By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has blocked a package of anti-LGBTQ+ bills from becoming law. He vetoed the three bills Friday. They are: a ban on gender-affirming medical care for young transgender people that includes puberty-blockers, hormone treatment and surgery; a “Don’t Say Gay”
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Millones de estadounidenses están a punto de recibir un duro golpe para su presupuesto mensual: regresan los pagos de los préstamos estudiantiles federales. Aunque la Corte Suprema bloqueó este viernes el programa de condonación de préstamos estudiantiles que impulsaba Biden, la pausa en los pagos es independiente y termina
Continue ReadingBy Casey Gannon (CNN) — A man arrested with multiple firearms and materials to make explosives in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood will remain in custody ahead of his detention hearing next week, a federal magistrate judge said Friday. Taylor Taranto, 37, was arrested Thursday and is facing four misdemeanor charges related to
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court’s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia may provide a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to flesh out the intended scope of its ruling Thursday banning affirmative action in college admissions. The
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of July 3-9. We’re now in the middle of construction season! As you navigate your way through the City streets and neighborhoods, please remember to slow down, read the signs and stay on the designated detour routes. Check
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Football Championship Subdivision schools soon could be paying a lot more to play at the NCAA’s top level. The Division I Council is considering a proposal to increase the transition fee from $5,000 to $5 million, effective upon approval of the measure. All Football Bowl Subdivision schools also would be required to
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials on Friday said they will make it easier for scientists to relocate plants and animals outside their historical ranges as a last resort to save species threatened with extinction by climate change. Relocations of species struggling because of climate change have been carried out
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend FC boys 2005 team finished in second place at the highly anticipated US Youth Soccer Regional soccer tournament in Boise. Despite a hard-fought overtime battle, the team fell short in a thrilling penalty shootout, with a score of 4-5. Coach Wayne Price said he “could not be more proud
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Taylor Moore and Taylor Pendrith shared the Rocket Mortgage Classic lead at 13 under Friday, hoping to hold off a veteran trying to end a victory drought and a promising young pro aiming for his first PGA Tour victory. Pendrith shot an 8-under 64 at Detroit
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It may be summertime, but there are still plenty of activities going on at Mt. Bachelor.
Continue ReadingBy WALTER BERRY Associated Press Friday marks 10 years since one of the deadliest wildland fires in the U.S. killed 19 members of an elite central Arizona firefighting crew. The city of Prescott and neighboring town of Yarnell honored the Granite Mountain Hotshots with public events. Dry lightning ignited the Yarnell Hill Fire on June
Continue ReadingYOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake has shaken parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java, causing panic as it killed at least one person, injured two others and damaged dozens of houses and prompting panic. The U.S. Geological Survey said Friday’s magnitude 5.8 quake was centered 84 kilometers southwest of Bambanglipuro, a village in
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bruce Brown Jr. is leaving the NBA champion Denver Nuggets for a two-year, $45 million deal with the Indiana Pacers, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday.The deal includes a team option for the second year. The person requested anonymity
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The Oregon Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Unit released an update Friday on the work of DOJ’s statewide Bias Response Hotline via the annual Criminal Justice Commission report.
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — United CEO Scott Kirby is apologizing to customers and his own employees after taking a private jet during a week when his airline was canceling thousands of flights. The airline confirmed Kirby flew from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday, and that the
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Division I Board will consider shortening the transfer window from 60 days to 30 after data showed most transfers enter the portal in the first few days. The window was created this year in an attempt to limit the amount of time athletes can move from one school to another
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN, JESSE BEDAYN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado web designer who the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday could refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples cited a request from a man who says he never asked to work with her. The request in dispute, from a person
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Australia is set to become the first country in the world to legalize clinical prescribing of MDMA, better known as ecstasy, and psilocybin — the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms — for certain mental health disorders. Starting July 1, authorized psychiatrists will be able to prescribe MDMA for
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving wants to run it back with Luka Doncic. A person with knowledge of the deal says the enigmatic guard and the Dallas Mavericks have agreed on a $126 million, three-year contract. The deal comes within the first hour of NBA free agency. The Mavericks
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have acquired reliever Aroldis Chapman in a trade with the Kansas City Royals. The move adds a once-dominant closer to the AL West leaders as they chase their first division title in seven years. The 35-year-old Chapman wasn’t of much use to
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