WNBA to begin full-time charter flights this season, commissioner says
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer The WNBA plans to commit $50 million over the next two years to provide full-time charter flight service for its…
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Body of last missing construction worker recovered from Baltimore bridge collapse site
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say the body of the last missing construction worker killed in the collapse of…
Continue ReadingDrake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud — the biggest beef in recent rap history — explained
By The Associated Press In one of the biggest beefs in recent hip-hop history, Drake and Kendrick Lamar are feuding — to the point that police were…
Continue ReadingBig Ten women’s basketball schedule brings USC, UCLA to conference’s easternmost schools
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The 14 current Big Ten teams each will play two women’s basketball conference games on the West Coast in 2024-25 and…
Continue ReadingJudge asked to question jurors who awarded $38 million in New Hampshire youth center abuse case
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A landmark trial over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center resulted in a $38…
Continue ReadingBiden hosts Romanian leader at the White House to celebrate NATO partnership
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has hosted Klaus Iohannis, the president of Romania, at the White House. The two leaders on…
Continue ReadingThe Met Gala’s flowery theme went in all directions
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Who won the Met Gala? Nature and its many blooms, along with some far-flung princesses. It…
Continue ReadingMet Gala hauls in record sum of more than $26 million to fund Costume Institute
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 Met Gala raised more than $26 million, a record sum for the party that has become an annual…
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Overnight precipitation scrubs 30-acre prescribed burn planned SW of Sisters; other training exercises continue
(Update: Precipitation prompts cancellation of prescribed burn) SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Overnight precipitation has prompted the Sisters Ranger…
Continue Reading3 Indian men charged with killing Sikh separatist leader in Canada appear in court
By JIM MORRIS Associated Press SURREY, British Columbia (AP) — Three Indian men charged with killing Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar…
Continue ReadingHigh-voltage power line through Mississippi River refuge approved by federal appeals court
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage…
Continue ReadingHere is what Stormy Daniels testified happened between her and Donald Trump
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Porn actor Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in the hush…
Continue ReadingJudges say they’ll draw new Louisiana election map if lawmakers don’t by June 3
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel of federal judges say the Louisiana Legislature must pass a new election map by June 3…
Continue ReadingCFL’s Chad Kelly suspended at least 9 games after investigation into ex-coach’s lawsuit
TORONTO (AP) — The CFL has suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games following its investigation…
Continue ReadingMurder trial opens in death of Detroit-area teen whose disappearance led to grueling landfill search
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The trial is underway in Detroit in the death of a 17-year-old girl whose disappearance led to a…
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Jury in wrongful death lawsuit over Bend teen’s 2021 Wickiup Reservoir drowning finds driver, victim, mom, others negligent
A Deschutes County jury has ruled in a $34 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Bend teen killed in June 2021 crash at Wickiup…
Continue ReadingRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Speaker Johnson search for offramp as vote on his ouster simmers
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson and far-right Rep.…
Continue ReadingMet Opera hosts 4 female conductors in landmark week. From its founding to 2016, there were only 4
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Only four women conducted the Metropolitan Opera in its first 133 years ending in 2016, but now…
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Oregon AG Rosenblum marks National Fentanyl Awareness Day, urges parents and educators to know the dangers
Over 70,000 in US died from fentanyl overdoses in 2023: ‘No time to spare in addressing crisis’ SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Attorney General Ellen…
Continue ReadingIsraeli tanks have rolled into Rafah. What does this mean for the Palestinians sheltering there?
By JULIA FRANKEL, MELANIE LIDMAN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has launched an operation on Rafah, Gaza’s…
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