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PHOENIX (AP) — Logan Johnson scored 28 points as Saint Mary’s beat Wyoming 66-54 on Wednesday night at the Jerry Colangelo Classic. Johnson added five steals for the Gaels (10-4). Mitchell Saxen added 19 points and nine rebounds. Aidan Mahaney finished with 11 points. Noah Reynolds led the Cowboys (5-7) with 21 points. Johnson scored
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — World Trade Organization arbitrators have concluded the United States violated its rules in requiring that products from Hong Kong be labeled as “Made in China.” The move was part of Washington’s response to a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong in 2019-2020. A WTO dispute panel
Continue ReadingBy Sonnet Swire and Rashard Rose, CNN Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Congress “extraordinary,” saying the country’s fight against Russian aggression has “proven that they are a really good investment for the United States.” The speech “connected the struggle of Ukrainian people to our own revolution, to
Continue ReadingCNN By Sonnet Swire and Rashard Rose, CNN Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Congress “extraordinary,” saying the country’s fight against Russian aggression has “proven that they are a really good investment for the United States.” The speech “connected the struggle of Ukrainian people to our own revolution,
Continue Reading By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A half dozen women have gone to the Bahamian Embassy hoping to deliver a list of more than 100 Cubans who haven’t been heard from since leaving the island this year. Some are believed to have been lost when rickety boats sank, but families think many of
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By Lauren del Valle and Tavleen Tarrant, CNN A former Harvard fencing coach and a Maryland businessman were both acquitted of conspiring to get the businessman’s two sons admitted to Harvard in exchange for more than $1.5 million in bribes, authorities announced Wednesday. Former fencing coach Peter Brand, 67, and businessman Jack Zhao, 61, were
Continue Reading CNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN As a Trump-era migration policy remains in limbo, so are the lives of thousands of migrants waiting across the United States border, many sleeping out in the cold in encampments or overcrowded shelters, hoping to cross to request asylum. In Matamoros, Mexico, near the US border across from Brownsville on
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion would never have subjected herself to the torrent of public abuse she’s received if she wasn’t telling the truth about rapper Tory Lanez shooting her in the feet and wounding her in the
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One of two men accused in a 2019 street racing collision that killed two senior citizens in Coachella was ordered today to stand trial on felony charges. Angel Ramirez, 40, is charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence stemming from the May 17, 2019, crash that killed Sofia Prieto, 74, and her
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed six long-waiting nominees by President Joe Biden to the board of the nation’s largest public utility, establishing a new majority with Biden’s picks. Tennessee Valley Authority spokesperson Ashton Davies said the Senate confirmed the six by unanimous consent Wednesday. The nine-member
Continue Reading VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Columbian reports that Republican Joe Kent has called Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez to concede and offer his congratulations on her victory in the race to represent Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District. The acknowledgement Wednesday came after counties in the southwestern Washington district concluded individual machine recounts, per Kent’s request. The
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Matt Egan, CNN Two senior executives associated with collapsed crypto exchange FTX have pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges and are cooperating with federal prosecutors, according to unsealed court records. Additionally, the pair face civil fraud charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission that were announced Wednesday night. Gary Wang, the
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Three estranged daughters of a 73-year-old man who fatally shot five people in his condominium near Toronto say he “was a controlling and abusive husband and father.” The daughters of Francesco Villi say in a statement released Wednesday by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit that they are deeply
Continue Reading RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian medics say Israeli forces have shot dead a 23-year-old man and wounded five others during clashes in the occupied West Bank. Ahmed Daraghmeh was mortally wounded early Thursday when Palestinian militants exchanged fire with Israeli troops that entered the city of Nablus to escort Jewish worshippers to a site
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray, Tierney Sneed and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection released more than 30 witness interview transcripts Wednesday from key figures who aided former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including the likes of conservative attorney John Eastman and one-time national
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jacque Vaughn wasn’t aware his Brooklyn Nets had the best first half in their history. One of the best in NBA history, actually. Kevin Durant scored 23 points, all but two in a 91-point first half that was the third-biggest in the league, and the
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El presunto autor material del asesinato del fiscal paraguayo anticorrupción Marcelo Pecci fue detenido este martes en Caracas, según el reporte de la detención obtenido por CNN. De acuerdo con el documento, Gabriel Carlos Salinas Mendoza, de 28 años y nacionalidad venezolana, fue detenido durante un operativo rutinario de
Continue Reading BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Lars Thiemann and Joel Brown scored 17 points each and California snapped its season-opening 12-game losing streak, defeating UT Arlington 73-51 on Wednesday night. Kuany Kuany added 16 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Golden Bears (1-12). Thiemann made 8 of 10 shots and grabbed five rebounds. Brown was
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By KEN SWEET, REBECCA BLACKWELL and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s top associates secretly pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and are cooperating with investigators, a federal prosecutor announced Wednesday as the digital coin entrepreneur was being flown in FBI custody
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET, REBECCA BLACKWELL and LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two top associates of Sam Bankman-Fried have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX in cooperation deals, a federal prosecutor announced Wednesday in a stunning development that came as the digital coin entrepreneur was
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