Collier helps Minnesota beat Los Angeles for 3rd time in 9 days
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Napheesa Collier had 26 points and 14 rebounds, Bridget Carleton added 14 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles…
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Modi flexes India’s cultural reach on Yoga Day with backbends and corpse poses on the UN lawn
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Praising yoga as “a way of life,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed…
Continue ReadingDemocrats downplay Hunter Biden’s plea deal, while Republicans see opportunity to deflect from Trump
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats, already anxious about President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects,…
Continue ReadingHusband of Stephen F. Austin women’s bowling coach quits after his affair with student-athlete
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — An assistant women’s bowling coach at Stephen F. Austin is out after the university discovered he cheated on his wife,…
Continue ReadingPride and pain for Biden as his son Hunter reaches a plea deal after 5 years of investigation
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had just six words to offer after his 53-year-old son Hunter pleaded guilty…
Continue ReadingUkrainian pilots plead for F-16s as they battle Russian air superiority
By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Daria Markina Tarasova, CNN Southern Ukraine (CNN) — Two Ukrainian jets roar just…
Continue ReadingOnce starved by war, millions of Ethiopians go hungry again as US, UN pause aid after massive theft
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Orthodox Christian priest, Tesfa Kiros Meresfa begs door-to-door for…
Continue Reading‘She just wants a friend’: Families push for full school days for children with disabilities
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — One Thursday morning in May, instead of sitting at a desk in her sixth…
Continue ReadingMath and reading scores for American 13-year-olds plunge to lowest levels in decades
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Math and reading scores among America’s 13-year-olds fell to their lowest levels in…
Continue Reading‘She just wants a friend’: Families push for full school days for children with disabilities
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — One Thursday morning in May, instead of sitting at a desk in her sixth…
Continue ReadingOnce wrongly imprisoned for notorious rape, member of ‘Central Park Five’ is running for office
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Outside a Harlem subway station, Yusef Salaam, a candidate for New York City Council,…
Continue ReadingFed’s Powell: More rate hikes are likely this year to fight still-high inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation in the United States still too high, most Federal Reserve officials…
Continue ReadingBiden compares China’s Xi Jinping to ‘dictators’ even as Washington and Beijing work to thaw relations
By Sam Fossum, Jasmine Wright and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN San Francisco, CA (CNN) — President Joe Biden compared Chinese President Xi Jinping to…
Continue ReadingGiménez’s RBI single in the 10th gives the Guardians a 3-2 win over the slumping A’s
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Andrés Giménez’s single in the 10th inning brought home José Ramírez from third base,…
Continue ReadingNate Ackenhausen shines in his first start and LSU shuts out Tennessee 5-0 at College World Series
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nate Ackenhausen pitched six innings in his first start for LSU and combined with Riley Cooper…
Continue ReadingReds push winning streak to 10 with an 8-6 victory over the Rockies
CINCINNATI (AP) — TJ Friedl hit a three-run homer on a four-hit night, rookie Elly De La Cruz added a solo shot and the Cincinnati Reds extended…
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Bend man arrested in string of 14 burglaries of Bend and Redmond businesses in less than 3 weeks
Bend police completed a weeks-long investigation Saturday with the arrest of a Bend man suspected in a string of 14 commercial burglaries around Bend…
Continue ReadingParents take on struggle for trans rights for their kids and others in conservative Poland
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The parents stood by side-by-side wearing signs offering free hugs at Warsaw’s Pride…
Continue ReadingSudan conflict shows how peace could unravel in South Sudan if world doesn’t watch, UN envoy says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for South Sudan is warning the Security Council not to take its eyes off…
Continue ReadingHicks homers and drives in 4 as the Orioles beat the Rays 8-6 after nearly blowing a 7-run lead
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSURG, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Hicks homered and had four RBIs as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays…
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