Sapporo election could restart bid for 2030 Winter Olympics
By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed by fallout from the…
Continue ReadingMonth: April 2023
Idaho governor signs ‘abortion trafficking’ bill into law
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legal limits on abortion-related travel are the focus of a new law and a new lawsuit in Idaho, with Gov. Brad Little signing a…
Continue ReadingIdaho governor signs ‘abortion trafficking’ bill into law
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legal limits on abortion-related travel are the focus of a new law and a new lawsuit in Idaho, with Gov. Brad Little signing a…
Continue ReadingIdaho governor signs ‘abortion trafficking’ bill into law
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law Wednesday that makes it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion…
Continue ReadingLSU’s national championship women’s team honored with parade
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The LSU women’s basketball team paraded across campus and into the Pete Maravich Assembly Center for ceremonies to…
Continue ReadingIdaho governor signs ‘abortion trafficking’ bill making it illegal to help minors get abortion without parental consent
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho governor signs ‘abortion trafficking’ bill making it illegal to help minors get abortion without parental…
Continue ReadingLIV and let live: Masters still about who wins green jacket
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Masters Chairman Fred Ridley sat among 33 champions in green jackets at golf’s most…
Continue ReadingMissouri communities face a long road to recovery after a storm leveled homes and left at least 5 people dead
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN As a tornado-spawning storm system that walloped the Central US winds down, communities in southeastern Missouri are left…
Continue ReadingDirty money: Ex-lawmaker gets 2 years for cesspool bribes
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A former Hawaii lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison in a federal corruption…
Continue ReadingGOP’s DeSantis visits Whitmer’s Michigan, the ‘anti-Florida’
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Ahead of a highly anticipated presidential announcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Continue ReadingNugent-Hopkins reaches 100 points, surging Oilers beat Ducks
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins became the third Edmonton skater to reach 100 points this season, Klim…
Continue Reading
FlyFisher Foundation grant to enhance upper Trout Creek habitat for wild steelhead
The Deschutes River Conservancy announced Wednesday that flows in some of the most critical wild steelhead habitat will continue to be bolstered,…
Continue ReadingComer demasiado azúcar añadido tiene 45 efectos negativos para la salud, según un estudio
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Según un nuevo estudio, hay al menos 45 buenas razones para reducir el consumo de azúcar añadido. Numerosas…
Continue ReadingPakistan: Military kills 8 militants near Afghanistan border
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces have killed eight insurgents in an overnight operation at a militant hideout near the…
Continue ReadingJapan is running out of space to bury chickens culled over bird flu
By Michelle Toh, CNN Japan has lost so many chickens to bird flu, it’s now running out of land to bury them. Japanese state broadcaster NHK…
Continue ReadingPowell and Leonard lead Clippers over Lakers, 125-118
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Norman Powell scored 27 points, Kawhi Leonard added 25 and the Los Angeles Clippers improved…
Continue Reading
Bend-La Pine names new principals for High Desert, Pilot Butte middle schools, Bend Tech Academy
Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook announced Wednesday the hiring of three principals to lead High Desert and Pilot Butte middle schools…
Continue ReadingGrief wracks parents after Brazilian axe attack kills 4 kids
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and LAÍS MARTINS Associated Press BLUMENAU, Brazil (AP) — They sent their seven-year-old to day care Wednesday and plunged…
Continue ReadingTennessee’s Republican-led House expels 2 Democratic lawmakers over gun reform protest, fails in bid to oust a third
By Dakin Andone, Ryan Young, Amy Simonson and Steve Almasy, CNN In an extraordinary, emotionally charged session marked by tense exchanges and…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts weighs letting judges order mental health care
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When Ashoke and Vinita Rampuria’s son returned home after taking a year off from college, to…
Continue Reading