LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike scored 17 points, rookie Zia Cooke added 14 and the Los Angeles Sparks defeated Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury 94-71 in the team’s season opener. Griner led the Mercury with 18 points in her first regular-season game since being jailed in Russia last year. She was released in
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El miembro de la Guardia Nacional de Texas que disparó a un inmigrante durante un forcejeo en enero desenfundó su pistola y la pasó de la mano derecha a la izquierda antes de que el arma de fuego se disparara, dando al migrante en el hombro, según su declaración jurada.
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Healing Reins holds its annual Diamonds & Dust all-ages Picnic in the Paddock Saturday evening, with live music, food trucks and lots of activities – including horses, of course.
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has long been seen as a quirky state whose main city was satirized in a TV comedy, where rugged country folk and urban hipsters could get along and political differences could be settled over a pint or two of craft beer. But with a Republican
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has long been seen as a quirky state whose main city was satirized in a TV comedy, where rugged country folk and urban hipsters could get along and political differences could be settled over a pint or two of craft beer. But with a Republican
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — As the busy outdoor recreation season begins, Bureau of Land Management officials would like to remind the public that Teaters Road is open. Access over the entirety of Teaters Road is currently available in accordance with a federal court order from May 2022. On May 17, 2022, a federal court issued an order requiring the
Continue ReadingMICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants scored three runs in the sixth following a throwing error by Miami pitcher Sandy Alcantara, offsetting another big night by the majors’ leading hitter Luis Arraez, and beat the Marlins 4-3. Mitch Haniger had two hits including an RBI double as the Giants
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker has formally joined next year’s race for North Carolina governor. Walker made his announcement Saturday at a Baptist church in Kernersville. The former pastor served three terms in Congress through 2020, then lost the 2022 Republican U.S. Senate primary to
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Grant Williams poked Jimmy Butler, Jayson Tatum went cold again in the fourth quarter and the Boston Celtics are staring at an 0-2 deficit in the Eastern Conference finals. Throughout the season, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla has trumpeted his team’s ability to respond with angry resilience
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The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission Board approved a policy Thursday restricting agency employee access to rare and hard-to-find liquor products to prevent a repeat of a recent scandal involving the agency.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) have introduced the First Responders’ Care Expansion (FRCE) Act to lower the Medicare enrollment age for first responders to 57. The lawmakers introduced the legislation in recognition of National Police Week. First responders are often forced to retire early due to the physical toll
Continue ReadingBy KAVISH HARJAI, JEFF McMILLAN and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press An Associated Press analysis has found that many of this year’s statehouse proposals to restrict gender-affirming care for youths are identical or very similar to some model legislation. The AP obtained the texts of more than 130 bills in 40 state legislatures from the public
Continue ReadingBy JEFF McMILLAN and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press A nonprofit that describes itself as a collection of doctors and others uniting to “protect healthcare from a radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology” has become a significant presence in statehouses. Do No Harm got its start in early 2022 by focusing its criticisms of diversity initiatives in
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades is pleased to welcome Kayley Mendenhall and Dr. Thomas Bordieri to its board of directors. VIM relies on its 14-member board of directors, plus its four-member emeritus board to provide valuable partnership and insights to the volunteer clinic, which provides critical healthcare to low-income working
Continue ReadingBy JEFF McMILLAN, KAVISH HARJAI and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press Aaron and Lacey Jennen’s roots in Arkansas run deep. They’ve spent their entire lives there, attended the flagship state university, and are raising a family. So they’re heartbroken at the prospect of perhaps having to move to one of an ever-dwindling number of states where
Continue ReadingBy Eyad Kourdi, Kareem El Damanhoury and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A drone strike carried out by the US military this month in northwest Syria killed a 56-year-old father of ten out grazing his sheep, his relatives have told CNN, hours after US Central Command said a civilian may have been killed in the
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After Mayah Zamora was shot and wounded at Robb Elementary School, her family did what many mass shooting survivors do: They sued. They sued the store off Main Street in Uvalde, Texas, that sold the teenage gunman his AR-style rifle. They sued
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A bill that would enhance fentanyl penalties in Nevada did not pass after a hearing in an Assembly committee, while a companion bill was significantly amended in a last-minute shift for Nevada Democratic leadership’s plans to send fentanyl legislation to the governor’s desk.
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Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mickey Moniak had three hits and made a game-saving catch at the wall in the seventh inning as the Los Angeles rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins Friday night after Angels starter Reid Detmers took a no-hitter into the sixth inning. Hunter
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