By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Joseph Woll stopped 24 shots in his first playoff start, Mitch Marner and William Nylander had the goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Wednesday night. Nylander was
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and FRANKLIN BRICENO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The chief suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is poised to face charges linked to the young woman’s vanishing for the first time after the government of Peru authorized his extradition to the United States. Neither U.S.
Continue ReadingBy AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reached a settlement with a New Jersey county over language barriers for Spanish-speaking voters, emphasizing a growing challenge for certain minority communities nationwide. The agreement with Union County comes after federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit alleging it failed to make registration and voting
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN staff CNN hosted a town hall with 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday night in New Hampshire. Over the course of the night, Trump took questions from New Hampshire Republicans and undeclared voters who plan to vote in the 2024 GOP presidential primary about a wide range
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La periodista paraguaya Claudia Aguilera, viuda del fiscal de la Unidad Especializada de Lucha contra el Narcotráfico Marcelo Pecci, asesinado en Colombia hace un año, aseguró este miércoles que le toca exigir la verdad sobre los hechos y condenas duras para los atacantes. “Pido también una verdadera lucha contra el
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El Gobierno de Biden implementará un nuevo programa de seguimiento para las familias migrantes puestas en libertad en Estados Unidos, con el objetivo de rastrearlas mientras enfrentan un proceso de deportación rápida, según múltiples fuentes familiarizadas con los planes. De acuerdo a estas personas, el proyecto incluye una medida que requeriría
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned the fraud convictions of two parents who were found guilty at trial of paying bribes to get their kids into elite universities as part of a sprawling college admissions bribery. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed all the
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, Kaanita Iyer and Devan Cole, CNN Missouri lawmakers passed two bills Wednesday that would bar transgender athletes from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender and ban gender-affirming care for minors, the latest state to advance such legislation as transgender rights have become a marquee issue for the Republican
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press New York City officials plan to send some asylum-seekers to an upstate hotel. That’s despite fierce resistance from suburban leaders and a judge’s order temporarily blocking the use of another hotel. Mayor Eric Adams touched off a furor north of the city by announcing last week that the city would
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say a former competitive cheerleading coach has been charged with molesting girls as young as 11 years old in Southern California and he faces similar charges in Florida. The Orange County district attorney’s office says Erick Kristianson of Tennessee was arrested last week in North Dakota on a warrant
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Dean Kremer pitched six scoreless innings and the Baltimore Orioles edged the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1. The Orioles took two of three in a series between the top two teams in the American League. They trail Tampa Bay by 4 1/2 games in the AL East.
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A juror who says he occasionally listens to conservative podcast host Tim Pool was on the jury that found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing a magazine columnist in 1996 at a luxury Manhattan department store. The male juror who remained on the jury
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Citing the current Hollywood writers strike, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos will not be attending next week’s PEN America Gala in Manhattan, when he was to accept a Business Visionary Award. PEN America responded by withdrawing the honor, saying the winner is expected to accept in
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Democratic governor is rallying voters in a last-minute bid to persuade a Republican to sustain his expected veto of a bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Gov. Roy Cooper’s visit to Wilmington on Wednesday marks the second stop on
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A new development in the heart of Bend cleared a significant hurdle earlier this week, as the city Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the Timber Yards project by the City Council.
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN A “peanut patch” showed promising results in a late-phase clinical trial in toddlers with peanut allergies, according to a new study. Researchers from the French biopharmaceutical firm DBV Technologies and institutions around the world conducted randomized double-blind trial of the Viaskin Peanut patch in children ages 1 through 3 years old
Continue ReadingCNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN A “peanut patch” showed promising results in a late-phase clinical trial in toddlers with peanut allergies, according to a new study. Researchers from the French biopharmaceutical firm DBV Technologies and institutions around the world conducted randomized double-blind trial of the Viaskin Peanut patch in children ages 1 through 3 years
Continue ReadingATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia coach Kirby Smart insisted Wednesday there was no political motivation behind the decision for his national championship football team to decline an invitation to visit the White House in June. Instead, Smart says scheduling issues, including a youth camp in June at the Georgia football facility, made it impossible for
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray and Evan Perez, CNN The FBI declined Wednesday to provide House Oversight Chairman James Comer with an internal law enforcement document that some Republicans claim will show Joe Biden was involved in an illegal scheme involving a foreign national. “You have asked for what you say is a ‘precise description’ of an
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Oregon Housing and Community Services announced Wednesday the approval of funding for 34 new homeownership development projects that will lead to the creation of 337 new affordable homes, including several projects in Central Oregon.
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