DENVER (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is dealing with a “cranky” pitching shoulder and remains optimistic he’ll be able to make his next start. Kershaw said Thursday that he felt some tenderness in his left shoulder in his winning outing Tuesday at Colorado. He carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico oilfield and air quality regulators announced unprecedented fines against a Texas-based oil and natural gas producer on accusations that the company flouted local pollution reporting and control requirements as it burned off vast amounts of natural gas. The New Mexico Environment Department announced
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs slugger Cody Bellinger and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Chase Carter are engaged. Carter announced Thursday on Instagram that the couple plan to marry. She posted three photos showing off her gleaming, massive ring, with Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline in the background. The couple have two children together.Bellinger was
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, John Miller and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — A man with numerous firearms and materials to make an explosive was arrested Thursday in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood after claiming on an internet livestream that he had a detonator, law enforcement officials told CNN. Taylor Taranto, who had an open
Continue ReadingCNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Legal Analyst (CNN) — As he began reading excerpts of his decision eviscerating college affirmative action, in a hushed courtroom Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts delivered on a singular long-held goal. He had won a majority to roll back 45 years of Supreme Court precedent to further his view
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Legal Analyst (CNN) — As he began reading excerpts of his decision eviscerating college affirmative action, in a hushed courtroom Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts delivered on a singular long-held goal. He had won a majority to roll back 45 years of Supreme Court precedent to further his view that
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Taylor Moore and Monday qualifier Peter Kuest shot 8-under 64s to share the first-round lead in the Rocket Mortgage Classic. A slew of players are chasing them in what’s expected to be a shootout at Detroit Golf Club. Dylan Wu had the third albatross on the
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Sisters Ranger District and the Deschutes National Forest road crew are reconstructing the non-paved portion of Forest Service Road 16. Forest Service Road 16 is closed to all access for the duration of the construction, including vehicle, pedestrian, biking, and equestrian use, between the gate at Upper Three Creek Lake
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Biden administration’s special envoy for Iran has been placed on unpaid leave and had his security clearance suspended pending a review of allegations he may have mishandled classified information. The envoy is Rob Malley, who has led administration efforts to revive the
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Veteran center Andre Drummond exercised his player option to return to the Chicago Bulls next season. The 29-year-old Drummond was in and out of the rotation last season, averaging 6 points and 6.6 rebounds after signing with Chicago in July. The two-time All-Star has averaged 13.2 points and 12.7 rebounds over 11
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Mississippi ruled in favor of a convicted felon in a gun case on Wednesday while simultaneously slamming a recent landmark Second Amendment decision that expanded gun rights and changed the framework lower courts must use as they analyze firearm restrictions. In his ruling, Judge Carlton
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Eloy Jiménez and Zach Remillard had two-run singles in the third inning and the Chicago White Sox beat Los Angeles 9-7 on Thursday, overcoming Shohei Ohtani’s Angels-record 14th homer in June. The Japanese superstar broke the team mark for home runs in a month in
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Dylan Mulvaney on Thursday broke her silence about the fallout that occurred after the trans influencer made two Instagram posts sponsored by Bud Light earlier this year. Bud Light’s sponsorship of an April 1 Instagram post by Mulvaney set off a firestorm of anti-trans backlash and calls
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Dylan Mulvaney on Thursday broke her silence about the fallout that occurred after the trans influencer made two Instagram posts sponsored by Bud Light earlier this year. Bud Light’s sponsorship of an April 1 Instagram post by Mulvaney set off a firestorm of anti-trans backlash and calls
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas high school student has been sentenced to 16-plus years in Nevada state prison for attacking a female teacher after classes ended for the day more than a year ago. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the defendant apologized at sentencing Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in April to attempted
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The influential network associated with conservative billionaire Charles Koch has collected more than $70 million for political races, the group announced Thursday, as it gears up to help shape the outcome of next year’s contests up and down the ballot and encourage Republican voters to bypass former President Donald
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras and Linh Tran, CNN (CNN) — If Megan Talkington’s daughter told her mother she wanted to be in law enforcement, the veteran police officer in West Virginia says she knows exactly her response. “I would tell her, ‘No.’ I would not want my daughter to walk through the halls of the West
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and JIM SALTER Associated Press As dangerous heat and humidity smothered parts of the South and Midwest on Thursday, local governments and charities worked to protect poor and elderly residents by opening cooling stations and delivering donated air conditioners. In Florida, where heat index levels of up to 112 degrees
Continue ReadingCarolina Calero (CNN) — Siete personas han muerto por un brote de meningitis micótica, también conocida como fúngica, vinculado con ciertos procedimientos quirúrgicos en México, señalaron los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). Los investigadores identificaron a 161 residentes en EE.UU. que podrían estar
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A Bend man who showed off his stash of illegal fireworks online and frequently shoots them off in his neighborhood was cited Thursday and more than $1,000 worth of the fireworks seized in a raid on his home, police said.
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