JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Maxen, an associate strength coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, has become the first male coach in a major U.S.-based professional league to come out as gay. Maxen spoke about his sexual orientation in an interview published Thursday by Outsports. “I don’t want to feel like I have to think about
Continue ReadingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Maxen, an associate strength coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, has become the first male coach in a major U.S.-based professional league to come out as gay. Maxen spoke about his sexual orientation in an interview published Thursday by Outsports. “I don’t want to feel like I have to think about
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — En un refugio en Eagle Pass, Texas, CNN habló con dos mujeres embarazadas quienes dicen que los miembros de la Guardia Nacional de Texas les negaron agua mientras intentaban entregarse a las autoridades de inmigración de EE.UU. la semana pasada. María es de El Salvador y Carmen es oriunda
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The U.S. Center for SafeSport says it is willing to work with the U.S. Soccer Athletes Council to address concerns about the organization tasked with protecting athletes from abuse. The U.S. Soccer Athletes Council sent a letter to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives this week signed
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — With the 1-0 victory over Group A favorites Norway secured, New Zealand is in good position to advance to the knockout stage. That’s a big deal for the tournament co-hosts, who had never won a match at the World Cup before Thursday night.
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On hot days during the summer, thousands of people want to partake in water activities. Many Bend visitors and locals choose to cool down with a float down the Deschutes River.
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A woman accused of having an illegal abortion in Nebraska when she was 17 and disposing of the fetus was sentenced Thursday to 90 days in jail following a plea agreement. Celeste Burgess, 19, of Norfolk, had entered a guilty plea in May to a felony charge of removing,
Continue ReadingIRVING, Texas (AP) — Men’s and women’s basketball teams in the expanded Big 12 will still play 18 conference games each during the 2023-24 season. The conference will have 14 schools for the upcoming season before the departures of Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC next summer. Each team will play five Big 12 opponents
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Here is the city of Redmond’s planned road closures and delays update for July 22-28.
Continue ReadingWSVN, MIAMI-DADE CO., COURT, MIAMI-DADE CORRECTIONS, RENT-A-HITMAN, CNN By Eli Masket (CNN) — Police arrested an 18-year-old mother Tuesday after she attempted to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son, according to police. Jazmin Paez was flagged to authorities after she filled out a form on a parody hit-for-hire website designed to “prevent legitimate
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips says he never “condoned or tolerated inappropriate conduct” against athletes as Northwestern’s athletics director in the wake of that school’s hazing scandal. The scandal has led to at least three lawsuits and the firing of football coach Pat Fitzgerald. Phillips has been named
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It took over a decade for Josh Hartnett and director Christopher Nolan to finally have the opportunity to work together in “Oppenheimer,” but there was a time when Hartnett was almost cast as Nolan’s Batman. According to the director, Hartnett was an early contender to play the Caped Crusader
Continue ReadingBy BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder sexually harassed a team employee and oversaw team executives who deliberately withheld millions of dollars in revenue from other clubs, and he has agreed to pay a $60 million fine, the league announced Thursday. The NFL released a 23-page report detailing the findings of
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The Red Cross Cascades Region said Thursday it’s on pace to open more wildfire evacuation shelters this summer, compared to last.
Continue ReadingPALERMO, Sicily (AP) — Top-seeded Daria Kasatkina has eased into the quarterfinals of the Palermo Open with a comfortable victory over Russian compatriot Tatiana Prozorova. It was only Prozorova’s third WTA tour main-draw match and Kasatkina prevailed 6-3, 6-1. Kasatkina will likely face a sterner test against fifth-seeded Jasmine Paolini, who she meets in the
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending additional warships and thousands of Marines to the Middle East to increase security in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships there. U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved the deployment of the USS Bataan amphibious readiness group
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A tornado in North Carolina severely damaged a Pfizer plant, damaged several other structures, shut down a major interstate and injured at least 16 people Wednesday afternoon. The tornado was on the ground for 16.5 miles, lasting about 30 minutes, and produced peak winds of 150 mph, an EF-3
Continue ReadingWRAL, JACOB PITCHFORD, MATTHEW MASHBURN, BRIAN BENDER, GOOGLE EARTH, CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A tornado in North Carolina severely damaged a Pfizer plant, damaged several other structures, shut down a major interstate and injured at least 16 people Wednesday afternoon. The tornado was on the ground for 16.5 miles, lasting about 30
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Ucrania luchó para repeler una ola de ataques rusos contra la ciudad sureña de Odesa, pero sus defensas aéreas son incapaces de hacer frente a los tipos de misiles que Moscú usó para golpear la región esta semana. La Fuerza Aérea de Ucrania dijo que destruyó solo cinco de
Continue ReadingFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury deliberations have gotten underway in the South Florida double murder trial of rapper YNW Melly. Broward County prosecutors said in closing arguments Thursday that the fatal shots in the 2018 deaths of two of Melly’s friends were fired from inside a Jeep where Melly and the others were sitting.
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