NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Ollie, who guided UConn to a national championship, was among five assistants hired by the Brooklyn Nets for Jacque Vaughn’s first full season as coach. Will Weaver, Jay Hernandez and Ronnie Burrell also were added to the staff Tuesday, while Corey Vinson was hired as assistant coach for player development.
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Donald Trump-appointed US attorney leading the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has decades of experience as a federal prosecutor. David Weiss, the Delaware US attorney, met in April with Hunter Biden’s attorneys, who had requested a routine status update on the investigation. The long-running probe,
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Trammell and Judson Jones, CNN (CNN) — There’s a reason these maps are called spaghetti models. Just take a look. There are lines all over the place, like a plate of spaghetti. The simple lines actually come from some of the fastest computers in the world, making billions of computations. Also known as
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland State University says a shelter at the First United Methodist Church for students experiencing homelessness will close permanently this week. The shelter called the Landing, opened in 2021 in the church’s gymnasium with room for up to eight students. Students
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two Thai activists have filed a lawsuit accusing the government of using the internationally notorious Pegasus spyware to infiltrate their mobile devices during a period of political unrest almost three years ago. Law reform advocate Yingcheep Atchanont and human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa are accusing nine state
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses and avoid a full prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars. Hunter Biden will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Evan Perez and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and struck a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve a felony gun charge, the Justice Department said Tuesday in court filings. As part of the plea agreement, the Justice
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Jurgen Klinsmann is still looking for his first win as coach of South Korea’s national soccer team after a late goal gave El Salvador a 1-1 draw. The former United States coach was appointed in February. South Korea has lost to Peru and Uruguay and drawn against Colombia and now
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Temperatures in parts of the North Atlantic Ocean are soaring off the charts, with an “exceptional” marine heat wave happening off the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland, sparking concerns about impacts on marine life. Parts of the North Sea are experiencing a category 4 marine heat wave
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CORNELIUS, Oregon (KPTV) — A teenager was rescued from Cornelius crevice after getting stuck in what they thought to be a cave. On Monday, Cornelius Fire Department responded to a call alongside the Forest grove Fire Department about a teen stuck in a hole, according
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has convicted a prominent human rights activist of “inciting social hatred” for her work documenting alleged police abuses against political opposition groups. The Minsk City Court sentenced Nasta Loika to seven years in prison on Tuesday. She rejected the charges as trumped
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — YouTube said on Monday that it had removed a video of presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. being interviewed by podcast host Jordan Peterson for violating its policy prohibiting vaccine misinformation. A YouTube spokesperson told CNN that the platform removed the video from Peterson’s channel because it
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Happy Tuesday! Central Oregon woke up to temperatures below freezing on Tuesday and we can expect to stay chilly throughout the rest of the day. Tuesday’s highs are ranging in the 50s to low 60s. Overnight lows are below average, with the majority of the region’s temperatures teetering on or below freezing Conditions will be
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Officials say a Turkish drone attack has killed two Kurdish local officials and their driver in northeast Syria, in the latest such strike in the war-torn country. Tuesday’s strike came as talks on Syria’s conflict began in the Kazakh capital, Astana. The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria said the strike hit a
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia voters will select candidates in a primary election Tuesday in which redistricting has forced a record number of retirements and created several high-profile contests between incumbents of the same party. The winners will face off in a November general election that will decide control of the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The PGA Tour goes from one $20 million purse to another, with one big exception. Last week was the U.S. Open. This week is the Travelers Championship. It’s the last of the elevated events on the PGA Tour schedule that have a full field. U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark is in
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — John Goodman is looking decidedly more svelte these days. “The Righteous Gemstones” star, who turns 71 on Tuesday, appeared at the 62nd Monte-Carlo TV festival Sunday in top form. Goodman reportedly started working on his health back in 2007, when he stopped drinking. He told People magazine in
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Trevor Noah may have left hosting “The Daily Show,” but he’s not giving up the spotlight. It was announced Tuesday that he will be hosting a new Spotify podcast. “The weekly podcast will blend Trevor’s signature humor and razor-sharp wit with his global perspective to deliver a unique
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A group of neighbors in New Haven saved a small park from becoming apartments. The city of New Haven had a plan to sell Dwight neighborhood park to a Boston-based developer. Neighbors who live near the park fought the development
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The French policeman who was left in a coma following a brutal beating from German soccer hooligans during the 1998 World Cup is to attend a friendly between the two nations in September. The German soccer federation says Daniel Nivel has accepted an invitation to attend the match in Dortmund on Sept.
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