LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the first time, researchers have captured and radio-collared a bear in the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles where mountain lions have been studied for two decades, the National Park Service said Wednesday. The 210-pound (95-kilogram) black bear dubbed BB-12 was caught April 23 in a natural area south of
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau, CNN Oregon’s secretary of state is resigning her post effective next week amid a controversy over a consulting contract she signed with a cannabis company while in office. Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s resignation takes effect Monday, she said in a news release this week. “While I am confident that the ethics
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks has been cleared to begin a minor league rehab assignment on Friday in another big step in his return from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hendriks says he missed being around the team, and he is looking forward to ramping up his work.
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama announced Wednesday that she has co-founded a new company to make and sell healthier food and drinks for kids, products that she says will be less detrimental to their long-term health because of their lower sugar and higher nutrient content. The former first lady’s work
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its 10th-straight interest rate hike, raising its benchmark rate by another quarter of a point and hinting at a pause as soon as next month. Here are five takeaways from the central bank’s latest action and Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s news conference: Banking conditions have
Continue ReadingCNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN High prices, rising interest rates and banking uncertainty be damned: The US labor market is still chugging right along. Employers added 253,000 jobs in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. That’s a good chunk more than economists were expecting, making this jobs report the 12th out of the
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A popular candidate for prime minister of Thailand says she’s eager to get back on the campaign trail just two days after giving birth. Paetongtarn Shinawatra said at a news conference Wednesday at the hospital where she gave birth that her new baby boy won’t affect her
Continue ReadingCNN By Ryan Young, Gary Tuchman, Elizabeth Wolfe and Sara Smart, CNN After a US Coast Guard veteran opened fire inside a waiting room in an Atlanta medical building Wednesday morning, killing one woman and injuring 4 others, authorities say the suspect led law enforcement on an hourslong manhunt that finally concluded when a tipster
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Seattle Mariners left-hander Robbie Ray underwent Tommy John surgery and a flexor tendon repair on his left elbow on Wednesday and will miss the rest of the season. The procedure was performed by Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas. Ray will begin his rehabilitation in two to three weeks in Arizona.
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The Central Oregon Fire Management Service partnered with local structural firefighting departments around the region Wednesday to provide an immersive scenario-based wild land firefighting program on the Crooked River National Grassland.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend high junior volleyball starter Chloe LeLuge came back from the Girls Junior National Championships in Columbus, Ohio this week. The club 18s tournament featured the best high school-aged teams and players in the country. The middle blocker and her NPJ Forefront team finished ninth overall. LeLuge is the only player
Continue ReadingBY LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Anonymity can be an actor’s best friend, but this summer several talents are primed to make themselves known in major film roles, whether it’s losing the alien makeup, the protective shield of character work or the comforts of niche small-screen fandoms. Here are six actors bound to have audiences
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten Florida lawmakers have passed an array of new restrictions on groups that register voters — an action that voting rights experts say could make it harder for people of color in the state to register and participate in future elections. The measures are part of a sweeping elections bill that now awaits
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Eleven former St. Charles Health System employees are suing the organization for more than $2.5 million, claiming the hospital system violated their religious freedoms in discriminatory fashion in their unwavering requirement that they receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s House has approved a Republican package of abortion restrictions that would tighten the state’s ban on the procedure from after 20 weeks to 12 weeks. The bill also would create new exceptions to the ban but also more requirements for
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Several families have challenged Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. They say in a new lawsuit that the ban interferes with parental rights to seek medical treatment for their children. They are asking that a judge block a portion of a sweeping measure passed
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Jamie Foxx habló por primera vez desde que su hija Corinne Foxx publicó un comunicado el mes pasado, en el que informó que el actor estaba hospitalizado debido a una “complicación médica” no especificada. “Agradezco todo el amor”, publicó Foxx en su perfil verificado de Instagram este miércoles, agregando que se
Continue ReadingA storm system that we’ve been tracking for a couple days has made its temporary home off the coast of central California. It looks to spin some more precipitation to Central Oregon including the Cascades. We’ll keep an eye on the storm over the next couple of days to watch for any new accumulation.
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Un juez de Cartagena condenó a 25 años y seis meses de prisión a los hermanos Ramón Emilio y Andrés Felipe Pérez Hoyos por su participación en la planificación, financiación y logística del crimen del fiscal paraguayo Marcelo Pecci, según informó este miércoles la Fiscalía General de Colombia. En un
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Authorities say Dallas was hit with a computer ransomware attack that brought down its Police Department and City Hall websites and caused some jury trials to be canceled. The attack Wednesday didn’t appear to affect 911 calls. However, a fire department spokesman says it did cause problems with a computer-assisted dispatch system
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