AP Sports Writer CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — After a rather underwhelming start to their first Big Ten season, the ninth-ranked Oregon Ducks got it together against their former conference rivals. Dillon Gabriel threw for 291 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 64 yards with another score to lead Oregon to a 49-14 win over
Continue ReadingBy Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department has rejected claims of CIA involvement in an alleged plot to kill Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro, after Venezuelan authorities said they had arrested six foreigners, including a US Navy SEAL. The State Department called the allegations “categorically false,” adding in a statement that the United
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Happy weekend Central Oregon! It’ll be nice and quiet on Saturday with highs in the middle 70s. The more active day will be Sunday as some rain is expected to arrive in a few locations. Nothing widespread, but just scattered showers and maybe an isolated thunderstorm. Highs will be in the upper 50s and low 60s
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest said Saturday it has updated and decreased the temporary emergency fire closure area on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District for the Bachelor Complex. The Bachelor Complex includes Little Lava Fire and Backside Fire as well as 30+ smaller fires within the area around Mt. Bachelor. Bachelor Complex
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A federal judge has canceled an October trial date and set a change-of-plea hearing in a fraud case involving the owners of a Colorado funeral home where authorities discovered 190 decaying bodies. Jon and Carie Hallford were indicted in April on fraud charges, accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds
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About 800 firefighters kept busy in Sunday’s cool, cloudy weather building and securing containment lines and conducting burnout operations on the Little Lava, Flat Top and Firestone fires, officials said.
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked a new Biden administration rule aimed at reducing the venting and flaring of natural gas at oil wells. The Bismarck Tribune reports that Judge Daniel Traynor ruled Friday the five western states challenging the rule have shown they are likely to succeed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Controversial former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been buried after three days of national mourning. Thousands of supporters lined up outside a museum in Lima during the mourning period to visit his casket. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte saluted Fujimori at a ceremony in the presidential palace before his burial.
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN) — La superestrella mexicana Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez pondrá en juego sus campeonatos de peso supermediano del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo (WBC, por sus siglas en inglés), la Asociación Mundial de Boxeo (WBA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (WBO, por sus siglas en inglés) este sábado
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to more than 33 years in prison for stabbing his wife to death during a Bible study session. Robert Castillo apologized in court Friday, saying he didn’t recall anything that happened then because he was in a drug-induced psychosis. He pleaded guilty in March
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (AP) — Un tribunal militar en Congo dictó sentencias de muerte este viernes a 37 personas, incluidos tres estadounidenses, tras condenarlas por participar en un intento de golpe de Estado. Los acusados, que también incluían a un británico, un belga, un canadiense y varios congoleños, pueden apelar el veredicto por cargos, que
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GRESHAM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Plea deals have led to prison sentences of 7 ½ to 20 years for four men and a woman accused of the execution-style killing of a Bend man in Gresham in 2021, Gresham Police announced Friday. Here’s the police department’s announcement of resolution of the cases: On the evening of September
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says it targeted Hezbollah “weapons storage facilities” in multiple airstrikes across Lebanon on Saturday. One of the strikes – on the outskirts of the town of Al-Kawakh, in the Baalbek-Hermel governorate – injured four people, three of them children, according to the Lebanese health ministry. The
Continue ReadingBREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — A river otter attacked a child at a Seattle-area marina, dragging the youngster from a dock and into the water before the mother rescued her child, wildlife officials said. The child was pulled underwater and resurfaced after a few moments during the encounter Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Bremerton Marina
Continue ReadingBREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — A river otter attacked a child at a Seattle-area marina, dragging the youngster from a dock and into the water before the mother rescued her child, wildlife officials said. The child was pulled underwater and resurfaced after a few moments during the encounter Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Bremerton Marina
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Los festejos por el Día de la Independencia en la Ciudad de México se concentrarán en el Zócalo, la principal plaza pública del país, donde Andrés Manuel López Obrador dará su último “Grito de Dolores” como presidente de México, unas semanas antes de que termine su sexenio y entregue la
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The presidential campaign season in Tunisia is officially underway a day after protesters took their anger to the streets of their capital. The campaign season began on Saturday. Demonstrators on Friday decried what they say is the deteriorating state of their country. It appeared to be the largest protest
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — One day before he ran the Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon during last weekend’s Southern California heat wave, Bobby Graves shared his trepidation about the torrid sun and humidity with thousands of his TikTok followers. Graves, 35, who went by his middle name, Caleb, posted a video September 7 in
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes said the newly rebuilt Pac-12 will look to add at least two more schools for 2026 as quickly as possible. “I think John Wooden said it, `Let’s be quick but don’t hurry,” Barnes said on Saturday. “Get it right, but it’s in
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Elections officials are making changes to Minnesota’s automatic voter registration system after finding some potentially problematic entries, but they say they are not aware of anyone ineligible who has been registered to vote via the system. The Secretary of State’s Office says more than 90,000 Minnesota residents have been registered
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