West Bengal's first athlete to qualify for the World Under-20 Athletics Championships, Tahura Khatun, is targeting gold in the mixed 4x400m relay in Oregon. The 19-year-old also dreams of becoming an Olympic champion and inspiring more youngsters to take up athletics
Andhra Pradesh middle-distance runner M. Venkatram Reddy has been selected to represent India at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Athletics officials hailed the SAF Games and Asian Under-20 champion as one of India's promising medal contenders at the global event.
Rajinder Kumar, an Indian national who entered the US illegally in 2022, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide after a semi-truck he was driving collided with a car in Oregon, killing two people. ICE has lodged an arrest detainer against him.
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Portland, ruling the move lacked legal basis. The judge cited constitutional violations and minimal protest activity. Oregon officials strongly opposed the deployment, calling Trump’s “war-ravaged” claim exaggerated.
Dr. Richard Fawcett, the Health Officer of Deschutes County, stated that all individuals in close contact with the resident and their pet have been reached out to and given medication to prevent illness.
Oregon health officials said late Wednesday more than 60 deaths have been tied to the heat, with the state's largest county, Multnomah, blaming the weather for 45 deaths since the heat wave began Friday.
If resilience is understood as the ability to see positives in the midst of a negative situation, then many of the study's participants demonstrated resilience during that time, the researchers said.
