By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — All the Republicans in Mississippi’s congressional delegation are demanding that the Veterans Administration remove an LGBTQ+ pride flag from the Biloxi National Cemetery. Some Mississippi Gulf Coast residents are also protesting a pride flag that’s flying at a VA hospital. The state’s two senators and
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Researchers at California State University, Long Beach, used drones to study juvenile white sharks along the Southern California coastline and how close they swim to humans in the water. Turns out, it’s pretty close. That’s according to the university’s Shark Lab, whose researchers published their findings
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday urged parents and caregivers to stop using Boppy Newborn Loungers – a pillow for infants – after two more infants died after the agency issued a mass recall of the product in 2021. The recalled products made by The
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — If you thought Poorna Jagannathan was not to be played with as mom Nalini Vishwakumar on “Never Have I Ever,” just wait. The actress from the hit Netflix series is next set to play a mafia head in the forthcoming comedy “The Out-Laws” and an “aunty-gangster” in the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, Tara John, Michael Conte and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — An Air India flight from India to San Francisco was diverted due to a technical issue with one of the plane’s engines and has landed safely in Russia’s Magadan airport, in the country’s far east, according to a statement from the carrier.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La Corte Superior de Justicia de Lima ordenó la entrega de Joran Van der Sloot a agentes del FBI el 8 de junio, según un comunicado publicado este martes. ¿Cómo serán los siguientes días de Joran van der Sloot en la prisión en Lima? “Con esta resolución, el juez culminó el tramite
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan spent more than an hour explaining to players Tuesday afternoon why he changed his mind about taking Saudi funds in a surprise collaboration, saying it ultimately was for their benefit. And to think it was nearly a year ago to the day that Saudi-funded
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press It was almost a year ago to the day that Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf teed off for the first time as the PGA Tour’s newest rival, flush with defectors from golf’s top circuit. Morals were questioned. Lawsuits were filed. Golfers doubled down on their affiliations. A merger, it seemed, wasn’t in
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Four games, four nights, two titles at stake. South Florida is getting ready for an epic run of finals games. Wednesday’s NBA Finals game in Miami between the Heat and Denver Nuggets starts a stretch of four consecutive days of either NBA or NHL title matchup
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Morgan Rimmer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy kicked off a closed-door meeting on Tuesday morning with a plea to his members: Let’s move on from last week’s debt ceiling drama and focus on the “next play.” A bloc of Republican hardliners had different ideas. Hours later,
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Jack Nicklaus is not done with Muirfield Village. Nicklaus heard enough players complain about the difficulty of the par-3 16th hole at the Memorial that he plans to work on it again. Nicklaus says only 25% of shots stayed on the green during one round.
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Florida commission that oversees the conduct of the state’s judges recommended a formal reprimand for the judge who oversaw the death penalty trial of the Parkland school shooter, writing her conduct at times made it appear she favored the prosecution. Judge Elizabeth Scherer did not
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LE MANS, France (AP) — NASCAR scored a victory at Le Mans on Tuesday when the Hendrick Motorsports crew won its class in the pit crew competition. NASCAR’s “Garage 56” is entered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans but not eligible to win the twice-round-the-clock race because
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The Bend Park & Recreation District Board on Tuesday evening unanimously agreed to authorize Executive Director Don Horton to negotiate and award a public contract to Trident Professional Security Systems, to help the district hire more unarmed private security personnel.
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The Bend Police Department said Tuesday it is having Axon fleet cameras installed in all of patrol cars this month, the second phase of its body-worn camera project that began two years ago.
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Two people are dead in what officials believe was a mass fentanyl overdose involving five peple in a hotel room in Hawaii’s tourist mecca, Waikiki. Emergency responders responded to a call at Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort Sunday morning and found five people. One man was pronounced dead at the scene and
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The UK government plans to scrap its windfall tax on oil and gas companies if energy prices fall below certain levels, abolishing a levy that has raised around £2.8 billion ($3.5 billion) since it was introduced a year ago. The country’s finance ministry announced Friday that it
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan (CNN) — Forecasters at the US Energy Department on Tuesday ramped up their forecasts for American oil and gasoline prices next year, citing new steps by Saudi Arabia and OPEC+ to restrain the supply of oil. The US Energy Information Administration dimmed its estimate of global oil production through 2024 because of
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Erik Spoelstra has preached about the value of adversity for months, not shying away from saying that it helped the Miami Heat get to these NBA Finals. And now Denver is dealing with a little taste of it as well. Game 3 of the NBA Finals
Continue ReadingTURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus says it plans to leave the Super League project still being pursued by Real Madrid and Barcelona. The the also club denied Tuesday it had been threatened with a European ban by UEFA. The three storied clubs await a European Court of Justice ruling in Luxembourg into their legal challenge
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