Review by Peter Wilkinson, CNN London (CNN) — In an era when the elder statesmen of rock might start to consider hanging up their microphones and leather pants, Blur stomped onto Britain’s biggest stage this weekend to stake their claim for the big time. Playing two nights at Wembley, Europe’s second-largest sports stadium, is a
Continue ReadingROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — A landslide is tearing apart luxury homes on Southern California’s Palos Verdes Peninsula. The earth movement is leaving a twisted jumble of collapsed roofs, shattered walls, tilted chimneys and decks dangling over an adjacent canyon. The slide in the Los Angeles County city of Rolling Hills Estates began Saturday
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of killing an 86-year-old and injuring three other people in a series of apparently random shootings while riding a scooter in New York City has been arraigned on charges including murder and attempted murder. Prosecutors say Thomas Abreu was arraigned Monday in a hospital in five shootings that
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Phoenix Mercury general manager Jim Pitman is retiring at the end of the season but staying on as the team’s chief financial officer. Pitman also is an executive vice president and CFO of the Phoenix Suns. He took over as the Mercury’s GM in 2013 and during his tenure
Continue ReadingNEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of a city on the Oregon coast has apologized and resigned over offensive content he posted in a private Facebook group for current and retired police officers. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer apologized and resigned Monday morning, three days after the media outlet revealed that
Continue ReadingNEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of a city on the Oregon coast has apologized and resigned over offensive content he posted in a private Facebook group for current and retired police officers. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer apologized and resigned Monday morning, three days after the media outlet revealed that
Continue ReadingNEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of a city on the Oregon coast has apologized and resigned over offensive content he posted in a private Facebook group for current and retired police officers. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer apologized and resigned Monday morning, three days after the media outlet revealed that
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.N. agency tasked with regulating the deep sea is debating whether to open the Earth’s watery depths to countries and companies that are now allowed to start applying for provisional mining licenses. The International Seabed Authority is based in Jamaica and launched a
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force has suspended personnel moves and bonuses through the end of the fiscal year as the service faces a funding shortfall driven by higher-than-expected costs, according to a statement from the service Monday. The Air Force said it needed to take these steps now “to avoid
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando los dirigentes de la OTAN se reúnan el martes en Vilna, capital de Lituania, lo harán con dos interrogantes que se ciernen sobre una cumbre crucial para la alianza. En primer lugar, esta es la semana en la que la OTAN esperaba dar la bienvenida a Suecia como su miembro
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Southwestern U.S. is bracing for another week of blistering temperatures. Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Phoenix have extended the excessive heat warning for the metro Phoenix area through Sunday night, meaning it could break a record set in 1974 for the most
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Dusty Baker and the All-Star Game are tailor made for each other. After buying suits for his All-Star coaches last year, Baker purchased sports jackets for Tuesday night’s game. “We look like a band this year because we got ’em all the same blue blazer,” the 74-year-old Houston Astros manager said Monday.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El jefe de la OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg, anunció este lunes que Turquía aceptó respaldar el proceso de Suecia para unirse a la alianza militar. La noticia ocurre justo antes de la cumbre de la OTAN en Vilnius, Lituania, este martes. Además, representa un cambio sorprendente en la actitud del presidente de
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The community is invited to donate blood at the Central Oregon Battle of the Badges Blood Drive on Tuesday, July 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pilot Butte Fire Station Training Room (425 NE 15th Street, Bend).
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy has died after being assaulted in a transport van by a jail inmate whom he had just taken to a hospital visit in Indianapolis. Marion County Sheriff Kerry Forestal says 61-year-old Deputy John Durm died at Eskenazi Hospital following the attack. Police say the inmate, 34-year-old Orlando
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN Business) — More than 1,000 major companies pledged to leave Russia after President Vladimir Putin launched his devastating war in Ukraine, but some well-known firms stand accused by researchers of violating their pledge. Not every company on the list left, but more than 1,000 exited. That unprecedented corporate
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A rabid Kansas City Chiefs fan known on social media as “ChiefsAholic” is accused of robbing a bank in Iowa, and federal authorities suspect he’s responsible for bank and credit union robberies throughout the central U.S. Federal prosecutors on Monday announced that 28-year-old Xaviar Michael Babudar of Overland Park, Kansas,
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A rabid Kansas City Chiefs fan known on social media as “ChiefsAholic” is accused of robbing a bank in Iowa, and federal authorities suspect he’s responsible for bank and credit union robberies throughout the central U.S. Federal prosecutors on Monday announced that 28-year-old Xaviar Michael Babudar of Overland Park, Kansas,
Continue ReadingLUFKIN, Texas (AP) — A giraffe named Twiga who died over the weekend at an East Texas zoo at the age of 31 was among the oldest giraffes being cared for by humans. The director of the Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin said Twiga was found dead Saturday morning. Zoo Director Gordon Henley said Twiga
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA AHMED and CHARLIE NEIBERGALL Associated Press GENOA, Neb. (AP) — In a remote patch of a long-closed Native American boarding school, near a canal and some railroad tracks, Nebraska’s state archeologist and two teammates filled buckets with dirt and sifted through it as if they were searching for gold. They’re trying to find
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