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By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerome Hunter scored 15 points and Colby Jones had 14 as No. 22 Xavier rolled past Morehead State 86-63 on Wednesday at Cintas Center. Jack Nunge added 13 points and seven rebounds for Xavier. The Musketeers are 10-1, their best start through 11 games during coach Travis
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First lady Jill Biden met with victims of a Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee where six people were killed and dozens were injured after an SUV plowed through the crowd. Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff visited Children’s Wisconsin hospital on Wednesday in Milwaukee. They were joined by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.
Continue Reading VERMILLION, S.D. — Xavier Fuller tied his season high with 20 points as South Dakota beat Bellarmine 78-64. Dylan Penn led the Knights with 19 points and seven rebounds.
Continue Reading MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — Brad Davison scored 19 points before fouling out and Tyler Wahl scored 12 and Wisconsin needed a second-half run and then held on to beat Nicholls 71-68. Wisconsin used a 16-0 run and turned a 42-30 deficit with 18:40 left to a 51-46 lead nearly eight minutes later. Despite the run
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DALLAS (AP) — Rookie Austin Reaves swished a 3-pointer to beat the buzzer in overtime and give the Los Angeles Lakers a 107-104 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Reaves’ basket, his fifth from behind the arc, was the only Lakers basket in overtime scored by someone other than the team’s Big Three. LeBron James scored
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — Rookie Austin Reaves swished a 3-pointer to beat the buzzer in overtime and give the Los Angeles Lakers a 107-104 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Reaves’ basket, his fifth from behind the arc, was the only Lakers basket in overtime scored by someone other than the team’s Big Three. LeBron James scored
Continue Reading By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging to do “whatever it takes, as long as it takes” to help Kentucky and other states recover and rebuild after a series of deadly tornadoes that he says left a trail of unimaginable devastation. During a stop
Continue Reading By TOM KERTSCHER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Playing without stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton, the Milwaukee Bucks leaned on Jrue Holiday and had a 21-0 fourth-quarter run to beat the Indiana Pacers 114-99 on Wednesday night. Holiday had 26 points and 14 assists. Tied at 87 after three quarters, Milwaukee surged ahead early
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA’s game against Alabama State has been called off because of COVID-19 protocols. The decision was announced an hour before the fourth-ranked Bruins were set to take the court. Earlier in the day, UCLA said coach Mick Cronin would miss the game because of COVID-19 protocols. He to be replaced by
Continue Reading MURRAY, Ky. — KJ Williams scored 19 points as Murray State rolled past Tennessee Wesleyan 118-48. Trae Hannibal added 18 points for the Racers, while DaQuan Smith chipped in 15. Ty Patterson led the NAIA Bulldogs with 10 points.
Continue Reading CARBONDALE, Ill. — Steven Verplancken Jr. scored 17 points as Southern Illinois beat Southeast Missouri 80-55. Marcus Domask added 16 points for the Salukis on Wednesday night, while Ben Coupet Jr. chipped in 15. Chris Harris led the Redhawks with 12 points.
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A valley chef and businesswoman is trying to recover after nearly losing everything she owns including her house in a fire. Chermica Simmons’ home went up in smoke Saturday, Dec. 4. She said a floor lamp burst into flames while she was out at work. Her home is now red-tagged and unlivable. “I got home
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Patrick King wants the record to show that “Sex and the City” had a “slow burn of a love affair” with viewers on its way to becoming a hit. The producer’s motive: to ask that his HBO Max sequel, “And Just Like That…,” gets
Continue ReadingBy Blake Ellis, CNN The federal government plans to begin sending students at the US Merchant Marine Academy back to sea later this month, resuming a key training program that had been temporarily suspended in the wake of an allegation that a 19-year-old student was raped on a ship. The program was halted early last
Continue Reading By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland scored 21 points and Isaac Okoro added 20 as the Cleveland Cavaliers won their fifth straight game, a 124-89 rout of the Houston Rockets. Ricky Rubio had seven points and a season-high 12 assists, and Dean Wade scored 16 points for Cleveland, which led 84-39
Continue ReadingBy Masrur Jamaluddin and Lilit Marcus, CNN Destinations around the world have faced significant tourist reductions amid the coronavirus pandemic. But few have taken a harder hit than Bali, the Indonesian island long beloved of global travelers. Due to strict border control measures and a closed airport, Bali went from receiving millions of international visitors
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna and Brandon Miller, CNN Intense storms delivered a destructive and record-setting spate of winds Wednesday from the Rockies to the Great Lakes, tearing off roofs, overturning trucks, shutting down a stretch of an interstate highway and even forcing evacuation of some air traffic controllers. At least 55 reports of
Continue Reading SAN MARCOS, Texas — Shelby Adams had 14 points as Texas State won its seventh straight game, rolling past Lamar 67-47. Kasen Harrison led the Cardinals with 11 points.
Continue Reading By MARTÍN ADAMES Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — An aviation company says a small plane it operates crashed in the Dominican Republic while attempting to land minutes after beginning a flight to Florida, killing all nine people aboard, including Puerto Rican music producer José Ángel Hernández. Helidosa Aviation Group says on its
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Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos ofrece una recompensa de hasta US$ 5 millones por información que pueda conducir al arresto y/o condena de cuatro de los hijos del exlíder del Cártel de Sinaloa Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán: Ovidio Guzmán López, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán
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