By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander got some early evidence that second-year receivers Romeo Doubs and Christian Watson will make major strides this upcoming season. Doubs beat Alexander for a catch on a red zone drill Tuesday during the first day of the Packers
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Jefferson County School District 509J School Board member Jamie Hurd announced her resignation at the board’s Monday meeting, for an interesting reason: She’s going to work for the district, as a middle-school teacher.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Lionel Messi anunció que su futuro futbolístico está en Estados Unidos. El crack argentino deja atrás dos temporadas en el Paris Saint Germain, donde, pese a haberse coronado recientemente campeón en la liga francesa, nunca terminó de estar a gusto. Las grandes críticas y hasta abucheos que recibía de la propia
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Justin Jefferson’s salient presence was a natural highlight for the Minnesota Vikings at mandatory minicamp. He’s had his own training and business agenda and been absent all spring from the team’s voluntary offseason program. Jefferson was an unanimous All-Pro pick for 2022 who has
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of “Rust,” prosecutors are alleging, saying she was likely hungover when she loaded a live bullet into the revolver
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle has been placed on the 10-day injured list with vertigo, a move that came after the team anticipated his return from a three-game absence. Mountcastle hasn’t played since June 8 in Milwaukee. Manager Brandon Hyde described his malady as an “illness” and had said Tuesday afternoon that
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brian Burns has been one of the NFL’s most productive pass rushers over the past four seasons. Now the Carolina Panthers outside linebacker wants to be paid like it. Burns is set to make $16 million in the final year of his five-year rookie contract,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cormac McCarthy, considerado uno de los mejores escritores de Estados Unidos gracias a sus violentas y sombrías descripciones del país y sus zonas fronterizas en novelas como “Blood Meridian”, “The Road” y “All the Pretty Horses”, murió este martes, según informó su editorial Alfred A. Knopf, del grupo Penguin Random House.
Continue ReadingBy IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — For the first time in 16 months, Odell Beckham Jr. participated in a live practice Tuesday as the Baltimore Ravens opened mandatory minicamp. And even for a player who earned Pro Bowl acclaim his first three seasons and helped the Los Angeles Rams win
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beginning Monday, May 22, and extending through Sunday, June 4, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office and the Prineville Police Department conducted 28 traffic stops during an enhanced enforcement operation, which produced one arrest for DUII/Alcohol, two citations for driving with a suspended license and one citation for improper use of child
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Veterinary Technician and Assistant Association awarded Beth Palmer, director of Central Oregon Community College’s veterinary technician program, its Veterinary Technician of the Year Award at the association’s recent statewide award ceremony. The honor recognizes “individuals who have gone above and beyond for the veterinary profession, our community and the people
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones was absent from the start of the Kansas City Chiefs’ mandatory three-day minicamp Tuesday. Jones is entering the final year of his contract with the Super Bowl champions. Chiefs coach Andy Reid is not expected to speak until Thursday,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Una “sequía sin precedentes” afecta el suministro de agua del canal de Panamá, por lo que las autoridades comenzaron a imponer cargos por excedentes y límites de peso a los buques que atraviesan esta ruta clave del comercio mundial, según la Autoridad del Canal de Panamá. Los barcos atraviesan el canal de
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants had little to say on Tuesday about contract talks with running back Saquon Barkley after the 26-year-old complained over the weekend that the team was leaking information to make him look bad. Barkley, who was given a non-exclusive franchise tag
Continue ReadingBy DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Monty Williams says he took himself out of the running for the Detroit Pistons’ coaching job after his wife, Lisa, was diagnosed with breast cancer. But after spending some time helping his family deal with the diagnosis, Williams got a follow-up text from Pistons general manager Troy
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College’s Chandler Lecture Series recently received its first National Endowment for the Humanities grant, a $60,000 award that will be used to develop and host six humanities-focused presentations on topics of journalism, social justice, literature, art and other content. COCC’s award was part of a new NEH award category
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has narrowly confirmed Jared Bernstein to be the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. A longtime aide to President Joe Biden and an economist focused on workers, Bernstein was confirmed by a vote of 50-49. Republican lawmakers were critical of his claims early in the administration
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged a Los Angeles city councilman with embezzlement and perjury Tuesday in the latest criminal case to upend the scandal-plagued governing board of the nation’s second-largest city. Curren Price, Jr. faces five counts of grand theft by embezzlement, three counts of
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a New Jersey doctor who sexually abused patients say their client has faced threats and extortion from other inmates at a federal jail in Brooklyn where he awaits sentencing next month on federal charges. 64-year-old Robert Hadden could be sentenced to decades behind bars,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los seres humanos se originaron en África, pero los arqueólogos han debatido intensamente para saber en qué momento exacto nuestros primeros antepasados abandonaron el continente y cómo se extendieron por el mundo. Dos fósiles encontrados en una cueva del norte de Laos sugieren que el Homo sapiens, nuestra especie, vivía en
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