By KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story MEDFORD, Oregon (KPTV) — Two Medford police service dogs have become the first K-9 units certified in Oregon to detect fentanyl, the Medford Police Department announced on Thursday. Following an increase in fentanyl use and overdoses in the area, Medford police worked with the California
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The American Cancer Society plans to hold its Relay For Life of Boone County in Columbia on Friday. The nonprofit organization that aims to increase support for cancer research and patient care will hold the event at the Dexheimer Shelter at Cosmo Park from 5 to 10 p.m. Handicap and cancer survivor
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By The Associated Press Daichi Kamada scored following Weston McKennie’s giveaway in the 24th minute, Kaoru Mitoma added a goal in the 88th and Japan beat an lackluster and injury-depleted United States 2-0 in the Americans’ next-to-last World Cup warmup. U.S. star Christian Pulisic did not dress because of an unspecified injury. The 14th-ranked Americans
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Slugger Aaron Judge is chasing baseball history. So where can you watch it? The New York Yankees outfielder is on the brink of hitting the most home runs in American League history as he sits on 60 for the season. The current record is 61, which was set in 1961
Continue ReadingBy Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A boat captain now stands charged in connection with the death earlier this year of a Elk Grove Village woman who died in a parasailing accident in South Florida. Daniel Gavin Couch, 49, was booked into the Monroe County, Florida Jail on
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer The Zambian soccer federation has opened an investigation into claims of sexual abuse in the women’s game and says it is taking accusations made on social media serious enough to ask police for help with the inquiry. The Football Association of Zambia says there is no record of an
Continue ReadingBy John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — University of Minnesota researchers think they can help reduce the number of catalytic converter thefts. The key: A cheaper alternative to the precious metals thieves are targeting. “It’s fun and all these emotions drive us to do better research,” said Tziaming Omn,
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By Sophie Tremblay, CNN Shania Twain’s life could make a hell of a country music song. In fact, there’s so much material it could make several great country music songs. She survived a tough childhood, lost her parents in a car crash and at the height of her career, was diagnosed with Lyme Disease —
Continue Reading By Sophie Tremblay, CNN Shania Twain’s life could make a hell of a country music song. In fact, there’s so much material it could make several great country music songs. She survived a tough childhood, lost her parents in a car crash and at the height of her career, was diagnosed with Lyme Disease —
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The love for Nia Long is flowing strong on social media as her longtime partner, Boston Celtics head coach, Ime Udoka, finds himself embroiled in controversy. Long and Udoka share a 10-year-old son and have been engaged since 2015. Consequently, many of Long’s supporters expressed upset after reports surfaced that
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — La depresión tropical nueve se formó en el Mar Caribe central, según la actualización de las 5 a.m. de este viernes del Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés). La depresión tropical nueve se ubica a unas 615 millas (989 km) al sudeste de Jamaica con vientos de 35
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — El mortal huracán Fiona, que devastó varias naciones insulares en el Caribe esta semana, ahora impacta las Bermudas justo antes de azotar Canadá este fin de semana, donde a los residentes se les advirtió que deben prepararse para vientos peligrosamente fuertes y lluvias intensas. El temible huracán Fiona podría ser la tormenta
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — Two players from Russia and two from China advanced to the semifinals of the Pan Pacific Open. Liudmila Samsonova eliminated 2017 Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals and will next face Zhang Shuai. Zhang defeated Petra Martic 7-5, 6-2. Samsonova also beat current Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Federer was bidding farewell Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after an
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Federer was bidding farewell Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after an
Continue Reading PRAGUE (AP) — Portugal plays the Czech Republic in the Nations League on Saturday with Cristiano Ronaldo’s team hoping to set up a showdown with Spain to decide who advances to the Final Four tournament. Ronaldo is one of seven Portugal players who are only one yellow card from a suspension that would rule them
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A series of 1962 performances by Barbra Streisand at a Manhattan nightclub before she became a superstar have been remastered and will be released this fall. “Barbra Streisand — Live at the Bon Soir” features songs from a three night stint at the Bon Soir nightclub in
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By Dan Merica and David Wright, CNN The National Republican Congressional Committee is canceling all their ad reservations in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, according to CNN’s ad tracker AdImpact, a sign that Republicans are losing faith in J.R. Majewski’s controversial bid to unseat Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. The committee had planned to spend over $700,000
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By Alasdair Howorth, CNN The New York Yankees are hosting their bitter rivals, the Boston Red Sox, in the Bronx for the second game of their four-game home series, but for once, the rivalry takes a back seat as Aaron Judge looks to equal Roger Maris’ American League and Yankees single-season record of 61 home
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” trilogy of historical novels, has died, her publisher said Friday. She was 70. Mantel died “suddenly yet peacefully” on Thursday surrounded by close family and friends, publisher HarperCollins
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