By TOM MURPHY and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Nathan Hill started receiving $12.75 an hour from a state Medicaid program to help care for his severely disabled son during the pandemic, money he said allowed his family to stop using food stamps. The program was designed to provide a continuation of care and ease a
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There was a special open house Tuesday as the senior community previously known as The Alexander is now Bend’s second Touchmark facility.
Continue ReadingBy MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution. The impacts are particularly hard on poor and
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have held it over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months. Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing it too. And President Joe Biden seemingly isn’t far behind. Driven by the demands of hard-right members, Republicans in the House are threatening impeachment against
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile. General Motors Co. and the parent company of China’s BYD Auto
Continue ReadingBy MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Marsh homered twice and drove in three runs, helping the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 for their second straight win. Phillies left-hander Ranger Suárez pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning in a game played in a strong smoky haze caused by Canadian wildfires.
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The Bend North Little League team is hosting the District 5 tournament this week at Sky View Middle School, with more than 40 baseball and softball teams taking part in various age groups.
Continue ReadingBy JEAN FERNAND KOENA, CHINEDU ASADU and ZANE IRWIN Associated Press BIRAO, Central African Republic (AP) — The Russian mercenary group that briefly rebelled against President Vladimir Putin’s authority has for years been a ruthless force-for-hire across Africa, protecting rulers at the expense of the masses. That dynamic is not expected to change now that
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Andrew Abbott was impressive on the mound again for Cincinnati, and Matt McLain and TJ Friedl both homered to lift the Reds to a 3-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. McLain also hit an RBI double for the Reds, who rebounded from a 10-3 loss Monday
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ezequiel Duran’s solo home run into the second deck in left sparked a five-run eighth inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Tuesday night. Duran’s homer, his 10th of the season, came on a 3-2 pitch by Brendan White (1-2), the 12th pitch of the at-bat. Texas
Continue ReadingBy ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Armed men have abducted 14 state police officers in southern Mexico. The kidnapping on Tuesday prompted a heavy deployment of federal and local forces. The provincial security office said the 14 officers are all men and an air and ground operation was underway to locate
Continue ReadingBy WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Montgomery pitched six-hit ball into the seventh inning in his second straight win, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 4-2. Paul DeJong homered for St. Louis in its return after splitting two games against the Chicago Cubs in London over the weekend.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Clayton Kershaw carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, J.D. Martinez homered twice to reach 300 for his career, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 5-0. Kershaw gave up one hit and faced the minimum in six innings, throwing only 79 pitches. He struck
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietjet plane carrying 214 people has made an unscheduled but safe landing in the northern Philippines after encountering an unspecified technical problem. None of the passengers and crew were hurt. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said the Airbus A321 was enroute to Vietnam from the South Korean city
Continue ReadingBy MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gavin Williams held Kansas City to one hit through seven innings in his second major league start, Will Brennan hit a two-run double in the ninth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians rallied past the Royals 2-1. Kansas City had broken a scoreless tie in the
Continue ReadingCarolina Calero (CNN) — A medida que Ford se encamina hacia la producción de más vehículos eléctricos, prevé despedir a varios empleados, en su mayoría ingenieros, en Norteamérica durante los próximos días. La empresa no confirmó el número específico de trabajadores afectados. “Esto está relacionado con el plan de crecimiento Ford+ que presentamos en 2021
Continue ReadingMarianna Cerinni, CNN (CNN) — Think of 1990s fashion, and supermodels like Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista immediately spring to mind. The decade that popularized velvet suits, low-rise jeans and slip dresses is closely linked to the women who first donned them on runways and in racy ad campaigns (like Calvin Klein’s now-infamous
Continue ReadingCarolina Calero (CNN) —El actor británico Julian Sands, conocido por su trabajo en series como “24” y películas como “A Room with a View”, fue encontrado sin vida luego de su desaparición en enero en las montañas de San Gabriel, sur de California, informaron las autoridades este martes. Identifican los restos humanos del actor Julian
Continue ReadingStory by Rebecca Cairns; Video by Hazel Pfeifer, CNN (CNN) — When Muhsinah Morris stepped onto the central quad of the Morehouse College campus in Atlanta, Georgia, she cried. “We hadn’t been on campus for almost a year,” she recalls. “It was amazing. You hear the birds chirping and everything.” It was 2021, and Morehouse,
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Janda Law Firm compiled a list of some of the most notorious celebrity lawsuits using various news sources.
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