By Nick Krupke Click here for updates on this story LAKE OSWEGO, Oregon (KPTV) — After a fall of emptiness, high school athletes in the region are back on their fields and courts of play for the 2021 season. Lake Oswego Sophomore Jackson Rigney is typical a 16-year-old on the run. From rowing to cross
Continue ReadingBy Nick Sloan, Emily Rittman Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — The Jackson County Shrine Club is hopeful that you could help them find some items that were stolen from them. In the past few weeks, there have been four break-ins at the club, resulting in the loss of
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business General Motors will shut production at most of its North American plants for a week or two starting next week as the worsening chip shortage takes another bite out of its plans. GM and other automakers had hoped the chip shortage would be mostly behind them by now. But the
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Buchli Click here for updates on this story BLACKFEET NATION, Montana (Missoulian) — The Blackfeet Nation community is planning a large search for missing 3-year-old Arden Pepion this weekend. Arden, who was 3 when she went missing April 22, vanished in the area surrounding Joe Show East off U.S. Highway 89 South. Arden
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LONDON (AP) — British rapper Dizzee Rascal has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting his former girlfriend. The musician, whose full name is Dylan Kwabena Mills, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court and denied headbutting Cassandra Jones at a home in south London in June. Defense lawyer Iskander Fernandez said Friday the 36-year-old Mills
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MOUNT PLEASANT, Wisconsin (WDJT) — We’re hearing from the parents of a young man shot and killed over a haircut last weekend. Twenty-one-year-old Andre Sandoval was shot by a barber outside a Mount Pleasant salon Saturday. His parents say their son was a caring, kind
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LONDON (AP) — United States international Tobin Heath is staying in English soccer. The 33-year-old forward has signed for Arsenal in the Women’s Super League on Friday. She played at Manchester United last season. Heath has played 177 times for the U.S. team and won the World Cup twice. She returned from a long injury
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis say they’ve arrested a man suspected of pulling a gun on three children — ages 4, 6 and 9 — and stealing the go-kart they were riding. Police say the incident was reported Wednesday afternoon in north St. Louis, when a 68-year-old woman told officers she was
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — El 1 de enero de 1959 una unidad del ejército rebelde ingresó en La Habana, marcando el triunfo de la Revolución cubana liderada por Fidel Castro y el derrocamiento del dictador Fulgencio Batista. Habían pasado poco más de dos años desde la llegada de los primeros revolucionarios a Cuba a
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Director Denis Villeneuve was joined by his “Dune” stars Timothé Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin and others at the Venice International Film Festival, before the sci-fi epic’s world premiere Friday night on the Lido. Although great filmmakers have tried and failed to adapt
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — PetSafe Brand announced Thursday, Sept. 2, that Milwaukee is one of five communities that will be awarded a $25,000 Bark for Your Park grant to help build a new dog park. The park will be located between Plankinton Avenue and the Milwaukee
Continue Reading Associated Press By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says his government will encourage people to get COVID-19 vaccinations but will not force them. Answering questions at parliament, Ramaphosa said that he believes employees may refuse vaccinations on medical and constitutional grounds. Health Minister Joe Phaahla says the government will let
Continue Reading OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the second-degree murder conviction and 25-year prison sentence of a woman in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2017. The court on Thursday rejected the appeal of 27-year-old Brooklyn Williams. She was driving a car carrying Byron James Shepard
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By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Larry Elder, a radio talk show host and the top Republican candidate in California’s recall election, disclosed in 2011 episodes of his radio show that he had twice been accused of sexual harassment and forcefully denied the allegations. In one instance, Elder recounted that, while he worked in
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Larry Elder, a radio talk show host and the top Republican candidate in California’s recall election, disclosed in 2011 episodes of his radio show that he had twice been accused of sexual harassment and forcefully denied the allegations. In one instance, Elder recounted that, while he worked in
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a person who was walking along the westbound lanes of Interstate 470 in Lee’s Summit died after being hit by a vehicle. The crash happened around 9:15 p.m. Thursday. Investigators say the person was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim’s identity has not
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRDO CASTLE, Slovenia (AP) — European Union officials have listed the conditions for defining the EU’s level of engagement with the Taliban as the new rulers of Afghanistan. The 27-nation bloc and its member countries have evacuated their diplomats from Afghanistan, but EU officials have said they’re willing to cooperate
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. spent all week practicing for Saturday’s season-opener at No. 18 Iowa. He’s making some money — by promoting this weekend’s NHRA U.S. Nationals. Penix, two teammates and three other Hoosiers athletes are using their social media accounts to drive ticket sales
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. spent all week practicing for Saturday’s season-opener at No. 18 Iowa. He’s making some money — by promoting this weekend’s NHRA U.S. Nationals. Penix, two teammates and three other Hoosiers athletes are using their social media accounts to drive ticket sales
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER and JEROME PUGMIRE Associated Press ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — A small Dutch seaside town is an ocean of orange as fans of Formula One driver Max Verstappen stream through its streets ahead of Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix. Verstappen’s so-called “Orange Army” of fans are hard to miss at the best of times.
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