidates are only
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for hiring a hitman to kill his father, a reputed Mafia associated gunned down at a McDonald’s drive-thru in what prosecutors called a scheme to control a family real
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Lazio increased its hold on second place in Serie A with a 3-0 win at Spezia. Felipe Anderson drew a penalty that Ciro Immobile converted then scored another goal before Marcos Antonio added a third. The victory extended Lazio’s unbeaten run in the league to eight matches and moved the Roman club
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Issy Ronald, CNN Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Take That will headline the coronation concert on May 7 as part of the celebrations marking the coronation of King Charles III, broadcaster and organizer BBC announced Friday. Held in the grounds of Windsor Castle a day after the official coronation ceremony, the
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