• The Challengers trio gets into the churros, hot dogs, and cigarettes

    “It’s funny,” Zendaya says early on in our conversation about Challengers, “because people keep saying that it’s romantic.” She scoffs. “I was like, I don’t know where the romance is here.” She is right, but it’s understandable how people make the mistake. The new film from Luca Guadanigno, which opens wide on April 26, chronicles three young athletes as they hook up, betray, and battle each other on and off the tennis court. Power struggles, sex, sport, and, yes, even love are easy to find....

  • Lobo baseball bats get hot at Texas Tech

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tod Brown's Lobo baseball team put up 17 runs on 21 hits Tuesday to defeat Texas Tech in a midweek, non conference battle in Lubbock, Texas. Lobos outfielder Will Ashby put in a powerful performance at the plate. Ashby had a pair of home runs, one a grand slam. He drove in []

  • Wasco's 'Cowgirl' gets hot after federal makeover paid for by USDA

    (The Center Square) - Sometimes it gets chilly in the back of The Dirty Cowgirl, fortunately Oregon’s two Democratic senators have a fix. At the Wasco saloon, the beer is served cold but the chicken gizzards are served warm and – thanks to some Biden administration largesse – your toes will be too. The restaurant is receiving $12,000 in taxpayer dollars to replace its diesel furnace with a new high-efficiency heat pump. The funding comes from the Rural Energy for...

  • Oregon State baseball gets series off to hot start with Game 1 win over rival Oregon

    Aiden May struck out 14 and allowed one hit over 8.0 innings to lead No. 9 Oregon State to a 2-0 win over No. 22 Oregon in Friday's series-opener.

  • North vs. South softball: Rangers get off to hot start on chilly day, dump Rebels, 6-1

    Before the North softball team departed the school for a short trip to rival South on April 24, Coach Matt McPeek challenged his players to overcome what they were facing. What they were facing were three adversaries — the rival Rebels, frigid temperatures with wind-chill temperatures near freezing and a two-losing streak in which the […]

  • Good Morning, News: Police Get a New Babysitter, Trump's Lawyers Get Bench-Slapped, and You Can Get Delicious Pizza All Week

    by Courtney Vaughn The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! The weather forecast can no longer be trusted. Spring is unpredictable, like an emotionally detached, fickle lover. It brings us flowers,...

  • Housing crisis to 'get worse before it gets better'

    Australia’s housing crisis is expected to get worse before it gets better and the federal government is facing growing pressure to do more to fix it in the May budget. Deloitte Access Economics partner Stephen Smith said the nation had not been building enough homes to keep pace with population growth, and new dwelling starts […]

  • Lori Loughlin Quotes Chumbawamba: ‘I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again’

    Her recent interview alluded to the college admissions scandal in true ‘90s fashion.

  • Trash vs. recycling: What gets recycled and what gets thrown out?

    As we celebrate Earth Day, sustainable habits are at the top of our minds, including recycling, but how much of what we recycle actually gets recycled?

  • Dodgers get to Corbin, Nats can't get to L.A. bullpen (updated)

    LOS ANGELES – For the Nationals to win a second straight game here, they were going to have to produce more offense against a Dodger bullpen tasked with pitching all nine innings tonight than Patrick Corbin gave up in his traditional starting role.Neither end of that equation held up its end of the bargain. Corbin again gave the team length but not

  • Aaron Paul Could Get Cast in Fallout Season 2 (If It Gets Greenlit)

    It may not have looked like Amazon had a lot of faith in the Fallout adaptation when they released the whole season at once, but everyone has been gushing about the show online and is making comparisons with HBO’s The Last of Us. It’s not clear if we’re going to

  • Samsung Galaxy AI Gets Smarter: Circle to Search Gets a Screenshot Superpower

    Samsung and Google's AI collaboration keeps getting stronger. The famous Circle to Search tool on the Galaxy S24 is about to gain a new feature, proving the tech giants are constantly refining their AI offerings.Circle to Search is a handy AI feature that lets you seamlessly look up images. Draw a circle around or tap the image you're interested in, and relevant information appears in a pop-up window. No need to switch apps! Once you're done, dismiss the window and return to where you left...