By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Florida teacher under a state investigation for showing a Disney movie featuring a gay character said she wasn’t aware the state’s controversial law banning instruction about certain LGBTQ topics had been recently expanded to apply to her grade level. The legislation was first passed in March 2022 and
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s legislature passed a bill Tuesday that granted same-sex couples the right to jointly adopt a child neither of them are related to, clearing one of the final hurdles in achieving full marriage equality. Taiwan in 2019 became the first jurisdiction in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian air defenses thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all 18 missiles aimed at the capital, officials said. Loud explosions boomed over Kyiv as the nighttime attack combined Russian missiles launched from the air, sea and land in an apparent
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Chase Buford is leaving his role as head coach of the Sydney Kings after leading the club to back-to-back titles in Australia’s National Basketball League. The club released a statement Tuesday saying it won’t be taking up its option for Buford to return for a third season because the 34-year-old American can’t
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Celebrate State Parks Day with free parking and free RV and tent site camping at all Oregon State Parks on Saturday, June 3, as well as special events at selected parks.
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most stocks fell on Wall Street after Home Depot warned of flagging sales, the latest discouraging signal for an economy under pressure. The S&P 500 lost 0.6% Tuesday, and more than four out of five stocks in the index closed lower. The Dow fell 1%
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Taylor scored on a bases-loaded walk in the 12th inning, Max Muncy homered twice to move back into the major league lead, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Minnesota Twins 9-8 for their sixth straight win. Trayce Thompson drew a walk on a
Continue ReadingBy Josh Pennington, Tim Lister, Kostan Nechyporenko, Olga Voitovych, Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — One after another, bright flashes pierced through Kyiv’s night skies early on Tuesday morning, as Russia launched an “exceptional” aerial assault against the Ukrainian capital. Most Kyiv residents would have had no way of knowing for
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GOOD MONDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We’ll wake up Tuesday to some mild temperatures, after coming off a night where overnight lows only dipped to the upper 40s to low 50s. The storm activity has broken up, and we look to stay dry throughout the day. We’ll jump right back into warmer temperatures, and expect to feel
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican candidate who lost last year’s election for Arizona attorney general is returning to court to request a new trial in his efforts to overturn the results of the November contest. Attorneys for candidate Abraham Hamadeh were set to appear at an afternoon Superior Court hearing
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez Taipei (CNN) — La asamblea legislativa de Taiwán aprobó este martes un proyecto de ley que concede a las parejas del mismo sexo el derecho a adoptar conjuntamente a un niño con el que ninguno de los dos tiene parentesco, despejando uno de los últimos obstáculos para lograr la plena igualdad matrimonial. Aunque
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May is Historic Preservation Month, and the community is invited to celebrate by participating in several upcoming activities planned by the Redmond Historic Landmarks Commission.
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Imagine strolling through a life-size diorama that takes you on a journey through the world of vaqueros — Latinx cowboys — brought to life with vibrant piñata paper. That is the experience multidisciplinary artist Justin Favela is bringing to the High Desert Museum in a new, original exhibition Vistas del Cielo, opening on Saturday, May 27.
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NewsChannel 21’s Carly Keenan begins our series of salutes to the Class of 2023 with a visit to Redmond High School, where the senior class exhibited resilience and perseverance amid the unique challenges they encountered.
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado came out of a game against Kansas City two innings after he was hit on the left hand by a pitch from Brad Keller. Machado was drilled with the bases loaded in the second to bring in a run in the Padres’ 4-0 win that
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Volodymyr Zelenskyy set off across Europe with a long shopping list. Ukraine’s president will head home with much of what he wanted — though not the Western fighter jets he seeks to defend against Russian air attacks. European leaders promised Zelenskyy an arsenal of missiles, tanks and
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Michael Wacha of the San Diego Padres took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and struck out a career-high 11 in a 4-0 victory against the Kansas City Royals that snapped a five-game losing streak. Michael Massey’s leadoff single to right field came on Wacha’s
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Dan McCaffery has won the party’s nomination in Pennsylvania for a vacant state Supreme Court seat. Endorsed by the party, McCaffery defeated Deborah Kunselman in the two-way race Tuesday. Democrats hold a 4-2 majority on the state’s highest court, which has an open seat following
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled South Carolina House has tabled debate until later Wednesday on a bill that would ban abortion as soon as cardiac activity is detected. The debate that began Tuesday comes after the state Senate rejected a proposal to nearly outlaw the procedure as
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Anti-nuclear activists are protesting to demand Japan scrap its plan to release treated but still radioactive water from a damaged power plant into the sea. Dozens of the activists protested Tuesday at the Tokyo headquarters of the utility that operates the plant in Fukushima wrecked by the
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