By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Isiah Kiner-Falefa pulled off one of baseball’s most exciting plays: stealing home. He did it in the seventh inning of the New York Yankees’ 4-3, 10-inning loss at the New York Mets, taking advantage of Brooks Raley pitching out of the windup rather than the
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Nine more women are accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a lawsuit that alleges he used his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to victimize them. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada alleges that the women were individually drugged and assaulted between approximately 1979 and 1992 in Las
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A 26-year-old Prineville woman suspected of trafficking fentanyl pills from the Portland area into Central Oregon was arrested in a Highway 26 traffic stop Wednesday morning, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team said.
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Canada’s finance minister says it is suspending activity with a Chinese-founded development bank while it investigates complaints by a Canadian who resigned from the lender, saying it is dominated by “Communist Party hacks” and his country shouldn’t be a member. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank confirmed
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Nick Castellanos drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning after two Arizona players collided on a fly ball, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Phillies starter Ranger Suarez held the Diamondbacks in check with seven
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Josh Lowe singled home the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland 6-3 on Wednesday night to snap the Athletics’ winning streak at seven games. Christian Bethancourt, Manuel Margot and Yandy Díaz also drove in runs for the MLB-best Rays.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Micael scored in the 23rd minute for his first MLS goal and the Houston Dynamo beat LAFC 1-0 for back-to-back shutout victories in the series. Micael was left unmarked at the far post for an easy tap-in off a set piece. Houston (7-7-4) won on the road for the first time
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Jesús Sánchez raced back to the wall, made his leaping attempt and felt there was weight to his glove. Home run robbery’s don’t get much better than what Miami’s right fielder pulled off on Wednesday night, stealing a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul and Sania Farooqui, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Eleven people have been shot dead and 14 injured in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence that has gripped the northeast Indian state of Manipur. The latest killings come little more than a month after an earlier bout of unrest that saw entire villages
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A fire that broke out in The Dalles along the Columbia River Gorge on Wednesday evening prompted evacuation orders and burned at least one home, KGW reported.
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Michael Wacha pitched seven shutout innings and Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado hit two of San Diego’s four solo homers in the Padres’ 5-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Juan Soto and Nelson Cruz also homered for the Padres, who have won five of
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — “Knife,” Adriana Velíz says with the concentration of a brain surgeon. Shrouded in a white bee suit, she lies stretched out on the ground in one of Mexico City’s most buzzing districts. Taking the knife, she pries open the side of a light post and flashes
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol was ejected in the sixth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers had just tied the game 2-all when Grifol came out of the dugout to argue with home plate umpire Pat Hoberg. The first-year manager kept pointing to his right
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Firefighters responded and got a line around a fire that burned nine acres near McKay Saddle on the Ochoco National Forest Wednesday evening.
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — India’s two aircraft carriers led their battle groups in a combined operation in the Arabian Sea earlier this week, showcasing what the service calls its “formidable maritime capabilities” and ability to project power around the Indian Ocean and beyond. Analysts say it’s a big accomplishment and one that only
Continue ReadingBy FARES AKRAM, NINIEK KARMINI and MARIAM FAM Associated Press This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after three years when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale of one of Islam’s holiest rites. Millions of Muslims from around the world will start converging next week on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russian forces have destroyed or damaged thousands of Ukrainian schools. But the disruption to education goes far beyond devastated buildings. Experts say schooling is suffering in unprecedented ways, in particular for refugees. The effects of war and relocation combined with the challenges of
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new environmental program for youth, launched early this year, is spreading its wings to Madras this summer, thanks to a partnership between Camp Fire Central Oregon and the Central Oregon Health Council. The program’s Madras-based session, called “ExplOregon: The Nature Chronicles,” will provide youth entering grades one thru six, with
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back. Trump’s mounting legal jeopardy has quickly become a political rallying cry as they rush to
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