Deschutes County commissioners on Wednesday approved a yearly increase for their positions of $13,727, raising their annual salary from $111,422 to $125,149.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark says expansion remains a focus for the conference. The league wrapped up its spring meetings Friday with a record revenue distribution of $440 million to split among its 10 current schools. Yormark said there was a great discussion about expansion during the meetings held
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Las elecciones locales del Estado de México y Coahuila se celebran este 4 de junio convocarán a más de 15 millones de mexicanos para elegir gobernadora en el primero, y gobernador y diputados, en el segundo. Este domingo, cuando también hay ley seca en ambos estados, están habilitados tres
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say a Baltimore judge has ordered boxer Gervonta Davis to serve the remainder of his hit-and-run sentence behind bars instead of in home detention after he moved to a luxury hotel, then a new home without permission. Last month, Judge Althea Handy sentenced Davis to 90 days of home detention after
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) — Brad Pitt is not backing down from his legal fight against his ex-wife Angelina Jolie over a French winery they once owned together.. In new legal documents filed Thursday by Pitt’s attorneys and obtained by CNN, the actor calls Jolie’s sale of her stake of Château Miraval in 2021
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — With the third round of the French Open underway in Paris, there is not a single player from the home country left in either singles bracket for the locals to cheer. No one to serenade with “La Marseillaise,” the national anthem, or encourage with yells of
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka did not participate in a customary post-match press conference after her third-round win at the French Open on Friday, saying she didn’t feel safe when participating in a press conference held earlier this week. On Wednesday, after winning in the second
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Just as stock market turmoil is a good reminder to make sure your investment portfolio is diversified, a few surprise bank failures is a good excuse to find out whether your financial accounts — not just your checking and savings accounts — are all protected in the
Continue ReadingHAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Maximilian Kieffer has stayed atop the leaderboard after the second round of the European Open in Hamburg. A late double bogey cut Kieffer’s lead to one stroke. Kieffer carded a 2-under 71 to stay a shot in front of Tom McKibbin, David Law and 2017 European Open winner Jordan Smith. The
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai, Deepak Rao and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — More than 200 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a collision involving two passenger trains and a goods train in the Indian city of Balasore, in one of the worst rail crashes in recent history. At least 233 people have died and
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Ryan, Zoe Sottile and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people were injured when a building they were working on partially collapsed in New Haven, Connecticut, on Friday, according to officials. The people injured were working at a seven-story residential building that was under construction when a portion of the second
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Donald Trump turned over material in mid-March in response to a federal subpoena related to a classified US military document described by the former president on tape in 2021 but were unable to find the document itself, two sources tell CNN. Prosecutors
Continue ReadingCNN By Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz and Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are meeting with Justice Department officials on Monday following a public request for a meeting about what they characterize as prosecutorial misconduct, according to sources familiar with the matter. The meeting comes as the special
Continue ReadingBy Nate Eaton Click here for updates on this story FORT HALL, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Two Arizona men are in custody on multiple drug charges after deputies found around 7,000 fentanyl pills, cocaine, meth and other paraphernalia in a hotel room Wednesday evening. Bingham County Sheriff deputies were called to the Fort Hall Casino Hotel
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A trio of rare wolverine sightings in California has been verified by scientists, marking just the second time in a century the animal has been spotted in the Golden State. All three sightings were reported by different people last month in various parts of the Eastern Sierra Mountains. One
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Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Payment apps like PayPal and Venmo might be convenient, but they’re not banks — and a federal financial services watchdog is worried that too many consumers are treating them as such. Some consumers are using services like PayPal, Venmo, Cash App and Apple Pay for direct deposit
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Two years after Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open when she was fined, then threatened with disqualification, for skipping news conferences, another top tennis player — No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion — was allowed to avoid the traditional postmatch session open
Continue ReadingBy Greg McQuade Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — During the journey of life, we collect keepsakes along the way. For Sherril Harlow, a bracelet for the wrist now holds a special place in her heart. “I’ve never even cleaned it because I didn’t want to change anything about it,”
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A college student who authorities say admitted setting fire to a building slated to become Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic has pleaded not guilty to an arson charge. Lorna Roxanne Green entered her plea in federal court in Cheyenne on Friday. Court documents say Green told
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