Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has been convulsed by violence for the past week as crowds spouting anti-immigrant and Islamophobic slogans clashed with police. The disturbances have been fueled by right-wing activists using social media to spread misinformation about a knife attack that killed three girls during a Taylor Swift-themed dance event. The violence
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Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands effectively secured gold in the women’s dinghy on Monday and is set to be crowned as the most successful woman in Olympic sailing after building an unassailable lead ahead of the medal race.
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Moments after helping the U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team take home a bronze medal, Hailey Van Lith joins Mike Tirico to talk about what changed after Team USA’s slow start and what makes 3×3 so challenging.
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Tokyo bronze medalists Ahmed Tijan and Cherif Younousse of Qatar defeated Chilean cousins Esteban and Marco Grimalt, putting up a convincing display and advancing to the Olympic beach volleyball quarterfinals.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) are leading more than 25 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief urging the Federal District Court for the District of Oregon to grant the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction in the Kroger-Albertson’s merger case. The brief outlines three
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 2014 disposal of a dead bear cub in New York City’s Central Park may have violated state law, punishable by a fine of up to $250, but the statute of limitations for the law in question expired after one
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Team USA used a four-set win over Brazil to keep its redemption tour rolling and move into its seventh appearance in the semifinals
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Aguilar Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — The start of the new school year means families are spending a lot of time shopping. They are looking for the essentials — shoes, pants, a backpack. Foster families with new foster kids means there’s even more shopping to be done
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Sam Watson is a man of the people. The American speed climber is on a series of Olympic Village side quests in the lead-up to his competition. But will he be victorious in the ultimate quest of securing an Olympic gold medal?
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Selections have been made for the Leadership Bend Class of 2025, a non-profit civic engagement and leadership development program of the Bend Chamber. Leadership Bend exists to identify, develop, educate and connect diverse leaders who impact the Central Oregon region through committed service to the community. Participants are chosen from a
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A full recap of the men’s and women’s 3×3 basketball semifinals, where the U.S. women fell just short of reaching the gold-medal game.
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Sonja Greinacher scored the game-winning basket in the waning moments as debutants Germany completed a Cinderella run to women’s 3×3 basketball gold.
Continue ReadingCNN By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Usha Vance, the wife of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, defended her husband’s previous comments deriding childless adults and downplayed his labeling of some Democratic politicians as “childless cat ladies,” calling it a “quip.” In a sit-down interview with Fox News that aired Monday, Usha Vance, a
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN London (CNN) — Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia and a number of other countries have warned their citizens about traveling to the UK, as a spate of anti-immigrant riots grips cities across Britain. The UK’s worst social unrest in years was sparked by the stabbing deaths of three young girls in Stockport, northwest
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With a 10-8 win over France on Monday, Spain finishes pool play unbeaten and heads to the quarterfinals as the top seed in the men’s water polo tournament.
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Noah Lyles, Kishane Thompson and Fred Kerley are awarded their medals in the men’s 100m after finishing 1-2-3 in the Paris Olympic final.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two special prosecutors say they plan to charge a former central Kansas police chief with obstruction of justice over his conduct following a raid of the local newspaper last year. Prosecutors also said Monday that the newspaper’s staff committed no crimes. It wasn’t clear from the prosecutors’ lengthy report
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German basketball royalty was on hand to take in German basketball history as the country advances to its first 3×3 gold-medal game.
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Sparks flying from the tire rims of a Prineville woman driving by on state Highway 126 allegedly ignited the 10-acre Stillman Fire last Friday. Two residents awakened by banging on their RV home’s door lost their home and some pets to the blaze. But not all.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In Beirut, shops are open and traffic is as snarled as ever. In Tel Aviv, cafes hum with patrons and umbrellas sprout across crowded beaches. Such scenes may seem surreal in a region teetering on the edge of all-out war — and beneath the surface there is plenty
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