Good Monday Evening, Central Oregon! Our warming trend of the weekend continued today, with parts of the High Desert reaching as warm as 70 degrees. Blustery southwesterly winds have picked up to around 15 mph, sporadically gusting to 25-30 mph. A new storm system will cause some rain to fall on the High Desert tonight,
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN Results are out from a two-year experiment testing the effects of guaranteed income on residents of Stockton, California — but the findings were complicated by the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers say. The program, dubbed the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration or SEED, gave monthly payments of $500 to 131 people
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The family of deceased Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins has filed a lawsuit claiming he was drugged, robbed and extorted before he was fatally struck while standing drunk on a highway after running out of gas. The Florida lawsuit alleges that the former Ohio State
Continue ReadingST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox slugger Adam Duvall is going on the injured list with a fractured left wrist. The team said infielder Bobby Dalbec is being recalled from Triple-A Worcester. Duvall was hurt while attempting a diving catch in the outfield in Sunday’s game with Detroit. He was hitting .455 with
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department on Monday officially designated Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as wrongfully detained by Russia. “Today, Secretary Blinken made a determination that Evan Gershkovich is wrongfully detained by Russia,” State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a statement. The designation gives further backing to
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — CBS Sports’ Golazo Network digital channel is launching Tuesday, with 12 live matches, same-day replays of Champions League matches and a pair of weekday studio shows planned to air over the first two weeks. The Golazo Network will stream on CBS Sports digital platforms as well as Paramount+ and Pluto TV.
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A Washington state double-homicide suspect deemed “armed and dangerous” was arrested by Central Oregon’s SWAT Team early Sunday after a brief standoff south of Madras, Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock said Monday.
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hanser Alberto hit a three-run homer, Dylan Cease had another strong outing against the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox held on to beat Minnesota 4-3. Chicago had to remove shortstop Tim Anderson in the sixth inning with left knee soreness after he collided with a
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Damian Lillard’s heroics weren’t enough to save the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers missed the playoffs for the second straight season even though Lillard averaged a career-high 32.2 points a game, third-best in the league. Inopportune injuries and inconsistent play plagued Portland. It mercifully ended Sunday, with a
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Damian Lillard’s heroics weren’t enough to save the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers missed the playoffs for the second straight season even though Lillard averaged a career-high 32.2 points a game, third-best in the league. Inopportune injuries and inconsistent play plagued Portland. It mercifully ended Sunday, with a
Continue ReadingBy DONALD PADGETT Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (Advocate Channel) — A case before the Michigan Supreme Court involving a lesbian relationship that turned sour could set a precedent for child custody cases involving LGBTQ+ families elsewhere in the country. In the case, Carrie Pueblo v. Rachel Haas, the state’s highest court
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, Brian Fung and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Days after the Pentagon announced it was investigating the leak of more than 50 classified documents that turned up on social media sites, dozens of them remain viewable on Twitter. Photos of the leaked documents first appeared on a social media platform called Discord weeks earlier
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department on Monday officially designated Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as wrongfully detained by Russia. “Today, Secretary Blinken made a determination that Evan Gershkovich is wrongfully detained by Russia,” State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a statement. The designation gives further backing to the
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WIGGINS Click here for updates on this story ILLINOIS (Advocate Channel) — Although Adam Motz always expected that parenting would be full of adventures, he never imagined that he would share his parenting journey on social media with hundreds of thousands of followers as part of the dynamic Illinois LGBTQ+ TikTok family 2
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau and Rebekah Riess, CNN A surfer has been hospitalized in serious condition following an encounter with a shark off the south shore of Oahu in Hawaii, according to a spokesperson for Honolulu Emergency Services. Shayne Enright told CNN on Sunday morning, a 58-year-old man was bitten by a shark while surfing in
Continue ReadingKITV By Andi Babineau and Rebekah Riess, CNN A surfer has been hospitalized in serious condition following an encounter with a shark off the south shore of Oahu in Hawaii, according to a spokesperson for Honolulu Emergency Services. Shayne Enright told CNN on Sunday morning, a 58-year-old man was bitten by a shark while surfing
Continue ReadingCNN, WDRB By Emma Tucker, CNN A 25-year-old bank employee in Louisville, Kentucky, wrote a note to loved ones before heading to his job Monday morning and opening fire — killing five people and injuring eight others, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation. The gunman, identified as Connor Sturgeon, started his
Continue ReadingBy JACOB OGLES Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (Advocate Channel) — Out politician Carlos Guillermo Smith is making a return to Florida politics. The Orlando Democrat on Friday filed to run for Florida Senate. Smith first won election to the Florida House months after the Pulse shooting rocked his community. “I
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration formally determined Monday that a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on espionage charges has been “wrongfully detained.” The designation elevates the case of Evan Gershkovich in the U.S. government hierarchy and means that a dedicated State Department office will take the
Continue ReadingBRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Mexican citizen has been sentenced to life in a U.S. prison for killing a man who reported him and his brother to authorities for cheating migrant workers out of millions of dollars. A federal judge in Georgia sentenced 46-year-old Juan Rangel-Rubio on Monday, six months after a U.S. District Court
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