Associated Press JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rescue teams on Saturday were searching for those still missing after flash floods and landslides hit parts of Bosnia, killing at least 16 people and injuring scores more. Construction machines worked to remove piles of rocks and debris that covered the central town of Jablanica during a rainstorm early
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors have asked for a seven-year sentence in the trial of a U.S. citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine against Russia, Russian news agencies reported Saturday. Prosecutors asked the court to take into account 72-year-old Stephen Hubbard’s age and said he has admitted guilt, according to Interfax. They
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Chiang Mai, Thailand’s northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding Saturday as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy seasonal rainfall. Authorities ordered some evacuations and said they were working to pump water out of residential areas and clear obstructions from waterways and drains to help
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s army says militants killed six soldiers in a shootout in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan where armed groups including the Pakistani Taliban are active. Also Saturday, cellphone services remained suspended in Islamabad as it entered a second day of a lockdown aimed at thwarting rallies in support of ex-leader Imran
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Caroline Graham Hansen es una de las mejores jugadoras de fútbol del mundo y una de las principales aspirantes al codiciado Balón de Oro, pero aún recuerda lo que sentía por el deporte cuando observaba a su padre verlo por televisión en su casa de Noruega. “Sinceramente, me parecía muy aburrido”,
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A van packed with migrants has slid off the road and overturned in central Croatia early on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 25, some severely. Police say a patrol spotted the van with German license plates overnight and started to follow it when the driver increased the speed. After several
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — El acuerdo alcanzado este jueves por la noche para poner fin a la huelga de 50.000 trabajadores portuarios tiene muchos ganadores y pocos o ningún perdedor. El acuerdo solo afecta a los salarios, no a otras disposiciones contractuales. Pero el sindicato aceptó volver al trabajo este viernes tras tres días de
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Congrats to the dual winners from last week, Summit’s Ava Simone and Sisters Kayl Mock! Both are awesome plays! Here’s the Top Plays nominees for this week’s Play of the Week: Nomination 1: Bend QB Kaden Cooper connects to Max Duncan to cap off a four-TD first half Nomination 2: Summit QB Andrew Guthrie dime
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The Athlete of the Week this week is Sisters Senior Kayl Mock. Other scores around the league. Crook County stays undefeated beating Parkrose 62-8. The Culver Bulldogs keep winning, they beat Lowell 30-13. Sisters loses to 4th ranked Cottage Grove, 28-19. La Pine picks up their first win of the season, beating Harrisburg 13-6.
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Mtn. View continues to thrive as they win big at home against Caldera 35-0. The Cougars are the reigning IMC champs and are coming off a state runner-up finish. They take on Redmond next week at home.
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The Summit Storm begin league play 1-0 after scoring three times late in the game Friday night. The Storm are now 2-3 and face off against undefeated Bend High at home next Friday.
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The Bend High Lava Bears remain undefeated this season and now are 1-0 in league play after a four-TD first half Friday night. QB Kaden Cooper had two passing touchdowns to WR Max Duncan, while RB Kingston Thomas ran for two more.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — The deal reached Thursday evening that ended a strike by 50,000 port workers has a lot of winners and few if any losers. The deal only covers wages, not other contract provisions. But the union agreed to return to work Friday after a three-day
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Las mentes más brillantes de la ciencia saldrán del anonimato académico la semana que viene, cuando se anuncien los Premios Nobel de Física, Química y Fisiología o Medicina. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Estos galardones, creados por el industrial sueco Alfred Nobel hace más de un siglo, celebran trabajos innovadores que
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PATNA, India (AP) — At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels were killed in a battle with Indian troops in central India, police said Saturday. The fighting erupted on Friday when counterinsurgency troops, acting on intelligence, cornered nearly 50 suspected rebels in the Abhujmaad forest area along the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada districts
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Winds have relaxed and the skies are mostly sunny today. Expect to see the mercury in the thermometer rise into the middle to upper 70s today, followed by near 80 degree conditions Sunday. High pressure to the south and east of Oregon will be able to provide the above normal conditions for the next several
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Caroline Graham Hansen is one of the best football players in the world and she is a leading contender for the coveted Ballon d’Or award, but she can still remember how she felt about the Beautiful Game when she saw her dad watching it on television at their home
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The best minds in science will be thrust from academic obscurity into the spotlight this week when the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine are announced. The accolades, established by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel more than a century ago, celebrate groundbreaking work that can take decades
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Family Connects Central Oregon, which began three years ago, offers new parents home visits by nurses for a check-up, information and advice.
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A storm system that was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico strengthened into Tropical Storm Milton on Saturday and forecasters warned it could intensify into a hurricane and slam into the west coast of Florida later this week. Tropical Storm Milton was about 355 miles (565 kilometers) west-northwest of Progreso, Mexico, and
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