By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Outside of families, few relationships are as intense as those between sports teams and their fans. In the case of England’s bond with its national soccer team, it’s not always been healthy. James Graham’s play “Dear England” looks at the state of the nation through the ups
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Throughout my day, much of what I eat isn’t based on what my taste buds and body want. I can’t remember whether the milk is still good, so I’ll get my morning latte on the road. I have to get to the office, so cutting up fruit for a
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese state media report that Foxconn, a Fortune 500 company known globally for making Apple iPhones, was recently subjected to searches by Chinese tax authorities. Such a move, reported Sunday, against a major Taiwanese enterprise in China is rare. Tensions have been high between China and Taiwan
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say a Chinese coast guard ship and an accompanying vessel rammed a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat near a contested shoal. The encounter has heightened fears of an armed conflict in the disputed South China Sea. A top Philippine security
Continue ReadingPORTLAND (AP) — Griffin Dorsey scored two goals, Adalberto Carrasquilla added another and the Houston Dynamo ended the Portland Timbers’ season with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night. Houston (14-11-9) had lost eight of the last nine away meetings with Portland, including six in a row. The last time the Dynamo had more than 13
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — En los días transcurridos desde que una explosión arrasó el abarrotado Hospital Al-Ahli en la Ciudad de Gaza, matando a cientos de palestinos, los reclamos entre combatientes palestinos y el gobierno de Israel sobre la culpabilidad siguen vigentes. Ahora bien, el análisis forense de imágenes y grabaciones disponibles de manera pública empieza
Continue ReadingEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State showed Adolf Hitler’s image as part of a pregame quiz on videoboards before playing No. 2 Michigan, and later apologized for the inappropriate content provided by an outside source. Hitler and his birthplace of Austria flashed on the videoboards long enough for some on social media to share
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will visit China in early November to meet President Xi Jinping. He also said Sunday that China has agreed to review the crippling tariffs it placed on Australian wine that have effectively blocked trade with the winemakers’ biggest export
Continue ReadingCNN By Macie Goldfarb, Nouran Salahieh and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are conducting “countless interviews” as they try to piece together what happened in the days and hours before beloved synagogue leader Samantha Woll was found fatally stabbed Saturday morning, Detroit Police Deputy Chief Kari Sloan said Monday. “We are examining every piece
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La presidenta de la junta de una sinagoga de Detroit fue encontrada muerta el sábado por la mañana con múltiples puñaladas afuera de su casa, dijo la policía. La víctima, Samantha Woll, era la presidenta de la junta de la sinagoga Isaac Agree Downtown, que se encuentra en el
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jordan Cooke threw for one touchdown and ran for a second in the first quarter and Hunter Hays ran for two more as Idaho State posted a 38-24 Big Sky Conference win over Portland State on Saturday. Cooke capped a nine-play, 81-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown run five minutes into
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The Oregon Department of Education is defending a controversial state board decision to continue a pause on a high school graduation testing requirement for another six years, saying the state still has some of the nation’s toughest requirements for a diploma, in terms of skills and coursework.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Con la aterradora guerra entre Israel y Hamas y un importante órgano del Gobierno de Estados Unidos —la Cámara de Representantes— irresolublemente sin presidente y en estado de parálisis, un par de declaraciones de culpabilidad en un tribunal de Georgia casi parecen intrascendentes. Pero esas declaraciones de culpabilidad en concreto provienen de
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN (CNN) — Paddy Cosgrave, the chief executive of Web Summit, stepped down Saturday after several Big Tech companies withdrew from the company’s upcoming annual technology conference over his comments on the Israel-Hamas war. “Unfortunately, my personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors, our start-ups
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon got its rebound win, but the Ducks were far from satisfied. Bo Nix threw for 293 yards and two touchdowns while setting the NCAA record for most career starts and No. 9 Oregon downed Washington State 38-24 on Saturday. Nix started in his
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The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday accepted a university strategic plan that will guide Oregon State through 2030, and in which OSU seeks to increase research activity, improve graduation rates and increase enrollment online and at OSU-Cascades in Bend, the latter to 2,200 students.
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Happy Saturday everyone! The air quality has been impacted due to some prescribed burns in the area. Many parts of the region are currently in the moderate level. Those who are more sensitive to the smoke could experience some respiratory symptoms. Temperatures will drop into the 40s tonight under cloudy skies. Tomorrow will be a
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A judge has rejected three more attempts by former President Donald Trump and the Colorado GOP to shut down a lawsuit seeking to block him from the 2024 presidential ballot in the state based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” The flurry of rulings late Friday from Colorado District
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A shooter who ambushed police in New York City twice in 12 hours, wounding two officers, has been sentenced to 23 years to life in prison. Robert Williams pleaded guilty last month to two counts of attempted murder of a police officer in the February 2020 shootings in the Bronx. He
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s former prime minister Sali Berisha says prosecutors have charged him with corruption and money laundering in connection with a land deal involving a Tirana property. Berisha, 79, said the prosecutor’s office in charge of cases against senior officials or major cases, ordered him not to
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