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By SAM METZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In one of the driest states in the nation, Republican lawmakers have renewed their focus on water conservation amid prolonged drought and climate change. In the final days before they adjourn, Utah lawmakers are advancing proposals to set aside millions to preserve
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Farmworkers in Oregon would earn overtime pay for the first time in the state under a bill that the Legislature has approved. More than 1,000 people submitted testimony, including farmworkers who said they’ve been taken advantage of for too long for their important labor. If Oregon
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By DON THOMPSON and JANIE HAR Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor has unveiled a plan to create mental health courts that would mandate services to more homeless people with severe behavioral and addiction disorders. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal would require all counties to set up a mental health branch in civil
Continue Reading By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Climatologists in the U.S. Pacific Northwest warn that much of Oregon and parts of Idaho can expect even tougher drought conditions this summer than in the previous two years. Water and climate experts from Oregon, Washington and Idaho said at a news conference called by the
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Hospitalizations COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Riverside County have fallen below 200 for the first time since July 26, 2021. This would put it at levels just before the Delta outbreak. Over the past 24 hours, Riverside County has reported 15 fewer patients in the hospital with COVID-19. The county now has a total of 194 COVID
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By The Associated Press Sevilla visits Alavés trying to keep the pressure on Real Madrid. A win would pull Sevilla to within three points of the leaders. Inter Milan has been held scoreless in its last four games in all competitions but has a chance to rediscover its attacking verve when it hosts last-place Salernitana.
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Daniel A. Medina, CNN The ships span the length of a football field or longer, come outfitted with helipads and swimming pools, and have shown up at ports around the world — towering over nearby fishing vessels and motorboats like giants. Yachts owned by Russian oligarchs — who have
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant will start for the Brooklyn Nets against Miami after missing 21 games with a sprained left knee ligament. Jacque Vaughn, coaching the team with Steve Nash in health and safety protocols, said there would be no preset limits for how much Durant could play, saying they would keep an
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Alejandra Ramos Nota del editor: Moky Makura es la directora ejecutiva de Africa No Filter, un grupo que trabaja para cambiar las narrativas estereotipadas y dañinas alrededor y sobre África a través de la narración de historias y la construcción de comunidades. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son propias. Lee más artículos de opinión
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $150,000 for allowing a Florida man to make online sports bets from his home. The man had a friend who was present in New Jersey make the bets for him. The New Jersey Division of Gambling Enforcement has
Continue Reading FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — Corrections officials say a chaplain was injured Thursday at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence in a prisoner assault. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Re-entry said the chaplain’s injuries weren’t life-threatening. The agency said the attack involved one prisoner and that a criminal investigation of the assault has
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World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty has withdrawn from the 2022 BNP Paribas Open. The tournament announced the withdrawal on Thursday, citing injuries following the Australian Open. “Unfortunately my body has not recovered the way I’d hoped after the Australian Open and I have not been able to adequately prepare for Indian Wells and Miami. I
Continue Reading LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Germany’s Lea-Sophie Scholz and Japan’s Kota Mitsui set track records in winning 1,500-meter events Thursday at the FISU World University speed skating championship. Scholz won the women’s race on the 400-meter James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval in 2 minutes, 9.22 seconds. Yuka Takahashi of Japan was second in 2:10.72
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Legislature rushed a fix to a glitch created by the once-a-decade re-drawing congressional and legislative district lines that led to wild swings in the number of qualifying signatures candidates need to collect to appear on the ballot. Gov. Doug Ducey quickly signed the measure that passed
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN An AeroMéxico flight from Toronto to Mexico City was diverted to Houston early Thursday morning to remove three passengers who appeared to be intoxicated. AeroMéxico Flight 617 landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston at 3:42 a.m., according to flight tracking site FlightAware. The passengers, two men and a woman,
Continue Reading CNNEE Nota del editor: Rafael Domingo Oslé es profesor investigador del Centro de Derecho y Religión de la Universidad Emory y catedrático de Derecho de la Universidad de Navarra. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo corresponden exclusivamente a su autor. Puedes encontrar más artículos de opinión en CNNe.com/opinion. (CNN Español) — La sangrienta invasión de
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Retiring Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski is set to coach his final basketball game at Duke. That game comes Saturday against rival North Carolina. The 75-year-old Krzyzewski says he knows it will be an emotional experience and said he’ll have to spend time preparing
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nina Rickards hit two free throws with 8.2 seconds left, and No. 23 Florida rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Vanderbilt 53-52 Thursday afternoon in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. The Gators (21-9) snapped a three-game skid and now will
Continue Reading PENSACOLA, Fla. — Jordan Jefferson had a season-high 24 points as Arkansas-Little Rock edged past South Alabama 75-71 in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tourney. Charles Manning Jr. led the Jaguars on Thursday with 26 points, tying his career high.
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Salomon Rondon scored twice as Everton ended Boreham Wood’s surprising FA Cup run by beating the non-league team 2-0 to reach the quarterfinals. Boreham Wood had not conceded a goal in the competition this season until Rondon finally created the breakthrough for Everton in the 57th minute after meeting a cross
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