BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The NPJ 15 National girls volleyball team begins play at the Girls Volleyball Junior Nationals this week in Chicago. They’re the only team from Bend competing in the 14s-17s Junior Nationals. The NPJ 12s team competed in the 11s-13s Nationals in early June. The 15s team has players from Summit, Bend,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A couple of Central Oregon schools took home the hardware in the state trap shooting championships. The Mountain View trap team finished first at the 2A state tournament. Trap is a competitive shooting sport, using shotguns to shoot clay targets. The club team has 56 total players, with 24 making it
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — San Francisco Giants outfielder Michael Conforto left Wednesday night at Toronto after an inning because of a tight left hamstring. Conforto fielded four balls in Toronto’s five-run first inning, running into the wall in foul territory to make a catch on Matt Chapman’s fly ball. Austin Slater pinch hit when Conforto’s turn
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and TikTok serve as a vehicle for deception, misinformation and scams aimed at migrants seeking a better life for them and their families in the United States. The ignorance of many of those who venture into a dangerous journey across the borders makes them fall
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Women’s World Cup has an official song. It’s a collaboration between alt-pop artists from the two host countries, New Zealand’s BENEE and Australia’s Mallrat. The song is called “Do It Again” and the musicians will perform it at the tournament’s opening ceremony on July
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Women’s World Cup has an official song. It’s a collaboration between alt-pop artists from the two host countries, New Zealand’s BENEE and Australia’s Mallrat. The song is called “Do It Again” and the musicians will perform it at the tournament’s opening ceremony on July
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling would be allowed to take place for at least five more years under the latest proposal by New Jersey lawmakers. On Wednesday evening, legislators abandoned a move they made just a day earlier to drastically cut the extension of internet casino gambling in
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona will not be with the team for a second straight game after being hospitalized when he became lightheaded before a series opener against the Kansas City Royals. Francona, who has had significant health issues in recent years, spent Tuesday night at The University of Kansas
Continue ReadingFrom CNN’s Max Foster and Lauren Kent (CNN) — The British Royal Household released its annual financial statement on Thursday, revealing that official spending for the year 2022-2023 exceeded the Sovereign Grant and other royal earned income. It attributes the high costs to the “exceptional period of transition” in the Royal Household, which saw Queen
Continue ReadingCNN From CNN’s Max Foster and Lauren Kent (CNN) — The British Royal Household released its annual financial statement on Thursday, revealing that official spending for the year 2022-2023 exceeded the Sovereign Grant and other royal earned income. It attributes the high costs to the “exceptional period of transition” in the Royal Household, which saw
Continue ReadingFrom CNN’s Max Foster and Lauren Kent (CNN) — The British Royal Household released its annual financial statement on Thursday, revealing that official spending for the year 2022-2023 exceeded the Sovereign Grant and other royal earned income. It attributes the high costs to the “exceptional period of transition” in the Royal Household, which saw Queen
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) –– El Kremlin ha hecho todo lo posible para reafirmar la autoridad del presidente Vladimir Putin, con reuniones y actos destinados a mostrar la unidad y solidaridad del Estado y los militares bajo su liderazgo. Pero, en opinión de muchos comentaristas, no será fácil trazar una línea que anule los insólitos acontecimientos
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Garbage and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds were forced to cancel the Wisconsin concert they were set to co-headline on Wednesday due to poor air quality in the region as hundreds of wildfires in Canada continue burning. Citing an air quality advisory for Madison and Dane counties, “the Noel
Continue ReadingBy WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes has been placed on the 10-day injured list by the Pittsburgh Pirates because of inflammation in his lower back. The move was made retroactive to June 25. The third baseman had missed two games after last playing in a 4-3 loss to Miami on Saturday.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: la siguiente historia recopila detalles explícitos de violencia que podrían resultar perturbadores. (CNN) — La Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Rankin, en Mississippi, despidió a varios agentes después de que dos hombres negros presentaran una demanda federal de derechos civiles asegurando que seis agentes blancos entraron ilegalmente en su residencia
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A suspect in the stabbing of a professor and two students during a class on gender issues at a university in the Canadian city of Waterloo has been charged in what police are calling a hate-motivated attack. Waterloo Regional Police say Geovanny Villalba-Aleman faces three counts of
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two more Connecticut police officers have been fired for what officials called their misconduct and lack of compassion in how they treated Richard “Randy” Cox after he was paralyzed in the back of a police van last year. New Haven police commissioners voted Wednesday to fire
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who oversaw food service for New York City schools was convicted Wednesday in a bribery case that picked apart how chicken tenders riddled with bone and bits of metal were served for months in the nation’s biggest public school system. Former city Department of
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is one of many millions of people who have sleep apnea, a serious sleep disorder in which people stop breathing for 10 seconds or more at a time. It’s estimated that at least 25 million American adults and 936 million adults between the ages of 30 and 69 worldwide may
Continue ReadingBy Hamdi Alkhshali and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — At least two people died in a shooting incident near the United States consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to local police and a spokesperson for the consulate. One of those killed was a consulate security guard. “A person in a car stopped near
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