AP Sports Writer Adrian Wojnarowski’s decision to be one of the first significant insiders to leave on their own and try something new is surprising because some thought it might have happened sooner. Wojnarowski announced his departure from ESPN for the newly created position of general manager of the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball program. The
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There is a star in the making at Redmond High School, and her name is Georgia Koch! Against Pendleton, Koch had three goals and an assist to lift the Panthers over the Buckaroos. The sophomore also runs track and has dreams to play college soccer.
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Offensive posts by North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson were removed from the pornographic website Nude Africa on Thursday, hours after a CNN KFile investigation revealed a series of inflammatory comments posted on the forum by the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — For some young people, a popular method for getting a quick high is by misusing laughing gas — and lately, that’s in the form of nitrous oxide from products sold by the company Galaxy Gas. Those products are the Atlanta-based company’s whipped cream chargers that are solely intended for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is scheduled to appear before a congressional committee examining how states are falling short on using welfare to help families in need. Favre has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in Mississippi. The U.S. House Ways and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Footage of two New York City police officers opening fire at a subway station as they confronted a man holding a knife shows they fired at him as he was standing still, his arms by his side and his back to a train. Police officials have emphasized that the
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — La Comisión de Bolsa y Valores (SEC, por sus siglas en inglés) tiene la intención de buscar sanciones contra Elon Musk por no presentarse a testificar en una investigación relacionada con su adquisición de Twitter, ahora llamada X, dijo el regulador en un documento judicial este viernes. A principios de este
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National Security Council spokesman John Kirby; Reps. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Colo. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and John Fetterman, D-Pa. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Israeli President Isaac Herzog; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo. ___ CNN’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A gray cat living an extraordinary life of visits to the beach and trips to the lake went on his biggest adventure alone: traveling hundreds of miles from Wyoming to California. But how the feline made it home after getting lost in Yellowstone National Park during a summer camping
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Boeing on Friday replaced the head of its troubled defense and space business, which has struggled with money-losing government contracts and embarrassing setbacks involving its Starliner space capsule. The company said Theodore “Ted” Colbert III was removed immediately as president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security and replaced temporarily
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Education, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery, announced Friday afternoon at a Jefferson County Middle School surprise all-school assembly that English teacher Christa Rohrbach has been named one of Oregon’s 18 2024-25 Regional Teachers of the Year! Every day in Oregon classrooms, teachers offer their innovation, energy and
Continue ReadingFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Human remains found in Kentucky have been positively identified as the man who shot 12 vehicles and wounded five people on Interstate 75 more than a week earlier. A retired couple found the remains of Joseph Couch on Wednesday. Although personal effects and weapons found with the body pointed to Couch,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden invited cast members from “The West Wing” to the White House to mark the 25th anniversary of the hit drama. Among those who attended Friday’s party in the Rose Garden was Martin Sheen, who played President Jed Bartlet. Sheen gave a Bartlet-style address to the crowd,
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Whooping cough is surging in the United States, with cases now five times higher than they were at the same point last year, according to preliminary data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was reported Friday. It’s the highest number of whooping
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It’s almost time for the return of Bend’s biggest little art event, The 20-Dollar Art Show! Presented by Bright Place Gallery, this year’s exhibition will feature a record 6,041 original works by 272 artists. Sizing a maximum 36 square inches, each piece will be priced at just $20, allowing art lovers
Continue ReadingCNN By Tamara Qiblawi, Charbel Mallo, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Christian Edwards, Jeremy Diamond and Tim Lister, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — A deadly Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut on Friday has left at least 31 people dead including a high-ranking Hezbollah commander, a major to a blow for a group already reeling from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee has been arrested on suspicion he started five brush fires in Northern California in recent weeks. Cal Fire said Robert Hernandez was arrested Friday at the Howard Forest Fire Station in Healdsburg, California, on suspicion of arson to forest land.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court will decide if counties have to accept provisional ballots cast on election day at polling places by voters whose mail-in ballots lacked secrecy envelopes or were rejected for other flaws. The justices said Friday they will take the case that could determine the fate of thousands
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A Lebanese and Belgian citizen labeled a “global terrorist” by the United States in 2018 has pleaded guilty to conspiring to cause a U.S. individual to unlawfully transact with him. Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi entered the plea Friday in Brooklyn federal court. Federal authorities had described him as a key Hezbollah financier
Continue ReadingBy Brian Roche and Lori Burkholder Click here for updates on this story GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Members of the swim team at Gettysburg College are accused of scratching a racial slur onto another student’s body with a plastic or ceramic tool. The college said in a statement, “This is a serious report, which is
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