LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Tsohonis scored 21 points as Long Beach State beat UC Davis 75-72 on Saturday night. Tsohonis added six rebounds for the Beach (12-10, 6-4 Big West Conference). Lassina Traore scored 15 points while shooting 7 of 13 from the field, and added 15 rebounds and three steals. Tone Hunter
Continue Reading RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Zyon Pullin scored 23 points to lead UC Riverside past UC San Diego 72-65 on Saturday. Pullin had five rebounds for the Highlanders (15-7, 8-2 Big West Conference). Lachlan Olbrich added 14 points and six boards. Flynn Cameron totaled 12 points and seven rebounds. Francis Nwaokorie led the Tritons (8-14, 3-7)
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Al menos 24 personas murieron luego de que un autobús que cubría la ruta El Alto-Los Órganos cayó a un barranco en la región peruana de Piura, según personal policial citado por la agencia oficial de noticias Andina. La Superintendencia de Transporte Terrestre de Personas, Carga y Mercancías
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democrats intent on retaking the statehouse for the first time in decades elected longtime union organizer Yolanda Bejarano as their next party chair Saturday in one of the most competitive races for the post in recent history. Bejarano’s victory is a blow to Gov. Katie Hobbs, who had recruited Maricopa County
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By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer If you stumbled on the scene too late, you might have missed him there, bloodied and beaten. The officers’ demeanors seem untroubled and their work nonurgent as they mill at this quiet corner trading battle tales, a fist bump and a back pat. The police ranks have ballooned, but
Continue Reading By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer If you stumbled on the scene too late, you might have missed him there, bloodied and beaten. The officers’ demeanors seem untroubled and their work nonurgent as they mill at this quiet corner trading battle tales, a fist bump and a back pat. The police ranks have ballooned, but
Continue Reading LIMA, Peru (AP) — A passenger bus has fallen into a ravine in northern Peru leaving at least 25 people dead and others injured. Authorities say the bus belonging Q’orianka Tours had left the capital of Lima for the Tumbes region near the Ecuador border on Peru’s coastal desert.The early morning accident left the bus
Continue Reading ELKIN, N.C. (AP) — Leaders of a northwestern North Carolina church say cybercriminals stole nearly $800,000 it raised for years to build a new sanctuary that’s supposed to be completed soon. Elkin Valley Baptist Church says it happened when the church received an email that mimicked another message from the sanctuary builder with payment instructions.
Continue Reading By COREY WILLIAMS and GARY FIELDS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — “The talk” has been passed down in many Black families for generations to prepare their children for interactions with police. It is part of historical distrust of law enforcement, which is often seen as being more heavy-handed and violent in dealings with Black people
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in response to a pair of shooting attacks that killed seven Israelis and wounded five others. The announcement cast
Continue Reading FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Xavier Fuller had 25 points in Northern Arizona’s 83-73 victory against Northern Colorado on Saturday. Fuller added five rebounds for the Lumberjacks (6-16, 2-7 Big Sky Conference). Jalen Cole scored 13 points and Trenton McLaughlin finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. The Lumberjacks snapped their five-game losing streak. The Bears
Continue Reading LOUISVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Six people are dead after an express bus and a freight truck collided in upstate New York. Three others are in the hospital, including one in critical condition. Officials say the accident happened shortly after 6 a.m. on State Highway 37 near the town of Louisville, which is located at the
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Si encuentras con una casa de cuatro habitaciones y tres baños que se puso a la venta recientemente en una tranquila calle sin salida en Cedar Rapids, Iowa, es posible que no lo pienses dos veces. La publicación posiblemente incluye descripciones típicas de bienes raíces como “ideal para el entretenimiento” y
Continue Reading TRACY, Calif. (AP) — Police in Northern California shot and wounded a 17-year-old male wielding a knife Friday, authorities said. Tracy Police Department officials said in a statement that the department received a call Friday before 2 p.m. about two males, one of whom was holding a knife while chasing the other. An officer dispatched
Continue Reading By SONJA CHEN Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Madison Chock and Evan Bates have conceptualized their free dance this season as fire and air — the first cannot survive without the second. And, it’s fitting because the duo has fueled U.S. ice dancing over the past decade. Chock and Bates defended their ice
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — A man suspected of breaking into a Seattle home has refused to come clean about his intentions, even though police found him fully clothed in a bathtub filled with water. Seattle police say a woman returned to her home Friday night to find a window smashed and an unknown man inside the
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis police chief on Saturday disbanded the city’s so-called Scorpion unit, citing a “cloud of dishonor” from newly released video that showed some of its officers beating Tyre Nichols to death after stopping the Black motorist. Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis acted a day after
Continue Reading By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Newly released video shows Memphis police officers battering motorist Tyre Nichols with punches and kicks and also using pepper spray and a baton. But initially, in a statement posted on social media the day after the incident, Memphis police used vague language to describe the attack. It also said nothing
Continue Reading KEATCHIE, La. (AP) — About 130 people in north Louisiana are under a mandatory evacuation Saturday after a train derailed and at least two cars began leaking hazardous products. Louisiana State Police say the Union Pacific Railroad train derailed about 10:30 p.m. Friday in the town of Keatchie, southwest of Shreveport. A preliminary inspection shows
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican governor on Saturday signed bills that ban youth from receiving gender-affirming health care and increasing teacher pay while allowing students to receive scholarships to pay for education outside the public school system. Gov. Spencer Cox, who had not taken a public position on the transgender care measure, signed
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