PHOENIX (AP) — Rayshon Harrison scored 16 points to guide Grand Canyon past California Baptist 73-59 in a Western Athletic Conference opener on Thursday night. Harrison added seven rebounds for the Antelopes (10-4). Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 13 points with five rebounds and three steals. Noah Baumann recorded 10 points. Joe Quintana finished with 14
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Rayshon Harrison scored 16 points to guide Grand Canyon past California Baptist 73-59 in a Western Athletic Conference opener on Thursday night. Harrison added seven rebounds for the Antelopes (10-4). Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 13 points with five rebounds and three steals. Noah Baumann recorded 10 points. Joe Quintana finished with 14
Continue Reading By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Adrian Kempe scored the shootout winner and the Los Angeles Kings rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat Colorado 5-4 on Thursday night and snap a nine-game losing streak to the Avalanche. Trailing 4-2 entering the the third, Alex Iafallo scored on the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN House Democrats are set to release former President Donald Trump’s federal tax returns Friday morning, ushering in a charged new era of presidential oversight. The release comes days before Republicans, who won a majority in November’s midterm elections, take control of the House and begin a series of promised investigations into
Continue Reading RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Owens scored 19 points as UC Riverside beat CSU Bakersfield 71-59 in a Big West Conference opener on Thursday. Owens had seven rebounds for the Highlanders (8-5). Jamal Hartwell II scored 14 points while shooting 4 for 7 from beyond the arc. Lachlan Olbrich was 5 of 7 shooting and
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there and as Japan faces rising case numbers and record-level deaths at home. Japan reported a record 420 new coronavirus deaths on Thursday, one day after reaching an
Continue Reading MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Mitchell Saxen’s 20 points helped Saint Mary’s defeat San Diego 85-58 on Thursday night to open West Coast Conference play. Saxen added 10 rebounds for the Gaels (11-4). Aidan Mahaney scored 15 points while going 7 of 11 from the field. Alex Ducas shot 5 for 10, including 3 for 6
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Justin Ahrens scored 18 points off of the bench to help lead Loyola Marymount past Portland 92-72 on Thursday night in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams. Ahrens shot 5 for 9 (4 for 8 from 3-point range) and 4 of 5 from the free throw line for the
Continue Reading By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Jack McBain scored two late goals, and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Thursday night for their third straight win. McBain broke a tie when he converted a cross-ice feed from Lawson Crouse with 6:17 remaining. McBain and Barrett Hayton scored into
Continue Reading OTTAWA (AP) — Canada’s Competition Tribunal has rejected an effort by the country’s competition watchdog to block the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. They are two of Canada’s biggest telecommunications companies. Rogers’ proposed $19.1 billion purchase of Shaw still requires approval from a government ministry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development
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OTTAWA (AP) — Canada’s Competition Tribunal has rejected an effort by the country’s competition watchdog to block the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. They are two of Canada’s biggest telecommunications companies. Rogers’ proposed $19.1 billion purchase of Shaw still requires approval from a government ministry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers and All-Star outfielder J.D. Martinez finalized a $10 million, one-year deal Thursday. Martinez spent the last five years with the Boston Red Sox. He hit .274 with 62 RBIs and 16 home runs last season in 139 games. He earned his fourth straight All-Star appearance after hitting
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN As China moves ever closer to fully reemerging from three years of government-imposed Covid isolation and reintegrating with the world, economic expectations are high. Beijing’s recent pivot from its stringent zero-Covid strategy — which had long choked businesses — is expected to inject vitality into the world’s second-largest economy next year.
Continue Reading By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has spent hours searching for a helicopter pilot and three oil workers who crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Keefe said the search was suspended Thursday evening after eight hours, calling it “a difficult decision.” Petty
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CNN By Steve Almasy and Anne Clifford, CNN Mark Johnson II’s efforts to bring comfort and supplies to hundreds of Buffalonians stranded after a massive blizzard begins before dawn every day and goes until almost midnight. Johnson feels compelled to help, inspired by the memory of a good friend who was killed. Johnson said he
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy and Anne Clifford, CNN Mark Johnson II’s efforts to bring comfort and supplies to hundreds of Buffalonians stranded after a massive blizzard begins before dawn every day and goes until almost midnight. Johnson feels compelled to help, inspired by the memory of a good friend who was killed. Johnson said he could
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine and Amir Vera, CNN Two people are dead after a rockfall occurred Tuesday at Yosemite National Park in Northern California, the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office told CNN. The sheriff’s office has two coroner cases as a result of the incident, Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kristie Mitchell said. No other information was
Continue Reading JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Thursday while trying to stop a car and the suspect was later killed, authorities said. The Riverside County sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle just before 2 p.m. in the city east of Los Angeles, the Sheriff’s Department said in a
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday following encouraging U.S. employment data but were headed for double-digit losses for the year. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices edged higher. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained Thursday after the number of
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday following encouraging U.S. employment data but were headed for double-digit losses for the year. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices edged higher. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained Thursday after the number of
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