By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago Sky have undergone more change the past two seasons than any team in the WNBA. And the Sky were coming off their 2021 championship when the turnover began. Kahleah Copper is now the lone remaining starter from that team as Candace Parker, Courtney
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have detected the most distant known organic molecules in the universe using the James Webb Space Telescope. It’s the first time Webb has detected complex molecules in the distant universe. The complex molecules were found in a galaxy known as SPT0418-47, located more than 12 billion light-years away.
Continue ReadingBy Scott Heidler Click here for updates on this story ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Virginia (WESH) — When a plane crashed near the nation’s capital on Sunday, killing all four people on board, it impacted two generations of a Melbourne family. Officials at Melbourne Orlando International told WESH 2 News that the Cessna Citation jet took off
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In a unique partnership with the University of California at Davis, the Redmond Proficiency Academy is offering a two-week course for students called “Blue Humanities – Ocean Stories.”
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The Family Access Network is thrilled to announce that 22 Central Oregon high school seniors have each received $1,500 scholarships from the Laura J. Harward Scholarship Fund. These scholarships will allow students to pursue post-secondary education.
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Bluesky, the internet’s hottest members-only spot at the moment, feels a bit like an exclusive club, populated by some Very Online folks, popular Twitter characters, and fed up ex-users of the Elon Musk-owned platform. Musk is not on it — and this might be part of the appeal for
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City defender Kyle Walker is confident he will be fit for Saturday’s Champions League final despite struggling with a back problem in recent days. The England international did not take part in City’s open training session in preparation for the game against Inter Milan
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Discover Your Forest and the Ochoco National Forest are seeking applicants for the Young Women’s Natural Resource Career Camp, to be held August 29-31 at Wildcat Campground on the Ochoco National Forest outside of Prineville.
Continue ReadingBy Derek Van Dam and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — New York City topped the list of the world’s worst air pollution for parts of Tuesday as harmful smoke wafted south from more than a hundred wildfires burning in Quebec. Smoke from Canada’s fires has periodically engulfed the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic for more than a
Continue ReadingBy Brendan King Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — Richmond Public Schools is in the process of renaming city schools “named for individuals or symbols that represent racist ideologist, including individuals who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and/or owned slaves,” according to the school district’s website.
Continue ReadingBy Cameron Thompson Click here for updates on this story CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — When lead zookeeper Jessica Gring found out the Metro Richmond Zoo was on fire, she jumped into her car and drove to work to help. During her frantic drive to the zoo Sunday night, she crashed, got out of the
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RUSSELL Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Texas (KTVT) — Do you know what stereotypes are? They are often beliefs formed about what a certain group of people can or cannot do when it comes to race, gender, age, physical disabilities and more. One graduate from Mansfield ISD just smashed a
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — More than $100 million in funding has been distributed for repairs to Jackson, Mississippi’s beleaguered water system, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday, the first tranche of more than half a billion dollars appropriated by Congress. “For years, the people of Jackson, Mississippi, have suffered the consequences of aging water
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — CONCACAF is changing the name of its top club competition back to the Champions Cup, what the tournament was called from 1962 through 2008. The Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Association Football announced the change Tuesday, two days after Mexico’s León won this year’s title. Twenty-two teams will play
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal magistrate ruled Tuesday to make public the names of the cosigners on indicted Rep. George Santos ’ $500,000 release bond, but said she’ll keep them secret for now to give his lawyer time to appeal the decision. U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields’ ruling
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear says he’s been steadfast in leaning into the fight against crime. The governor hit back against his Republican challenger’s attacks on public safety issues. Beshear made the comments Tuesday while joined by law enforcement officers backing his reelection campaign, Cameron says Beshear
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Venture capital titan Sequoia is splitting its business into three independent partnerships, each with separate brands. The Silicon Valley-based firm’s expansive investments in China, which have drawn attention from US lawmakers amid growing geopolitical tensions with Beijing, will become their own unit. Sequoia Capital executives briefed investors
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman and Oren Liebermann, CNN Colleville-sur-Mer, France (CNN) — Thousands gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Tuesday to remember those who died fighting for freedom in World War II, ceremonies that had renewed meaning as speakers, including US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, pointed to parallels with Ukraine’s war against Russia. Seventy-nine years
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is weighing in on the controversy over Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters and his recent performances in Germany that have been deemed antisemitic by some. The State Department said Tuesday that Waters has “a long track record of using antisemitic tropes to denigrate
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers, saying in a Tuesday ruling that gender identity is real and the state has no rational basis for denying patients treatment.
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