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Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Un juez condenó a dos años de prisión suspendida por difamación agravada a Christopher Acosta, periodista de investigación y autor del libro “Plata como cancha”, y a Jerónimo Pimentel, también periodista y director general de Penguin Random House Perú, dueña de la editorial que publicó el libro en febrero
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BOONE, N.C. — Adrian Delph posted 16 points and seven rebounds as Appalachian State narrowly beat Coastal Carolina 61-60. Vince Cole led the Chanticleers on Thursday night with a season-high 25 points.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Police continue looking for who fatally shot a 16-year-old Houston girl as she walked her dog. The teenager, Diamond Alvarez, was only a few blocks away from her home in southwest Houston when police say she was shot multiple times at around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California says it is expanding awareness training and creating a new committee of Jewish students, faculty and staff as the school works to combat anti-Semitism on campus. President Carol Folt says in a letter Thursday that USC is taking steps to support the Jewish community after concerns
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada expects to receive almost 600,000 rapid COVID-19 tests from the federal government to give to residents so they can find out at home if they have coronavirus instead of crowding hospital emergency rooms. Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday the effort could help break a wave
Continue Reading PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Brandon Angel and Spencer Jones each scored 16 points and Stanford used a 23-0 second-half run to beat Washington State 62-57 in a game delayed 75 minutes due to COVID testing. Moments before the scheduled start, it was announced the teams were awaiting COVID test results and the game would start
Continue Reading PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Brandon Angel and Spencer Jones each scored 16 points and Stanford used a 23-0 second-half run to beat Washington State 62-57 in a game delayed 75 minutes due to COVID testing. Moments before the scheduled start, it was announced the teams were awaiting COVID test results and the game would start
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted Baltimore’s top prosecutor on charges of perjury and making false mortgage applications in the purchase of two Florida vacation homes. The Maryland-based U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the four-count indictment Thursday. It alleges Marilyn Mosby lied about meeting qualifications for coronavirus-related distributions from a city retirement plan
Continue Reading By EVAN GERIKE Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — No. 6 Indiana survived a late push from Nebraska to stay undefeated in conference play, winning 72-65 Thursday. Grace Berger led Indiana (13-2) in scoring with 22 points, Aleksa Gulbe added 17 points and Nicole Cardaño-Hillary scored 13. Alexis Markowski led Nebraska (13-3) in scoring with
Continue Reading DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Elizabeth Kitley had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Aisha Sheppard hit three fourth-quarter 3-pointers as Virginia Tech beat No. 16 Duke 65-54. The Hokies swept Duke for the first time in a season series after having beaten the Blue Devils 77-55 on Dec. 30. It’s also their third straight win
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls expect forward Derrick Jones Jr. to miss two to four weeks because of a bone bruise in his right knee. Jones was injured in the opening minute of Wednesday’s 138-112 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. He twisted his knee when he pulled up near the Chicago basket and had
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has berated the Biden administration for imposing fresh sanctions against the country over its latest missile tests and warned of stronger and more explicit action if Washington maintains its “confrontational stance.” The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five North Koreans over
Continue Reading LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears interviewed front-office executive Champ Kelly and Cleveland Browns vice president of football operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah for their general manager job. Kelly has worked for the Bears the past seven years, as director of pro scouting from 2015 to 2016 and director of player personnel since 2017. He
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans have fired coach David Culley after just one season. General manager Nick Caserio said it was a “difficult but necessary decision.” Houston went 4-13 this season, losing 28-25 to Tennessee in its finale. Culley was one of three Black coaches in the NFL
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — The family of a San Diego police detective who was killed, along with her husband, in a wrong-way crash last year has filed a $10 million legal claim against the city. Detective Jamie Huntley-Park and her husband and fellow detective, Ryan Park, were killed June 4 on Interstate 5. The wrong-way
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California says scammers are stealing doctors’ credentials to file fake disability claims. The Employment Development Department said Thursday they has suspended 345,000 disability claims associated with 27,000 doctors. The department said most of those claims are likely fraudulent. But some of them are legitimate claims from
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CNN, WJZ, WBAL, WBBM, KCNC, KTRK, KTXL, WCCO By Emma Tucker and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Last year saw the highest number of law enforcement officers who were intentionally killed in the line of duty since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an increase that comes as a rise in gun violence and homicides continues
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A magician’s proposal to perform with three tigers in a parking lot near the Las Vegas Strip is resurfacing debates about detaining feline predators and using them for entertainment. At a virtual town hall on Wednesday, residents living near the site where magician Jay Owenhouse wants to perform split over whether
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor has rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the slaying shook the world in 1968. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday rejected a recommendation from a two-person panel of parole commissioners. Newsom said Sirhan, now 77, poses
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — A new member of the Arizona Legislature says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 and is staying home. Democratic Rep. Marcelino Quiñonez announced the infection Thursday on Twitter, four days into the legislative session. He says he has no symptoms. Democrats have decried the decision by Republican leaders to end remote voting options
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