By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — “Murderers.” “Criminals.” “We are watching you.” These are just a handful of the threats and abuse sent to meteorologists at AEMET, Spain’s national weather agency, in recent months. They come via social media, its website, letters, phone calls – even in the form of graffiti sprayed across one of
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has parlayed his country’s NATO membership and location straddling Europe and the Middle East into international influence, is favored to win reelection in a presidential runoff Sunday, despite a host of domestic issues. Erdogan, 69, finished a first-round election on
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Una pequeña escuela secundaria en una zona rural de Texas decidió posponer su ceremonia de graduación después de que una revisión de fin de año revelara que solo cinco de los 33 estudiantes de último año de la escuela habían cumplido con los requisitos para graduarse, según el superintendente del
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics are asking Nevada for $380 million for a 30,000-seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip. A bill introduced Friday in the Nevada Legislature details the long-awaited financing plan. Lawmakers have a little more than a week
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics are asking Nevada for $380 million for a 30,000-seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip. A bill introduced Friday in the Nevada Legislature details the long-awaited financing plan. Lawmakers have a little more than a week
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Happy Saturday, Central Oregon! We’ve made it to the weekend, and get to celebrate with some mostly beautiful spring weather. Today brings our only chance of a speed bump — a 20% chance of scattered rain showers and quick-moving thunderstorms, much like we saw yesterday. Skies will remain partly cloudy throughout the day and into
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“Resilient,” “determined,” “creative” — words three Summit High seniors chose when NewsChannel 21’s Blake Mayfield asked them to pick a word to describe the Class of 2023. (Note: Summit High’s graduation ceremony is on June 8th, not the 6th as the video indicates. Our apologies.)
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jorge Soler homered for the fourth straight game and the Miami Marlins snapped the Angels’ four-game winning streak with a 6-2 victory over Los Angeles. Bryan De La Cruz had four hits, including a two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Miami improved to 3-5
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — It took one batter and two pitches for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ plan of attack against talented young righty George Kirby to go sideways. That turned out to be a very good thing for the Pirates. Andrew McCutchen hit the 21st leadoff homer of his career, the
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Two soccer teams exiled from cities in war-battered eastern Ukraine play each other Sunday in the safer western part of the country with the league title at stake. The showdown between competition leader Shakhtar Donetsk and second-place Dnipro-1 at Arena Lviv can be decisive in a
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Two soccer teams exiled from cities in war-battered eastern Ukraine play each other Sunday in the safer western part of the country with the league title at stake. The showdown between competition leader Shakhtar Donetsk and second-place Dnipro-1 at Arena Lviv can be decisive in a
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The Texas House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to impeach GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton. A Republican-controlled House committee filed 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton on Thursday, including bribery and abuse of public trust. The GOP-led House voted to impeach Paxton on Saturday, forcing his immediate suspension. The allegations include attempts
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — As Elizabeth Holmes prepares to report to prison next week, the criminal case that laid bare the blood-testing scam at the heart of her Theranos startup is entering its final phase. The 11-year sentence represents a comeuppance for the wide-eyed woman who broke through
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The American Legion Stevens-Chute post 4 and Auxiliary are giving out bright red poppies to honor fallen warriors from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Bend Fred Meyer and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday at Jake’s Diner. The poppy has become an internationally recognized symbol of the lives sacrificed
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Sale threw five strong innings, Kiké Hernández smacked a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2. It was Sale’s fourth consecutive impressive outing, raising hope that the veteran right-hander is ready to bounce back
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO, JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a GOP official who rose to be a star of the conservative legal movement
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — AJ Murphy hit a go-ahead two-run double in the top of the fourth inning and San Diego State held on for a 4-3 victory over Utah in the first game of the best-of-3 Salt Lake City Super Regional. The Aztecs (39-15) will advance to the Women’s College World Series with
Continue ReadingBy NATACHA PISARENKO and DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Anastasia Domini and wife Anna are part of an increasing number of Russians from the LGBTQ+ community who have decided to leave their homeland to escape discrimination and settle in Argentina, where same-sex marriage has been legal for more than a decade.
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press RENK, South Sudan (AP) — Tens of thousands of exhausted people are heading home to the world’s youngest country as they flee a brutal conflict in neighboring Sudan. There’s a bottleneck of men, women and children camping near the dusty border of Sudan and South Sudan and the international community
Continue ReadingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chase Davis and Tommy Splaine combined for six hits and nine RBIs and Arizona pounded top-seeded Stanford 14-4 in a seven-inning semifinal of the Pac-12 Tournament. The eighth-seeded Wildcats (33-23) will play No. 6 seed Oregon in the championship game on Saturday. Stanford (38-16), ranked fifth in the coaches poll, jumped
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