The first annual Battle of the Bats softball tournament was in full swing at the Vince Genna Stadium on Sunday. The competition featured several local agencies, including the Bend Police Department, the Bend Fire Department, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Deschutes County Parole and Probation. Proceeds from the tournament will go to J Bar J Youth Services.
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings acquired Michigan native Alex DeBrincat from the Ottawa Senators on Sunday in exchange for two players and draft picks. The Red Wings signed the 25-year-old DeBrincat, a two-time 41-goal scorer from Farmington Hills, to a four-year extension worth about $7.8 million annually. In exchange for DeBrincat, the Senators
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored a career-high 40 points on 14-of-18 shooting and the Las Vegas Aces routed the Minnesota Lynx for the third time this season, rolling 113-89. The Aces, who beat Minnesota by 21 and 31 earlier this season, clinched the Western Conference berth in the Commissioner’s Cup. Las Vegas (17-2), which
Continue ReadingBy ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) — Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández, chosen by Pope Francis to head the Vatican office that ensures doctrinal orthodoxy, conceded Sunday he made mistakes in handling a 2019 case of a priest accused of sexual abuse of minors. The case has drawn allegations by
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Allisen Corpuz found herself on the biggest and most beautiful stage in women’s golf and made it look like a stroll on the beach. Never mind that she had never won on the LPGA Tour or that she had heard all week about the
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner scored 29 points, including her 25th dunk as a professional, and the Phoenix Mercury held on for a 78-72 win over the Los Angeles Sparks in a battle between two struggling teams. Diana Taurasi added 22, 12 in the fourth quarter to put her less than 100 points from 10,000
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Claudia Dominguez, CNN (CNN) — The City of Memphis and other officials have filed a motion seeking to strike certain statements from a civil lawsuit filed by the mother of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year old Black man who died after being violently beaten by Memphis police in January. Court documents filed
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La familia de Melissa Pérez, que fue abatida mortalmente en su casa por la policía de San Antonio en junio, presentó una demanda por homicidio culposo contra la ciudad y los tres agentes implicados, que fueron acusados de homicidio. La demanda afirma que las “políticas formales e informales del Departamento de
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — LSU’s stars stole the spotlight at the College World Series. It carried over to the top of baseball’s amateur draft. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected hard-throwing LSU right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes with the top pick in the draft on Sunday night, with teammate Dylan Crews going No.
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The Washington Post is reporting former AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson has resigned from the PGA Tour policy board. His resignation letter cites serious concerns over the tour’s proposed partnership with Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund. The PGA Tour confirmed the resignation in a memo to its members citing Stephenson’s
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The Washington Post is reporting former AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson has resigned from the PGA Tour policy board. His resignation letter cites serious concerns over the tour’s proposed partnership with Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund. The PGA Tour confirmed the resignation in a memo to its members citing Stephenson’s
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press Roy Herron, a longtime Tennessee state lawmaker and former chairperson of the state Democratic Party, died Sunday from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident. He was 69. Herron died at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, according to a statement from his family. He had been hospitalized since a July
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Megan Rapinoe and Trinity Rodman stood side by side at the top of a stairwell waiting to return to the field for some final cheers and fanfare before the Americans departed for the Women’s World Cup Down Under. The Old Guard and Young Guard
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Hitting coach Dillon Lawson was fired by the New York Yankees after a 7-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs, a rare midseason change by a franchise that has prized stability since Hal Steinbrenner took over from his father as controlling owner. New York’s .231 batting average is 28th among the 30
Continue Readingurielblanco Boca Chica, Texas (CNN) — Con la imponente base de lanzamiento de SpaceX a sus espaldas, Justin LeClaire vio algo asombroso en un mosaico de hierba y llanuras arenosas de naturaleza protegida en el extremo sur de Texas, cerca del Golfo de México. “Tenemos un pájaro que está muy angustiado”, dijo el biólogo, deteniéndose
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn man accused of killing an 86-year-old and injuring three other men in a series of shootings while riding a scooter in New York City is charged with murder and attempted murder, police said Sunday. In all, six apparently random shootings occurred in Brooklyn and Queens on Saturday, according to
Continue ReadingSILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Sepp Straka won the John Deere Classic with a final-round 9-under 62 that could have been much better, making double bogey on the final hole but taking the title when Brendon Todd and Alex Smalley were unable to catch him. The 30-year-old Austrian who played in college at Georgia won for
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia authorities investigating a Fourth of July holiday shooting spree that left five people dead now say the gunman killed one of the victims almost two full days before the mass shooting. Kimbrady Carriker, 40, was arraigned Wednesday morning on five counts of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons counts of
Continue ReadingWOIO By Sara Smart, Joe Sutton, Dakin Andone and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US marshals on Tuesday arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with Sunday’s mass shooting in Cleveland that left nine people wounded, Cleveland’s police chief said. The arrest happened in Lorain, about 30 miles west of Cleveland, Police Chief Wayne Drummond
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, emprendió este domingo un viaje de una semana a Europa en el que podría perfilarse el futuro de la alianza de la OTAN. Biden hará escala en Londres antes de asistir a la cumbre de la OTAN en Vilna, Lituania, a la que seguirán reuniones
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