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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats braced for disaster when state legislatures began redrawing congressional maps. Democrats feared that Republican dominance of statehouses would tilt power away from them for the next decade. But such anxiety is beginning to ease. For Democrats, the worst case scenario of
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STEVE MIMS Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Will Richardson scored 21 points as Oregon won its sixth straight game with a 84-56 victory over Washington. Jacob Young and Quincy Guerrier each added 12 points as the Ducks (12-6) moved up to fourth place in the Pac-12 at 5-2. Terrell Brown Jr. scored 14 points
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The Federal Reserve meets on interest-rate policy and announces its decision on Wednesday. The Fed’s preferred gauge of inflation gives its latest monthly update on Friday. Earnings season accelerates with Apple’s latest quarterly results.
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN As Covid-19 forces families across India to downsize or cancel their traditionally large-scale weddings, one couple has found a venue unaffected by restrictions: the metaverse. Dinesh Sivakumar Padmavathi and Janaganandhini Ramaswamy from Tamil Nadu, where wedding gatherings are currently limited to 100 people, have invited 2,000 people to their virtual reception next
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mostly lower in Asia after Wall Street logged its worst week since the pandemic began in 2020. Benchmarks declined in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney but rose in Shanghai. U.S. futures were higher. Investors have been growing increasingly worried about how aggressively the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, is poised to emerge from five years of criminal probation amid worries that it remains too dangerous to be trusted. Over the last five years, the utility became an even more destructive force. More than 100 people
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Josh Allen walked off the field inside Arrowhead Stadium a year ago juggling the disappointment of an AFC tile game loss to the Chiefs with a profound sense of optimism about the future of his up-and-coming Buffalo Bills. There was nothing but soul-crushing sorrow
Continue ReadingBy Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN Business Washington is suspending more than three dozen flights from Chinese carriers over the next couple of months, the latest escalation in a spat over pandemic-related travel rules between the United States and China. On Friday, the US Transportation Department said it would suspend 44 China-bound flights operated
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Mason Appleton scored his first goal in nearly two months 26 seconds into the third period, Philipp Grubauer made 28 saves, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Florida Panthers 5-3. Marcus Johansson, Yanni Gourde and Colin Blackwell all scored during Seattle’s three-goal second period, and Calle
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has lost control of his Chinese-owned social media platform WeChat account and a lawmaker has accused China’s leaders of political interference. Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Monday that Morrison’s 76,000 WeChat followers were notified his page had been renamed
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson, CNN An Australian man accused of kidnapping 4-year-old Cleo Smith and keeping her captive for nearly three weeks last year pleaded guilty on Monday. Terence Kelly, 36, appeared via video link at Carnarvon Magistrates Court in Western Australia and pleaded guilty to the charge of “forcibly taking a child under 16.” He
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Danielle Collins is back in the Australian Open quarterfinals after a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 comeback win over No. 19-seeded Elise Mertens. Their fourth-round match opened Day 8 on Rod Laver Arena and lasted almost three hours in temperatures in the low 30s Celsius (90s F). It was the first time Collins
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jordan Poole scored 20 points to lead a balanced Golden State scoring attack, and the Warriors held off a late Utah rally to beat the Jazz 94-92. Royce O’Neale rebounded Bojan Bogdanovic’s missed 3-pointer with a hand in his face and O’Neale couldn’t convert a
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jordan Poole scored 20 points to lead a balanced Golden State scoring attack, and the Warriors held off a late Utah rally to beat the Jazz 94-92. Royce O’Neale rebounded Bojan Bogdanovic’s missed 3-pointer with a hand in his face and O’Neale couldn’t convert a
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Fortinsky and Aileen Graef, CNN At a rally against vaccine mandates in Washington, DC, on Sunday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likened vaccine policies in the US to the actions of a totalitarian state, even suggesting Anne Frank was in a better situation when she was hiding from the Nazis. “Even in Hitler Germany
Continue Reading By DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 34 points, including four free throws in the closing seconds, and the Denver Nuggets held on to beat the Detroit Pistons 117-111. Jokic also had nine rebounds and eight assists, just missing a fifth straight triple double. Will Barton had 14 points and Aaron
Continue Reading TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley has been fined $20,000 and is suspended for Monday’s game against Southern California for a confrontation with the officiating crew following a game against Stanford. Hurley and guard Jay Heath were both suspended and forward Jalen Graham was publicly reprimanded for verbally confronting an official who
Continue Reading TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley has been fined $20,000 and is suspended for Monday’s game against Southern California for a confrontation with the officiating crew following a game against Stanford. Hurley and guard Jay Heath were both suspended and forward Jalen Graham was publicly reprimanded for verbally confronting an official who
Continue Reading TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley has been fined $20,000 and is suspended for Monday’s game against Southern California for a confrontation with the officiating crew following a game against Stanford. Hurley and guard Jay Heath were both suspended and forward Jalen Graham was publicly reprimanded for verbally confronting an official who
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Kansas City’s 42-36 win over Buffalo capped a divisional round in which the other three games were decided on final-play field goals giving the visitors wins. That set up a Bengals-Chiefs matchup for the AFC crown next Sunday afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City will host that game
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