By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — City Council members in Portland, Oregon, have pushed back a vote on a disputed budget measure that would fund the creation of designated camping areas for homeless people. The move came after public comment during Thursday’s council meeting grew so heated that the meeting
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By The Associated Press ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Nate Calmese scored 20 points as Lamar beat Lindenwood 73-71 on Friday. Calmese was 8 of 13 shooting (2 for 5 from distance) for the Cardinals (3-1). Adam Hamilton scored 11 points while going 5 of 9 from the field, and added eight rebounds. Cody Pennebaker
Continue Reading By DAVID PEREDA Z. Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A LATAM Airlines plane taking off from Lima’s international airport struck a firetruck on the runway and caught fire Friday. Authorities said the plane’s passengers and crew were all safe, but two firefighters in the truck were killed. Lima Airport Partners, the company that operates
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors at the rape trial of “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson said Friday that they are deadlocked, but a judge told them they have not deliberated long enough for her to declare a mistrial. The jury told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo that after nearly three days of
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By The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Led by Callum McRae’s 14 points, the Sacramento State Hornets defeated the UC Merced Bobcats 58-43 on Friday. The Hornets are now 3-1 on the season, while the Bobcats moved to 0-2.
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have claimed infielder Rylan Bannon off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. Bannon made his big league debut this year, appearing in four games with Baltimore and one with the Braves. He went 2 for 14 with five strikeouts. The 26-year-old Bannon, a native of nearby Joliet, Illinois, was selected
Continue Reading By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — While conceding his tight U.S. House race to Republican Lauren Boebert, Democrat Adam Frisch ran a surprisingly strong campaign that he says showed just how tired many GOP voters are of Boebert’s brash style. The Associated Press has declared the election in Colorado’s sprawling 3rd
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By Gabe Cohen, CNN As the first frigid weather of autumn chills the Northeast, many people are faced with a tough decision: deal with the surging costs of heating their homes or live without it. Home heating prices are skyrocketing yet again this winter, up 18% nationwide on top of last year’s 17% spike, according
Continue Reading By Gabe Cohen, CNN As the first frigid weather of autumn chills the Northeast, many people are faced with a tough decision: deal with the surging costs of heating their homes or live without it. Home heating prices are skyrocketing yet again this winter, up 18% nationwide on top of last year’s 17% spike, according
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer A federal judge on Friday sentenced disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing but instead made her a symbol of Silicon Valley’s culture of audacious self-promotion. The sentence imposed by U.S.
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An judge on Friday set a hearing for January to consider whether to order prison for an 18-year-old sex-trafficking victim in Iowa who killed her rapist and pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury. Pieper Lewis was sentenced Sept. 13 to probation
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican presidential prospects are courting anxious donors and activists in Las Vegas , as the GOP’s early 2024 class warns that former President Donald Trump is “a loser” and the party needs to turn elsewhere. Trump will be one of the few major Republican
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican presidential prospects are courting anxious donors and activists in Las Vegas , as the GOP’s early 2024 class warns that former President Donald Trump is “a loser” and the party needs to turn elsewhere. Trump will be one of the few major Republican
Continue Reading CHESTER, Va. (AP) — Police say they have captured a suspect in the fatal shootings of a mother and three children at a home in Virginia. The bodies were discovered early Friday by police after they responded to a report of a disturbance at a home in Chester. Police identified the victims as JoAnna Cottle
Continue Reading CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Noah Fernandes made a contested 3-pointer at the buzzer to send UMass past Murray State 71-69 in the Myrtle Beach Invitational on Friday. After UMass inbounded it with seven seconds left, Fernandes dribbled past a double team down the right side of the floor, and he got the shot off with
Continue Reading TURIN, Italy (AP) — Andrey Rublev has rallied to upset second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas and reach the final four of the ATP Finals in Turin. Rublev won 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semifinals for the first time. He will face third-seeded Casper Ruud. Novak Djokovic plays Taylor Fritz of the United States in the other
Continue Reading By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tyreek Scott-Grayson scored 26 points, distributed six assists and had five rebounds and Old Dominion beat Furman 82-77. Mike Bothwell scored 23 points and had five assists and two steals for Furman.
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Despite numerous calls from astronomers to rename its powerful new telescope, NASA officials stood by the naming of the James Webb Space Telescope before its launch. With the telescope nearly a year into its stint in space, the agency has released its chief historian’s investigation into the namesake of the telescope.
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By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN Former CFO Allen Weisselberg appeared visibly pulled in his Friday testimony between allegiance to his employer and needing to cooperate with prosecutors to satisfy his plea agreement in the criminal trial of the Trump Organization. The defense attorneys challenged him to that effect several times Friday morning,
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a rental house near campus were stabbed to death in their beds and likely were asleep when they were attacked, a county coroner told a cable news channel. Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt also told
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